This document contains a summary of command parameters used for configuring various aspects of a GSM BSC, including cell parameters, system information, locating data, power control settings, and more. The parameters are organized into tables with short descriptions and the command used to configure each one. Over 300 individual configuration parameters are listed.

1. B - Command Parameters
Appendix B

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3. Appendix B - Command Parameters
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Appendix B - Command Parameters
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5. Appendix B - Command Parameters
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CELL PARAMETERS
Parameters Short Description Cmd
COMMON SITE DATA:
BSC BSC ID
RSITE Site ID RXMOC
GSYSTYPE Global SYStem TYPE RLTYI
MODE BSC operation mode single (GSM 900) / multiband (GSM 900 +
GSM 1800)
RLOMC
CELL DESCRIPTION AND CONFIGURATION DATA:
Cell Description Data:
CELL Cell name RLDEI
CSYSTYPE Cell SYStem TYPE RLDEI
CGI Cell Global ID, mcc-mnc-lac-ci RLDEC
BSIC Base Station ID Code, ncc-bcc RLDEC
AGBLK Blocks reserved for Access Grant messages RLDEC
MFRMS Number of Paging Groups RLDEC
BCCHNO BCCH ARFCN RLDEC,
RLBFC
BCCHTYPE Indicates, if SDCCH/4, SDCCH/4 + CBCH or SDCCH/8 is used RLDEC
XRANGE eXtended RANGE cell; radius larger than 35 km / 63 bitperiods RLDEC
FNOFFSET OFFSET of cell compared to Frame-No. generator in BTS RLDEC
NEWNAME NEW NAME for cell, when relocating cell RLDEC
CHGR Channel group RLDGI
SCTYPE SubCell TYPE RLDGI
TSC Training Sequence Code; must be the BCC for subcells with BCCH RLDTC
LAYER Level in cell hierarchy; priorities: 1=high,…, 8= low RLLHC
LAYERTHR RX_LEV-threshold for change from lower to higher priority-cell RLLHC
LAYERHYST Hysteresis for LAYERHYST RLLHC
HCSBAND Level in cell hierarchy; priorities: 1=high,…, 8= low RLLHC
HCSBANDTHR RX_LEV-threshold for change from a lower to a higher priority-cell RLLHC
HCSBANDHYST Hysteresis for HCSBANDHYST RLLHC
PSSTEMP Penalty applied to a cell in a layer below “own” cell RLLHC
PTIMTEMP Time for which PSSTEMP is valid RLLHC
FASTMSREG Handling of fast moving mobiles on/off RLLHC

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Cell Configuration Data:
SDCCH Number of SDCCH/8 groups RLCCC
CBCH CBCH is used / not used RLCCC
TN Indicates time slot for SDCCH/8 RLCCC
CCHPOS Control CHannel Position RLCCC
DCHNO Absolute Radio Frequency Number RLCFI
HOP Frequency hopping allowed / not allowed RLCHC
HSN Hopping Sequence Number RLCHC
MSTXPWR Maximum output power of the mobile RLCPC
BSPWRT Base Station Power on TCH-carrier RLCPC
BSPWRB Base Station Power on BCCH-carrier RLCPC
DTXD Discontinuous Transmission Downlink allowed / not allowed RLCXC
NUMREQBPC Number of BPCs available in BTS RLBDC
SYSTEM INFORMATION DATA:
CB Cell Barred (no call setup but HO) RLSBC
ACC Access Control Classes barred up to, but not incl. this RLSBC
ATT ATTach /detach procedure allowed / not allowed RLSBC
CBQ "qualifies" effect of prm. CB; RLSBC
CRO Cell Reselect Offset for C2-criterion RLSBC
TO Temporary Offset for C2 RLSBC
PT Penalty Time for which TO is valid RLSBC
MAXRET Maximun number of RETransmissions at random access RLSBC
TX Number of TS used for random access RLSBC
T3212 Time between Periodic Location Update RLSBC
ECSC Early Classmark Sending Control RLSBC
ACCMIN Min. SS at MS to access system RLSSC
CCHPWR Max. MS pwr for random access (idle mode) RLSSC
CRH Cell Reselection Hyst. (idle mode) RLSSC
DTXU Discontinuous transmission, Up-link (0= allowed; 1=yes; 2=no) RLSSC
NCCPERM NCC permitted to report SS in measurement report RLSSC
RLINKT Radio LINK Time out; failure of decoding SACCH down-link; MS
disconnects
RLSSC
NECI New Establishment Cause Indicator RLSSC
MBCR MultiBand Cells Reported RLSSC
SIMSG Distribution of system info type 1, 7, or 8 RLSMC
MSGDIST Activation of distribution of sys. info. type 1, 7, or 8 RLSMC

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MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY:
MBCCHNO List of BCCH ARFCN to monitor and measure on RLMFC
LISTTYPE List-indicator for idle / busy mode RLMFC
MRNIC Incorrect interpretation of measurement report allowed RLMFC
LOCATING DATA:
BSC Locating data:
SYSTYPE SYStem TYPE to which BSC locating data is applied RLLBC
TAAVELEN Number of values in TA straight moving average RLLBC
TINIT Min. time for new HO after call setup or HO failure RLLBC
TALLOC Min. time for new allocation attempt after failure RLLBC
TINITAW As TINIT, but in case of Directed Retry RLLBC
TALLOCAW As TALLOC, but in case of Directed Retry RLLBC
TURGEN Min. time for new urg. alloc. attpt. after fail. of urg. alloc. attpts to all
cells in urg. list
RLLBC
EVALTYPE Type of Locating Algorithm, Ericsson1 / 3 RLLBC
ASSOC Assignment to other than serving cell allowed / not allowed RLLBC
IBHOASS Inter-BSC Handover during ASSIGNMENT procedure is allowed /
not allowed
RLLBC
IBHOSICH Inter-BSC Handover on SDCCH is allowed / not allowed RLLBC
IHOSICH Intra-cell HO on signal. chnl. allowed / not allowed RLLBC
THO Time interval for HandOvers RLLBC
NHO Number of HandOvers RLLBC
Cell Locating Data:
SCTYPE SubCell TYPE RLLOC
BSPWR ERP at BCCH freq. (-> Loc. Alg.) RLLOC
BSTXPWR ERP at non-BCCH freq. (-> Loc. Alg.) RLLOC
BSRXMIN Min. UL SS for a cell to be a possible HO candidate RLLOC
MSRXMIN Min. DL SS for a cell to be a possible HO candidate RLLOC
BSRXSUFF Min. UL SS for a cell to be L ranked RLLOC
MSRXSUFF Min. DL SS for a cell to be L ranked RLLOC
SCHO Handover on SDCCH allowed / not allowed RLLOC
MISSNM Missing number; max. size of a "gap" to be interpolated RLLOC
AW Assignment to worse than serving cell is allowed / not allowed RLLOC
EXTPEN Penalty handling in target-BSC possible / not possible RLLOC
HYSTSEP HYSTeresis SEParator RLLOC

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Intracell Handover Data:
SCTYPE Subcell type RLIHC
IHO Intracell handover allowed / not allowed RLIHC
MAXIHO Maximum number of intracell handovers in a sequence RLIHC
TIHO Time for inhibition after MAXIHO was exceeded RLIHC
TMAXIHO Time between two "sequential" intracell-HO (as specified by
MAXIHO)
RLIHC
QOFFSETDLP/-N Positive / negative Quality (BER) offset, down-link RLIHC
QOFFSETULP/-N Positive / negative Quality (BER) offset, up-link RLIHC
SSOFFSETULP/-N Positive / negative offset for signal str. UL RLIHC
SSOFFSETDLP/-N Positive / negative offset for signal str. DL RLIHC
Overlaid Subcell:
LOL Pathloss threshold RLOLC
LOLHYST Hysteresis for pathloss RLOLC
TAOL Threshold for timing advance RLOLC
TAOLHYST Hysteresis for timing advance threshold RLOLC
Penalty Data:
PSSHF SS penalty for cell an HO failed to (after filtering) RLLPC
PSSBQ SS penalty for cell left due to bad qual. (after filtering) RLLPC
PSSTA SS penalty for cell left due to max. TA (after filtering) RLLPC
PTIMHF Duration of PSSHF RLLPC
PTIMBQ Duration of PSSBQ RLLPC
PTIMTA Duration of PSSTA RLLPC
Filter Data:
SSEVALSD Evaluation selector for Signal Strength on Speech and Data channel RLLFC
QEVALSD Evaluation selector for Quality on Speech and Data channel RLLFC
SSEVALSI Evaluation selector for Signal Strength on SDCCH RLLFC
QEVALSI Evaluation selector for Quality on SDCCH RLLFC
SSLENSD Length of filter for signal str. on speech and data chl. RLLFC
QLENSD Length of filter for quality on speech and data chnl. RLLFC
SSLENSI Length of filter for signal str. on signaling chnl. RLLFC
QLENSI Length of filter for quality on signaling chnl. RLLFC
SSRAMPSD Ramping length for signal str. filter on speech and data chnl. RLLFC
SSRAMPSI Ramping length for signal str. filter on signaling chnl. RLLFC

9. Appendix B - Command Parameters
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Urgency Data:
SCTYPE Subcell type RLLUC
QLIMDL DL qual. limit for urgency HO (after filtering) RLLUC
QLIMUL UL qual. limit for urgency HO (after filtering) RLLUC
TALIM TA limit for urgency HO (<MAXTA) for normal / XRANGE-cell RLLUC
CELLQ RPD load regulation allowed; High=allowed RLLUC
Disconnect Data:
MAXTA Maximum timing advance normal / XRANGE-cell RLLDC
RLINKUP Radio link time-out (up-link) RLLDC
NEIGHBORING CELL LOCATING DATA:
Mutual relation: A,B <=> B,A
Hyst(A,B)=Hyst(B,A)
Offset(A,B)=-Offset(B,A)
CELLR Neighboring cell name RLNRI
CS Cells are co-sited / not co-sited RLNRC
RELATION One-way direction from CELL to CELLR RLNRI
CAND Candidate type of CELLR in ranking list RLNRC
KHYST SS hyst. in K ranking RLNRC
KOFFSETP SS offset in K ranking (pos. value extends cell range) RLNRC
KOFFSETN SS offset in K ranking (pos. value decreases cell range) RLNRC
TRHYST SS hyst. at transition between K and L ranking RLNRC
TROFFSETP SS offset at transition between K and L ranking RLNRC
TROFFSETN SS offset at transition between K and L ranking RLNRC
LHYST SS hyst. in L ranking RLNRC
LOFFSETP SS offset in L ranking RLNRC
LOFFSETN SS offset in L ranking RLNRC
AWOFFSET Determines "corridor", in which an assignment to worse cell is
allowed
RLNRC
BQOFFSET Determines "corridor" for urgency handover due to bad quality RLNRC
HIHYST Signal strength hysteresis for high signal strength cells RLNRC
LOHYST Signal strength hysteresis for low signal strength cells RLNRC
OFFSETP Signal strength positive offset RLNRC
OFFSETN Signal strength negative offset RLNRC

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DIFFERENTIAL CHANNEL ALLOCATION DATA:
CHTYPE CHannel TYPE RLPRC
PP Priority Profile designation RLPPC
PRL PRiority Level in profile RLPPC
INAC Number of inaccessible channels for PRL RLPPC
PROBF Probability of failure RLPPC
EMERGPRL Priority level for emergency calls RLDCI
STATSINT Time interval for collection of statistics (1 interval = 15 minutes) RLSCI
CELL LOAD SHARING DATA:
CLSLEVEL Level where CLS is activated RLLCC
CLSACC Level where CLS-HOs are accepted RLLCC
HOCLSACC Switch for CLS-HO acceptance RLCCC
RHYST Hysteresis reduction parameter RLCCC
CLSRAMP CLS ramping interval time RLLCC
MS POWER CONTROL DATA:
REGINT Registration interval RLPCC
DTXFUL Number of measurement periods RLPCC
INIDES Desired initial sign. strength RLPCC
INILEN Filter length for sign. strength in initial regulation phase RLPCC
SSDES Desired sign. strength for steady state RLPCC
SSLEN Filter length in steady state for sign. strength RLPCC
LCOMPUL Compensation factor for pathloss on up-link RLPCC
QDESUL Desired quality on the up-link RLPCC
QLEN Filter length in steady state for quality RLPCC
QCOMPUL Compensation factor for quality on the up-link RLPCC
PMARG Power margin to enhance MS power after HO-failure RLPCC
BTS POWER CONTROL DATA:
REGINTDL Regulation interval of power cntrl. in SACCH-periods RLBBC
SDCCHREG BTS power cntrl. on SDCCH allowed / not allowed RLBCC
SSDESDL Desired sign. strength down-link in steady (normal) state RLBCC
SSLENDL Filter length RLBCC
LCOMPDL Compensation factor for pathloss RLBCC

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QDESDL Desired down-link quality RLBCC
QLENDL Length of quality filter, down-link RLBCC
QCOMPDL Compensation factor for quality RLBCC
BSPWRMINP/-N Positive / negative minimum base station power RLBCC
IDLE CHANNEL MEASUREMENT DATA
NOALLOC Idle channel measurements should not be used at channel allocation RLIMI
LIMIT1,2,3,4 Four threshold limits defining interference bands RLIMC
INTAVE Number of measurements used in interference calculation RLIMC

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