Measurement report UMTS and LTE

Measurement report 3G
Two types of Measurement reporting is possible in 3G
Periodic
Event triggered
Measurement reporting parameters for both Periodic and Event triggered are set
through system information.
Measurement report is send by the UE if a specific condition fulfilled.
To set the reporting condition, parameters are set in the system information 11
for idle state and system information 12 for connected state. If the parameters
are not set in system information, it could be send through Measurement control.

Following are the different

measurement reporting that UE can
Perform:-
Intra-frequency measurements:
Parameter: - CPICH Ec/No, CPICH RSCP, pathloss
Event 1a:

A Primary CPICH enters the reporting range

Event 1b:

A Primary CPICH leaves the reporting range

Event 1c:

A non-active primary CPICH becomes better than an active primary

CPICH

Event 1d:

Change of best cell

Event 1e:
 A Primary CPICH becomes better than an absolute threshold

Event 1f:

A Primary CPICH becomes worse than an absolute threshold

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Inter-frequency measurements:
Parameter :- CPICH Ec/No, CPICH RSCP
Event 2a:

Change of best frequency

Event 2b:

The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is below a certain

threshold and the estimated quality of a non-used frequency is above a
certain threshold.

Event 2c:

The estimated quality of a non-used frequency is above a certain threshold

Event 2d:

The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is below a certain

threshold

Event 2e:

The estimated quality of a non-used frequency is below a certain threshold

Event 2f:

The estimated quality of the currently used frequency is above a certain

threshold
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Inter-RAT measurements:
Parameter: - GSM carrier RSSI
Event 3a:

The estimated quality of the currently used UTRAN frequency is below a

certain threshold and the estimated quality of the other system is above a
certain threshold.

Event 3b:

The estimated quality of other system is below a certain threshold

Event 3c:

The estimated quality of other system is above a certain threshold

Event 3d:

Change of best cell in other system

Traffic Volume Measurements

Parameter: - total buffer occupancy (BO) of RLC buffer, average of BOs,
variance of BOs
Event 4a:

Transport Channel Traffic Volume becomes larger than an absolute

threshold

Event 4b:

Transport Channel Traffic Volume becomes smaller than an absolute

threshold

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Quality measurements:
Parameter: - BLER (transport channel block error rate)
 Event 5a:

A predefined number of bad CRCs are exceeded

UE internal measurements:
Parameter: - UTRA carrier RRSI (intra or interfrequency), UE Transmitted
power, UE Rx-Tx Time difference
Event 6a:

The UE Tx power becomes larger than an absolute threshold

Event 6b:

The UE Tx power becomes less than an absolute threshold

Event 6c:

The UE Tx power reaches its minimum value

Event 6d:

The UE Tx power reaches its maximum value

Event 6e:

The UE RSSI reaches the UE's dynamic receiver range

Event 6f:

(FDD) The UE Rx-Tx time difference for a RL included in the active set
becomes larger than an absolute threshold

(1.28 Mcps TDD): The time difference indicated by TADV becomes larger
than an absolute threshold

Event 6g:

The UE Rx-Tx time difference for a RL included in the active set becomes
less than an absolute threshold
 Positioning measurements:
Parameter: - UE GPS timing, Synchronization measurements SFN-SFN,
SFN-CFN, GSM carrier observed time difference
Event 7a:
The UE position changes more than an absolute threshold
Event 7b:
SFN-SFN measurement changes more than an absolute threshold
Event 7c:
GPS time and SFN time have drifted apart more than an absolute
threshold
Event 7d: GANSS time and SFN time have drifted apart more than an
absolute threshold

Measurement reports in LTE

Event A1 (Serving becomes better than threshold)
Event A2 (Serving becomes worse than threshold)
Event A3 (Neighbor becomes offset better than serving)
Event A4 (Neighbor becomes better than threshold)
Event A5 (Serving becomes worse than threshold1 and neighbor becomes
better than threshold2)
Event B1 (Inter RAT neighbor becomes better than threshold)
Event B2 (Serving becomes worse than threshold1 and inter RAT neighbor
becomes better than threshold2)

Measurement report UMTS and LTE

comparison
LTE Measurement UMTS Measurement Events
Events and Description and Description
Event A1 - Serving e2f - The estimated quality
becomes better than of the currently used
threshold frequency is above a certain
threshold
Event A2 - Serving e2d - The estimated quality
becomes worse than of the currently used
threshold frequency is below a certain
threshold
Event A3 - Neighbor e1a - A Primary CPICH
Comments
In LTE this may be used
to stop looking for a cell
on a different frequency
or technology, as e2f is
used in UMTS.
In LTE this may be used
to start looking for a cell
on a different frequency
or technology, as e2d is
used in UMTS.
This comparison is a bit
becomes offset better enters the reporting range
than serving
Event A4 - Neighbor e1e - A Primary CPICH
becomes better than becomes better than an
threshold absolute threshold
Event A5 - Serving e2b - The estimated quality
becomes worse than of the currently used
threshold1 and frequency is below a certain
neighbor becomes threshold and
better than threshold2 the estimated quality of a
non-used frequency is
above a certain threshold
Event B1 - Inter RAT e3c - The estimated quality
neighbor becomes of other system is above a
better than threshold certain threshold
Event B2 - Serving e3a - The estimated quality
becomes worse than of the currently used
threshold1 and inter UTRAN frequency is below
RAT neighbor a certain
becomes better than threshold and the estimated
threshold2 quality of the other system
is above a certain threshold
of a stretch. The reason I
have equated them is
because in both cases a
neighbor should be
considered for a
handover, either soft or
hard depending on the
technology.
This comparison is good
for saying that the current
cell is below an absolute
threshold and the new
cell is above a threshold.
This would mean that the
current cell is not good
enough and the new one
is good, which is a good
reason to do a hard
handover (in either
technology).
This comparison is good
for saying that the current
cell is below an absolute
threshold and the new
cell on a different
technology is above a
threshold. This would
mean that the current cell
is not good enough and
the new one is good,
which is a good reason to
do a hard handover to
the new technology.