Content:
- Strategy of PLMN Selection
- Strategy of Cell Selection and Reselection
- Strategy of LA and RA Update
- Strategy of URA Update
- Strategy of CELL Update
Strategy of PLMN Selection
Setting Up a Cell and
Public Channels
Strategy of PLMN
Selection
- The USIM maintains a list of allowed PLMN types. During PLMN selection and reselection, based on the list of allowed PLMN types and a list of PLMN identities in priority order, the particular PLMN may be selected either automatically or manually. The UE will select a PLMN when it registers at power-on or re-registers after leaving connected mode. In addition, the UE can make periodic PLMN selection.
Support for PLMN
Selection
- The UE scans all RF channels according to its capabilities to find available PLMNs. On each carrier, the UE shall search for the strongest cell and read its system information. The allowed PLMN information in USIM determines which PLMN will be selected finally.
- Whenever a UE is switched on or re-registers after leaving connected mode, it attempts to camp on the last registered PLMN. If there is no registered PLMN stored in the USIM, the UE selects and attempts registration on other PLMNs using either the automatic mode or the manual mode.
- Once the UE has selected a PLMN, the cell selection procedure will be performed in order to select a suitable cell of that PLMN to camp on.
PLMN Selection-Automatic
Mode
Manual PLMN Selection
Mode
- The UE displays all PLMNs that it finds by scanning all frequency carriers. The UE displays those PLMNs that are allowed as well as those that are not allowed. The user makes a manual selection, according to the available access technology for the chosen PLMN, and the UE attempts registration on this PLMN.
- If the user selects an available PLMN in the forbidden PLMN list, the UE attempts to register and may receive a positive acknowledgement from the CN. In this case, the PLMN is removed from the forbidden list.
Roaming
- Roaming is a service through which a UE is able to obtain services from another PLMN than the HPLMN. The behavior that the UE must follow is specified by agreements among the network operators. A UE in automatic mode, having selected and registered on a VPLMN, periodically attempts to return to its HPLMN. The time interval between consecutive attempts is stored in the USIM. The timer may have a value of between 6 minutes and 8 hours, with a step size of 6 minutes. In the absence of a fixed value, a default value of 30 minutes is used by the UE.
Strategy of Cell
Selection and Reselection
- For normal service, the UE has to camp on a suitable cell, tune to that cell's control channel(s) so that the UE can:
- Receive system information from the PLMN;
- Receive registration area information from the PLMN, e.g., location area and routing area; and
- Identify to which service area as specified by NAS that the serving cell belongs.
- Receive other AS and NAS Information;
- Receive paging and notification messages from the PLMN;
- Initiate call setup for outgoing calls or other actions from the UE.
Cell selection
criteria-Rule S
Srxlev > 0 AND Squal > 0
Squal = Qqualmeas - Qqualmin
Srelev = Qrxlevmeas-Qrxlevmin-Pcompensation
- Qqualmeas:Measured cell quality value. The quality of the received signal expressed in CPICH Ec/N0 (dB).
- Qrxlevmeas:Measured cell RX level value. The quality of the received signal expressed in CPICH RSCP (dBm).
- Qqualmin:Minimum required quality level in the cell (dB).
- Qrxlevmin:Minimum required RX level in the cell (dBm).
- Pcompensation:max(UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH-P_MAX,0)
- UE_TXPWR_MAX_RACH:Maximum TX power level on RACH (dBm)
- P_MAX:Maximum RF output power of the UE (dBm)
Camped Normally State
- Select and monitor the indicated PICH and PCH of the cell according to information sent in system information.
- Monitor relevant system information.
- Perform necessary measurements for the cell reselection evaluation procedure.
- Execute the cell reselection evaluation process.
Measurement rules for
cell re-selection
- If Sx > SIntraSearch, UE does not measure intra-frequency cells.
- If Sx <= Sintrasearch, UE measure intra-frequency cells.
- If Sintrasearch is not broadcast, UE measure intra-frequency cells. Whether to broadcast Sintrasearch or not is controlled by SintrasearchPre.
- If Sx > Sintersearch, UE does not measure inter-frequency cells.
- If Sx <= Sintersearch, UE measure inter-frequency cells.
- If Sintersearch is not broadcast, UE measure inter-frequency cells. Whether to broadcast Sintersearch or not is controlled by SintersearchPre.
- If Sx > SSearchRat, UE does not measure inter-RAT cells.
- If Sx <= SSearchRat, UE measure inter-RAT cells.
- If SsearchRat is not broadcast, UE measure inter-RAT cells. Whether to broadcast SsearchRat or not is controlled by OtherRATInfoPre.
- Where, Sx is Squal.
Cell reselection
criteria-Rule R
- Qmeas,s:Quality measurement result of serving cell.
- Qmeas,n:Quality measurement result of neighbor cell.
- Qhyst1s :Hysteresis value when measurement value is CPICH RSCP.
- Qhyst2s :Hysteresis value when measurement value is CPICH Ec/No.
- Qoffset1s,n :Offset of two cells when measurement value is CPICH RSCP.
- Qoffset2s,n :Offset of two cells when measurement value is CPICH Ec/No.
- The new cell is better ranked than the serving cell during a time interval Treselection according to the R criteria.
- More than 1 second has elapsed since the UE camped on the current serving cell.
Quality measure for Cell
Selection and Reselection
Strategy of LA and RA
Update
- If the LAI or RAI read from system information are different from those stored in USIM before the UE switches off, the UE will perform LA or RA update.
- When the UE in IDLE mode moves to a new LA or RA or PLMN, it will perform update.
- The process of LA or RA update is controlled by CN and is transparently transmitted as the RAN is concerned.
- There are three types of update: normal update, periodic update and IMSI attach and detach.
LA and RA Structure
Periodic LA and RA
Updating
Location Update Flow
IMSI Attach/Detach
Strategy of URA Update
- If the new cell that the UE camps on is not in the same URA area as the former cell that the UE camps on, the URA Update is triggered.
- The UE enters a cell that has no URAs defined. This will trigger a release of the RRC Connection and the UE enters Idle mode.
Process of URA Update
Strategy of CELL Update
- Cell reselection in state CELL_FACH.
- Radio link failure in state CELL_DCH.
- T305 periodic cell update.
- The UE in state URA_PCH sends data in uplink.
- The UE in state CELL_FACH/CELL_DCH detects that an RLC unrecoverable error of AM RLC entity.
End of Course