Channel Switching

Channel Switching HS-DSCH VS DCH - concept

After the HS-DSCH is introduced, the UE can stay in a new state, CELL_DCH (with HS-DSCH). Thus, there are additional transitions
between CELL_DCH (with HS-DSCH) and CELL_FACH and transitions between CELL_DCH (with HS-DSCH) and CELL_DCH even when
both the cell and the UE support the HS-DSCH
The switching between HS-DSCH and
FACH can be triggered by traffic volume,
which is similar to the switching between
DCH and FACH.

When the cell load is too high, load
control may also trigger the switching from
the HS-DSCH to the FACH to relieve
congestion.

When the cell load becomes low, channel
switching aids load control in attempting to
switch the transport channel back to the
HS-DSCH

When a service is set up, the channel
switching function selects an appropriate
bearer channel based on the cell capability
and UE capability to ensure the QoS while
efficiently using the cell resources.

When the user is moving, the channel
switching function adjusts the channel type
based on the UE capability to ensure service
continuity while improving user experience.

Relations between channel switching and other functions
Channel Switching HS-DSCH VS DCH - concept
1.Triggered Channel switching from HS-DSCH to DCH

1.1 Access Control
1.1.1 Network will assign RAB depends on UE and Network capability , if UE and network support HSPA (R5,R6), the HSPA RAB will assign to
UE first

1.1.2 When neither the resources of the serving cell nor the resources of the inter-frequency same-coverage neighboring cell are sufficient,
the HS-DSCH is switched to the DCH and only the DCH connection is set (This case can control via HSPA CAC algorithms based on number of
HSPA user)

1.2. Mobility Management

Mobility management may trigger the switching from the HS-DSCH to the DCH. If the UE with the HS-DSCH service cannot set up the HS-
DSCH connection with the target cell, the channel switching function, together with mobility management, switches the HS-DSCH to the
DCH. When the HS-DSCH connection is available, the channel switching function switches the DCH back to the HS-DSCH.

1.2.1. If the new best cell does not support the HS-DSCH, the UE cannot set up the HS-DSCH connection. In this case, the HS-DSCH is
switched to the DCH.

1.2.2 If the new best cell supports the HS-DSCH but a new HS-DSCH connection cannot be set up because the resources are insufficient, the
DCH connection is set up and the HS-DSCH is switched to this DCH.

1.2.3 The user moves from a cell supporting the DCH but not supporting the HS-DSCH to a cell supporting the HS-DSCH. In this case, the DCH
connection is also set up because the DCH supports soft handover,
which can increase the inter-cell handover success rate.

1.2.4 When the CM Permit Switch is "Off" , when Inter-RAT HO trigger, the HS-DSCH need o downgrade to R99 DCH to enter CM
(Compressed Mode)

Channel Switching HS-DSCH VS DCH- concept

2. Triggered Channel switching from DCH to HS-DSCH

3.1 Mobility management
Suppose the UE is moving from cell 2 (R99) to cell 1 (HSDPA), or from cell 1 (HSDPA), to cell 2 (R99). It will trigger channel switch base on the
handover.

3.2 Triggered by traffic volume
When the service is suitable to be carried on HSDPA and the UE supports HSDPA but the service is actually mapped onto the DCH (for some
reasons such as the UE is rejected to access a HSDPA cell by CAC Algorithm).

If the activity of the H UE that performs data services increases and the RNC receives the report of the 4a event, the H UE will try to switch
from DCH to HS-DSCH.

3.3 Triggered by timer
When the service is suitable to be carried on HSDPA and the UE supports HSDPA but the service is actually mapped onto the DCH (for some
reasons such as the UE is rejected to access a HSDPA cell by CAC Algorithm),a timer is used to periodical attempt to map the service onto
the HS-DSCH. Firstly, attempt to map onto HS-DSCH of the current cell, if failed, then attempt to map onto HS-DSCH of the inter-frequency
blind handover cell with the same coverage. This timer length is set to ChannelRetryTimerLen (This parameter specifies the value of the
channel retry timer. The timer will start after traffic is set up or reconfigured, if higher technique is available. Channel retry will be performed
after this timer expires. If the value of the parameter is set to 0, channel retry cannot be performed ).
Channel Switching HS-DSCH VS
DCH-Counters
Counters measurement ( Cell :Testbed)
HO
CAC
Based on the counter measurement, we active 2 Test bed cells which has neighbor relation with each other,
Cell : 19004 with HSDPA and Cell: 19005 without HSDPA

Test Case 1 : Channel Switching between HS-DSCH <> DCH during Handover

Test Case 2 : Channel Switching (Upgrade) from DCH to HS-DSCH when the HSDPA user number less than CAC
threshold (HSDPA user number CAC parameter set to 1 and 2)
Channel Switching HS-DSCH VS
DCH-Testing
Call Admission Control(CAC) based on HSDPA user number
Parameter Setting at RNC ( Cell :Test bed)