1 Scope
12.043GPPPerformance data measurementsTS
The present document describes the requirements for the management of performance measurements and the collection of performance measurement data across a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). It defines the administration of measurement schedules, the generation of measurement results in the Network Elements (NEs) and the transfer of these results to the Operations System (OS). It also describes how the various requirements can be modelled as part of the generic PLMN information model.
A set of measurements available for collection by NEs are described in annex B, effort has been made to ensure consistency in the definition of measurements between different NEs.
The following is beyond the scope the present document:
– how the data, once accumulated and collected, could or should be processed, stored, or presented to an end user;
– the information which may be obtained through the collection and processing of call or event related records which have been produced by the NEs primarily for the purpose of raising bills and other charges.
The management requirements have been derived from existing telecommunications operations experience. The management definitions were then derived from other standardisation work so as to minimise the re-invention factor. References are given as appropriate.
The objective of the present document is: to normalise the description of each measurement; and to produce a common description of the management technique for result accumulation and transmission across a management interface. The normalisation is intended to result in comparability of measurement data produced in a multi-vendor PLMN.
As far as possible, existing standardisation in the area of performance management has been re-used and enhanced where particular requirements, peculiar to the mobile telephony environment, have been recognised.
Field of application
The present document considers all aspects of performance management for a PLMN and its NEs defined in the GSM core Technical Specifications. However, only those aspects, which are GSM specific and particular to PLMN operation are included in the present document. Other performance measurement aspects of described NEs and performance measurement aspects of NEs not described by the GSM core Technical Specifications are included for information purposes in annex E or may be found in referenced documents.
1.1 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non‑specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TS 02.16: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); International Mobile station Equipment Identities (IMEI)".
[2] 3GPP TS 04.08: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Mobile radio interface; Layer 3 specification".
[3] 3GPP TS 04.11: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Point-to-Point (PP) Short Message Service (SMS) support on mobile radio interface".
[4] 3GPP TS 05.08: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Radio subsystem link control".
[5] 3GPP TS 08.08: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Mobile-services Switching Centre – Base Station System (MSC – BSS) interface; Layer 3 specification".
[6] 3GPP TS 08.58: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Base Station Controller – Base Transceiver Station (BSC – BTS) interface; Layer 3 specification".
[7] 3GPP TS 09.02: "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification".
[8] ETSI ETS 300 612-1 (GSM 12.00): "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2); Network Management (NM); Part 1: Objectives and structure of network management".
[9] ETSI ETS 300 612-2 (GSM 12.01): "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2); Network Management (NM); Part 2: Common aspects of GSM/DCS 1800 network management".
[10] ETSI ETS 300 617 (GSM 12.06): "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2); GSM network configuration management ".
[11] ETSI ETR 128 (GSM 12.30): "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2); ETSI object identifier tree; Common domain; Mobile domain; Operation and Maintenance (O&M), managed object registration definition".
[12] ITU-T Recommendation E.880: "Field data collection and evaluation on the performance of equipment, network and services".
[13] ITU-T Recommendation X.710: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Common Management Information Service".
[14] ITU-T Recommendation X.721: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Structure of management information: Definition of management information".
[15] ITU-T Recommendation X.730: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management: Object management function".
[16] ITU-T Recommendation X.731: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management: State management function".
[17] ITU-T Recommendation X.734: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management: Event report management function".
[18] ITU-T Recommendation X.735: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management: Log control function".
[19] ITU-T Recommendation X.738: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems management: Summarization function".
[20] ITU-T Recommendation X.739: "Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management: Metric objects and attributes".
[21] ISO 8571: "Information processing systems – Open Systems Interconnection – File Transfer, Access and Management".
[22] 3GPP TS 03.60: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 2".
[23] 3GPP TS 04.60: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Mobile Station (MS) – Base Station System (BSS) interface; Radio Link Control/Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) protocol".
[24] 3GPP TS 04.64: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Mobile Station – Serving GPRS Support Node (MS-SGSN) Logical Link Control (LLC) layer specification".
[25] 3GPP TS 04.65: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Mobile Station (MS) – Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN); Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP)".
[26] GSM 08.16: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Base Station System (BSS) – Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) interface; Network Service".
[27] 3GPP TS 09.60: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) across the Gn and Gp Interface".
[28] IETF RFC 959: "File Transfer Protocol".
[29] IETF RFC 783: "Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) protocol (revision 2)".
[30] IETF RFC 1157: "Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)".
[31] 3GPP TS 08.18: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Base Station System (BSS) – Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN); BSS GPRS Protocol (BSSGP)".
[32] ISO 10164-13: " Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management: Summarization Function".
1.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AGCH Access Grant CHannel
APN Access Point Name
AuC Authentication Centre
BSC Base Station Controller
BSS Base Station System
BSSAP BSS Application Part
BTS Base Transceiver Station
CBCH Cell Broadcast CHannel
CCCH Common Control CHannel
ITU-T The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS Common Management Information Service
CMISE Common Management Information Service Element
DCCH Dedicated Control CHannel
DCN Data Communication Network
EIR Equipment Identity Register
FACCH Fast Associated Control CHannel
FTAM File Transfer Access and Management
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GMSC Gateway Mobile services Switching Centre
GGSN Gateway GPRS Service Node
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSN GPRS Service Node
HLR Home Location Register
HO HandOver
HPLMN Home PLMN
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
ISDN Integrated Service Digital Network
ISO International Standards Organisation
LLC Logical Link Control
LR Location Register
MMI Man-Machine Interface
MML Man-Machine Language
MOC Managed Object Class
MOI Managed Object Instance
MS Mobile Station
MSC Mobile services Switching Centre
MSRN Mobile Subscriber Roaming Number
MTP Message Transfer Part
NE Network Element
NMC Network Management Centre
NSS Network Sub System (including EIR, HLR, SMS-IWMSC, MSC and VLR)
OACSU Off-Air Call Set Up
OA&M Operation, Administration and Maintenance
OMAP (ITU-T) Operations, Maintenance and Administration Part
OMC Operations and Maintenance Centre
OS Operations System
OSI Open System Interconnection
O&M Operations and Maintenance
PCCCH Packet Common Control CHannel
PCCH Packet Paging CHannel
PCH Paging CHannel
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network (including BSS and NSS)
PM Performance Management
PTCH Packet Traffic CHannel
PVLR Previous VLR
QoS Quality of Service
RACH Random Access Channel
Rec. Recommendation
Ref. Reference
RF Radio Frequency
RR Radio Resource
RXLEV Reception LEVel
RXQUAL Reception QUALity
ROSE Remote Operation Service Element
SACCH Slow Associated Control CHannel
SDCCH Stand alone Dedicated Control CHannel
SCCP (ITU-T) Signalling Connection Control Part
SGSN Serving GPRS Service Node
SNDCP Sub Network Dependency Control Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SMS-IWMSC Short Message Service – Inter Working MSC
Spec. Specification
SS Supplementary Service
TCAP (ITU-T) Transaction Capabilities Application Part
TCH Traffic CHannel
TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
TMN Telecommunications Management Network
TS Technical Specification
VLR Visitors Location Register