SIB11 FACH Measurement Occasion Information

SIB11 FACH Measurement Occasion Information

Last updated: November 25, 2010

This section is only applicable to the lab application.

FACH measurement occasions (FMO) are used to control UE measurement activities on inter-frequency and inter-RAT cells while the UE is in CELL_FACH RRC state. FMO are configured to allow for measurement of some parameters that cannot be measured while simultaneously receiving the S-CCPCH of the serving cell in CELL_FACH. When configured, FMO create transmission gaps in the S-CCPCH sent from the network when the UE is in CELL_FACH.

How Does the Test Set Support FACH Measurement Occasion?

The UE decides when to perform measurements in CELL_FACH that can be made while simultaneously receiving the S-CCPCH of the serving cell. For other requested measurements in CELL_FACH, FMO are required. In order to perform measurements using FMO, FACH Meas Occasion Cycle Len Coeff Control must be set to Present and FACH Meas Occasion Cycle Len Coeff and C-RNTI (Hex) set to desired values.

The 3GPP standards allow FMO to be configured using SIB11 or SIB12. The test set uses only SIB11 for configuration of FMO.

The SIB11 FMO settings are configured separately from the existing SIB11 measurement settings. You must configure SIB11 FMO, SIB11 inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurements so that no conflicts occur at the UE. The test set does not perform error checking to validate these settings.

The TTI of the S-CCPCH is fixed to 10 ms.

CELL_FACH state is supported when using W-CDMA RABs.

Measurement of TDD neighbor cells cannot be configured. Because of this, the UE is not asked to make TDD measurements when using FMO. In other words, the IE "Inter-RAT Measurement Indicators" is fixed to `1.'

Measurement of IS2000 neighbor cells cannot be configured. Because of this, only `GSM' is supported as the "RAT Type" IE in "FACH Measurement Occasion Info."

FACH Measurement Occasion User Settings

The following sections summarize the settings provided for configuring FMO. With the exception of Inter-frequency FDD measurement indicator and Inter-RAT measurement indicators Control , all of the settings must be set when the Operating Mode is set to Off . Then when the Operating Mode is switched back to Active Cell , SIB11 will transmit the correct FMO parameters.See How Do I Change the SIB11 FACH Measurement Occasion Information? on how to set the FMO settings from the front panel. See How Do I Change Cell Parameters? on how to set the C-RNTI.

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Manual Operation: How Do I Change the SIB11 FACH Measurement Occasion Information?

GPIB Commands: CALL:BCCHannel