SPRINT
LTE INTER FREQUENCY MOBILITY &
eCSFB Overview
Muhammad Sajid HAMID
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AGENDA
1. Sprint LTE Network Overview
2. LTE Inter Frequency Idle Mode Mobility
3. LTE Inter Frequency Connected Mode Mobility
4. eCSFB Overview
Q&A
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Sprint LTE Network Overview
Idle Mode Cell
Reselection
800 MHz LTE FDD
Coverage Layer B26 (5MHz)
Low Priority
Connected
Mode HO
Initial Attach
1900 MHz LTE FDD
Primary Layer
UE Band Scan Priority
1900 > 800 > 2.5
B25 (5MHz)
Mid Priority
2.5 GHz LTE TDD
Capacity Layer
B41
(20MHz)
High Priority
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AGENDA
1. Sprint LTE Network Configuration
2. LTE Inter Frequency Idle Mode Mobility
3. LTE Inter Frequency Connected Mode Mobility
4. eCSFB Overview
Q&A
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LTE INTER-FREQ IDLE MODE CELL RESELECTION
Cell selection is a procedure triggered by the UE in Idle Mode to determine which LTE cell to camp on.
The parameters used in UE cell reselection algorithm are controlled by eNB through the broadcasting
of the related SystemInformationBlockType (SIB) on the BCH of the cell the UE is camping on.
The inter-frequency cell selection and reselection is controlled by the System Information parameters
provided in SIB3 and SIB5.
SIB3 contains cell reselection information mainly related to serving cell.
SIB5 contains information for inter-frequency neighbor cell reselection
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SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGES
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qRxLevMin INSTANCES
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HIGH PRIORITY TO LOW PRIORITY CELL RESELECTION
B41 High Priority to B25 Low Priority Cell
qRxLevMin = -120dBm
sNonIntraSearch = 14 -> UE starts measuring Inter Freq at -106dBm
threshServingLow = 4 -> UE Cell reselection is possible at -116dBm
threshXLow=6 -> Target Candidate is valid at -114dbm
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LOW PRIORITY TO HIGH PRIORITY CELL RESELECTION
B25 Low Priority to B41 High Priority Cell
qRxLevMin = -120dBm
threshXHigh = 12 UE will reselect the higher priority cell at -108dBm
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LAYER-3 MESSAGES FOR IMCR 1. UE initiates IMCR indicated by
EMM_DEREGISTERED message
2. UE reads target cell SIB and
completes IMCR
3. UE completes Attach
procedure on target Cell
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LTE INTER-FREQ IDLE MODE KEY PARAMETERS
Parameter 1.9 FDD 2.5 TDD
qRxLevMin -116 -120
cellReselectionPriority 4 7
sNonIntraSearch 6 16
threshServingLow 0 10
threshXLow 0 8
threshXHigh 20 20
tReselectionEUTRAN 2 2
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AGENDA
1. Sprint LTE Network Configuration
2. LTE Inter Frequency Idle Mode Mobility
3. LTE Inter Frequency Connected Mode Mobility
4. eCSFB Overview
Q&A
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LTE INTER FREQUENCY CONNECTED MODE MOBILITY
Event A1 Serving RSRP becomes better than A1 Event threshold
Event A2 Serving RSRP becomes worse than A2 Event threshold
1) Associated with two thresholds
2) > Entering Coverage Alarm: Higher threshold used to start measurement gaps
3) > Below Serving Floor: Lower threshold used for connection release and blind redirection
Event A3 Neighbor RSRP becomes better than an offset relative to the serving cell RSRP. Normally used for
LTE Intra-Freq Handovers.
Event A4 Neighbor RSRP becomes better than serving cell RSRP. Normally used for LTE Inter-Freq carrier
offloading
Event A5 Serving RSRP becomes worse than threshold1 and neighbor RSRP becomes better than
threshold2. Normally used for LTE Inter-Freq Handovers
Event B1 IRAT neighbor becomes better than threshold. Normally used for CS Fall back
Event B2 Serving becomes worse than Threshold1 and IRAT becomes better than threshold2.
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LTE INTER FREQUENCY CONNECTED MODE MOBILITY
A1(Leaving-Coverage-Alarm)
A2 (Below-Serving-Floor)
A2 (Entering-Coverage-Alarm)
A2 (Below-Serving-Floor)
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LTE INTER FREQUENCY CONNECTED MODE MOBILITY
A1(Leaving-Coverage-Alarm) -95
A2 (Entering-Coverage-Alarm) -100
A2 (Below-Serving-Floor) -120
UE always measure Event A3 with measurementPurpose =Mobility-Intra-Freq
UE always measure Event A2 with measurementPurpose = Below-Serving-Floor
De-configure event A1(measurementPurpose = Leaving-
Coverage-Alarm)
De-configure event A5(Mobility-Inter-Freq-to-EUTRA)
De-configure eventB2 (Mobility Inter-RAT)
Configure A2(Entering-Coverage-Alarm)
De-configure A2(Entering-Coverage-Alarm)
Configure A1(Leaving-Coverage-Alarm)
Configure A5(Mobility-Inter-Freq-to-EUTRA)
Configure B2 (Mobility Inter-RAT
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LTE INTER FREQUENCY HANDOVER EXAMPLE
Event A5 based LTE Inter frequency Handover
RSRP RSRP
Trigger Event
Serving B25 cell A2 Condition 1 of A5 UE trigger EventA5 Target B41 cell
fulfilled for HO towards
B41 neighbor
A1 -97dbm
A2_CA -100dbm
A5_Thr1-105dbm
reportamount
A5_Thr2-110dbm
timeToTrigger (480 ms) Time
Condition 2 of A5 fulfilled
reportinterval (240 ms)
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LAYER-3 MESSAGES FOR HANDOVER
2
3
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LAYER-3 MESSAGES FOR HANDOVER
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LTE INTER FREQUENCY HANDOVER PARAMETERS
Connected Mode Key parameters FDD
Value
Object Parameter
(dbm)
reportConfigEutra /A2 Coverage alarm thresholdEutraRsrp -95
reportConfigEutra / A1 Leaving alarm thresholdEutraRsrp -91
thresholdEutraRsrp (serving) -98
reportConfigEutra / A5 inter-frequency
threshold2EutraRsrp (neighbor) -105
reportConfigEutra / A2 Below Serving Floor thresholdEutraRsrp -119
Connected Mode Key parameters 2.5 TDD (Huawei)
Value
Object Parameter
(dBm)
Event A1 InterFreqHoA1ThdRsrp -105
EventA2 InterFreqHoA2ThdRSRP -110
Event A4 CoverageBased Interfreq RSRP threshold (neighbor) -105
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AGENDA
1. Sprint LTE Network Configuration
2. LTE Inter-Frequency Idle mode Mobility
3. LTE Inter Frequency Connected Mode Mobility
4. eCSFB Overview
Q&A
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eCSFB Overview
Circuit Switched FallBack (CSFB) is a generic term that covers multiple different methods for allowing a
UE that is attached on LTE to fall back to 2G/3G in order to receive circuit services.
Fallback to CDMA is generically called 1x CSFB to differentiate from CSFB to GERAN/UTRAN
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1xCSFB Types
CSFB with Dual Tx Dual Rx SVLTE without S102
Already Deployed LG Viber
CSFB with Dual Rx Single Tx without S102
Already Deployed iPhone 5
CSFB with S102 3GPP Release 8
The 1x paging request sent by the 1xMSC to the 1xCS IWS is delivered to the UE via the S102
tunnel
The UE leaves LTE and tunes to 1xRTT access
The UE acknowledges the 1x page and performs the 1xCS procedures for mobile terminated
call in 1X access
Uses RRC connection release with redirection to 1xCS
eCSFB with S102 3GPP Release 9
IMPROVES call setup time compared to CSFB.
For Voice call, UE will tunnel the messages through RRC, S1, and S102 to the IWS. The MSC
will then perform a virtual handover, assign a traffic channel, and send a UHDM back to the
UE via S102, S1 and RRC.
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eCSFB eNB Impact
SIB 8 shall be updated:
To broadcast CDMA2000 1xRTT pre-registration parameters
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eCSFB PS and CS Registration
1xRTT CS pre-registration procedure over LTE support
LTE Attach
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1xCSFB PS and CS Registration(contd.)
CS Pre-Registration
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LAYER-3 MESSAGES FOR MO eCSFB CALL
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LAYER-3 MESSAGES FOR MT eCSFB CALL
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AGENDA
1. Sprint LTE Network Configuration
2. LTE Inter-Frequency Idle mode Mobility
3. LTE Inter Frequency Connected Mode Mobility
4. eCSFB Overview
Q&A
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