Fast HSPA Mobility – RAN 2746
• Improves End User’s Experience for Fast Moving UEs
• HSDPA mobility procedures are performed one after the other and they delay each other
• Currently implemented procedures are not quick enough to provide mobility in fast changing environment, such as for fast moving trains
• Fast HSPA Mobility feature decreases the time that is required to perform mobility
• With the feature activated the best serving cell for UE is chosen appropriately
• All functionalities within this feature can be turned on or off separately
RAN2746
Fast HSPA Mobility
1. Directly 2. Not directly
connected with connected with
HSPA mobility HSPA mobility
• Faster completion of SCC procedure • RRC CONNECTION SETUP message size
• Faster activation of target serving cell optimization
• Prioritization of SCC and ASU over Power Offset • Deferred Measurement Control Reading
Update message
• Faster completion of consecutive ASU and SCC
procedures
• Power Offset Message size optimization
Currently DMCR functionality is activated for
LTE converted cells to get improvement in call
setup time
Fast HSPA Mobility Trial UPE
MO Abbreviated name Pre Values Recommended Value
WCEL FastHSPAMobilityEnabled 0 1 (Enabled)
WCEL FastCompletionOfSCC 0 1 (Enabled)
WCEL FastActOfTargetServCell 0 1 (Enabled)
WCEL PowerOffsetUpdMsgSize 0 1 (Enabled)
WCEL DirectSCCEnabled 0 1 (Enabled)
WCEL DefMeasCtrlReading 0 1 (Enabled)
WCEL HSPwrOffsetUpdateDelay 0 30 (3000 ms)
RNAC RRCConnSetupMsgSize 0 6 (CC with sm for all UEs)
WCEL HSPASCCSpecificATO 0 10 (100 ms)
• Cluster of 10 cells is selected for Fast HSPA Mobility trial & above mentioned parameters were implemented to enable all the
functionalities
• Please refer Pre-Post in subsequent slides
With and Without the Fast HSPA Mobility Feature
2120
1350
750
460
420
250
119
102
Power Offset Overall Mobility (RL
RRC Connection Setup
Active Set Update (ms) Update+Serving Cell Change Addition to SCC Complete)
Message Size (Byte)
(ms) (ms)
Without Fast HSPA Mobility 420 1350 2120 119
With Fast HSPA Mobility 250 460 750 102
• ~170 ms improvement observed in Active Set Update procedure
• ~890 ms improvement observed in Power Offset Update + Serving Cell Change procedures
• Overall in mobility scenario if Serving Cell change follow Active Set update, we have got improvement of ~570 ms.
o Without Functionality time taken “from RL Addition to Serving Cell change” is 2120 ms
o With Functionality time taken “from RL Addition to Serving Cell change” is 750 ms
Without using functionality – RRC CONNECTION SETUP Message Size Optimization
RRC Connection
Setup Message
contains information
related to FACH
RRC Connection
Setup Message size
is 119 bytes
• Without this feature the RRC CONNECTION SETUP message contains information that allows to map either to CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH state.
• There is no requirement to provide information allowing mapping onto CELL_FACH state when the UE approaches CELL_DCH state
Using Functionality – RRC CONNECTION SETUP Message Size Optimization
RRC Connection
Setup Message not
contain any
information related
to FACH
RRC Connection
Setup Message size
reduced to 102
bytes
• With this feature The information allowing mapping onto FACH are removed from the RRC CONNECTION SETUP message. The message size is reduced from 2 TBs into 1 TB
• The message transfer is faster, The signaling reliability is increased
SCC Procedure – Without Delay Restriction Flag
1
In Measurement reports Scrambling code 275 is reported best EcNo
RNC directs UE for serving cell change to 275 SC, please note there is
no “Delay Restriction Flag” in IE
Serving cell change procedure gets completed & UE sends Radio
Bearer Reconfiguration Complete message
SCC procedure gets
completed in ~910 ms
• UE waits for activation time to expire before sending Radio Bearer Reconfiguration Complete
• Serving Cell change Procedure takes nearly 910 ms
Faster Completion of SCC Procedure – With Delay Restriction Flag
1
In Measurement reports Scrambling code 455 is reported best EcNo
RNC directs UE for serving cell change to 455 SC, please note that
“Delay Restriction Flag” is included in IE
Serving cell change procedure gets completed & UE sends Radio
Bearer Reconfiguration Complete message SCC procedure gets
completed in ~460 ms
• The Delay Restriction Flag IE is included during HS-DSCH cell change in Radio Bearer Reconfiguration message which means
delay is now restricted
• This IE allows to avoid reception gaps in case a reconfiguration message has been received by the UE after its activation time
• SCC procedure takes only 460 ms with functionality
Fast HSPA Mobility – Fast HSPA Mobility Functionalities Combined – Without Functionalities
Click for
message
1 details 1 The RNC detects the need for ASU after
measurement report
Active Set
2 Update 2
The RNC initiates the ASU procedure During
ASU no other procedure occurs
3 The ASU procedure is completed. The HS-
3 DPCCH power offset update is immediately
initiated
4
The HS-DPCCH power offset update
procedure is performed, and no other HO
Power Offset 4 related procedure occurs
Update
The RNC triggers SCC after power offset
5 update procedure
5
Serving
Cell
Change
The UE waits activation time before
sending PHYSICAL CHANNEL
6 6
RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE message
Active Set Update Procedure Without Functionalities
1
3
2
1. The RNC detects the need for ASU after measurement report. SC 211 is identified as strongest
2. The RNC initiates ASU for SC 211. During ASU no other procedure occurs
3. The ASU procedure is completed. The HS-DPCCH power offset update is immediately initiated
Power Offset Update Procedure Without Functionalities
1
2
2
1. The HS-DPCCH power offset update procedure is performed, and no other HO related procedure occurs
2. The HS DPCCH Power offset update procedure gets completed
Serving Cell Change Procedure Without Functionalities
1
1. The RNC triggers SCC after power offset update procedure
2. The UE waits activation time before sending PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE
message
Fast HSPA Mobility – Fast HSPA Mobility Functionalities Combined – With Functionalities
Click for
message
details The RNC detects the need for
1
1 ASU after measurement report
Active Set
Update
2
2 The RNC initiates both ASU and
SCC procedures
3
The ASU procedure is
3 completed
The HS-DPCCH power update is
combined with SCC. It is
4 4 included in the RRC: PHYSICAL
CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION
Power Offset
Update &
Serving Cell
Change The UE sends the PHYSICAL
CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION
5 message without waiting the
activation time
5
ACTIVE SET UPDATE- With Functionalities
1
1
2
3 2
3
1. The RNC detects the need for ASU after measurement report. SC 16 is
identified as strongest
2. The RNC initiates both ASU and SCC procedures for SC 16
3. Active Cell Update Procedure is completed
Serving Cell Change & Power Offset Update - With Functionalities
SCC
Change
1
Power
Offset
Update
2
2
1. The HS-DPCCH power update is combined with SCC. It is included in the RRC: PHYSICAL CHANNEL
RECONFIGURATION
2. The UE sends the PHYSICAL CHANNEL RECONFIGURATION message without waiting the
activation time
DMRC Functionality trial
Call Set up Time - 4G to 4G - UPE SIB 3 DMCR disabled SIB 3 DMCR enabled
% of Calls- with DMRC
CST Range(ms) % of Calls- After RIM ON
Parameter Change in 3G
<=5000 10% 5%
>5000 & <=6000 21% 36%
>6000 & <=7000 21% 19%
>7000 & <=8000 25% 26%
>8000 & <=10000 15% 14%
>10000 9% 0%
Avg CST Time(ms) 7290.78 6515.71
• Earlier in Oct’16 we had done first trial of DMRC enabling in Lucknow city and
results were encouraging, nearly 770ms improvement was observed in total
call setup time after DMCR enabling
• DMRC introduces faster RACH access for Rel7 and newer UEs by including the
Deferred measurement control reading support IE in SIB3. This included IE
indicates to UE that reading of SIB11 which is the biggest SIB in size can be
skipped before RACH Access. This means that UE can send RRC connection
request without reading SIB11
• This functionality speeds up the Setup time
• As shown in figure on right SIB 3 for cells with DMCR enabled indicates in IE
about the Deferred measurement control reading capability
