Ericsson Parameters Summary

Ericsson Dafault Parameter BSPWRB Description Base Station output power BCC - Base station colour code BCCHNO BCCHTYPE Absolute RF channel number for BCCH Type of BCCH 1) COMB - indicates that the cell has a combined BCCH and SDCCH/4 2) COMBC - indicates that the cell has a combined BCCH and SDCCH/4 with CBCH subchannel 3) NCOMB - indicates that the cell does not have any type of combines BCCH and SDCCH/4 COMB, COMBC, NCOMB NCOMB NCOMB The BCCH is always allocated to time slot number 0 in the defined ARFCN ARFCN - Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number CBCH - is used for transmission of messages when the function Short Messages Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) is activate in the cell CBCH - Cell Broadcast Channel Parameter is only allowed to be change in cell state HALTED AGBLK Number of reserved access granted blocks 0 to 7 if non-combined Bcch is used 0 to 2 if combined Bcch and SDCCH/4 is used MFRMS Multiframes Period - defined period of transmission for PAGING REQUEST messages to the same paging subgroups To prevent that all cells on a site send BCCH channels at the same time it is possible to define a deviation with respect to the FN generator called FNOFFSET. By using FNOFFSET on a synchronised two or three sector site the time for decoding BSIC FNOFFSET ECSC Frame Number Offset - Indicates the time difference from the FN generator in the BTS Early Classmark Sending Control - indicates if an MS in the cell is allowed to use early classmark Sending. TSC MSTXPWR Training Sequence Code Maximum transmit power for MS on connnection 0 to 1325 TDMA Frames No - Early sending is not allowed Yes - Early sending is allowed 0 to 7 13 to 43 dbm (GSM900) odd values only 4 to 30 dbm (GSM1800) odd values only STATE HOP Cell or Channel Group state Frequency hopping status ON: The hopping status for the channel group is hopping for TCH and SDCCH OFF: The hopping status for the channel group is non hopping TCH: The hopping status fpr the channel group is hopping for TCH only HSN Hopping Sequence Number HSN=0 : cyclic hopping sequences HSN=1 to 63 : pseudo random sequences NUMREQBPC The number of required basic physical channels (BPCs) in a channel group DCHNO Absolute RF channel number Related to BCCH plan 8 to 128 in steps of 8, SYSDEF 1 to 124( GSM900) 512 to 885 (GSM1800) SYSDEF 16 to 96 range 32 ARFCN SYSDEF: system defined limit [ 1 TRX = 8] GSM900: max 31 DCHNO, GSM1800: max 31 DCHNO, GSM1900: max 31 DCHNO 0 to 63 system defined 1 to 63 ACTIVE, HALTED ON, OFF, TCH Same as BCC 33 30 TCH 1,4,7 33 dBm 30 dBm ACTIVE TCH The cell or channel group is active or halted SDCCHs as well as TCHs can hop. A bcch will not hop even if it belongs to a channel group defined as hopping 0 Yes 0 TDMA Frame YES can be reduced. RBS2000 and 200 only support the range 0 to 1023. The parameter ECSC has to be set to YES in order to allow the MS to send the MS mutliband and/or multislot capability. 2 to 9 CCCH multiframes 6 5 CCCH Parameter is only allowed to be change in cell state HALTED 1 1 AGBLK Parameter is only allowed to be change in cell state HALTED Range 0 -> 63 dbm 900: 31 to 47dbm In odd values only GSM 1800: 33 to 45dbm In odd values only BCC: 0 to 7 1 to 124( GSM900) 512 to 885 (GSM1800) 0 to 7 BSIC = NCC BCC eg NCC=4 , BSIC will ranges from 40 to 47 Bcch - Broadcast Control Channel Value 45 SingTel Recommended Value 45 dBm Remarks Note that RBS2301 and 2302 only can supports till 33dbm

SDCCH TN CBCH SCHO DTXD DTXU

Required number of SDCCH/8 Timeslot number where the SDCCH/8 will be located. Cell Broadcast Channel SDCCH handover switch Discontinuous Transmission Downlink Uplink DTX indicator 0: The MSs may use uplink discontinuous transmission 1: The MSs shall use uplink discontinuous transmission 2: The MSs must not use uplink discontinuous transmission

0 to 16 0 to 3 (normal cell). Yes, No ON, OFF ON, OFF 0 to 2 0, 2 (extended range cell).

1 1 No OFF OFF 1

1 sdcch 1st TimeSlot NO OFF OFF 1

Refer to notes for different types of configurations TN is only valid for CCHPOS = TN and must be equal for all channel groups in a cell.

ON - handovers on SDCCH are allowed; OFF - handovers on SDCCH are not allowed Note: ON: DTX DL is enabled for the cell; OFF: DTX DL is disabled for the cell Uplink discontinuous transmission means that the MS does not transmit continuously, but only when necessary, thus being able to save batteries

MAIO FHOP

Mobile Allocation Index Offset Frequency Hopping BB: Baseband hopping SY: Synthesiser hopping A cell is divided into one or more channel groups which contain all physical channels on an arbitrary number of frequencies. Cells with a subcell structure must have at least one channel group defined in

0 to 15 or DEFAULT BB, SY

DEFAULT BB

DEFAULT

SingTel using Baseband Hopping for GSM900 System, RF Hopping for GSM1800

0 (for cells without a subcell structure). n/a (for overlaid subcells). 0 to 15 0 0 0 (for underlaid subcells). UL The subcell type is underlaid.

CHGR

each subcell.

SCTYPE

Subcell type. SingTel does not use Intelligent Underlay Overlay [IUO]

UL, OL

OL The subcell type is overlaid.

CELL DATA

HCSBAND Layer The HCS feature with 3 layers allows building a network in a two- or three-layered structure. The higher layers can for example be used for large cells and the lower for small cells. Cells in layer 1 have higher priority than cells in layer 2, which in turn

LAYER LAYERTHR PSSTEMP PTIMTEMP CSYSTYPE MBCR

Defines which cell layers belong to the specified HSCBAND. Layer 1 has the highest priority (microcell) 1 to 8 The signal strength threshold is used for ranking of cells in different layer within each HCSBAND Signal strength penalty temporary offset specifies the duration during which PSSTEMP is valid Specifies the system type for the cell Multi Band Cells Reported - defines the nos of neighbours from each frequency band that shall be reported in the measurement report 0 to 150 dbm 0 to 63db 0 to 600 seconds ON, OFF GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, MIXED 0 to 3

2 75 2 0 0 OFF GSM900 0

1 /2 75 dBm / 95 dBm 2 dB 0 dB 0 second OFF GSM900 0 or 1

have higher priority than cells in layer 3.

LAYERHYST Layer Hysteresis - signal strength is used for ranking cells in different layers within each HCSBAND 0 to 63db

FASTMSREG Handling of fast-moving mobiles switches

Unless it is an Ericsson G18 cell, then it will be specified as GSM1800 0 The multiband MS reports the strongest identified neighbours irrespective of the frequency band used in the cells. 1 The multiband MS attempts to report, at least, the strongest identified neighbour cells in each frequency band.

IDLE MODE Cell Selection Criteria: C1, C2 ACCMIN CCHPWR Minimum received signal level in dbm at the MS for permission to access the system Maximum transceiver power level an MS may use when accessinf on a control channel 47 to 110 dBm 13 to 43 (GSM900) 4 to 30 (GSM1800) - 110 dBm 33 30 - 104 dBm 33 dBm 30 dBm A low value of ACCMIN means that the coverage in idle mode is improved at the expense of the risk of having an increased number of call setup failures

CRH NCCPERM CB CBQ CRO

Cell Reselection Hysteresis - receiving signal strength hysteresis for required cell reselection over location area border (LAC) PLMM (NCC) Permitted - defined the allow NCCs (Network Colour Code) on the BCCH carriers for which the MS is permitted to send measurement reports Cell Bar Access Cell Bar Qualify - HIGH: The cell has high priority; LOW: The cell has low priority Cell Reselection Offset - defines an offset to encourage or discourage MSs to select the cell while it is camping on another cell, eg: perforam a cell reselection

0 to 14 in steps of 2db 0 to 7 Yes, No HIGH, LOW 0 to 63 [0 dB to 126 dB in steps of 2 dB)

4 1, 4, 6 No HIGH 0

4 dB 1,4,6 No HIGH 0 dB / 4 = 8 dB

C1(N) > C1 + CRH Up to 8 NCCs can be defined

The setting of this parameter will only affect phase 2 MSs C2 = C1 + CRO TO * H(PT T) for PT 31 C2 = C1 CRO for PT = 31

TO PT T3212

Temporary Offset - defines a negative offset applied to CRO Penalty time - defines duration for which TO is applied Defines the time-out value that controls the location updating procedure,

0 to 7 [0 dB to infinite dB in steps of 10 dB] 0 to 31 [0 sec to 620 sec in steps of 20 sec] 0 to 255 deci hours [Infinite time out to 25.5 hours]

0 0 40

0 dB 0 / 31 20 = 2 hours

The setting of this parameter will only affect phase 2 MSs The setting of this parameter will only affect phase 2 MSs

DOUBLE BA List MBCCHNO is the BCCH allocation, i.e. it indicates to the MS the frequencies that must be monitored and measured in idle, active or both modes.Up to 32 BCCH carriers MBCCHNO LISTTYPE Absolute RF channel number for measurement on BCCH identifies which type pf list the chosen frequencies will be on 1 to 124 (GSM900) 512 to 885 (GSM1800) IDLE, ACTIVE, Omited IDLE/ ACTIVE 32 BCCH in the List can be defined by specifying their ARFCN

Extended range RLINKUP is used by the BSC to determine when to disconnect the call upon RLINKUP Radio Link Time-out - the maximum value of the radio counter for the uplink 1 to 63 SACCH periods (480ms) 16 16 repeated failure in decoding the SACCH. A counter that is given the value RLINKT is started in the MS after the assignment of a dedicated channel. Two units increase the counter if the SACCH data is successfully decoded. One unit decreases it if it cannot be successfully decoded. If the RINKT Radio Link Time-out - the maximum value of the radio downlink counter 8 to 64 in steps of 4 SACCH periods (480ms) 16 16 counter reaches the value zero, then the call release is initiated. If the measured timing advance value for an access burst is equal to or greater than MAXTA, then the connection set-up MAXTA Maximum timing advance before an MS is considered lost 0 to 63 (normal cell) 63 63 signalling is terminated by the system. If the cell is an extended range cell, traffic at a distance of greater than 35 km between the MS and the BTS can be XRANGE Extended range cell YES, NO NO NO supported

Filter control for measurement SSEVALSD QEVALSD SSVALSI QEVALSI SSLENSD QLENSD SSLENSI QLENSI SSRAMPSD SSRAMPSI Signal strength filter for speech/data Quality filter for speech./data Signal strength filter for signalling only Quality filter for signalling only Length of signal strength filter speech/data Length of quality filter for speech/data Length of signal strength filter for signalling only Length of quality filter for signalling only Ramping length of signal strength for speech/data Ramping length of signal strength for signalling only 1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 9 1 to 20 SACCH periods 1 to 20 SACCH periods 1 to 20 SACCH periods 1 to 20 SACCH periods 1 to 20 SACCH periods 1 to 20 SACCH periods 6 6 6 6 4 12 4 12 5 2 6 6 6 6 10 12 10 12 5 6 1 SACCH period (480 ms). 1 to 5: General FIR filters; 9 Median filter 6: Straight Average filter 7: Exponential filter; 8: First order Butterworth filter

LOCATING DATA : Basic ranking of cell data

Maximum number of consecutive missing measurements for a serving cell or MISSNM BSTXPWR BSPWR MSRXMIN BSRXMIN MSRXSUFF BSRXSUFF AW Max no of consecutive missing measurements for serving cell or neighbouring cell permitted before old measurements are considered invalid is the BTS output power on all frequencies other than Bcch frequency is the BTS output power on the [ BCCH frequency ] Minimum required signal strength received at the MS in a given cell to consider the cell as a possible candidate for handover Minimum required signal strength received at the BTS, at the reference point, to consider the cell as a possible candidate for handover Sufficient signal strength received at the MS to consider the cell selectable for further ranking according to the magnitude of the path loss Sufficient signal strength received at the BTS, at the reference point, to consider the cell selectable for further ranking according to the magnitude of the path loss Assignment to worst cell switch. Identifies if assignment to worse cell is allowed from that cell ON, OFF OFF ON 0 to 150 dbm max 150 150 dBm 0 to 150 dbm 0 0 dBm 0 to 150 dbm 116 116 dBm 0 to 80 dbm 0 to 80 dbm 0 to 150 dbm 50 50 100 50 dBm 50 dBm 100 dBm 0 to 18 3 3 neighbouring cell permitted before all old measurements are considered invalid.

GPRS Channel administration GPRS FPDCH Activates/deactivates GPRS support in the cell used to dedicate a number of traffic channels in the cell for GPRS only LAST When allocating dedicated PDCH it must not be allocated on the non-hopping BCCH frequency. If no channels are available on other frequencies than the non-hopping BCCH frequency ondemand channels are allocated instead, until the requirement is fulfilled. CHCODING CHCODING is used to the GPRS channel-coding scheme. When an on-demand PDCH becomes idle it is placed in the idle list for the packet switched domain and PILTIMER is started. When the PILTIMER expires for a PDCH the channel is returned to PILTIMER GPRSPRIO circuit switched domain. 0 (pre-empt GPRS connection when needed for voice) 16 (pre-empt all but 1 idle GPRS ts) 24 (pre-empt only idle GPRS ts, leave busy GPRS connections alone) MS power control DMPSTATE SSDES INIDES SSLEN INILEN LCOMPUL PMARG QDESUL QLEN QCOMPUL Dynamic MS power control state Defines the target value for the desired signal strength uplink measured by the BTS during the stationary phase. Length of stationary signal strength filter Length of initial signal strength filter Path loss compensator factor, uplink. When set to zero, no power control towards SSDES is performed. Power margin on the new channel at assignment, intra-cell handover and subcell change and on the old channel at assignment failure or handover failure. Desired quality uplink Length of the uplink quality filter Quality deviation compensation factor, uplink 0 to 20 dB 0 to 70 dtqu 1 to 20 SACCH periods 0 to 60 % 8 20 8 30 3 dB 35 dtqu 12 SACCH 30% MS power regulation is performed at intervals specified by REGINT. A new power order is issued only if the calculated power level is different from the current MS REGINT DTXFUL Regulation interval, stationary, uplink Number of measurements periods before the full set of measurements are used The MS can change the power level in steps of 2 dB with a maximum of 8 steps per SACCH period. 1 to 30 SACCH periods 0 to 40 SACCH periods 3 5 3 SACCH 5 SACCH power level. 47 to 110 dbm 3 to 15 SACCH periods 0, 2 to 5 SACCH periods 0 to 100% 85 70 5 2 70 95 dBm 85 dBm 5 SACCH 2 SACCH 30% The value of SSLEN > INILEN. Faster when value is lower Lower desired SS to prevent interference in Urban Area Defines the target value for the desired signal strength uplink measured by the BTS during the initial 47 phase. to 110 dbm ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE 0,16,24 0 0 or 1 1 to3600. 20 seconds 20 seconds CS 1 or 2 for Ericsson R8 CS 2 CS 2 ON, OFF 0 to 8 ON 0 NOPREF ON 1 NOPREF The dedicated Pdch will not be pre-empted by circuit switched traffic note: NOPREF: the channel algorithm should not be consider this parameter FIRST When allocating the alocation first dedicated PDCH it must allocated on the nonhopping BCCH frequency. If no channels are available on the non-hopping BCCH frequency on-demand channels are allocated instead, until the requirement is fulfilled.

PDCHALLOC used in the channel allocation algorithm to determine where the first dedicated PSET of PDCH be allocated NOPREF, FIRST, LAST

BTS power control DBPSTATE SDCCHREG SSDESDL REGINTDL SSLENDL LCOMPDL QDESDL QCOMPDL QLENDL Dynamic BTS power control state SDCCH power control switch defines the target value for the desired signal strength downlink as measured by MS in different parts of the power control interval. Regulation interval, downlink Length of downlink signal strength filter Path Loss compensator factor, downlink Desired quality, downlink Quality deviation compensation factor, downlink Length of downlink quality filter 47 to 110 dbm 1 to 10 SACCH periods 3 to 15 SACCH periods 0 to 100 % 0 to 70 dtqu 0 to 60 % 1 to 20 SACCH periods -20 to +50 dbm 70 5 5 70 20 30% 8 20 90 dBm 1 SACCH 4 SACCH 20% 0 dtqu 60% 5 SACCH 20 dB When set to zero there is no power control towards SSDESDL. RxQual = 0 When set to zero, no quality compensation is performed. Lower desired SS to prevent interference in Urban Area Faster steps of powering up by 2 dB at 1 SACCH ACTIVE, INACTIVE ON, OFF INACTIVE OFF ACTIVE SDCCH power control switch. Identifies if power control on OFF SDCCH is allowed on non BCCH frequencies.

BSPWRMIN Min allowed output power for the BTS at the locating reference point on the non Bcch freqs

Urgency Conditions for Handover [Locating Algorithm] TALIM PSSBQ PSSTA PTIMBQ PTIMTA QLIMDL QLIMUL Timing advance limit for handover - Urgency detection parameter TALIM determines the maximum timing advance that the MS is recommended to use in the cell Signal strength penalty when handover doe to too large timing advance. It is valid during PTIMTA Penalty time when handover due to bad quality Penalty time when handover due to too large timing advance Quality limit downlink for handover. Urgency detection parameter Quality limit uplink for handover. Urgency detection parameter 0 to 63 (normal cell) Bits periods (bp) 0 to 219 (extended range cell) bp 10 dB 63 10 10 55 55 10 dB 63 dB 15 sec 10 sec 55 dtpu 55 dtpu Deci transformed GSM quality units (dtqu). Deci transformed GSM quality units (dtqu). 0 to 63 db 0 to 600 seconds 0 to 600 seconds 0 to 100 dtqu 0 to 100 dtqu 62 61

Signal strength penalty when handover due to bad quality. This penalty is valid during PTIMBQ 0 to 63 db

Handover Failure PSSHF PTIMHF Signal strength penalty at handover failure Penalty time at handover failure 0 to 63 db 0 to 600 seconds 63 dB 15 63 dB 15

Intra cell handover IHO TMAXIHO TIHO MAXIHO Intra handover switch: ON - Intra cell handover is allowed; OFF - Intra cell is not allowed Timer for handover counter Intra cell handover inhibition timer Maximum number of consecutive intra-cell handovers ON, OFF 0 to 60 seconds 0 to 60 seconds 0 to 15 -50 to +50 dtqu -50 to +50 dtqu -30 to +30 db -30 to +30 db OFF 6 10 3 0 0 0 0 OFF 6 seconds 5 seconds 3 0 0 0 0 SingTel does not use Intra-Cell Handover. [Globe: ON ] 6 10 3 10 10 0 0

QOFFSETUL Offset for quality uplink QOFFSETDL Offset for quality downlink SSOFFSETUL Offset for signal strength uplink SSOFFSETDL Offset for signal strength downlink

Idle Channel Measurements ACTIVE: The measurements made are used for statistical purposes and at channel allocation. PASSIVE: No idle channel measurements are made. ICMSTATE INTAVE LIMITn Idle Channel Measurement State defines threshold limits for five different interference bands ACTIVE, PASSIVE, NOALLOC LIMIT1 = 0 to 59 LIMIT2 = 1 to 60 LIMIT3 = 2 to 61 LIMIT4 = 3 to 62 PASSIVE 6 2 6 12 22 ACTIVE 6 SACCH 2 6 12 25 Band 1 : -108 dBm Band 2 : - 104 dBm Band 3 : - 98 dBm Band 4 : - 85 dBm NOALLOC: The measurements are used for statistical purposes only. The number of measurements that should be used in the calculation of the interference band for a channel 1 to 31 SACCH periods

CELL LOAD SHARING CLSSTATE CLSACC CLSLEVEL HOCLSACC RHYST Cell load sharing active/inactive for an individual cell Percentage of available full rate capable traffic channels in a target cell at or below which no handovers due to Cell Load sharing will be accepted Percentage of available full rate capable traffic channels at which or below which Cell load sharing 0 to 99 % evaluations are initiated. Handover due to cell load sharing accepted to this cell evaluation CLSRAMP Cell load sharing ramping time parameter. 0 to 30 seconds 5 seconds 5 The interval during which value of RHYST is ramped up from zero to the final value. ON, OFF OFF 75% ON 75% Hysteresis reduction parameter - determines how much hysteresis can be reduced in the cell load sharing 0 to 100 % 20% 20% The value of of CLSLEVEL must be less than the value of CLSACC ACTIVE, INACTIVE 1 to 100 % INACTIVE 40% ACTIVE 40% For CLSSTATE activation to have effect, CLSSTATE must be activated

Ericsson 1 locating algorithm: TRHYST KHYST LHYST TROFFSET KOFFSET Neighbouring LOFFSET Cell Relation SingTel is using Ericsson 3 Algorithm Ericsson 1 CELLR KHYST LHYST TRHYST KOFFSET LOFFSET TROFFSET BQOFFSET CAND Related Cell designation Signal strength hystersis when evaluating K-cells Path Loss hystersis when evaluating L-cells Signal Strength hysteresis for a K- and L- cell border segment Signal strength offset when evaluating K-cells Path Lloss offset when evalutaing L-cells Signal strength offset for a K- and L-cell border segment Signal strength region for bad quality urgency handovers Candidate Type AWN: Neighbour at assignment to worse cell NHN: Neighbour at normal handover and at assignment to better cell BOTH: Both of the above AWOFFSET Signal strength region where assignment to worse cell is allowed Ericsson 3 HIHYST LOHYST HYSTSEP OFFSET Signal strength hysteresis when evaluating high signal strength cells Signal strength hysteresis when evaluating low signal strength cells Signal strength separator for high and low signal strength cells Signal strength offset 0 to 63 db 0 to 63 db 0 to 150 dbm -63 to 63 db 5 dB 3 dB 90 dBm 0 5 dB 3 dB 90 dBm The parameter is represented by OFFSETN, if the value is in the range (63, 3 dB 1) dB. Positive values, (0, 63) dB, is represented by OFFSETP. 0 to 63 db 3 dB 3 3 dB -> 20 dB when Serving cell is Congested, to offload to other cell [CELLR] 1 to 7 Characters 0 to 63db 0 to 63db -63 to 63 db 0 to 63 db -63 to 63 db -63 to 63 db 0 to 63db AWN, NHN, BOTH 3 dB 3 dB 2 dB 0 0 0 63 dB BOTH 3 dB 3 dB 3 dB 3 dB 0 dB 0 dB 3 dB BOTH If set to 0 dB, faster handover to CELLR If set to 6 dB, Slower handover to CELLR Ericsson 3 locating algorithm: HIHYST LOHYST HYSTSEP OFFSET