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GSM Features
GSM Features
Directed retry is a special type of handover. That is, during assignment, the BSC initiates the directed
retry procedure to switch the MS to a neighboring cell if no TCH is available or the traffic load is heavy in
the serving cell. The BSC does not initiate the directed retry procedure during high speed circuit
switched data (HSCSD) assignment.
This feature helps reduce call access failures due to TCH congestion in the serving cell, increasing the
access success rate. It also helps evenly distribute traffic load between cells.
SET GCELLBASICPARA(Basic Parameters of Cell)
SET GCELLHOCTRL
When the traffic load decreases, the TCHs and dynamic PDCHs used as SDCCHs are converted back
to TCHs to increase system capacity.
When SDCCHs are insufficient, channels are converted to SDCCHs in the following sequence: TCHs on
the BCCH frequency band, TCHs not on the BCCH frequency band, and dynamic PDCHs.
SDCCH Dynamic Allocation This switch determines whether to enable the dynamic conversion
Allowed(YES/NO) = YES from the TCH or dynamic PDCH to the SDCCH.
Dynamic PDCH Conversion to SDCCH
Allowed(YES/NO) = YES Whether the dynamic PDCH can be converted into the SDCCH.
If the no of idle SD channel is smaller/equal to this value, then BSC
Idle SDCCH Threshold N1(0 TO 63) = 2 initiates for dynamic conversion
Cell SDCCH Channel Maximum(0 TO 255) Before initiating dynamic conversion, BSC checks no of SD in cell, if
= 80 cross this value, it will not initiate for dynamic channel conversion.
TCH Minimum Recovery Time(60s to Minimum interval time required to convert back to TCH/Dynamic
3600s) = 60 PD
Num of TSs Convertible to SDCCHs per
TRX(0 to 8) = 2 Number of timeslots that can be converted to SDCCHs on a TRX
FR Use Downlink DTX(YES/NO) = YES Specifies whether to use DL DTX for full-rate (FR) calls
HR Use Downlink DTX(YES/NO) = YES Specifies whether to use DL DTX for full-rate (HR) calls
Specifies the strategy determining whether to use downlink
discontinuous transmission (DL DTX). It can either be the
MSC strategy or be the BSC strategy.
(i)The MSC strategy indicates that whether to use DL DTX
depends on the downlink DTX flag sent from the MSC as well
as the BSC configuration.
(ii)The BSC strategy indicates that whether to use DL DTX
DL DTX Strategy(MSC_STRATEGY, only depends on the BSC configuration.
BSC_STRATEGY) = MSC_STRATEGY
n the Abis Interface, and then check the message tracing results.
lement (IE) channel-mode, the value of dtx-downlink is 1, indicating that the BSC supports downlink DTX.
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T3168:
2) T3192:
3) DRXTIMERMAX:
4) ACCBURST:
5) BS_CV_MAX:
T3168 is used to set the maximum duration for the MS to wait for the uplink assignment message. After the
MS originates the uplink TBF setup request by sending the packet resource request or the channel request in
the packet uplink acknowledge message, the timer T3168 is started to wait for the packet uplink assignment
message on the network side. If the MS receives the packet uplink assignment message before T3168
expires, T3168 is reset. Otherwise, the MS originates the packet access request for four times. Then the MS
regards this as the TBF setup failure.
Duration of releasing the TBF after the MS receives the last data block. When the MS receives the RLC data
block containing the flag identifying the last data block and confirms that all the RLC data blocks in the TBF
are received, the MS sends the packet downlink acknowledge message containing the last flag
acknowledgement and the timer T3192 is started. If the timer T3192 expires, the MS releases the TBF
related resources and starts monitoring the paging channel.
DRXTIMERMAX:
After TBF is released, MS waits in Non-DRX mode for DRXTIMERVALUE & after that it enters into the DRX mode
ACCBURST:
Access burst whether 8-bit or 11-bit
BS_CV_MAX:
After sending the RLC block in uplink, MS starts the T3198 timer & waits for ACK from PCU. If the timer
expires, it'll resend the RLC block again.
T3168(500ms to 4000ms
[500ms increment]) = High value will affect customer to wait, low will affect the
500ms Accessibility KPI
he DRX mode
DRXTIMERMAX(0, 1, 2, 4,
8, 16, 32, 64 seconds) = 4
seconds
ACCBURST(8BIT, 11BIT) = Some MS may not support 11-bit which leads to access
8 BIT failure & call drops
BS_CV_MAX(0~15) = 10