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Location Area Identity (LAI) and Global Cell Identity (GCI) in CDMA

Location Area Identity (LAI)  PAGING message is broadcast within a local area, the size of which depends on traffic, paging bearer capability, signaling flow , etc. Format:  MCC+MNC+LAC  MCC:  Mobile Country Code, 3 digits. MNC:  Mobile Network Code, 2 digits. LAC:  Location Area Code, a 2-byte-long hexadecimal BCD code. 0000 cannot be used with FFFE. … Read more

Handover principles and Handover measurements in LTE

Handover principles Lossless Packets are forwarded from the source to the target. Network-controlled Target cell is selected by the network, not by the UE. Handover control in E-UTRAN (not in packet core). UE-assisted Measurements are made and reported by the UE to the network. Late path switch Only once the handover is successful, the packet … Read more