Ericsson Parameter Recommendations 2

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Parameter Feature Level Class Range Units Commands Ericsson Default

DL Common data BSC FIXED -12 to 12 dB RRLLC, RRLLP 0 0

UL Common data BSC FIXED -12 to 12 dB RRLLC, RRLLP 0 0

BSPWRB Common data CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLCPC, RLCPP

CELL Common data CELL FIXED 1 to 7 characters except ALL RLDEI

RSITE Common data CELL FIXED 3 to 15 characters RLDEI

TG Common data CELL VARIABLE 0 to 511

CGI Common data CELL FIXED RLDEC, RLDEP

MCC Common data CELL FIXED 3 digits RLDEC, RLDEP 310

MNC Common data CELL FIXED 2 or 3 digits RLDEC, RLDEP 410

LAC Common data CELL FIXED 1 to 65535 RLDEC, RLDEP

CI Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 65535 RLDEC, RLDEP

NCC Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 7 RLDEC, RLDEP 0 to 7

BCC Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 7 RLDEC, RLDEP 0 to 7

BCCHNO Common data CELL FIXED ARFCN RLDEC, RLDEP 12 to 15 BCCH's

BCCHTYPE Common data CELL FIXED COMB, COMBC, NCOMB RLDEC, RLDEP NCOMB

AGBLK Common data CELL FIXED RLDEC, RLDEP 1 0

MFRMS Common data CELL FIXED 2 to 9 RLDEC, RLDEP 6

FNOFFSET Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 1325 RLDEC, RLDEP 0 0

ECSC Common data CELL FIXED NO, YES RLSBC, RLSBP NO YES

SCTYPE Common data CELL FIXED UL, OL RLDSI

MNCDIGITHAND Common data BSC FIXED 0 to 2 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 2

TSC Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 7 RLDTC, RLDTP Set to same as BCC Set to same as BCC

MSTXPWR Common data CELL VARIABLE dBm RLCPC, RLCPP

BSPWRT Common data CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dBm RLCPC, RLCPP

CHGR Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 15 0 1,2,3

STATE Common data CELL FIXED ACTIVE, HALTED RLSTC, RLSTP ACTIVE

NUMREQBPC Common data CELL FIXED 8 to 128 in steps of 8, SYSDEF RLBDC, RLBDP SYSDEF

Cingular Recommendation

RXMOI, RXMOC, RXMSC, RXESE, RXESI, RXTCI, RXTCE, RXBLE, RXBLI, RXPLI, RXPLE, RXAPI, RXAPE, RXMOP.

CGI is MCC-MNC-LAC-CI. See range info for each of these parameters.

128 to 251 (GSM 800)512 to 810 (GSM 1900)

COMB for 1 TRU NCOMB for > 1 TRU

0 to 2 (COMB, COMBC)0 to 7 (NCOMB)

CCCH multiframes

4 for Nortel MSC4 or 6 for others

TDMA frames

13 to 43 odd values (GSM 800)4 to 30 even values (GSM 1900)

30 (GSM1900)33 (GSM800)

RLCCC, RLDGI , RLCFP

8 X number of TRUs in channel group

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Parameter Feature Level Class Range Units Commands Ericsson Default Cingular Recommendation

DCHNO Common data CELL FIXED ARFCN

BCCD Common data CELL VARIABLE YES, NO YES YES

SDCCH Common data CELL FIXED RLCCC, RLCFP 1

CCHPOS Common data CELL FIXED BCCH, TN RLCCC, RLCFP TN

TN Common data CELL FIXED 0 to 3, 0 or 2 (extended range) RLCCC, RLCFP 2

CBCH Common data CELL FIXED YES, NO RLCCC, RLCFP NO NO

TRADROPLEVEL Common data BSC FIXED 0, 10 to 60, 110 to 160

TRADROPNOTRAF Common data BSC FIXED 25 or 15

CELLR Neighbouring cell relation data CELL VARIABLE 1 to 7 characters except ALL

CTYPE Neighbouring cell relation data CELL VARIABLE EXT, Omitted Omitted

RELATION Neighbouring cell relation data CELL VARIABLE SINGLE, OMITTED RLNRI OMITTED

CS Neighbouring cell relation data CELL FIXED YES, NO RLNRC, RLNRP NO

ACCMIN Idle mode behaviour CELL VARIABLE 47 to 110 dBm RLSSC, RLSSP 110

CCHPWR Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED dBm RLSSC, RLSSP

CRH Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 14 in steps of 2 dB RLSSC, RLSSP 4 4

NCCPERM Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 7 RLSSC, RLSSP 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

SIMSG Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 1, 7, 8 RLSMC, RLSMP

MSGDIST Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLSMC, RLSMP

CB Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED YES, NO RLSBC, RLSBP NO NO

CBQ Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED HIGH, LOW RLSBC, RLSBP HIGH HIGH

128 to 251 (GSM 800)512 to 810 (GSM 1900)

RLCFI, RLCFE, RLCFP

RLCFI, RLCFE, RLCFP

0 to 160 to 7 if CCHPOS = BCCH0 to 3 if CCHPOS = BCCH and cell is extended range

1 TRU = 0 (COMB)2 TRU = 1 (NCOMB)3 TRU = 1 (NCOMB)4 TRU = 1 (NCOMB)5 TRU = 2 (NCOMB)6 TRU = 2 (NCOMB)7 TRU = 3 (NCOMB)8 TRU = 4 (NCOMB)9 TRU = 4 (NCOMB)10 TRU = 4 (NCOMB)11 TRU = 4 (NCOMB)12 TRU = 4 (NCOMB)

CG0: 1 to 7CG1: 0 to 7

RAEPC, RAEPP.

25 - Alarm = A1125 - Alarm = A3

RAEPC, RAEPP.

RLNRI, RLNRC, RLNRE, RLNRP

RLDEI, RLLHP, RLDEP

YES (Co-sited)NO (Not co-sited)

110

13 to 43 in steps of 2 (GSM 800)4 to 30 in steps of 2 (GSM 1900)

30 (GSM1900)33 (GSM800)

SIMSG=1 MSGDIST=ONSIMSG=7 MSGDIST=OFFSIMSG=8 MSGDIST=OFF

1, ON7, OFF8, OFF

SIMSG=1 MSGDIST=ONSIMSG=7 MSGDIST=OFFSIMSG=8 MSGDIST=OFF

1, ON7, OFF8, OFF

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ACC Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 15, CLEAR RLSBC, RLSBP CLEAR CLEAR

MAXRET Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 1, 2, 4, 7 RLSBC, RLSBP 4 7

TX Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 3 to 12, 14, 16, 20, 25, 32, 50 RLSBC, RLSBP 50 32

ATT Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED YES, NO RLSBC, RLSBP YES YES

T3212 Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 255 Deci hours RLSBC, RLSBP 40

CRO Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 63 dB RLSBC, RLSBP 0

TO Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 7 dB RLSBC, RLSBP 0 0

PT Idle mode behaviour CELL FIXED 0 to 31 RLSBC, RLSBP 0 0

FASTASSIGN Locating BSC FIXED 0, 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

NOOFPHYSINFOMSG Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 254 RAEPC, RAEPP 35 35

TIMER3105 Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 254 10 ms RAEPC, RAEPP 4 6

EVALTYPE Locating BSC FIXED 1, 3 RLLBC, RLLBP 1 3

TINIT Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 120 RLLBC, RLLBP 1010

TALLOC Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 120 RLLBC, RLLBP 22

TURGEN Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 120 RLLBC, RLLBP 22

TAAVELEN Locating BSC FIXED 1 to 20 RLLBC, RLLBP 4 4

SSEVALSD Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 9 RLLFC, RLLFP 6 6

QEVALSD Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 9 RLLFC, RLLFP 6 6

SSEVALSI Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 9 RLLFC, RLLFP 6 6

QEVALSI Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 9 RLLFC, RLLFP 6 6

SSLENSD Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLLFC, RLLFP 10 10

QLENSD Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLLFC, RLLFP 10 10

SSLENSI Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLLFC, RLLFP 4 4

QLENSI Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLLFC, RLLFP 4 4

SSRAMPSD Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLLFC, RLLFP 5 5

SSRAMPSI Locating CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLLFC, RLLFP 2 1

MISSNM Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 18 RLLOC, RLLOP 3 3

BSPWR Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 80 dBm RLLOC, RLLOP variable

MSRXMIN Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 150 RLLOC, RLLOP 104

BSRXMIN Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 150 RLLOC, RLLOP 150

9 for standard cells4 for MSC/BSC border cells

0 for GSM19003 for GSM850

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

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MSRXSUFF Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 150 RLLOC, RLLOP 0 or 150

BSRXSUFF Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 150 RLLOC, RLLOP 150

BSTXPWR Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 80 dBm RLLOC, RLLOP variable

KHYST Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 3 3

LHYST Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 3 3

TRHYST Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 2 2

KOFFSET Locating CELL VARIABLE −63 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 0 0

LOFFSET Locating CELL VARIABLE −63 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 0 0

TROFFSET Locating CELL VARIABLE −63 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 0 0

HIHYST Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 5 5

LOHYST Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 3 3

HYSTSEP Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 150 RLNRC, RLNRP 90 70

OFFSET Locating CELL VARIABLE −63 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 0 0

BADQDL Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 100 dtqu RAEPC, RAEPP 55 55

BADQUL Locating BSC FIXED 0 to 100 dtqu RAEPC, RAEPP 55 55

LOWSSDL Locating BSC FIXED 47 to 110 RAEPC, RAEPP 104102, 104

LOWSSUL Locating BSC FIXED 47 to 110 RAEPC, RAEPP 104109

TALIM Locating CELL VARIABLE RLLUC, RLLUP 62 62

PSSBQ Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 63 dB RLLPC, RLLPP 10 7

PSSTA Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 63 dB RLLPC, RLLPP 63 63

PTIMBQ Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 600 s RLLPC, RLLPP 10 15

PTIMTA Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 600 s RLLPC, RLLPP 10 30

BQOFFSET Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 3 3

BQOFFSETAFR Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 3 3

EXTPEN Locating CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLLOC, RLLOP OFF ON

QLIMDL Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 dtqu RLLUC, RLLUP 55

QLIMDLAFR Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 dtqu RLLUC, RLLUP 55

QLIMUL Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 dtqu RLLUC, RLLUP 55

QLIMULAFR Locating CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 dtqu RLLUC, RLLUP 55

PSSHF Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 63 dB RLLPC, RLLPP 63 63

PTIMHF Locating CELL FIXED 0 to 600 s RLLPC, RLLPP 5 5

IBHOSICH Locating BSC FIXED ON, OFF RLLBC, RLLBP OFF OFF

IHOSICH Locating BSC FIXED ON, OFF RLLBC, RLLBP OFF OFF

SCHO Locating CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLLOC, RLLOP OFF ON

CELLQ Locating CELL FIXED HIGH, LOW RLLUC, RLLUP HIGH HIGH

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

0 to 63 (normal range)0 to 219 (extended range)

Bit periods (bp)

45 non hopping55 hopping




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MAXTA Locating CELL FIXED RLLDC, RLLDP 63 63

RLINKUP Locating CELL VARIABLE 1 to 63 RLLDC, RLLDP 16 32

RLINKT Locating CELL VARIABLE 1 to 63 RLSSC, RLSSP 16 32

HPBSTATE Locating CELL FIXED ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE

CHALLOC BSC FIXED 0 to 2 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 2

EBANDINCLUDED BSC FIXED 0 and 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

MAXCHDATARATE BSC FIXED 96 and 144 RAEPC, RAEPP 96 96

SPEECHVERUSED BSC FIXED 0 and 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 1 0

BSCMC BSC FIXED ON, OFF OFF OFF

CMDR CELL FIXED 96 and 144 144 144

CHAP CELL FIXED 0 to 10 RLHPC, RLHPP 0

SAS CELL FIXED QUALITY, MAIO, MULTI RLGAC, RLGAP QUALITY QUALITY

NECI CELL FIXED 0 and 1 RLSSC, RLSSP 0 1

MC CELL FIXED ON, OFF OFF OFF

CHCODING BSC FIXED CS-1 or CS-2 RAEPC, RAEPP 2 2

GPRSNWMODE BSC FIXED 0 to 3 RAEPC, RAEPP 2 2

GPRSPRIO BSC FIXED 0 to 63 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 1

PILTIMER BSC FIXED 1 to 3600 s RAEPC, RAEPP 20 10

EGPRSBPCLIMIT BSC FIXED 0 to 8160 BPC's DBTSP

ONDEMANDGPHDEV BSC FIXED 1 and 256 RAEPC, RAEPP 20 20

ONDEMANDGPHDV64 BSC FIXED 0 to 63 RAEPC, RAEPP 5 5

PSETCHKPERIOD BSC VARIABLE 0 to 60 min RAEPC, RAEPP 5 5

0 to 63 (normal range)0 to 219 (extended range)

Bit periods (bp)

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

RLPBI, RLPBP , RLPBE

Channel administration / Immediate assignment on TCH





RLCDC , RLCDP


RLDRC , RLDRP


BCCH on overlay 6 or 8, otherwise 0 or 1. Multiband cell = 8.




RLCDC , RLCDP

GPRS/EGPRS Channel Administration








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TBFDLLIMIT BSC FIXED 1 to 8 RAEPC, RAEPP 2 2

TBFULLIMIT BSC FIXED 1 to 6 RAEPC, RAEPP 2 2

NACCACT BSC FIXED 0 or 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 1 1

PDCHPREEMPT BSC FIXED 0 to 4 0

GPRSSUP CELL FIXED ON, OFF OFF ON

FPDCH CELL FIXED RLGSC, RLGSP 0 1

SCALLOC CELL FIXED UL, OL, BOTH UL, BOTH, OL RAEPC, RAEPP UL

PDCHALLOC CELL FIXED NOPREF, FIRST, LAST RLGSC, RLGSP NOPREF FIRST

PSKONBCCH CELL FIXED ENABLED, DISABLED RLGSC, RLGSP ENABLED ENABLED

NUMREQCS3CS4BPC CELL FIXED 0 to 128 RLBDC, RLBDP 0 0

NUMREQEGPRSBPC CELL FIXED 0 to 128 RLBDC, RLBDP 0 4

TN7BCCH CELL FIXED EGPRS, GPRS RLBDC, RLBDP GPRS GPRS

GPRSEDAACT BSC FIXED 0 or 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 1

PULSCHEDINT BSC FIXED 0 to 10, 99 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 3

DMPSTATE Dynamic MS Power Control CELL FIXED ACTIVE or INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE

AMRPCSTATE Dynamic MS Power Control CELL FIXED ACTIVE or INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE

SSDESUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 47 to 110 RLPCC, RLPCP 85 104

SSDESULAFR Dynamic MS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 47 to 110 RLAPC, RLAPP 85 104

SSLENUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL FIXED 3 to 15 RLPCC, RLPCP 5 3

LCOMPUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 % RLPCC, RLPCP 70 6

QDESUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 70 dtqu RLPCC, RLPCP 20 20

QDESULAFR Dynamic MS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 70 dtqu RLAPC, RLAPP 20 40

QLENUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLPCC, RLPCP 8 3





1 (R10)4 (R11)


RLGSI, RLGSE , RLGSP


0 to 80 to 4 (extended range)


BOTHUL (FPDCH in Underlaid)BOTHOL (FPDCH in Overlaid)








RLPCI, RLPCE, RLPCP

RLAPI, RLAPE, RLAPP

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

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QCOMPUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 % RLPCC, RLPCP 30 90

REGINTUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL FIXED 1 to 30 RLPCC, RLPCP. 5 1

DTXFUL Dynamic MS Power Control CELL FIXED 0 to 40 RLPCC, RLPCP 5 5

STEPLIMDL Dynamic MS Power Control BSC FIXED ON, OFF OFF OFF

ALPHA BSC VARIABLE 0 to 10 0.1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

GAMMA CELL VARIABLE 0 to 62, even values dB RLGSC, RLGSP 0 6

AMRPCSTATE Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED ACTIVE or INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE

UPDWNRATIO Dynamic BTS Power Control BSC FIXED 100 to 700 RAEPC, RAEPP 200 200

DBPSTATE Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED ACTIVE or INACTIVE INACTIVE ACTIVE

SDCCHREG Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLBCC, RLBCP OFF ON

SSDESDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 47 to 110 RLBCC, RLBCP 70 90 or 93

SSDESDLAFR Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 47 to 110 RLAPC, RLAPP 70 96

REGINTDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED 1 to 10 RLBCC, RLBCP 5 1

SSLENDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED 3 to 15 RLBCC, RLBCP 5 3

LCOMPDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 % RLBCC, RLBCP 70 5

QDESDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 70 dtqu RLBCC, RLBCP 20 30 to 40

QDESDLAFR Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 70 dtqu RLAPC, RLAPP 20 40

QCOMPDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL VARIABLE 0 to 60 % RLBCC, RLBCP 30 50 to 55

QLENDL Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED 1 to 20 RLBCC, RLBCP 8 3

BSPWRMIN Dynamic BTS Power Control CELL FIXED −20 to +50 dBm RLBCC, RLBCP −20 -20

DTXD Discontinuous Transmission CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLCXC, RLCXP OFF ON

DTXU Discontinuous Transmission CELL FIXED 0 to 2 RLSSC, RLSSP 1

HOP Frequency Hopping CELL FIXED ON, OFF, TCH RLCHC, RLCFP OFF

HSN Frequency Hopping CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 RLCHC, RLCFP

FHOP Frequency Hopping CELL VARIABLE BB, SY SY

COMB Frequency Hopping CELL VARIABLE FLT, HYB HYB

CONFMD Frequency Hopping CELL VARIABLE NODEL, CMD, FASTREC, MINDIST NODEL MINDIST

MAIO MAIO Management CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 or DEFAULT RLCHC, RLCFP DEFAULT

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

GPRS/EGPRS Dynamic MS Power Control

GPRS/EGPRS Dynamic MS Power Control

RLAPI, RLAPE, RLAPP

RLBCI, RLBCE, RLBCP

dBm (negative)

dBm (negative)

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

SACCH periods

ON for TCHOFF for BCCH

RXMOC, RXMOP

RXMOI, RXMOC, RXMOP

RXMSC, RXMOC, RXMOP

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IHO Intra-Cell Handover CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLIHC, RLIHP OFF ON

TMAXIHO Intra-Cell Handover CELL FIXED 0 to 60 s RLIHC, RLIHP 6 6

TIHO Intra-Cell Handover CELL FIXED 0 to 60 s RLIHC, RLIHP 10 10

MAXIHO Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE 0 to 15 RLIHC, RLIHP 3 1

QOFFSETUL Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −50 to +50 dtqu RLIHC, RLIHP 0

QOFFSETULAFR Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −50 to +50 dtqu RLIHC, RLIHP 0

QOFFSETDL Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −50 to +50 dtqu RLIHC, RLIHP 0

QOFFSETDLAFR Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −50 to +50 dtqu RLIHC, RLIHP 0

SSOFFSETUL Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −30 to +30 dB RLIHC, RLIHP 0 24

SSOFFSETULAFR Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −30 to +30 dB RLIHC, RLIHP 0 24

SSOFFSETDL Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −30 to +30 dB RLIHC, RLIHP 0 16

SSOFFSETDLAFR Intra-Cell Handover CELL VARIABLE −30 to +30 dB RLIHC, RLIHP 0 16

ASSOC Assignment to Other Cell BSC FIXED ON, OFF RLLBC, RLLBP OFF ON

IBHOASS Assignment to Other Cell BSC FIXED ON, OFF RLLBC, RLLBP OFF ON

AW Assignment to Other Cell CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLLOC, RLLOP OFF ON

CAND Assignment to Other Cell CELL FIXED AWN, NHN, BOTH RLNRC, RLNRP BOTH BOTH

AWOFFSET Assignment to Other Cell CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLNRC, RLNRP 3 5

SCLDTIMEINT BSC VARIABLE 100 to 1000 ms RAEPC, RAEPP 100 100

SCLD CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLLLC, RLLLP OFF

SCLDLL CELL VARIABLE 0 to 99 % RLLLC, RLLLP 20 20

SCLDUL CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 % RLLLC, RLLLP 30 30

LOL CELL VARIABLE 0 to 200 dB RLOLC, RLOLP 200

LOLHYST CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLOLC, RLOLP 3 2

TAOL CELL VARIABLE 0 to 61 Bit periods RLOLC, RLOLP 61

TAOLHYST CELL VARIABLE 0 to 61 Bit periods RLOLC, RLOLP 1

HCSBANDHYST Hiearchical Cell Structures BSC VARIABLE 0 to 63 dB RLHBC, RLHBP 2 2

THO Hiearchical Cell Structures BSC FIXED 10 to 100 s RLLBC, RLLBP 30 30

NHO Hiearchical Cell Structures BSC FIXED 2 to 10 RLLBC, RLLBP 3 3

HCSBAND Hiearchical Cell Structures BSC VARIABLE 1 to 8 RLHBC, RLHBP 2

HCSBANDTHR Hiearchical Cell Structures BSC FIXED 0 to 150 RLHBC, RLHBP 95 2

-5 for hopping -14 for fixed

5 for hopping0 for fixed

-5 for hopping -14 for fixed

5 for hopping0 for fixed

Overlaid / Underlaid Subcells / Subcell Load Distribution


ON for markets with overlay/underlay. OFF otherwise.







dBm (negative)

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LAYER Hiearchical Cell Structures CELL FIXED 1 to 8 2 RLLHC, RLLHP 2

LAYERTHR Hiearchical Cell Structures CELL FIXED 0 to 150 RLLHC, RLLHP 75

LAYERHYST Hiearchical Cell Structures CELL FIXED 0 to 63 dB RLLHC, RLLHP 2 3

PSSTEMP Hiearchical Cell Structures CELL FIXED 0 to 63 dB RLLHC, RLLHP 0 0

PTIMTEMP Hiearchical Cell Structures CELL FIXED 0 to 600 s RLLHC, RLLHP 0 0

FASTMSREG Hiearchical Cell Structures CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLLHC, RLLHP OFF OFF

XRANGE Extended Range CELL FIXED YES, NO RLDEC, RLDEP NO NO

MBCCHNO Double BA Lists CELL FIXED ARFCN RLMFC, RLMFP

ICMSTATE Idle Channel Measurements CELL FIXED ACTIVE, PASSIVE, NOALLOC PASSIVE ACTIVE

INTAVE Idle Channel Measurements CELL FIXED 1 to 31 RLIMC, RLIMP 6 25

LSSTATE Cell Load Sharing BSC FIXED ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE INACTIVE

CLSTIMEINTERVAL Cell Load Sharing BSC VARIABLE 100 to 1000 ms RAEPC, RAEPP 100 100

CLSSTATE Cell Load Sharing CELL FIXED ACTIVE, INACTIVE INACTIVE INACTIVE

CLSACC Cell Load Sharing CELL VARIABLE 1 to 100 % RLLCC, RLLCP 40 40

CLSLEVEL Cell Load Sharing CELL VARIABLE 0 to 99 % RLLCC, RLLCP 20 20

CLSRAMP Cell Load Sharing CELL FIXED 0 to 30 s RLLCC, RLLCP 5 16

HOCLSACC Cell Load Sharing CELL VARIABLE ON, OFF RLLCC, RLLCP OFF ON

RHYST Cell Load Sharing CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 % RLLCC, RLLCP 75 75

CLMRKMSG Multiband Operation BSC FIXED 0 to 3 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

MODE Multiband Operation BSC FIXED MULTI, SINGLE SINGLE Single or Multi

GSYSTYPE Multiband Operation BSC FIXED Mixed or GSM1900

CSYSTYPE Multiband Operation CELL FIXED GSM800, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900 RLDEI, RLDEP GSM800 or GSM1900 GSM800 or GSM1900

MBCR Multiband Operation CELL FIXED 0 to 3 RLSSC, RLSSP 0 0, 2 or 3

DCAHANDOVER Differential Channel Allocation BSC 0, 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

DCASTATE Differential Channel Allocation BSC FIXED ON, OFF OFF OFF

EMERGPRL Differential Channel Allocation BSC FIXED 1 to 15 RLDCI , RLDCP

STATSINT Differential Channel Allocation BSC FIXED 1 to 96 RLSCI, RLSCP

CHTYPE Differential Channel Allocation CELL TCH, SDCCH RLPRC, RLPRP

CHRATE Differential Channel Allocation CELL FR, HR RLPRC, RLPRP

PHSTATE BSC 0,1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0

2 (GSM1900)3 (GSM800)

dBm (negative)

95 (GSM1900)85 (GSM800)

128 to 251 (GSM 800)512 to 810 (GSM 1900)

RLIMI, RLIMP , RLIME

SACCH periods

RLLSI, RLLSE, RLLSP

RLLCI, RLLCE, RLLCP

RLOMC, RLOMP

GSM800, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, MIXED

RLTYC, RLTYI, RLTYP

RLDCI, RLDCE , RLDCP

15 min. periods

Enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Pre-Emption Service

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ACSTATE CELL FIXED ON, OFF OFF ON

SLEVEL CELL FIXED 0 to 2, CONG RLACC, RLACP 0 0

STIME CELL FIXED 15 to 360 s RLACC, RLACP 20 40

COEXUMTS BSC 0, 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0, 1

COEXUMTSINT BSC 100 to 1000 ms RAEPC, RAEPP 1000 1000

UMFI CELL RLUMC, RLUMP

FDDQMIN CELL 0 to 7 RLSUC, RLSUP 0 7

FDDQOFF CELL 0 to 15 dB RLSUC, RLSUP 8 0

SPRIO CELL NO, YES RLSUC, RLSUP NO YES

QSI CELL 0 to 15 RLSUC, RLSUP 15 7

ISHOLEV CELL 0 to 99 % RLLOC, RLLOP 20 99

FDDMRR CELL 0 to 3 RLSUC, RLSUP 0 1

QSC CELL 0 to 15 RLSUC, RLSUP 15 15

QSCI CELL 0, 1 RLSUC, RLSUP 0 0

CELLR CELL 1 to 7 characters except ALL

SET Adaptive Multi-Rate BSC FIXED FR3, FR4, HR3, HR4 RLADC, RLADP

MODE Adaptive Multi-Rate BSC FIXED RLADC, RLADP

HYST Adaptive Multi-Rate BSC FIXED 0 to 15 0.5 dB RLADC, RLADP

THR Adaptive Multi-Rate BSC FIXED 0 to 63 0.5 dB RLADC, RLADP

AMRFRSUPPORT Adaptive Multi-Rate BSC FIXED 0 to 4 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 1

AMRHRSUPPORT Adaptive Multi-Rate BSC FIXED 0 to 4 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 1

LQCACT Link Quality Control in EGPRS BSC FIXED 0, 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 3

Adaptive Configuration of Logical Channels

RLACI, RLACE, RLACP



GSM - UMTS Cell Reselection and Handover



MFDDARFCN: 0 to 16383MSCRCODE: 0 to 511DIVERSITY: DIV or NODIV


dB (relative to -20)




4 dB from -98dBm




4 dB from -98dBm



RLNRI, RLNRE, RLNRP, RLNCP

1 to 5 (Half Rate)1 to 8 (Full Rate)

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LQCIR Link Quality Control in EGPRS BSC FIXED 0, 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 1 1

LQCDEFAULTMCSDL Link Quality Control in EGPRS BSC FIXED MCS-1to MCS-9 RAEPC, RAEPP MCS-5 5

LQCDEFAULTMCSUL Link Quality Control in EGPRS BSC FIXED MCS-1to MCS-9 RAEPC, RAEPP MCS-5 3

LQCHIGHMCS Link Quality Control in EGPRS BSC FIXED MCS-1to MCS-9 RAEPC, RAEPP MCS-9 9

LQCUNACK Link Quality Control in EGPRS BSC FIXED 0 to 2 RAEPC, RAEPP 1 1

LA GPRS Link Adaptation CELL VARIABLE ON, OFF RLGSC, RLGSP ON OFF

CHCSDL GPRS Link Adaptation CELL VARIABLE NA, CS-1 to CS-4 RLGSC, RLGSP CS-2 CS-2

PCUQOS GPRS/EGPRS Quality of Service BSC FIXED 0, 1 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

THPMBRFACTOR GPRS/EGPRS Quality of Service BSC FIXED 0 to 10 RAEPC, RAEPP 0 0

QOSTHP1 GPRS/EGPRS Quality of Service BSC FIXED 1 to 10 RAEPC, RAEPP 3 3

QOSTHP2 GPRS/EGPRS Quality of Service BSC FIXED 1 to 10 RAEPC, RAEPP 2 2

CONVSTREAMTHP GPRS/EGPRS Quality of Service BSC FIXED 1 to 3 RAEPC, RAEPP 1 1

GPRSQOS BSC FIXED 0 to 1 DBTSP 0

IRC CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLDEC, RLDEP OFF ON

FBOFFS Multi Band Cell CELL VARIABLE -40 to 40 dB RLLOC, RLLOP 0 -10

BAND Multi Band Cell CELL FIXED GSM800, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900 RLDGI , RLDGP GSM800 or GSM1900

DLDELAY BSC FIXED 0 to 5000 ms RAEPC, RAEPP 2200 1000

ESDELAY BSC FIXED 0 to 2000 ms RAEPC, RAEPP 750 500

TFILIMIT BSC FIXED 0 to 31 RAEPC, RAEPP 4 4

ULDELAY BSC FIXED 1000 s RAEPC, RAEPP 1000 2000

USFLIMIT BSC FIXED 0 to 6 RAEPC, RAEPP 2 2

DHA Dynamic AMR HR Allocation CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLDHC, RLDHP OFF ON

DMQB CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLDMC, RLDMP OFF ON

DMQBAMR CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 dtqu RLDMC, RLDMP 50 50

DMQG CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLDMC, RLDMP OFF ON

DMQGAMR CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 dtqu RLDMC, RLDMP 35 30


0 - Legacy Orange BSCs1 - Legacy Blue BSCs

Interference Rejection Combining

GPRS/EGPRS Connection Control And Transfer





Dynamic FR/HR Mode Adaptation




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DMSUPP CELL FIXED ON, OFF RLDMC, RLDMP OFF

DMTHAMR CELL VARIABLE 0 to 100 % RLDMC, RLDMP 20

DTHAMR Dynamic AMR HR Allocation CELL VARIABLE RLDHC, RLDHP 20

ABISALLOC Flexible Abis CELL VARIABLE Fixed, Flexible Fixed Fixed

ALLOCPREF DTM CELL FIXED QUAL, PACK QUAL QUAL

ANT Hardware CELL FIXED 1-7 Character ‡ ‡

ANTA Hardware CELL FIXED 1-7 Character ‡ ‡

ANTB Hardware CELL FIXED 1-7 Character ‡ ‡

BTDM GPRS BSC FIXED 6 to 1530 in steps of 6, OFF OFF 120

CBCHD GPRS CELL FIXED Yes, No No NO

CRT Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED RCR-SCRT - -

CTEI Hardware CELL FIXED 58 to 62 ‡ ‡

DMQBNAMR AMR CELL FIXED 0 to 100 45 100

DMQGNAMR AMR CELL FIXED 0 to 100 30 0

DMTHNAMR AMR CELL FIXED 0 to 100 20 0

DTCB CELL VARIABLE -63 to 63 -63 ‡

DTCBHYST CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 2 2

DTCBSC BSC VARIABLE 0,1 0 0

DTHNAMR AMR CELL FIXED 0 to 100 20 0

EGPRSBPCLIMIT GPRS BSC FIXED 0-8160 - 2048

FBCHALLOC BSC VARIABLE 0-2 2 2 2

FLEX64KGPRS Flexible Abis BSC VARIABLE 0-1 0 0

GTDM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 to 255 - -

HNDBEFOREBANSWM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 1 1

HNDRELCHINTRAM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 1 1

HNDSDCCHINTI Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 1 1

HNDSDCCHINTOM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 1 1

HNDSDCCHM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 1 1

HNDSDCCHTCHM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 1 1

HNDTGSOPINTRA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 to 2500 80 80

LATAUSED Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 0 0

LIMIT1 Idle Channel Measurements CELL FIXED 0 to 59 Rxlev RLIMC, RLIMP 2 1




LISTTYPE Neighbor CELL FIXED ACTIVE, IDLE, Omitted ‡ ‡

MAXLAPDM DTM CELL FIXED 5 to 12 5 5


ON only in good environment.


start at 20 conservative.

start at 20 conservative.





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MAXNOSDCCHTRX BSC VARIABLE 1 to 4 1 1

MAXSBLK GPRS CELL FIXED 1 to 4 2 2

MAXSMSG GPRS CELL FIXED 1 to 16 7 7

MBCRAC GPRS BSC FIXED 0-1 0 0

MCCSUPPORT other BSC FIXED 0-2 0 1

MPDCH GPRS CELL FIXED Yes, No No No

MPWR Hardware CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 ‡ ‡

MSQUEUING Wireless Priority Queing BSC FIXED 0-1 0 1

NDIST CELL VARIABLE 0 to 63 10 10

NNCELLS CELL VARIABLE 1 to 5 3 3

PAGLATA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 0 0

PAGNUMBERLA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 1 to3 1 1

PAGREP1LA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 to 3 2 2

PAGREPCT1LA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 to 3 2 2

PAGREPGLOB Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 or 1 0 0

PAGTIMEFRST1LA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 2 to 10 4 4

PAGTIMEFRSTGLOB Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 2 to 10 4 4

PAGTIMEREP1LA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 2 to 10 7 7

PAGTIMEREPGLOB Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 2 to 10 7 7

PAGTIMEREPLATA Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 2 to 10 7 7

PDCHPREEMPT GPRS CELL FIXED 0 - 4 0 4

PILTIMERFLEX Flexible Abis BSC FIXED 0-100 50 50

PRACHBLK GPRS CELL FIXED 1 to 12 4 4

PRIMPLIM GPRS CELL FIXED 1 to 8 8 8

PSCVL Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED FRV1, FRV2, FRV3, HRV1, HRV2, HRV3 - -

QLENGTH Wireless Priority Queing CELL FIXED 0 to 32 5 5

QOSMAPPING GPRS BSC FIXED 0 to 2 0 2

RESLIMIT Wireless Priority Queing CELL FIXED 1 to 100 25 25

ROMTBIPADDRLSW Remote OMT BSC VARIABLE 0-65535 0 0

ROMTBIPADDRMSW Remote OMT BSC VARIABLE 0-65535 0 0

RXD Hardware CELL VARIABLE A, B, AB - AB

SECPAGEPATH Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 0 to 2 1 1

SPDCH GPRS CELL FIXED 0 to 16 0 0

SYNCSRC Hardware BOTH FIXED INTI, INTE, PCM, DEFAULT DEFAULT C

SYSTYPE Common data CELL FIXED GSM1900/GSM850 GSM1900 *

TEI Hardware CELL FIXED 0 to 63 for G12, 0 to 57 for G01 ‡ ‡

TFMODE Hardware CELL FIXED M, S, SA ‡ ‡

TIMHNDCMDINTRAM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 5 to 120 5 5

TIMPAGINGM Ericsson MSC BSC FIXED 2 to 20 9 9

TRAFBLK GPRS CELL FIXED 0 to 10 0 0

TRXC Hardware CELL FIXED 0 to 15 ‡ ‡

TXID Hardware CELL FIXED 0 to 15 ‡ ‡




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Parameter

DL

UL

BSPWRB

CELL

RSITE

TG

CGI

MCC

MNC

LAC

CI

NCC

BCC

BCCHNO

BCCHTYPE

AGBLK

MFRMS

FNOFFSET

ECSC

SCTYPE

MNCDIGITHAND

TSC

MSTXPWR

BSPWRT

CHGR

STATE

NUMREQBPC

Comments

Downlink Line level

Uplink Line Level.

BS output power for the BCCH channel

Cell Name

Radio Site Name. Identity of the radio site where the transceiver group (TG) is located.

Transceiver group (TG) identity.

Cell Global Identity

Mobile Country code

Mobile Network Code.

Location Area Code

Cell Identity code

Network Color Code.

Base Station Color Code.

Absolute RF channel number for BCCH.

Whether BCCH is combined with SDCCH/4, not combined with SDCCH/4, or combined with SDCCH/4+CBCH.

No. paging multiframes; 4 - Nortel MSC, 6 - all other MSC type

Offset in TDMA timing between cells at a synchronized site.

Indicates whether MS in the cell is allowed to use early class mark sending

Subcell type. S-BCCH cell type - UL for 850MHz and OL for 1900MHz

0: 2-digit MNC sent. 1: 3-digit MNC sent on A-interface and 2-digit on Um. 2: 3-digit MNC sent

Training Sequence Code.

Maximum MS power while maintaining a TCH connection

BS output power for the non-BCCH channels

Channel group number. 0 - BCCH, 1- 1900 Hopping, 2- 850 Hopping or 2nd 1900 Cabinet Hopping set

SYSDEF should only be used for cells with a single CHGR. If more than 1 CHGR is setup then NUMREQBPC should be set to 8 times the number of TRX required in the CHGR.

No. CCCH blocks reserved for access grants, 1 if Sys info 7 & 8 or CBCH used with non combined SDCCH (i.e. BCCHTYPE = NCOMB, SDCCH = 1 or more and CBCH = YES) AGBLK = 0 if BCCHTYPE = COMB

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Parameter

DCHNO

BCCD

SDCCH

CCHPOS

TN

CBCH

TRADROPLEVEL

TRADROPNOTRAF

CELLR

CTYPE

RELATION

CS

ACCMIN

CCHPWR

CRH

NCCPERM

SIMSG

MSGDIST

CB

CBQ

Comments

Absolute RF channel number.

Defines if the channel group frequencies are allowed for Immediate Assignment.

Dependent upon the quantity of TRXs. If cell is XRANGE then limit is 3

Timeslot on which SDCCH/8 will be defined. CHGR0: 1- 7, CHR1 or greater: 0-7.

Flag for whether Cell Broadcast Channel is defined. Set to NO when BCCHTYPE COMBC is used

Transcoder threshold for high dropped call rate

Related cell designation.

External cell that belongs to another BSC

The parameter is only specified when the relation is oneway.

Co-site, which indicates if a cell shares the same site as its neighbor. S-BCCH cell type = YES.

Minimum RxLev at MS to access a cell: Urban/Suburban/Rural -110 dBm

Maximum power a MS can use when accessing a cell

Cell Reselect Hysteresis for location area boundaries

Permitted network color codes for meas. Reports

System Information BCCH Message distribution.

System Information BCCH Message distribution.

Barring of cell (prevents cell access (not h/o in))

Defines cell priority for phase 2 idle mode selection

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Parameter

ACC

MAXRET

TX

ATT

T3212

CRO

TO

PT

FASTASSIGN

NOOFPHYSINFOMSG

TIMER3105

EVALTYPE

TINIT

TALLOC

TURGEN

TAAVELEN

SSEVALSD

QEVALSD

SSEVALSI

QEVALSI

SSLENSD

QLENSD

SSLENSI

QLENSI

SSRAMPSD

SSRAMPSI

MISSNM

BSPWR

MSRXMIN

BSRXMIN

Comments

Access Control Class barring

Max. no. random access retries on RACH

spreading of retransmissions on the RACH

Flag to initiate IMSI Attach/Detach

Periodic location update timer period

Offset between cells for idle mode selection.

Negative temp. offset applied on top of CRO

Duration for which temporary offset applied

Specifies if Locating shall wait before sending the requested candidate list

Indicates the maximum number of repetitions of physical information messages during the handover procedure

Defines the time between repetitions of physical information messages during the handover procedure.

Choice of handover algorithm

Min. time before handover after call init. or handover

Min. time between allocation attempts for better cell

Min. time between allocation attempts for urgency

Timing Advance (TA) averaging window length

RxLev averaging filter type on TCH

RxQual averaging filter type on TCH

RxLev averaging filter type on SDCCH

RxQual averaging filter type on SDCCH

Length of RxLev aver. filter for SSEVALSD = 6 - 9

Length of RxQual aver. filter for QEVALSD = 6 - 9

Length of RxLev aver. filter for SSEVALSI = 6 - 9

Length of RxQual aver. filter for QEVALSI = 6 - 9

Time to ramp up N-cell measurements on TCH

Time to ramp up N-cell measurements on SDCCH STATE ACTIVE or HALTED ‡ ‡ C F Cell or Channel Group state.

Max. allowed missing meas. reports before reset

Tx power on BCCH carrier (at reference point)

Min. SS at MS to consider n-cell a h/o candidate

Min. SS at BTS to consider n-cell a h/o candidate

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Parameter

MSRXSUFF

BSRXSUFF

BSTXPWR

KHYST

LHYST

TRHYST

KOFFSET

LOFFSET

TROFFSET

HIHYST

LOHYST

HYSTSEP

OFFSET

BADQDL

BADQUL

LOWSSDL

LOWSSUL

TALIM

PSSBQ

PSSTA

PTIMBQ

PTIMTA

BQOFFSET

BQOFFSETAFR

EXTPEN

QLIMDL

QLIMDLAFR

QLIMUL

QLIMULAFR

PSSHF

PTIMHF

IBHOSICH

IHOSICH

SCHO

CELLQ

Comments

Sufficient SS at MS to consider cell for PL ranking

Sufficient SS at a BTS to consider cell for PL rank

Tx power on non-BCCH carrier (at reference point)

Hysteresis applied when both cells ranked on SS

applied when both cells ranked on PL

Hysteresis when in transition between K and L

Signal strength offset when evaluating K-cells.

Offset applied when both cells are ranked on PL

Offset when in transition between K and L

SS hysteresis when evaluating high SS cells

SS hysteresis when evaluating low SS cells

SS hysteresis when evaluating high SS cells

SS offset

DL BQ limit used for urgency counter - not used in HO algorithm

UL BQ limit used for urgency counter - not used in HO algorithm

DL low SS limit used for counter - not used in HO algorithm

UL low SS limit used for counter - not used in HO algorithm

Timing advance threshold for handover

SS penalty on cell from which h/o occurs (RxQual)

SS penalty on cell from which h/o occurs (TA)

Duration of penalty PSSBQ for RxQual h/o

Duration of penalty PSSTA for TA h/o

Bad RxQual h/o corridor or negative hysteresis

Bad RxQual h/o corridor or negative hysteresis for AMR FR.

Flag to enable penalty "transfer" for inter-BSC h/o

RxQual threshold at MS for h/o. Lower threshold used for cells hopping over 6 or more frequencies, 55 if cell is hopping

Quality limit uplink for handover. Urgency detection parameter.

RxQual threshold at BTS for h/o. Lower threshold used for cells hopping over 6 or more frequencies, 55 if cell is not hopping.

SS penalty applied to a cell to which h/o fails

Duration of penalty PSSHF for handover failure

Flag to enable SDCCH handover inter-BSC

Flag for enabling intra-cell handover on SDCCH

Flag to enable SDCCH handover

Defines if cell is suitable for RPD load regulation

RxQual threshold at MS for h/o. Lower threshold used for cells hopping over 6 or more frequencies, 55 if cell is not hopping *QLIMUL 0-100 55 45 C V RxQual threshold at BTS for h/o. Lower threshold used for cells hopping over 6 or more frequencies, 55 if cell is hopping

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Parameter

MAXTA

RLINKUP

RLINKT

HPBSTATE

CHALLOC

EBANDINCLUDED

MAXCHDATARATE

SPEECHVERUSED

BSCMC

CMDR

CHAP

SAS

NECI

MC

CHCODING

GPRSNWMODE

GPRSPRIO

PILTIMER

EGPRSBPCLIMIT

ONDEMANDGPHDEV

ONDEMANDGPHDV64

PSETCHKPERIOD

Comments

Radio Link Timeout counter value on the uplink.

Radio link Timeout counter value for MS (D/L)

Switch for handover power boost

2: Non hopping TCH on BCCH is allocated as last preference 1: Non-hopping TCH on BCCH allocated as first preference 0: No preference

Decide whether channels in the P-GSM 900 band only or whether also GSM 900 G1 channels are to be considered for handling of the radio features.

Defines the maximum channel data rate allowed in the BSC - modem type.

Decides if the used speech version shall be placed at the top in the list of allowed speech version at handover.

Identifies if more than one full rate TCH are allowed to be allocated for each MS connection in BSC internal cells.

Maximum channel data rate for a cell - modem type

Channel allocation profile selection.

Single slot allocation strategy

0 = GSM est. causes only, 1 = phase 2 est. causes NEWNAME 1 TO 7 CHAR. EXCEPT ALL * * C F The parameter is used to change the name of a cell.

ON=multiple channels allocations to MS allowed

GPRS Channel coding scheme to be used

GPRS Network Mode determines if a PBCCH exists in the cell.

Sets the priority between PDCHs and the features Dynamic Half Rate Allocation/Half Rate Packing, Cell Load Sharing and Sub cell Load Distribution

Time a dynamic PDCH channel can remain idle before being reconfigured to a TCH, EDGE\GPRS Cell = 10.

Maximum allowed number of EGPRS timeslots or data connections in the BSC.

Number of reserved GPH devices in an RPP that can be used for on-demand PDCH only.

On Demand GPH Subdevices (64k).

Periodic check of GPRS primary dedicated channels.

Maximum timing advance permitted before disconnection. Normal cell can work to 63. RBS200 Xrange cell with SPP cards can work to 133 and new RBS2000 Xtended range hardware can work to 219.

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Parameter

TBFDLLIMIT

TBFULLIMIT

NACCACT

PDCHPREEMPT

GPRSSUP

FPDCH

SCALLOC

PDCHALLOC

PSKONBCCH

NUMREQCS3CS4BPC

NUMREQEGPRSBPC

TN7BCCH

GPRSEDAACT

PULSCHEDINT

DMPSTATE

AMRPCSTATE

SSDESUL

SSDESULAFR

SSLENUL

LCOMPUL

QDESUL

QDESULAFR

QLENUL

Comments

The number of simultaneous TBFs for each PDCH is used as TBF downlink limit.

The number of simultaneous TBFs for each PDCH is used as TBF uplink limit. TDD 1 to 255, OFF OFF B F Ericsson MSC Parameter Only

Activate/Deactivate Network Assisted Cell Change Feature

Defines what kind of on-demand PDCHs are possible to pre-empt for the CS traffic:

Activates/deactivates GPRS support for a cell

Number of dedicated PDCH in cell.

Restrict EGPRS/GPRS to a certain subcell when a subcell exists. Set per Dedicated PDCH location.

Allocates PDCH on BCCH frequency first.

Used to disable the use of 8-PSK on the BCCH carrier.

Number of required CS 3/4 BPCs (set per CHGR).

Minimum number of required EGPRS BPCs (set per CHGR). CHGR0 = 4, CHGR1 or greater = 0.

Allowance of EGPRS or GPRS on TN7 of the BCCH frequency.

GPRS Extended Dynamic Allocation Activation.

Persistent uplink PDCH scheduling interval.

Dynamic MS power control state.

Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) power control state.

Desired Signal Strength uplink at BTS

Desired Signal Strength uplink at BTS for AMR FR

Length of U/L DPC RxLev averaging filter

How much path loss is compensated for in MS PC algorithm

Desired RxQual at BTS Rx

Desired RxQual at BTS Rx for AMR FR

Length of uplink DPC RxQual averaging filter

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Parameter

QCOMPUL

REGINTUL

DTXFUL

STEPLIMDL

ALPHA

GAMMA

AMRPCSTATE

UPDWNRATIO

DBPSTATE

SDCCHREG

SSDESDL

SSDESDLAFR

REGINTDL

SSLENDL

LCOMPDL

QDESDL

QDESDLAFR

QCOMPDL

QLENDL

BSPWRMIN

DTXD

DTXU

HOP

HSN

FHOP

COMB

CONFMD

MAIO

Comments

Weighting of RxQual compensation in MS DPC

Uplink or MS Power Control Regulation interval

No. of meas. reports in new cell before FULL meas.

When on the step size of BTS PC is limited to 2 dB per SACCH

Path loss compensation for GPRS power control

Gives target value for the received signal at the BTS (PS Specific).

Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) power control state.

Ratio of up to down regulation speed of power control

Dynamic BSC power control state.

Controls whether D/L DPC used on SDCCH

Downlink desired signal strength at MS

Downlink desired signal strength at MS for AMR FR

Downlink Power control regulation interval/period

Length of Signal Strength averaging filter D/L DPC

SS path loss compensation in DL

Desired Quality in DL

Desired Quality in DL for AMR FR

Quality path loss compensation in DL

Length of RxQual averaging period for D/L DPC

Minimum DL dynamic power level

Enable/disable of downlink DTX

MS Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) control (u/l), 0 = may use; 1 = shall use, 2 = shall not use DTX

Frequency hopping status, OFF for CHGR=0,ON for GHGR=1

The hopping sequence number

Specifies Base Band or SYnthesized frequency hopping

Defines which combiner type is used for frequency hopping

Defines configuration method impact

Hopping sequence number.

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Parameter

IHO

TMAXIHO

TIHO

MAXIHO

QOFFSETUL

QOFFSETULAFR

QOFFSETDL

QOFFSETDLAFR

SSOFFSETUL

SSOFFSETULAFR

SSOFFSETDL

SSOFFSETDLAFR

ASSOC

IBHOASS

AW

CAND

AWOFFSET

SCLDTIMEINT

SCLD

SCLDLL

SCLDUL

LOL

LOLHYST

TAOL

TAOLHYST

HCSBANDHYST

THO

NHO

HCSBAND

HCSBANDTHR

Comments

Flag enabling intra-cell handover on a sub-cell, required if Frequency Hopping active.

Maximum time between intra-cell handovers to consider them as consecutive.

Time for which intra-cell h/o inhibited

Maximum number of consecutive intra-cell handovers allowed. For OL / UL cells it must always be less than the no of CHGR in the subcell

Offset FQSS function along RxQual axis (uplink) ; -5 Hopping Layer, -14 BCCH Layer

Offset FQSS function, RxQual axis (uplink) for AMR FR

Offset FQSS function along RxQual axis (downlink) ; -5 Hopping Layer, -14 BCCH Layer

Offset FQSS function, RxQual axis (downlink) for AMR FR

Offset FQSS function along RxLev axis (uplink)

Offset FQSS function along RxLev axis (uplink), for AMR FR

Offset FQSS function along RxLev axis (downlink)

Offset FQSS function along RxLev axis (downlink) for AMR FR

Flag to enable assignment to another cell

Flag to enable assignment to another cell inter-BSC

Flag to enable assignment to worse cells from a cell

Candidate type.

Assignment to worse cell negative hysteresis

Time interval for checking the level of underlaid sub cell idle TCH for cells active for Sub cell Load Distribution.

Subcell load distribution

Subcell Load Distribution Lower Limit.

Subcell Load Distribution Upper Limit.

Path loss threshold. S-BCCH cell type = (EIRP+85), if data on BCCH set to LOL=0.

Hysteresis for path loss.

Timing advance threshold. S-BCCH cell type = 61.

Hysteresis for timing advance.

Signal Strength hysteresis for the HCSBAND threshold.

Time int for measuring NHO to determine if MS is fast moving

Number of HO during THO that are allowed before MS is considered fast moving

Hierarchical Cell Structure band.

The signal strength threshold prioritizes cells within a HCSBAND.

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Parameter

LAYER

LAYERTHR

LAYERHYST

PSSTEMP

PTIMTEMP

FASTMSREG

XRANGE

MBCCHNO

ICMSTATE

INTAVE

LSSTATE

CLSTIMEINTERVAL

CLSSTATE

CLSACC

CLSLEVEL

CLSRAMP

HOCLSACC

RHYST

CLMRKMSG

MODE

GSYSTYPE

CSYSTYPE

MBCR

DCAHANDOVER

DCASTATE

EMERGPRL

STATSINT

CHTYPE

CHRATE

PHSTATE

Comments

Assigns cell to HCS layer. Recommend GSM1900 less than GSM800.

Signal level threshold applying to that cell. (D-BCCH cell: 85 - 1900MHz, 95 - 850MHz)

Hysteresis applied to the cell's Signal Threshold

Size of temp. penalty on meas. from new n-cells

Time of temp. penalty on meas. From new n-cells

ON=Fast moving MS handling on

Whether cell is defined as an extended range cell

Absolute RF channel number for measurement on BCCH.

ICM enable/disabled or used for statistical purpose

Interference Averaging period

Cell Load Sharing at the BSC level

Time interval in which TCH activity is checked when load sharing

Cell load sharing active. inactive for a cell

% idle channel free level, below which no shredded call is accepted by target cell

% idle channel free level at which shedding of calls is started

Time interval in which hysteresis is ramped down

Enable/disable acceptance of incoming h/o due to Load Sharing

Hysteresis reduction factor (how much of hysteresis zone is used for call shedding)

Indicates how the Classmark Change message will be handled if it is received as a first RR message from the Mobile Station

The BSC band operation mode identifier.

Specifies the system type for the BSC. Mixed allows both 850MHz and 1900MHz within the same BSC.

Specifies the system type for the cell.

No. of n-cells from each band reported in measurement report: different between dual band and single band markets.

Differential Channel Allocation is not used

Differential channel allocation switch.

Priority level for emergency calls.

Differential channel allocation statistics collection time interval.



Indicates if Pre-emption Handling is to be initiated.

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Parameter

ACSTATE

SLEVEL

STIME

COEXUMTS

COEXUMTSINT

UMFI

FDDQMIN

FDDQOFF

SPRIO

QSI

ISHOLEV

FDDMRR

QSC

QSCI

CELLR

SET

MODE

HYST

THR

AMRFRSUPPORT

AMRHRSUPPORT

LQCACT

Comments

Enable/disable of dynamic change of SDCCH channels

Remaining SDCCH sub channels when attempt to increase number will take place

Min time before dynamic SDCCH is reconfigured back to TCH

Support for Coexistence of GSM and UMTS

Time interval between traffic load checking.

UTRAN Measurement Frequency Information for cell reselection in GSM Idle Mode and GPRS/EGPRS Ready and Standby states

Defines the minimum threshold for the "quality" measure Ec/No for cell reselection to UTRAN cells.

Defines the inter-system cell reselection offset to UTRAN cells.

Indicates if 3G cells may be searched when BSIC decoding is required.

Indicates the threshold to start UTRAN FDD measurements in Idle mode and Stand-by and Ready states.

Inter system handover evaluations start. % of TCH idle.

Defines how many measured neighbouring UTRAN cells should be included in measurement reports

Indicates the threshold to start UTRAN FDD measurements in Active mode. 15 = Never

UTRAN measurements after entering active mode, before reading the first QSC. 0 = Use QSI threshold, 1 = always.

Related cell designation.

AMR parameters SET, MODE, HYST, and THR to be trialed

Hysteresis for changing the codec mode

Threshold for changing the codec mode

Adaptive Full-Rate feature switch.

Adaptive Half-Rate feature switch.

Used to switch LQC on or off on the downlink and uplink

1 = 4.75 Kbps (HR and FR)2 = 5.15 Kbps (HR and FR)3 = 5.90 Kbps (HR and FR)4 = 6.70 Kbps (HR and FR)5 = 7.40 Kbps (HR and FR)6 = 7.95 Kbps (HR only)7 = 10.2 Kbps (HR only)8 = 12.2 Kbps (HR only)

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Parameter

LQCIR

LQCDEFAULTMCSDL

LQCDEFAULTMCSUL

LQCHIGHMCS

LQCUNACK

LA

CHCSDL

PCUQOS

THPMBRFACTOR

QOSTHP1

QOSTHP2

CONVSTREAMTHP

GPRSQOS

IRC

FBOFFS

BAND

DLDELAY

ESDELAY

TFILIMIT

ULDELAY

USFLIMIT

DHA

DMQB

DMQBAMR

DMQG

DMQGAMR

Comments

Used to control which mode LQC shall run TBFs using RLC acknowledged mode.

Controls which DL MCS is used when LQC is switched OFF.

Used to control the MCS for uplink transfers

Used to define the highest allowed MCS level to be used

Used to shift the selection of MCS to a more robust MCS level when RLC unacknowledged mode is used.

Used to switch GPRS Link Adaptation ON and OFF

If GPRS Link Adaptation is switched on, then used as initial coding scheme for downlink

Activates or deactivates support for 3GPP TS 08.18 Packet Flow Management (PFM) in the PCU.

To what degree should MBR be taken into account for scheduling interactive user.

Weight to use for interactive PFCs of THP1

Weight to use for interactive PFCs of THP2

Defines which THP to use if the requested traffic class is not available.

Activates the Interference Rejection Combining feature

Offset between BCCH frequency band group and non- BCCH frequency band group.

Frequency band supported by the transmitter/receiver

Defines the time a downlink TBF is kept alive after there is no more user data to send in downlink.

Defines the time a downlink TBF is kept alive after it has been automatically set up by the initiation of an uplink TBF.

Defines the minimum number of TFIs available for a PSET before ESDELAY or DLDELAY will initiate.

Defines the time an Uplink TBF is kept alive.

Specifies the lower limit for available USFs before uplink TBF is released.

Dynamic AMR Half Rate Allocation feature state.

Defines whether or not Dynamic AMR Half Rate (HR) to AMR Full Rate (FR) Mode Adaptation due to bad quality is active.

Defines a threshold to initiate a change from HR to FR.

Defines whether or not Dynamic AMR Full Rate (FR) to AMR Half Rate (HR) Mode Adaptation quality evaluation is active.

Defines a threshold to initiate a change from FR to HR.

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Parameter

DMSUPP

DMTHAMR

DTHAMR

ABISALLOC

ALLOCPREF

ANT

ANTA

ANTB

BTDM

CBCHD

CRT

CTEI

DMQBNAMR

DMQGNAMR

DMTHNAMR

DTCB

DTCBHYST

DTCBSC

DTHNAMR

EGPRSBPCLIMIT

FBCHALLOC

FLEX64KGPRS

GTDM

HNDBEFOREBANSWM

HNDRELCHINTRAM

HNDSDCCHINTI

HNDSDCCHINTOM

HNDSDCCHM

HNDSDCCHTCHM

HNDTGSOPINTRA

LATAUSED

LIMIT1

LIMIT2

LIMIT3

LIMIT4

LISTTYPE

MAXLAPDM

Comments

Dynamic FR/HR Mode Adaptation feature state.

Dynamic FR to HR Mode Adaptation threshold for AMR capable mobile.

Defines a threshold to initiate AMR HR at call allocation.

Controls the way Abis paths are allocated to the TCHs capable of 64kbps, set per TG.

DTM connection shall be allocated with maximum speech quality considerations or with packing considerations prefer TCH/HR.

Name of antenna connected to transmitter

Name of antenna A connected to receiver

Name of antenna B connected to receiver

Base time duration of implicit detach of a mobile subscriber by the network, Ericsson MSC Only.

Shall PSI8 be transferred on the PBCCH or not.

Channel Rate and Type, Ericsson MSC Only.

TGC

Non-AMR trigger from HR to FR channel

Non-AMR trigger from FR to HR channel

HR Packing for Non-AMR Dual Rate capable MS units

Distance to cell border threshold between active channel and neighboring BCCHs.

Hysteresis for the DTCB criterion.

Defines if the DTCB criterion is taken into consideration during subcell changes (1), or not (0)

HR Packing at initial call set-up for Non-AMR Dual Rate capable MS units.

Maximum allowed number of EGPRS timeslots or data connections in the BSC.

0 - No selection preference; 1 - Select channels in BCCH frequency band first; 2 - Select channels in BCCH frequency band last. (Tri-Band Usage Only)

Abis resource allocation handling for EGPRS capable channel.

Guard time duration, Ericsson MSC Only.

Indicates if an inter-MSC handover is allowed on traffic channels before answer from B-subscriber, Ericsson MSC Only.

Defines the release of the original channel after expiration of the timer TIMHNDCMDINTRAM for handover time supervision in intra-MSC inter-BSC handover, Ericsson MSC Only.

Incoming inter-MSC handover on signaling channels in non-anchor MSC, Ericsson MSC Only.

Determines if outgoing inter-MSC handover is allowed on signaling channels in anchor MSC, Ericsson MSC Only.

Determines if intra-MSC inter-BSC handover is allowed on signaling channels, Ericsson MSC Only.

If intra-MSC inter-BSC handover is allowed from signaling to traffic channel, Ericsson MSC Only.

Time supervision of switching moment of the group switch (GS) in the MSC at intra-MSC inter-BSC handover.Ericsson MSCOnly

Defines the usage of LATA administration, Ericsson MSC Only.

Boundary between interference bands 1&2, Alt. Settings: 3 for macro-cells. 6 for micro cells

Boundary between interference bands 2&3, Alt. Settings: 5 for macro cells, 10 for micro cells

Boundary between interference bands 3&4, Alt. Settings: 8 for macro sells, 14 fro micro cells

Boundary between interference bands 4&5, Alt. Settings: 10 for macro cells, 18 for micro cells

This parameter identifies which type of list the chosen frequencies will be on.

DTM, to control the maximum length of the GPRS signaling messages sent on the FACCH.

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Parameter

MAXNOSDCCHTRX

MAXSBLK

MAXSMSG

MBCRAC

MCCSUPPORT

MPDCH

MPWR

MSQUEUING

NDIST

NNCELLS

PAGLATA

PAGNUMBERLA

PAGREP1LA

PAGREPCT1LA

PAGREPGLOB

PAGTIMEFRST1LA

PAGTIMEFRSTGLOB

PAGTIMEREP1LA

PAGTIMEREPGLOB

PAGTIMEREPLATA

PDCHPREEMPT

PILTIMERFLEX

PRACHBLK

PRIMPLIM

PSCVL

QLENGTH

QOSMAPPING

RESLIMIT

ROMTBIPADDRLSW

ROMTBIPADDRMSW

RXD

SECPAGEPATH

SPDCH

SYNCSRC

SYSTYPE

TEI

TFMODE

TIMHNDCMDINTRAM

TIMPAGINGM

TRAFBLK

TRXC

TXID

Comments

Maximum number of SDCCH/8 per TRX

The maximum value the BS_PBCCH_BLKS is allowed to have reserved radio blocks to be used for the PBCCH.

The maximum number of PSI messages that preferably shall be scheduled on one PBCCH block.

Defines the method that GPRS/EGPRS MS frequency band capabilities are handled.

Mobile Crosstalk Control support in the transcoders

Whether or not a MPDCH shall be allocated in a PDCCH.

Maximum Transmitter Power

Wireless Priority Service - MS Queuing, Off or On

Distance to cell border additional threshold.

Number of strongest neighboring BCCHs for DTCB criterion.

Ericsson MSC Parameter Only










Defines what kind of on-demand PDCHs are possible to pre-empt for the CS traffic:

Packet idle list timer factor for PDCHs with flexible ABIS.

The minimum number of reserved radio block periods for PRACH.

The maximum number of dedicated and semi-dedicated PDCHs allowed in the primary PSET.


Wireless Priority Service - Maximum Queue Length

Changes or deactivates support for QoS mapping.

Wireless Priority Service - Channel Resource Limit

Low part of the BSC Internet Protocol address for ROMT, if R-OMT active recommended value ignored.

High part of the BSC Internet Protocol address for ROMT, if R-OMT active recommended value ignored.

Defines the use of receiver diversity in a given TRX SAS QUALITY, MAIO, MULTI QUALITY QUALITY C F Single slot allocation strategy.

Ericsson MSC Parameter Only *SET FR3, FR4, HR3, HR4 - - B F Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) codec set changed by the operator.

Defines the number of semi-dedicated PDCHs.

F Timing function synchronization source in the BSC, must match BTS.

System Type

Terminal Endpoint Identifier. RBS 2000 and RBS 200 series respectively.

Timing Function Synchronization Mode.

Describes the time between the HANDOVER COMMAND and HANDOVER COMPLETE messages in intra-MSC inter-BSC handover, Ericsson MSC Only.


The number of blocks within a multiframe where neither paging nor PSI messages shall appear.

TRXC can be regarded as the HW position for the element that is addressed by the parameter TEI.

The transmitter ID.

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Parameter

DMSUPP

DMTHAMR

DTHAMR

ABISALLOC

ALLOCPREF

ANT

ANTA

ANTB

BTDM

CBCHD

CRT

CTEI

DMQBNAMR

DMQGNAMR

DMTHNAMR

DTCB

DTCBHYST

DTCBSC

DTHNAMR

EGPRSBPCLIMIT

FBCHALLOC

FLEX64KGPRS

GTDM

HNDBEFOREBANSWM

HNDRELCHINTRAM

HNDSDCCHINTI

HNDSDCCHINTOM

HNDSDCCHM

HNDSDCCHTCHM

HNDTGSOPINTRA

LATAUSED

LIMIT1

LIMIT2

LIMIT3

LIMIT4

LISTTYPE

MAXLAPDM

Application Terminal Endpoint Identifier

Documents

Ericsson Parameter Recommendations 2