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    RRC Setup Report v1

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    Handover Control is the algorithm that is used to allow a Ue connect to two or more cells simultaneously. HC Setup appears to reside in the Interface Block during RRC Setup Procedure. If the Handover Control fails, the Ue will either try again or will fail. A counter will be triggered, giving the Network Analyst clues as to why calls are failing on a particular cell.

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    Handover Control is the algorithm that is used to allow a Ue connect to two or more cells simultaneously. HC Setup appears to reside in the Interface Block during RRC Setup Procedure. If the Handover Control fails, the Ue will either try again or will fail. A counter will be triggered, giving the Network Analyst clues as to why calls are failing on a particular cell.

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    Handover Control is the algorithm that is used to allow a Ue connect to two or more cells simultaneously. HC Setup appears to reside in the Interface Block during RRC Setup Procedure. If the Handover Control fails, the Ue will either try again or will fail. A counter will be triggered, giving the Network Analyst clues as to why calls are failing on a particular cell.

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    RRC Setup Report v1

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    Handover Control is the algorithm that is used to allow a Ue connect to two or more cells simultaneously. HC Setup appears to reside in the Interface Block during RRC Setup Procedure. If the Handover Control fails, the Ue will either try again or will fail. A counter will be triggered, giving the Network Analyst clues as to why calls are failing on a particular cell.

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    RRC Setup Report

    Presentation Timetable
    Methodology wk5

    Pilot
    Neighbours wk5 Performance wk5

    Services
    Counters
    RRC Stp wk7 RRC Access wk7 RRC Active wk7 SHO wk6

    Net. Issues
    Drive Data
    Analysis wk3 CM Service wk2 Test Nos wk3 Script bugs wk3 6650 ISHO wk3 CC Disc wk1 Power Spikes wk1 HC Failures EOC Inter RNC HO wk2 TCH/BCH wk2

    Alarms
    Access wk4 Common Alarms wk4 Common Failures wk4

    ISHO wk6

    Table of Contents

     Introduction  Detailed Descriptions


     Handover Control  Admission Control  Setup Fail BTS  Setup Fail Trans  Setup Fail Frozen BTS/Internal RNC

     Conclusion

    Introduction

    RRC Setup Phase


     The RRC Setup phase starts when the UE sends the RRC CONNECTION REQUEST message and it is completed when the RNC, after reserving all the necessary resources for the RRC Connection (RNC, BTS, Radio and UE Transmission), replies with DL RRC CONNECTION SETUP message.  During this phase, there are several processes happening between the Node B and the RNC. If any of these processes fail, the Ue will either try again or will fail. In either case the relevant counter will be triggered, giving the Network Analyst clues as to why calls are failing on a particular cell.  A schematic of the Setup phase can be seen on the RHS.

    Node B RNC RRC: RRC Connection Request (RACH) NBAP: Radio Link Setup Request NBAP: Radio Link Setup Response ALCAP: Establish Request ALCAP: Establish Confirm FP: Downlink Sync FP: Uplink Sync RRC: RRC Connection Setup (FACH) L1 Synchronisation NBAP: Synchronisation Indication

    RRC: RRC Connection Setup Complete (DCH)

    RRC Setup Failures

     RRC Setup Failure due to Handover Control (HC)  RRC Setup Failure due to Admission Control (AC)  RRC Setup Failure due to BTS  RRC Setup Failure due to Transmission  RRC Setup Failure due to BTS frozen  RRC Setup Failure due to RNC internal reason

    Detailed Descriptions

    Handover Control

     Handover Control is the algorithm that is used to allow a Ue

    connect to two or more cells simultaneously

    RRC Setup Fail due to HC

    Handover Control appears to start in the HA3 Program Block during RRC Setup Procedure

    HC Setup Procedure in RNC


     HC Setup appears to reside in

    the Interface Control and Signalling Unit (ICSU)


     ICSU board resides in RNC  ICSU board has redundancy

    where the redundancy unit is only employed if the active unit fails.
     Checked RNC alarms and there

    were older alarms on ICSU boards

    Admission Control

     Admission Control (AC) is the algorithm that decides whether a

    request to establish a RAB is admitted or not. It is also involved during the handover procedure.

    RRC Setup Failure due to AC


     RRC Setup Failure for AC:
     AC can block the call at RRC level if there is too much noise on a cell. (i.e. Target + Offset is exceeded)  AC also blocks calls if UL or DL is blocking. Check Cell Resource counters (Prx/Ptx total)  In general its possible to check the AC blocking in RRC setup phase by checking the Traffic counters(M1002):

    DCH_REQ_LINK_REJ_UL_SRNC DCH_REQ_LINK_REJ_DL_SRNC RRC_conn_req_nack (Cell overload on UL or DL) No response from BRM - timer expired (indicates a cell availability problem)

     Main failure reasons for AC

    RRC Setup failure AC for cell availability


     A high number of RRC failures for Admission Control does not necessary mean a high traffic or an interference problem but it might reflect a cell availability problem.

     Typical detection through counters and KPIs:


     High RRC Setup Failure AC Rate : There may also be a huge number of RRC attempts (see example). This indicates that the problem is continuous.  Traffic counters may or may not reflect the full extent of the problem: in some cases the traffic counters are not incremented because the request is not even received by the Admission Control.(e.g. MHA Faulty)  Cell Availability << 100% (see example).  Alarm may or may not be present

     Solution:  Cell Availability needs to be monitored and corrected as soon as possible after it occurs  Cell Reset might help.

    Cell Availability Example


     Site GLN0395 shows high number of

    RRC Setup Failures for Admission Control on March 15.


     From Service Level counters huge

    number of RRC attempts RRC repetitions.


     From Cell Resource counters:
    Cell Availability problem from 17:30

    Average PrxTotal shows nearly no traffic nor interference

    Alarm in the cell

    RRC Setup Failure BTS


     RRC Setup Failure for BTS:
     main failure reasons can be:

    RL_setup_failure (not enough resources) might be a WSP problem RL_setup_failure (hardware overload): might be some internal BTS issue
    SETUP_FAIL_RL_NOT_ENOUGH_RES SETUP_FAIL_FIRST_RL_HW_RES

     These fails can be seen in the counters :


    -

    RRC Setup Failure BTS


    BTS Resource Issue may occur here

    RRC Setup Failure Trans


     RRC Setup Failure due to Transmission:
     main failure reasons is:

    serv_req_nack_from_nrm meaning some problem in setting up AAL2 transmission resources in Iub

     NRM (Network Resource Model) is in-charge of Iub capacity  After capacity check, AAL2 signalling starts  Counter RRC_CONN_STP_FAIL_TRANS is incremented if:
     Not enough Iub capacity  AAL2 setup fails

    RRC Setup Failures Trans


     It appears that the problem may be in this part of the setup protocol  Reason for fail is usually:
     Not enough Iub capacity  AAL2 setup fails

    AAL2 Setup over Iub


     Iub resource reservation is performed in order such that all CAC reservations for RNC internal and external (AAL2 path) resources are done before signaling.  If the CAC actions are successfully completed, the signaling is started and the RNC asks the BTS to arrange its resources accordingly.  If the CAC actions fail, the signaling phase is not started at all and the signaling counters are not aware of the connections rejected due to RNC AAL2 layer CAC.

    A L2 user plane setup over Iub (MO ) A C


    BTS (WAM) UE
    AAL2 SIG C AC
    RRC connection request :

    RNC
    C AC AAL2SIG ATM RM RRC

    Transport res. reserv. req. resource reservation Possible NAC K ERQ (SUGR) resource reservation AAL2 connection establishement

    Possible NAC K EC F AAL2 conn. estab. confirmation RRC :connection setup

    NOKIA

    Others RRC Setup Failures


     RRC Setup Failure Frozen BTS: the AC blocks RL

    establishment to allow the setup of an emergency call(in case of pre-emption, when BTS is frozen no new RRC connection are allowed)
     RRC Setup Failure for RNC internal reason: all other failure

    reasons (e.g. parameter mismatch, timer expiry)

    RRC Setup Fail RNC

    Problem should affect the entire RNC (ALL THE CELLS) Reasons are due to RNC Software/Hardware

    RRC Setup Fails on Croydon RNC


     AC, BTS and TRANS are the most common fails on Croydon

    RNC
     Numbers of fails can be huge but this does not indicate that the

    issue is necessarily RNC wide. It is probably 1 site with a huge number of fails, possibly due to repeated registration attempts.
     The other fails should be at or near 0.

    Conclusion
     Setup Fails generally occur due to hardware issues in a low

    traffic situation. They are the first counters triggered by any attempt to access the network
     The counters give us clues where to look  Some Setup Fails will occur repeatedly in response to a single

    issue causing the counter appear worse than the problem really is. Conversely, in some cases, the counters may not trigger when a fault is occurring but this can be seen by a drop in traffic.

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