Case Analysis Call Drop
Case Analysis Call Drop
Case Analysis Call Drop
OMF000404
Case Study – Call Drop
There are two types of call drop: TCH call drop and SDCCH
call drop:
TCH call drop means TCH channel is released abnormally
after it is occupied successfully.
SDCCH call drop means SDCCH channel is released
abnormally after it is occupied successfully.
ASSIGNMENT REQUEST
CHANNEL ACTICATION
ASSIGN CMMAND
SABM
ESTABLISH INDICATION
UA
ERROR INDICATION
CONNECTION FAILURE INDICATION A1
A2
CH ACT
CH ACT ACK
HANDOVER COMMAND
HANDOVER ACCESS
HANDOVER DETECT
SABM
UA
ERROR INDICATION
A1
CONNECTION FAILURE INDICATION
A2
HANDOVER REQUIRED
HANDOVER REQUEST
CH ACT
CH ACT ACK
HANDOVER REQUEST ACK
HANDOVER COMMAND
HANDOVER ACCESS
HANDOVER DETECT
SABM
UA
ERROR INDICATION
A1
CONNECTION FAILURE INDICATION
A2
ASS_CMD
ASS_CMD
EST_IND
Channel_Active ACK
HANDOVER COMMAND
HO_ Access
HO_Detect
PHY INFO
PHY INFO
First SABM
Establish_IND
UA
HO_Required
HO_Request
CH_ACT
CH_ACT_ACK
HO_Request_ACK
HO_CMD
Handover Command HO_Access
HO_Detect
HO_Detect
PHY INFO
PHY INFO
Connection Failure
Or:
Or: Error Indication
Abis Failure
Cell SDCCH Call Drop
(Subject to different cases)
content
main causes of high call drop rate
troubleshooting of high call drop rate
According to the definition of call drop measurement point, call drop is usually
caused by the following:
Radio link fault. During the communication, messages can not be received
correctly.
Abis link broken during conversation.
Call drop during handover.
Other system faults.
Timers that may cause call drops (BSC timer):
Connection Failure
CH_ACT
CH_ACT_ACK
Handover Command
Handover Command Set T3103
Handover Access HO_Detect
Physical Information (TA)
SABM
EST_IND
UA
Handover Complete
Handover Complete
Reset T3103
Category
Co-channel interference
Adjacent-channel interference
Inter-modulation interference and other external
interference
Solution
Judgment Process
Coverage:
Overshooting
Coverage hole
Signal attenuation
Incomplete definition of adjacent cells
Imbalance of uplink/downlink
Judgment Process
Solution
NCC permitted
Handover related parameters.
Power control related parameters.
Frequency planning parameters
Hardware problem
Transmission problem
Antenna and feeder fault
Other causes
Analysis
Analysis
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Rule out the internal interference caused by equipment problems and check
the separation of BTS transceivers, antenna feeder installation, and so on.
Check the interference band
Drive test
Check traffic statistic of handover causes to get judgment
Clear uplink interference
Clear downlink interference
Check whether DTX, frequency hopping technology and power control
application are reasonable
Use PBGT handover algorithm flexibly to avoid co-channel and adjacent-
channel interference effectively.
Fault description
Analysis
Troubleshooting
Block TRX in turn and the congestion rate is always quite high no
matter which TRX is blocked.
Check and analyze the traffic statistic, interference band and traffic
volume and call drop rate, and it is found that the interference
becomes more serious as the traffic gets high.
Change frequency. The frequency of cell 3 is changed to 1MHz away
from the original value. But the problem persists.
Judge whether the equipment is faulty.
Locate external interference.
Troubleshooting
Fault description
Analysis
Analysis
− When the MS uses the signal of cell 2 of BTS-B in this area, the signal
of cell 3 of BTS-A is strong. But cell 2 of BTS-B and cell 3 of BTS-A are
not adjacent, therefore, handover cannot happen.
− The signal in cell 2 of BTS-B is the result of multiple reflections. When
the signal of BTS-B received by the mobile phone gets weak suddenly,
an emergency handover is needed. But there is no adjacent cell of
BTS-B, so call drops will occur.
Troubleshooting
Modify the data in BA1 table, BA2 table and add adjacent cell
relationship, set cell 3 of BTS-A as an adjacent cell of cell 2 of BTS-B.
Optimize the network parameters to eliminate the isolated island.
The test results show that the call drop problem is solved.
Adjust the antenna of the isolated cell, to eliminate the isolated island
problem.
Define new adjacent cells for the isolated cell.
Fault description
In a drive test from A to B, it is found that there are many call drops
at entrance of a tunnel near a BTS due to slow handover.
Analysis
The tunnel is near the BTS. When the MS enters the tunnel, the power
of the target cell is -80dBm. But the signal of source cell goes down
quickly to less than -100dBm. Before the MS enters the tunnel, the
downlink power of the two cells is good and no handover is triggered.
When the MS enters the tunnel, the level of the source cell goes down
rapidly. The call drop occurs before any handover is triggered.
Troubleshooting
PBGT HO threshold 72 68
UL Qual. Thrsh.
70 60
(Emergency handover)
Min. DL level on
10 15
candidate cell
Fault description
Check the traffic statistic and find out that TCH congestion rate of this cell
is over 10% and internal inter-cell handover failure rate is high. It is found
that one TRX board of this cell is abnormal in OMC. A preliminary
conclusion is that TRX board problem causes the call drop.
Troubleshooting
Lock the frequency with a test mobile phone and perform dial test for
many times. It is found that call drops only happen in timeslots 1, 3, 5, 7
while communications in timeslots 2, 4, 6, 8 are normal.
Move this board to another slot, and the problem still exists.
Move another good board to this slot, and the communication is normal.
Move this defective board to other cabinet, the problem arises.
When it is replaced, the communication is recovered.
Conclusion
Fault description
Analysis
In the test it is found that the clock of GSM900 cell and GSM1800 cell
are not synchronized.
When a call set up in a GSM1800 cell and is handed over to a GSM900
cell, the drive test tool shows that FER increases to the maximum value
suddenly and then it goes down to zero gradually.
It is the same with the handover from GSM900 to GSM1800.
Troubleshooting
Conclusion
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