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  • 17th July 2007 at 12:56 #48228
    rf fan
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    Hi all,
    I have folowing problem: GPRS users often recieve timeout after start downoading. Radio conditions are good, TEMS shows “T3168 Expired Packet Assignment Timeout”. There is a timeslot reserved for data and cell haven’t congestion problems …..
    Any advices ?

    Thanks !

    17th July 2007 at 19:14 #48229
    Pix
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    what is the definition and the use of the T3168 ? have you found out in the 3GPP ? (i don’t feel like looking for it by myself 🙂 )

    18th July 2007 at 08:05 #48230
    rf fan
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    Of cource I check it:)

    T3168 is used on the mobile station side to define when to stop waiting for a Packet Uplink Assignment message after sending of a Packet Resource request message. It is set to 2.5 that means 2s. In all other cells with same value, GPRS work correctly. Any advices ?

    19th July 2007 at 07:14 #48231
    ravi
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    hi pix

    I have a gprs enabled Airtel SIM . When I am in roaming and try to connect to the internet , I get a msg :- Packet data not active , but GPRS is enabled in that area.
    What could be the reason ?
    When I come back to my home state , the gprs starts working automatically ?

    19th July 2007 at 11:31 #48232
    Pix
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    Rf Fan,

    Well, in this case… What do you think about this : the MS sends the request in order to keep the connection “alive” longer, but it doesn’t actually expect an answer. This is a trick used to speed up the GPRS reactivity…

    Of course if it happens only in this cell, it is a bit weird. I think i would start by check the UL TBF establishment failure in the QoS Stats, that would certainly give a lead. Other than that, I don’t really see what could be the problem…

    If there’s nothing on the QoS stats, then it is certainly not impacting the users… and if there is a problem, then you can certainly check the causes of the failures with some more detailed stats. Check also the GSM stats, if there is a radio problem in the cell.

    Let me know if you find anything..

    19th July 2007 at 11:32 #48233
    Pix
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    And before all, don’t hesitate to do a SW reset of the cell (GSM + GPRS). Surprisingly good results sometimes :))

    20th July 2007 at 10:10 #48234
    Da Architect
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    Dear rf fan,

    Re-initialization of PDCH timeslots in the problamatic cell would help also.

    22nd July 2007 at 11:57 #48235
    rf fan
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    10X for answers,
    there isn’t anyting suspiciously in stats, exept “Data drop (connections, non released normaly)” .It is 11 percent per day, but this is rural cell that has a bit low data traffic and this counter isn’t so accurate.
    Tommorow i’ll check detailed stats and re-initialization of PDCH timeslots ……
    We done SW reset, but it didn’t help 🙂

    24th July 2007 at 10:34 #48236
    Da Architect
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    Dear rf fan,

    some cells become GPRS sleeping, and you can notice this when
    GPRS_UL_TBF_estab_fail_radio_rate is high while GPRS_UL_TBF_request is small, therefore initialization of PDCH TS is recommended to wake up these cells.

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