WCDMA Access Problems Analysis
Review
Access is associated with the call setup success rate of the network. This KPI can be optimized by means of Call setup test and the consequent trouble-shooting based on access failure analysis.
Objectives
When finished this course,you will be able to:
Be
familiar
with
the
access
procedure in UMTS Do analysis on access problems independently
Course Contents
Definition of access failure
Access problem analysis process Common reasons for access problems Case study
Definition of access failure
General originating call setup signaling flow:
Definition of access failure
General terminating call setup signaling flow:
Definition of access failure Call setup succeeds when the call setup phase is completed (when CC Connect is received). If the call fails to reach the CC Connect stage, it should be pegged as an access failure .
Course Contents
Definition of access failure
Access problem analysis process Common reasons for access problems Case study
Access problem analysis process
Preparation before Analysis Access problem analysis methods
Preparation before analysis
Be familiar with the planning information which can be obtained from planning reports; Be familiar with history records of optimization; Get the latest reliable summary sheet of the engineering parameters; Get the latest configuration of radio parameters; Obtain the network traffic statistics and the subscriber complaint information of access.
Access problem analysis process
Preparation before Analysis Access problem analysis methods
Access problem analysis methods
General methods of access problem analysis:
Traffic statistics data analysis Custom complaint collection
Call setup test in specific area
Coverage analysis
Signaling analysis
Access problem analysis methods
Traffic statistics data and custom complaint collection reveal problems exactly, further trouble-shooting can be carried out by call setup test. While for a pre-commercial or trial network, call setup test is the effective way.
Course Contents
Definition of access failure
Access problem analysis process Common reasons for access problems Case study
Common reasons for access problems
RF reasons Radio Parameter Settings Other reasons
RF reasons
Poor coverage
Strong Uplink or downlink Interference
Common reasons for access problems
RF reasons Radio Parameter Settings Other reasons
Radio parameter settings
Improper threshold of Qqualmin and Qrxlevmin Improper settings of access threshold Inappropriate settings of preamble power ramp step and retransmission times Inappropriate setting of adjacent cells Inappropriate setting of synchronization parameters Unsuitable power allocation rate for common channel Unsuitable initial power of uplink and downlink dedicated channel Unsuitable setting of uplink Initial SIR target value of dedicated channel
Common reasons for access problems
RF reasons Radio Parameter Settings Other reasons
Other reasons
Data configuration problems
Access problems caused by cell load
Course Contents
Definition of access failure
Access problem analysis process Common reasons for access problems Case study
Case study
Access failure due to synchroni-za tion failure Access failure during RB setup Access failure during handover pr ocess Access failure due to terminating UE
Access failure due to synchronization failure
Access failure location:
Access failure due to synchronization failure
UE Txpower reaches maximum value 21 dBm during VP call setup. So this call setup failure may be caused by Uplink synchronization failure:
Access failure due to synchronization failure
UE does not send RRC Connection Setup Complete to RNC after receiving RRC Connection Setup message from RNC
Case study
Access failure due to synchroni-za tion failure Access failure during RB setup Access failure during handover pr ocess Access failure due to terminating UE
Access failure during RB setup
Access failure location:
Access failure during RB setup
UE Tx power is very low and downlink pilot Ec is high before access failure,but Ec/Io is not very good :
Access failure during RB setup
The cause of call setup failure is Requested circuit/channel not available:
Access failure during RB setup
RNC didnt receive RB Setup Complete message after it has sent RB Setup message to UE. Timeout of RNC is reached after 1.5s:
Case study
Access failure due to synchroni-za tion failure Access failure during RB setup Access failure during handover pr ocess Access failure due to terminating UE
Access failure during handover process
Access failure location (Scanner Rscp ):
Access failure during handover process
ScannerEc/I0 :
Access failure during handover process
Scanner BestServer :
Access failure during handover process
During access process, UE Txpower is rising rapidly :
Access failure during handover process
And the downlink Bler reaches 100%:
Access failure during handover process
UE report the measurement of cell Sc508 which request the active set update:
Access failure during handover process
The report was received properly and RRC_ACTIVE_UPDATE was sent as response while UE didnt received it which results in the access failure:
Access failure during handover process
Lets turn to the performance of the terminating UE. During the access process, the measurements from the terminating UE were not satisfactory either:
Access failure during handover process
Access failure during handover process
While the radio links hold on till successful handover is completed:
Access failure during handover process
Then the originating UE loses connection to the network and access released where the cause is destination out of order from the signal traced by the terminating UE:
Case study
Access failure due to synchroni-za tion failure Access failure during RB setup Access failure during handover pr ocess Access failure due to terminating UE
Access failure due to terminating UE
Access failure location (UE Ec/I0 ):
Access failure due to terminating UE
The coverage is not bad where the UE originates the VP access:
Access failure due to terminating UE
CN send disconnect message with the cause bearer capability not authorized before access failure:
Access failure due to terminating UE
setup signaling procedure for RRC and RAB have already finished. The cause of disconnect is the same:
Access failure due to terminating UE
The reason is: we use two mobile to test video phone, for the originating call mobile camped in 3G network, but the terminating call mobile camped in 2G network that moment, so video call setup failed, the missing signaling of terminating UE can also explain it:
Summary
Access process is complicated since different devices are involved and scenario varies. Careful study from signal distribution to signaling procedure makes things easy. Examples above are derived from tests carried out before, which give general idea of trouble shooting, advanced researches will be supplemented. .
