Anr Umts PDF
Anr Umts PDF
Anr Umts PDF
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Technical Specification
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................................2
Foreword.............................................................................................................................................................2
Foreword.............................................................................................................................................................4
1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................5
2 References ................................................................................................................................................5
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations ...................................................................................................5
3.1 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Symbols .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
3.3 Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
4 Automatic Neighbour Relation Function, Main Concepts .......................................................................6
4.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 ANR Handling in the UTRAN Infrastructure - Overall Description .................................................................. 7
4.2.1 Iur Connectivity exists between the involved RNCs .................................................................................... 7
4.2.1.1 ANR Report over Uu for UTRAN cells .................................................................................................. 7
4.2.1.2 ANR Report over Iur for UTRAN cells .................................................................................................. 8
4.2.1.3 ANR Report over Iur for IRAT cells..................................................................................................... 10
4.2.2 Iur Connectivity does not exist between some RNCs involved in ANR..................................................... 11
4.2.2.1 ANR report over Uu for UTRAN cells ................................................................................................. 11
4.2.3 ANR Report over Uu for IRAT cells - with and without Iur ...................................................................... 12
5 Functions and Procedures.......................................................................................................................13
5.1 ANR Management ............................................................................................................................................ 14
5.1.1 ANR Report Forwarding ............................................................................................................................ 14
5.1.2 ANR Report Distribution Controlling......................................................................................................... 14
5.2 Neighbour Cell Configuration .......................................................................................................................... 15
5.2.1 Neighbour Cell Configuration for Intra-RNS cells ..................................................................................... 15
5.2.2 Neighbour Cell Configuration for Inter-RNS cells (with Iur)..................................................................... 15
5.2.3 Neighbour Cell Configuration (without Iur) ............................................................................................... 15
5.3 ANR Logging configuration............................................................................................................................. 15
5.3.1 Configuration parameters ........................................................................................................................... 16
5.3.2 Configuration validity ................................................................................................................................. 16
5.4 Measurement Collection................................................................................................................................... 17
5.5 Measurement Reporting ................................................................................................................................... 17
5.6 UE Capabilities ................................................................................................................................................ 18
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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
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1 Scope
The present document is a technical specification of the overall support of Automatic Neighbour Relation (ANR)
Function in UTRA.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. A
term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905 [1].
Base UTRAN Cell: A cell in UTRAN for which a missing neighbour cell is detected.
Neighbour Cell: A cell in UTRAN, LTE or GSM/GERAN that is a neighbour cell to a Base UTRAN Cell.
Neighbour cell Relation (NR): Information that a Neighbour Cell, identified with NCI, is a neighbour to a Base
UTRAN Cell. NR is stored in the RNC controlling the Base UTRAN Cell.
Conceptual Neighbour Relation Functions: The ANR is described using a number of conceptual entities and
functions in the RNC: Neighbour Relation Table, Neighbour Relation Table Management Function, Neighbour
Removal Function and Neighbour Detection Function. These entities and functions are used for descriptive purpose
only and shall not be regarded as requirements on the implementation in RNC.
ANR-PLMN: A PLMN that is the RPLMN for the UE at the point of receiving ANR logging configuration.
ANR measurement: Physical measurements and reading of System Information towards detected cells outside NCL.
ANR logging: Storing of essential information of detected cell into UE internal ANR log, when one or more detected
cell satisfies ANR logging criteria.
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3.2 Symbols
Void
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [1] apply.
4.1 General
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The ANR function resides in the RNC and is composed of the Neighbour Relation Table (NRT) Management Function,
Neighbour Detection Function and Neighbour Removal Function.
The Neighbour Detection Function detects new neighbours and adds them to the NRT. The Neighbour Removal
Function removes outdated NRs.
A Neighbour cell Relation (NR) between a Base UTRAN Cell and a Neighbour Cell exists if the RNC controlling the
Base UTRAN Cell:
b) Has an entry in the Neighbour Relation Table for the Base UTRAN Cell identifying the neighbour cell.
c) Has all required attributes defined in the Neighbour Relation Table entry or set to default values. Among these
attributes are the frequency information (UARFCN, BCCH ARFCN, EARFCN) and handover routing
parameters not already considered in (a):
For each NR, the NRT contains the Neighbour Cell Identifier (NCI), which identifies the neighbour cells. A neighbour
cell may be a UTRAN, LTE or GSM cell. Furthermore, each NR has two attributes, the No Remove and the No HO
attributes. These attributes have the following definitions:
- No Remove: If checked, the RNC shall not remove the Neighbour cell Relation from the NRT.
- No HO: If checked, the Neighbour cell Relation shall not be used as a neighbour cell by Intra RNS, Inter RNS or
Inter RAT mobility functions in UTRAN.
The ANR function also allows O&M to manage the NRT. O&M can add and delete NRs. It can also change the
attributes of the NR. The O&M system is informed about changes in the NRT.
This chapter illustrates the handling and message sequences to be used to configure a new neighbour relation for a
UTRAN cell.
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The Receiving RNC decides the necessity to forward the ANR report. If the Base UTRAN Cell is under control of the
Receiving RNC, the Receiving RNC terminates the relevant ANR report entry, and may update the Neighbouring
Relation accordingly. Otherwise, the ANR report is forwarded to the Base RNCs over Iur with the RNSAP Direct
Information Transfer procedure.
If newly detected neighbour cells are controlled by another RNC the RNSAP Information Exchange Initiation
procedure is used to request cell information from the neighbour RNC. In addition the Base RNC may interact with
O&M before a neighbour relation is stored in the NRT.
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A Base RNC may control the information flow for ANR reporting over Iur. The suspension and resume are initiated
from Base RNC to Receiving RNC using class 2 RNSAP procedure (Information Transfer Control procedure, defined
in 5.1.2). The suspension may be performed per single cell basis or the whole cells under control of Base RNC. The
ANR reporting is resumed again with initiating resume procedure for a certain target in the message.
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RNC1 RNC2
(Role: (Role: O&M
- Base RNC) - Receiving RNC)
RNSAP: DIRECT INFORMATION TRANSFER,
ANR report transparent:
(list NR:
- Cell-ID a (RNC1) -> Cell-ID b (GERAN),
- Cell-ID c (RNC1)->Cell-ID d (LTE),...)
[The working assumption is that ANR report reports are forwarded in current RNSAP IE "L3
Information".]
4.2.2 Iur Connectivity does not exist between some RNCs involved in
ANR
This chapter describes the handling in the Receiving RNC when the ANR function can not rely on Iur connectivity
between the involved RNCs.
On reception of an ANR report over Uu the Receiving RNC uses the globally unique cell identities and L1 information
in the ANR report, and optionally also configuration in the RNC/O&M, to determine if the ANR report contains
potential neighbours to the cells controlled by the Receiving RNC. If any of these potential neighbour cells is controlled
by another RNC without Iur connectivity, the configuration in the RNC/O&M may be used to determine the necessary
cell information. In addition the Base RNC may interact with O&M before a neighbour relation is stored in the NRT.
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Example: Utran network without Iur connectivity between some of the RNCs
Core Network
Iu Iu Iu Iu
RNSa (RNC1)
(Role:
Iur Iur
RNSb (RNC2)
- Neighbour RNC
RNSd (RNC4)
- Base RNC
- Base RNC) - Neighbour RNC
3 4
6 5
1
2
Example neighbour relations in the ANR report
n Cells in the example
Figure 4.2.2.1-1 Example: UTRAN network without Iur between some of the RNCs
Example of the handling in a receiving RNC (RNC1) when there is no Iur connectivity to some of the RNCs included in
the ANR report.
In the role of a receiving RNC, the RNC 1 uses the RRC Cell-ID in the ANR report to retrieve the addresses of the
CRNCs involved in neighbour relations of the ANR report as Base RNC (from configuration and/or O&M). RNC 1
reports the entry B.C5(RNC4) -> N.C6(RNC3) to O&M1 as there are no Iur connectivity between RNC 1 and RNC 4.
RNC 1 identifies the neighbour relations in which RNC1 is involved: B.C1(RNC1) -> N.C2(RNC3), B.C3(RNC1) ->
N.C4(RNC2). For B.C3(RNC1) -> N.C4(RNC2) the actions in 4.2.1.1 are performed. For B.C1(RNC1) ->
N.C2(RNC3) the cell N.C2(RNC3) is configured as an external cell in RNC11 and the necessary cell information is
already known to RNC1, hence after O&M interaction the neighbour relation B.C1(RNC1) -> N.C2(RNC3) is stored in
the NRT.
4.2.3 ANR Report over Uu for IRAT cells - with and without Iur
When receiving an ANR report over Uu where neighbour cell(s) are in another RAT, the Receiving RNC performs the
forwarding of the report to Base RNCs over Iur as described in chapter 4.2.1.1 or, in case of no Iur connectivity
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between Receiving RNC and Base RNC, handles the IRAT neighbour relation as described in 4.2.2.1. Reception over
Iur of an ANR report containing IRAT neighbour cells are described in 4.2.1.3.
When an RNC receives an ANR report over Uu containing IRAT neighbour cells, and if the Receiving RNC is also the
Base RNC, it retrieves the necessary information for neighbour IRAT cells from O&M and/or the information of the
ANR logs and determines if any of these IRAT neighbour cells are potential neighbour cells. In addition the Base RNC
may interact with O&M before the neighbour relation is stored in the NRT.
- ANR Management
- Configuration parameters
- Configuration validity
- Measurement Collection
- Measurement Reporting
- UE Capabilities
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Using the RNSAP: Direct Information Transfer procedure, the RNC receiving an ANR report over Uu may forward the
ANR report to RNCs involved as Base RNCs in neighbour relations of the ANR report. The ANR report received in the
RRC message over Uu is transparently forwarded in the RNSAP message. The receiving RNC extracts the
neighbouring ANR cell information concerning the Base RNC from the Logged ANR Report Info list contained in the
ANR Report over Uu, and includes the whole RRC message in RNSAP L3 Information IE.
Abnormal conditions:
When an RNC receives an ANR report outside the defined services of the ANR Report Distribution function, or if the
ANR Report Distribution from the sender of the report has been suspended as described in 5.1.2, local error handling in
the receiving RNC should be invoked.
The ANR report over Iur is resumed again using the same procedure with resume indication for any particular cells or
all cells belong to initiating RNC.
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For the case of inter RNS and inter RAT neighbour cells, the neighbour cell may also be configured in the Base RNC.
Such cell is called external cell in this chapter.
Base RNC requests cell information required to configure the neighbour cell relation from the CRNC of potential
neighbour cells using the RNSAP Information Exchange Initiation.
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UE UTRAN
ANR LoggingConfiguration
UTRAN initiates the ANR logging procedure to UE by sending an ANR logging configuration message.
- ANR logging relative threshold. If the measured signal strength/quality of a detected cell exceeds the
threshold relative to signal strength/quality in the serving cell, the UE shall treat the detected cell as candidate
for one log entry in its ANR log. The detailed usage and value range of ANR logging relative threshold is
defined in TS 25.304 and TS 25.331.
- ANR logging absolute threshold. If the measured signal strength/quality of a detected cell exceeds the
absolute threshold, the UE shall treat the detected cell as candidate for one log entry in its ANR log . The
detailed usage and value range of ANR logging absolute threshold is defined in TS 25.304 and TS 25.331.
Note: The UTRAN provide an ANR logging absolute threshold and optionally an ANR logging relative threshold in
an ANR logging configuration.
- ANR logging duration timer. This configuration parameter defines a timer activated at the moment when UE
receives ANR configuration. When the timer expires, the ANR logging is stopped, and the ANR configuration is
deleted completely. The details and value range of ANR logging duration timer is defined in TS 25.331.
- ANR logging indicators for Inter-RAT. The detailed usage of ANR logging indicators for Inter-RAT are defined
in TS 25.331.
- ANR logging configuration is maintained regardless of RRC state, e.g. during multiple IDLE periods interrupted
by IDLE-> Cell_FACH or Cell_DCH->IDLE state transitions. The configured ANR logging is enabled as
described in first bullet above.
- When UE is not in IDLE mode, CELL_PCH or URA_PCH state and has a valid ANR logging configuration, the
ANR logging duration timer is kept running.
- ANR logging configuration is maintained by the UE regardless of camping RAT. When UE changes the RAT,
the ANR logging duration timer is kept running. The configured ANR logging is enabled as described in first
bullet above.
- When ANR log is retrieved by UTRAN, UE deletes the ANR configuration and the logged data.
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UE collects ANR measurement results and continues ANR logging according to the ANR logging configuration, and
ANR logging shall be disabled if any of the following conditions is met:
Once ANR logging is disabled, the UE stops ANR logging and stops the ANR logging duration timer and the ANR
logging configuration is deleted.
During ANR logging, UE should decide when to read the system information blocks of the target detected cell that can
be logged by UE, in order to acquire the necessary L2 information. The SI-reading activity in support of ANR is of best
effort from UE perspective, and should not impact UE paging or mobility behaviour.
For logging of intra or inter -RAT neighbors, UE shall not log any neighbouring relationship entry related to CSG cell.
For logging of inter-RAT GERAN neighbors, UE shall only log if the GERAN cell is not included in the neighbour list
in SIB11/11bis/12.
For logging of inter-RAT E-UTRAN neighbours, UE shall only log if the E-UTRAN cell is not included in the blacklist
for the EUTRAN frequency in SIB19.
When UE camps on certain GSM/GERAN or E-UTRAN cell with valid ANR logging configuration and the ANR
logging duration timer is still running, and then UE reselects to a certain target UTRAN cell from the source
GSM/GERAN or E-UTRAN cell, UE shall log inter-RAT cell information for the source GSM/GERAN or E-UTRAN
cell.
The network may decide to retrieve the ANR logs based on this indicator in Cell_DCH or Cell_FACH states.
In case the network will not retrieve ANR logs, UE should store non-retrieved ANR logs for 48 hours from the moment
when the UE receives the logged ANR configuration. There is no requirement to store non-retrieved ANR logs beyond
48 hours. In addition, all related ANR configuration and ANR logs may be removed by the UE at NAS detach or switch
off.
For Logged ANR, UE checks if the RPLMN is the same as "ANR-PLMN" before signalling the presence of ANR logs
in its memory, and UE checks if the RPLMN is the same as "ANR-PLMN" before sending back the ANR logs to the
network.
When ANR logs are retrieved, the reported measurement results are deleted.
The ANR log reporting should not prevent reporting two detected cells with the same PSC/Frequency if the Cell-Id is
different for the two detected cells.
Note: The UE information request/response procedure is used for ANR log request/reporting. The details for ANR log
retrieval is defined in TS 25.331.
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5.6 UE Capabilities
One UE capability indicator is used to indicate UE support of UTRA ANR, covering both Intra-RAT and Inter-RAT
detected cells. The UTRAN ANR logging capability is independent of other logging capability in UE.
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Annex A (informative):
Change history
Change history
Date TSG # TSG Doc. CR Rev Subject/Comment New
2010-10 TS Skeleton 0.0.0
2011-02 TP As agreed in RAN3#71: R3-110965 0.0.1
2011-02 TP As agreed in RAN3#71: R3-111036 0.0.2
2011-03 Updated with TP agreed in RAN2#73: R2-111655 and editorial 0.0.3
correction
2011-03 Submitted to RAN#51 1.0.0
2011-05 Updated with R2-113590, R3-111485 and R3-111620 2.0.0
2011-06 52 RP-110630 Approved at RAN#52 10.0.0
2011-12 MCC editorial corrections: Removal of empty Introduction and 10.0.1
Symbols sections.
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History
Document history
V10.0.0 July 2011 Publication (withdrawn)
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