CTS CELL LEVEL FORMULAS (using cell level counters)

REGISTRATIONS
Registration Attempts

= REGATT
regatt all detected attempts

No benchmark set
Registration
Accessibility

= REGCONF / REGATT * 100

Regatt all detected attempts
No benchmark set yet
regconf registration confirmations
The percentage of accepted registrations
Unconfirmed Registration = ( ( REGATT - REGCONF ) / REGATT ) * 100
Attempts
Regatt all detected attempts
No benchmark set yet
regconf registration confirmations
Registration Attempts
Not Accepted due to
SS< SSREG

= ( REGNASS / REGATT ) * 100

regnass registrations not accepted due to SS below threshold for registration

No benchmark set yet

CALL ACCESSES
Total Call Accesses

No benchmark set
yet
Access
Capability

No benchmark
set yet

= CAACC
Caacc all accesses, both originating and terminating. Also stepped at directed retry access

= (VCDESB2 + VCDESA2)/(ORGACC + PAGE1 + PAGE2 + DRIACVC)*100

Caacc
all accesses, both originating and terminating. Also stepped at directed retry access
orgacc originating accesses. not stepped if directed retry access

vcdesb2 voice channels designated before the second designation

vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
driacvc directed retry access due to voice channel congestion. stepped for originating and
terminating access at directed retry due to voice channel congestion
page1
pageresponses before the second page. not stepped if directed retry access.
page2
pageresponses after the second page. not stepped if directed retry access
The percentage of all successful call accesses, in a cell that resulted in successful call set-up (voice channel designation).
Call Accesses Not
Accepted due to
Multiple Access

= (CARMA/CAACC)*100
Caacc all accesses, both originating and terminating. Also stepped at directed retry access
Carma call accesses rejected due to multiple accesses

(Must be <1%)
Call Accesses Not
Accepted due to
SS < SSACC

(must be <3%)

= (CARBSAT/CAACC)*100
caacc
all accesses, both originating and terminating. Also stepped at directed retry
carbsat call accesses rejected due to SS below threshold for call accesses
multiple accesses with ss<ssacc will also cause the counter to be stepped

Directed Retry
Access Ratio

= DRIACVC / (ORGACC + PAGE1 + PAGE2 + DRIACVC) *100

orgacc originating accesses. not stepped if directed retry access
No benchmark set page1 pageresponses before the second page. not stepped if directed retry access.
page2 pageresponses after the second page. not stepped if directed retry access
driacvc directed retry access due to voice channel congestion. stepped for originating and
terminating access at directed retry due to voice channel congestion
The percentage of accesses that were due to a directed retry at voice channel congestion.
Directed Retry
Flow

= ( DRIACVC - DRIVCCO ) / ( DRIACVC + DRIVCCO )

drivcco
directed retry orders due to voice channel congestion

directed retry access due to voice channel congestion. stepped for originating
and terminating access at directed retry due to voice channel congestion
This statistic tells whether the cell sites accepts directed retry or initiates a directed retry. Positive values (+) receives the
directed retries. Negative (-) values initiates directed retries. Positive one (+1) means only receives directed retries.
Negative one (-1) means only initiates directed retries
% of Originating
= ORGACC / ( ORGACC + PAGE1 + PAGE2 ) * 100
Calls
orgacc originating accesses. not stepped if directed retry access
No benchmark set page1 pageresponses before the second page. not stepped if directed retry access.
page2 pageresponses after the second page. not stepped if directed retry access
This expression gives the % of all originating accesses relative to the total number of call accesses.

No benchmark set

driacvc

% of Terminating
Calls

= ( PAGE1 + PAGE2 ) / ( ORGACC + PAGE1 + PAGE2 ) * 100

orgacc originating accesses. not stepped if directed retry access
No benchmark set page1 pageresponses before the second page. not stepped if directed retry access.
page2 pageresponses after the second page. not stepped if directed retry access
This expression gives the % of all terminating accesses relative to the total number of call accesses.

LOCATINGS
% Locating
Efficiency

No benchmark set
yet

= HOFFSO / LOCR * 100

HOFFSO Handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell.
LOCR Locating requests. Stepped for each request.

The ratio of started handoffs per locating request, including intra-cell handoffs but excluding underlaid to overlaid handoffs.
% Locating Failure

= (LOCR LOCHOFA)/ LOCR * 100

LOCOFA Locatings that determined a better cell than current cell. Stepped
when better cell found, including VC in own cell.
LOCR Locating requests. Stepped for each request.
The ratio of locating request not resulting to a better cell found.

No benchmark set
yet

HANDOFFs
HO Flow

Must be >0.9, <0.9

= ( HOFFSI - HOFFSO ) / ( HOFFSI + HOFFSO )

hoffso handoff starts out of the cell. stepped in serving MSC and cell

hoffsi handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
This determines the pattern the mobile phones in a specific area covered in the cell. Positive (+) values means more calls being

handoff into than out the cell. Negative values means more calls are being handoff to other cells that going into the cell. A
value of positive one (+1) means no outgoing handoff. A negative one (-1) value means no incoming handoff.
Incoming Handoffs

No benchmark set
% of Unsuccessful
Incoming Handoffs

Must be <10%

Outgoing Handoffs

No benchmark set
% of Unsuccessful
Outgoing Handoffs

Must be <10%

CALL DROPOUTs

= HOFFSI
hoffsi handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
= ( ( HOFFSI - SHOFFI ) / HOFFSI ) * 100
hoffso handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
hoffsi handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
shoffi successful handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
= HOFFSO
hoffso handoff starts out of the cell. stepped in serving MSC and cell
= ( ( HOFFSO
hoffso
hoffsi
shoffo

- SHOFFO ) / HOFFSO ) * 100

handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
successful handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell

Voice Channel Seizures = VCSZE

Must not be <100
vcsze voice channelseizures for call set up. stepped when vc seized.

% Call Set-up Failure

= ( ( VCSZE VCDESB2 VCDESA2 ) / VCSZE ) * 100

vcsze voice channelseizures for call set up. Stepped when vc seized.
vcdes voice channel designation attempts. stepped when VC started OK
vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
vcdesb2 voice channels designated before the second designation
The percentage of failed call set-ups, including technical problem and voice channel designation failure.

No benchmark set yet

VC Des Fail

Must be <3%

= (VCDES - VCDESB2 - VCDESA2)/VCDES *100

vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
vcdesb2 voice channels designated before the second designation
vcdes voice channel designation attempts. stepped when VC started OK

Technical Fault

= ( ( VCSZE - VCDES ) / ( VCSZE + SHOFFI -SHOFFO ) ) * 100

vcsze voice channel seizures for call set up. Stepped when vc seized.
vcdes voice channel designation attempts. stepped when VC started OK
shoffo successful handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffi successful handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
The percentage of calls not set-up being affected by technical fault. A voice channel was successfully seized but designation

Must be <1%

order was not sent due to technical problems with the seized channel.
Base station Page
Congestion

= BSPAGER / ( BSPAGEA + BSPAGER) * 100

BSPAGER Pages congested or pre-empted in the control channel buffer in the radio base stations.
BSPAGEA Pages received at the radio base stations. Stepped when page order received in control
channel in base station. Stepped for each page attempt.

The percentage of pages, received in the base station control channel, that were pre-empted or congested
HO Drop

= (HOFFSO SHOFFO)/(VCDESB2 + VCDESA2 + SHOFFI - SHOFFO)*100

shoffo successful handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffi successful handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
Vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
Vcdesb voice channels designated before the second designation
2
hoffso handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
To determine the percentage of dropped successfully set-up calls during HO

Must be <3%

Insufficient TX Qual

= (CLRNG)/(VCDESB2 + VCDESA2 + SHOFFI - SHOFFO)*100

shoffo successful handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffi successful handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
Vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
Vcdesb voice channels designated before the second designation
2
clrng calls cleared due to lost transmission
This gives the percentage of successfully set-up calls which were cleared due to lost transmission or insufficient tx quality

Must be <5%

Customer Drop

= ( ( HOFFSO - SHOFFO + CLRNG ) / ( VCDESB2 + VCDESA2 + SHOFFI - SHOFFO ) ) * 100

utohofs underlaid to overlaid handiff starts out of the cell
sutohof successful underlaid to overlaid handiff starts out of the cell
hoffso handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffo successful handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffi successful handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
vcdesb2 voice channels designated before the second designation
clrng calls cleared due to lost transmission
This refers to the percentage of those successfully set-up calls that were dropped and perceivable by the subscribers.
Termination or dropping of the calls may be due to failure during handoff, or that due to problem with the transmission
quality.

Must be <6%

Worst Drop

= ( ( VCSZE - VCDESB2 - VCDESA2 + HOFFSO - SHOFFO + CLRNG ) / ( VCSZE + SHOFFI - SHOFFO ) ) * 100
hoffso handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffo successful handoff starts out of the cell. Stepped in serving MSC and cell
shoffi successful handoff starts into the cell. Stepped in target MSC and cell
vcdesa2 voice channels designated after the second designation attempt
clrng calls cleared due to lost transmission
vcsze voice channelseizures for call set up. stepped when vc seized.
The worst drop is a figure which shows the over-all failures, i.e. using the number of voice channel seizures that occurred as
the reference and taking note of the contributors for these failures such as VC designation failure, dropped calls due to
handoff and that due to the transmission quality (where all three parameters were computed based on the VCSZE as the
reference and not the successfully set-up calls only.

Must be <9%