ANR Mobility
Contents
1            Introduction
1.1          Basic Characteristics
1.2          Benefits
1.3          Additional Information
2            Feature Operational Description
2.1          Network Requirements
2.2          Feature Operation Sequence Diagram
2.3          Process Steps
3            Parameters
3.1          Introduced Parameters
3.2          Affected Parameters
4            Network Impact
4.1          Subscriber Capacity
4.2          Network Performance
4.3          Hardware
4.4          Inter-Node Interface
4.5          Other Network Elements
5            Associated Features and Affected Functions
5.1          Prerequisite Features
5.2          Affected Features
5.3          Related Features
5.4          Affected System Functions
6            Performance
6.1          KPIs
6.2          Counters
6.3          Events
7            Operation and Maintenance
7.1          Activate the Feature
7.2          Deactivate the Feature
7.3          Engineering Guidelines
1     Introduction
This document describes the optional feature Automatic Neighbor Relations (ANR)
Mobility and its main benefits and impacts in the WCDMA RAN.
1.1 Basic Characteristics
This section describes the basic characteristics of the feature.
Feature              FAJ 121 2551: ANR Mobility
identity:
Release:             Introduced in W14.1, enhanced in W15.1
Dependencies
            This feature has no prerequisite features.
            This feature affects no other features.
1.2 Benefits
This section describes the benefits of this feature.
ANR Mobility is a Self Organizing Network (SON) feature implemented in the SRNC. The
feature off-loads the network by automatically detecting, identifying, and configuring
intra-frequency neighbor relations in the Neighbor Cell Lists (NCLs). The feature
improves the Active Set (AS), which contributes to improved retainability visible as lower
dropped calls ratio and improved mobility visible as increased number of IAF handovers
and reduced number of IRAT handovers.
The ANR Mobility feature is license controlled and activated on the RNC and cell level.
The operator can initially activate ANR Mobility in some cells and then gradually activate
ANR in additional cells. The feature is based on Detected Set (DS) measurement reports
sent by UEs in the real handover environment. It is not based on the 3GPP Rel-10 ANR
version.
The feature can perform handover to Undefined neighbor cells even when no neighbor
relation is configured from any of the AS cells to that cell (ANR-initiated handover). That
behavior increases the probability of maintaining the UE connection when a critical
neighbor relation is missing.
The main output from the feature is ANR-created intra-frequency neighbor relations in
NCLs, see Figure 1.
Figure 1    ANR Mobility Creating the Intra-Frequency Relations
A General Performance Event Handling (GPEH) event is sent, which lists the relation the
ANR Mobility feature fails to create.
The GPEH event is sent if any of the following conditions are fulfilled:
            The NCL is full.
           There is no space for another neighbor relation in SIB11 of source cell.
           Writing to database is deactivated.
ANR Mobility is based on populating and evaluating target cell candidates in statistics.
When a proper candidate is found, ANR Mobility creates a neighbor relation,
UtranRelation. The operator can prevent ANR Mobility from creating relations, and
therefore test the ANR Mobility without affecting the existing configuration.
1.3 Additional Information
More information about this feature and related topics can be found in the following
documentation:
           System Description
           Handover
           General Performance Event Handling
2   Feature Operational Description
This section describes the ANR Mobility feature in more detail, including network
configuration requirements and operation flows.
2.1 Network Requirements
The following must be fulfilled at feature activation:
           The license for ANR Mobility feature, CXC 403 0136 is enabled.
           RNC 3820 or Evo Controller 8200/RNC is used.
2.2 Feature Operation Sequence Diagram
Figure 2 gives a high-level overview of signaling in which ANR Mobility is involved.
Figure 2      ANR Mobility Diagram
The ANR Mobility feature is related to source cells in the SRNC which is the best AS cell
according to the measurement report. The feature creates intra-frequency neighbor
relations in the configuration database from a source cell in the SRNC (UtranCell):
               to another cell in the SRNC, represented by UtranCell.
               to the DRNC cell, represented by ExternalUtranCell in the SRNC.
               to a different cluster member cell in the RNC in Pool configuration,
                represented by RemoteUtranCell in the SRNC.
In an RNC in Pool configuration, if Iub Redundancy is configured between two cluster
member RNCs, the ANR Mobility feature can create UtranCell relations to cells with the
Iub Redundancy configuration. For more information on Iub Redundancy refer to RNC in
Pool.
ANR Mobility activated in the SRNC does not create neighbor relations from a DRNC cell
to any other cells.
2.3 Process Steps
This section describes the process steps initiated by the main trigger for ANR Mobility,
that is, a reception of an Undefined cell DS measurement report. See Table 1 for the
different types of measurement reports that the UE sends in this context.
Table 1       UE Measurement Report Types
UE Measurement Report Types                       Report Receiver in SRNC
Monitored Set measurement report, which           Handover Evaluation (legacy functionality)
contains one or more RNC defined Primary
Scrambling Codes, representing neighbor
cell relations.
Unmonitored Set DS report where at least          Handover Evaluation (legacy functionality)
one cell is Defined. Issued if a DS report
contains one or more target cells Primary
Scrambling Codes where at least one
matches the Primary Scrambling Code of
minimum one of the neighbors of the AS
cells.
Unmonitored Set DS report where all cells         ANR Mobility (when activated, otherwise the
are Undefined. Issued when a DS report            DS report is discarded)
contains one or more target cells Primary
Scrambling Codes which does not match
the Primary Scrambling Code of any of the
neighbors to the AS cells.
Figure 3 gives an overview of the process steps and involved operator parameters in the
SRNC.
Figure 3    ANR Mobility Handling of Undefined Cell DS Report
2.3.1   Reception of Undefined Cell DS Report
The reception of an Undefined cell DS measurement report is the real-time trigger for
ANR Mobility. The trigger activates ANR Mobility if the license is enabled and the feature
is activated in the RNC and in the best AS cell. Otherwise, the DS report is discarded in
the same way as when ANR Mobility is deactivated or not supported.
2.3.2   ANR CPICH Filter
The CPICH filter can be used by the operator to control ANR Mobility sensitivity to CPICH
measured values that are reported in Undefined cell DS reports. The filter is enabled with
the anrDsReportFilterEnabled parameter and uses two parameters:
            Ec/No threshold (anrDsReportFilterEcNo)
            Received Signal Code Power (RSCP) threshold (anrDsReportFilterRscp)
When the filter is enabled, Undefined cell DS reports are compared with the thresholds. If
the corresponding thresholds are fulfilled, or if the filter is disabled, the DS report is used
by ANR Mobility. Otherwise, it is discarded.
2.3.3     ANR Black List
When an Undefined cell DS report is received, the reported Primary Scrambling Code is
checked against the ANR Black List. Some of the intra-frequency cells listed in ANR Black
List for the best AS cell (source cell) can have the same Primary Scrambling Code as the
reported Primary Scrambling Code. In such cases, the DS report is discarded. The ANR
Black List is defined by the anrBlackTargetCells parameter.
2.3.4     Cell Selection and ANR Handover Proposal
A received Undefined cell DS report triggers cell selection among the candidates in the
ANR Mobility internal statistics having the same Primary Scrambling Code and frequency.
An ANR-initiated handover is proposed to the selected cell.
2.3.5     New ANR Handover Attempt
If the selected cell passes admission check, an ANR handover is attempted and the
internal statistics is updated.
2.3.6     ANR Handover Success Result
In case of soft handover, a successful ANR-initiated handover is based on detecting
Uplink Synchronization in the candidate target cell. That is, the NBAP message "RADIO
LINK RESTORE INDICATION" is received. This information is used in ANR Mobility internal
statistics in the source cell. If Uplink Synchronization is achieved within 2 seconds, the
handover attempt is judged successful (correct candidate selected) and ANR Mobility
updates the internal statistics accordingly. If Uplink Synchronization is not achieved
within 2 seconds, the cell is removed from the active set again.
In case of softer handover, all ANR handover attempts are assumed to be successful, as
the UE is already synchronized with the RBS of a cell from the AS.
3   Parameters
This section describes parameters introduced by the ANR Mobility feature and parameters
affected by activating the feature.
3.1 Introduced Parameters
Table 2 describes the parameters introduced by the ANR Mobility feature.
Table 2    Introduced Parameters
Parameter                                            Description
Anr::anrCellAddRelationMax                           Defines the maximum number of relations per
                                                     source cell that can be added by ANR Mobility
                                                     during each evaluation period. This limit on the
                                                     rate of instance creation can be used to limit the
                                                     amount of O&M load caused by the feature.
AnrIafUtran::anrAddRelationEnabled                       Enables or disables the ANR UTRAN intra-
                                                         frequency feature ability to create intra-
                                                         frequency neighbor relations in the RNC
                                                         configuration database.
AnrIafUtran::anrCandidateAbsPropThresh                   Defines the threshold for the absolute number of
                                                         ANR-initiated handover proposals needed for a
                                                         target cell candidate to reach reliable statistics.
                                                         Reliable statistics is required for determining a
                                                         good intra-frequency neighbor relation.
AnrIafUtran::anrCandidateExpirePeriod                    Defines the expiry period for candidate cells in
                                                         ANR internal statistics. After this time, if a good
                                                         neighbor relation has not been found before, the
                                                         ANR statistics is removed.
AnrIafUtran::anrCandidateLowerThresh                     Defines the threshold to determine if the degree
                                                         of successful ANR handovers is too low. When
                                                         the degree is too low, ANR Mobility is prevented
                                                         from performing handover to such candidates.
AnrIafUtran::anrCandidateUpperThresh                     Defines the threshold to determine if the degree
                                                         of successful ANR handovers is high enough.
                                                         When equal or higher than the threshold, the
                                                         ANR candidate is used for evaluation of a new
                                                         intra-frequency neighbor relation.
AnrIafUtran::anrDsReportFilterEcno                       Defines the Ec/No threshold used by the ANR
                                                         CPICH filter. DS reports having a CPICH Ec/No
                                                         value lower than the threshold are not
                                                         considered by the ANR UTRAN intra-frequency
                                                         feature.
AnrIafUtran::anrDsReportFilterEnabled                    Enables or disables the ANR CPICH filter, which
                                                         is used only when ANR Mobility is activated, to
                                                         filter the required certain levels of Ec/No and
                                                         RSCP in Detected Set measurement reports.
AnrIafUtran::anrDsReportFilterRscp                       Defines the RSCP threshold used by the ANR
                                                         CPICH filter. DS reports having a CPICH RSCP
                                                         value lower than the threshold are not
                                                         considered by the ANR UTRAN intra-frequency
                                                         feature.
AnrIafUtran::anrEnabled                                  Enables or disables the ANR UTRAN intra-
                                                         frequency feature on the RNC level.
UtranCell::anrIafUtranCellConfig                         Enables or disables the ANR Mobility function in
                                                         this cell for intra-frequency relations.
UtranCell::anrIafUtranCellConfig::anrEnabled             Enables or disables the ANR Mobility function in
                                                         a cell.
UtranCell::anrIafUtranCellConfig::relationAddEnabled Enables or disables creation of relations by the
                                                     ANR Mobility in a cell.
UtranCell::AnrBlackList::anrBlackTargetCells             Lists the references to target cells which ANR
                                                         Mobility is not allowed to use when performing
                                                         handovers or creating relations.
UtranRelation::createdBy                                 Indicates if the instance of UtranRelation is
                                                         created by the operator or ANR Mobility. Read-
                                                         only attribute.
UtranRelation::creationTime                              Indicates the date and time when the neighbor
                                                         relation is created. Read-only attribute.
3.2 Affected Parameters
The implementation of this feature affects no parameters.
4   Network Impact
This section describes how the ANR Mobility feature impacts the network functions and
capabilities.
4.1 Subscriber Capacity
No feature-specific information is identified.
4.2 Network Performance
This section provides information on the impact of the feature on network performance.
ANR Mobility is based on ANR internal statistics where target cell candidates are
populated and evaluated with handover attempts to the candidates. To evaluate neighbor
relation, a number of handover attempts is required.
The time needed to detect a neighbor cell relation depends on:
           The network configuration.
           The degree of scrambling code reuse on a frequency.
           ANR configuration (see Section 7.3.2).
           Intensity of the UE mobility in the cell area.
After evaluation period, ANR Mobility improves retainability shown in lower dropped calls
ratio.
4.3 Hardware
This section provides information on the impact of the feature on hardware.
This feature is supported for the following node types:
           RNC 3820
           Evo Controller 8200/RNC
4.4 Inter-Node Interface
This section provides information on the impact on inter-node interfaces.
The following interfaces are affected when the ANR Mobility feature is activated:
           NBAP: signaling intensity can increase with ANR-initiated handovers and UL
            Synchronization results (with the following messages: "RADIO LINK SETUP",
            "RADIO LINK ADDITION" and "RL RESTORE INDICATION"). Signalling
            intensity can increase when ANR performs handover evaluation to candidate
            cells.
           RRC: signaling intensity increases with ANR-initiated handover (with the "AS
            UPDATE" message).
4.5 Other Network Elements
No feature-specific information is identified.
5   Associated Features and Affected Functions
This section describes how the ANR Mobility feature affects other features and functions.
5.1 Prerequisite Features
This feature has no prerequisite features.
5.2 Affected Features
This feature affects no other feature.
5.3 Related Features
It is recommended, but not required, to activate the OSS-RC feature Automatic Neighbor
Relation Management, FAJ 121 3261, which facilitates controlling ANR Mobility
parameters.
It is also recommended, but not required, to activate the OSS-RC feature, FAJ 121 3701:
Automatic Scrambling Code Selection. The feature limits the risk of scrambling code
collisions in the network which can have an adverse effect on the ANR relation detection
accuracy.
5.4 Affected System Functions
Table 3 lists functions affected by the ANR Mobility feature.
Table 3    Affected System Functions
Function                       Description
Handover                       ANR-triggered handover is performed on many of the received Undefined cell DS
                               reports. When the ANR Mobility feature is deactivated or not installed, the reports
                               are discarded.
6     Performance
This section describes performance indicators, counters, and events associated with the
ANR Mobility feature.
6.1 KPIs
Table 4 lists the main Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) associated with the ANR
Mobility feature.
Table 4    KPIs
KPI                              Description
Retainability (or drop rate)     It is expected to improve in the long term (AS becomes better), after the ANR
                                 Mobility evaluation period.
Mobility                         It is expected to improve in the long term (AS becomes better), after the ANR
                                 Mobility evaluation period. IRAT HO (to GSM) is expected to reduce, IAF HO is
                                 expected to increase.
Soft/Softer handover             It can change over time. For example, it can be increased initially when ANR
                                 Mobility is activated and decreased in the long term when ANR mobility
                                 contributes to better ASs.
ANR-Initiated handover      The handover counter on UtranCell level can be compared with the sum of all
                            handover counters on UtranRelation (IAF) level. The difference corresponds to
                            ANR-initiated handovers.
6.2 Counters
More information about counters can be found in Managed Object Model RNC and
Managed Object Model RBS.
6.2.1     Introduced Counters
Table 5 lists the counters introduced by the ANR Mobility feature.
Table 5    Counters Introduced by ANR Mobility Feature
Counter                              Description
UtranCell::pmAnrRelationAdd          Incremented by one when ANR Mobility adds a neighbor relation in
                                     the configuration database, regardless of the neighbor frequency or
                                     IRAT relation type.
6.2.2     Affected Counters
When the ANR Mobility feature is activated, Undefined cell DS reports received by the
SRNC are handled by ANR Mobility instead of being discarded. The feature uses ANR
internal statistics where target cell candidates are evaluated by handover attempts. As a
result, some PM counters listed in Table 6 can be affected, especially during the ANR
Mobility candidates evaluation period.
Table 6 lists a number of existing counters that the ANR Mobility feature can affect.
Definitions of counters do not change. However, the counter valuse can change since
ANR Mobility performs handover to Undefined cells during its evaluation of target cell
candidates.
Table 6    Counters Affected by ANR Mobility Feature
Counter                                            Description
IurLink::pmNoOfRlForDriftingUesPerDrnc
UtranCell::pmNoOfRlForDriftingUes
UtranCell::pmNoOfRlForNonDriftingUes
UtranCell::pmNoSysRelSpeechNeighbr
UtranCell::pmNoTimesRlAddToActSet
UtranCell::pmNoTimesRlDelFrActSet
UtranCell::pmNoTimesRlRepInActSet
UtranCell::pmRlAddAttemptsBestCellCsConvers
UtranCell::pmRlAddAttemptsBestCellPacketHigh
UtranCell::pmRlAddAttemptsBestCellPacketLow            The PM counters are affected by ANR Mobility as
                                                            handover is done to Undefined cells.
UtranCell::pmRlAddAttemptsBestCellSpeech
UtranCell::pmRlAddAttemptsBestCellStandAlone
UtranCell::pmRlAddAttemptsBestCellStream
UtranCell::pmRlAddSuccessBestCellCsConvers
UtranCell::pmRlAddSuccessBestCellPacketHigh
UtranCell::pmRlAddSuccessBestCellPacketLow
UtranCell::pmRlAddSuccessBestCellSpeech
UtranCell::pmRlAddSuccessBestCellStandAlone
UtranCell::pmRlAddSuccessBestCellStream
Handover::pmSofterHoAttemptNonIur
Handover::pmSofterHoSuccessNonIur
Handover::pmSoftHoAttemptNonIur
Handover::pmSoftHoSuccessNonIur
Handover::pmSoftSofterHoAttemptIur
Handover::pmSoftSofterHoSuccessIur
6.3 Events
Table 7 provides the events introduced by the ANR Mobility feature, Table 8 lists the
events that are modified, and Table 9 lists events that are affected.
Table 7   Events Introduced by ANR Mobility
Event                                Event Parameter                        Description
INTERNAL_ANR_ADD_RELATION_PREVENTED EVENT_PARAM_PREVENTED_RELATION_TYPE, When ANR Mobility is
                                    EVENT_PARAM_PREVENTED_RELATION_REASON prevented from creating
                                                                          an intra-frequency
                                                                          neighbor relation, the
                                                                          GPEH event indicates
                                                                          the relation and reason.
                                                                            This event is reported
                                                                            when:
                                                                                    Neighbor Cell
                                                                                     List (NCL) is
                                                                                     full in a source
                                                                                     cell.
                                                                                    Writing of
                                                                                     detected
                                                                                     relations is
                                                                                     deactivated
                                                                                     either on RNC
                                                                                     or source cell
                                                                                     level.
                                                                                    There is no
                                                                                     space for
                                                                                     another intra-
                                                                                     frequency
                                                                                     neighbor
                                                                                     relation in
                                                                                     SIB11 of a
                                                                                     source cell.
Table 8   Events Modified by ANR Mobility
Event                             Event Parameter                                   Description
INTERNAL_SOFT_HANDOVER_EXECUTION EVENT_PARAM_ANR_INITIATED,                         The GPEH event
                                 EVENT_VALUE_ANR_ADD_CELL_ATTEMPT                   with the
                                                                                    indicated
                                                                                    parameter is
                                                                                    generated when
                                                                                    ANR Mobility
                                                                                    triggers an ANR
                                                                                    handover
                                                                                    attempt.
                                                                                    This event value
                                                                                    indicates that
                                                                                    the handover
                                                                                    execution is
                                                                                    caused by an
                                                                                    Undefined cell
                                                                                    DS report, which
                                                                                    triggers the
                                                addition of ANR-
                                                initiated Radio
                                                Link (RL).
                                                The GPEH event,
                                                triggered by
                                                Defined cell DS
                                                reports is not
                                                affected.
EVENT_PARAM_ANR_INITIATED,                      The GPEH event
EVENT_VALUE_ANR_REPLACE_CELL_ATTEMPT            with the
                                                indicated
                                                parameter is
                                                generated when
                                                ANR Mobility
                                                triggers an ANR
                                                handover
                                                attempt.
                                                This event value
                                                indicates that
                                                the handover
                                                execution is
                                                caused by an
                                                Undefined cell
                                                DS report, which
                                                triggers the
                                                addition of ANR-
                                                initiated RL and
                                                the removal of
                                                an existing RL
                                                from the AS.
                                                The GPEH event,
                                                triggered by
                                                Defined cell DS
                                                reports is not
                                                affected.
EVENT_PARAM_ANR_INITIATED,                     The GPEH event
EVENT_VALUE_ANR_ADDED_CELL_REMOVED_NO_UL_SYNCH with the
                                               indicated
                                               parameter is
                                               generated when
                                               ANR Mobility
                                               triggers an ANR
                                               handover
                                               attempt.
                                                This event value
                                                indicates that
                                                the handover
                                                execution is
                                                caused by an
                                                Undefined cell
                                                DS report, which
                                                triggers the
                                                removal of ANR-
                                                initiated RL,
                                                when no Uplink
                                                Synchronization
                                                is achieved
                                                before timer
                                                expiry.
                                                The GPEH event,
                                                triggered by
                                                Defined cell DS
                                                reports is not
                                                affected.
Table 9   Events Affected by ANR Mobility
Event                                    Event Parameter                Description
INTERNAL_SOHO_DS_MISSING_NEIGHBOUR       No specific event parameter.   Captured at the reception of a
                                                                        measurement report for event
                                                                        1a, event 1c, or event 1d where
                                                                        the triggering cell is not
                                                                        included in Neighbor Set.
                                                                        When ANR Mobility is activated,
                                                                        the event can be less frequently
                                                                        reported.
INTERNAL_SOHO_DS_UNMONITORED_NEIGHBOUR No specific event parameter.     Captured when handover
                                                                        proposal is received, where the
                                                                        proposed cell is included in the
                                                                        neighbor set, but not included
                                                                        in the monitored set.
                                                                        When ANR Mobility is activated,
                                                                        non-full neighbor cell lists can
                                                                        increase in size, which can
                                                                        increase the frequency of this
                                                                        event.
Note:
              More GPEH events applicable during Soft Handover procedures can be
              generated. The GPEH data can be mitigated by not activating the events that
              are frequently generated.
              The INTERNAL_SOFT_HANDOVER_EXECUTION event is recommended to be
              activated to verify the behavior of the ANR Mobility feature, which can reflect
              if a Soft Handover is executed because of the ANR Mobility.
              Another way to mitigate high GPEH data volumes is to activate the ANR
              Mobility in clusters rather than in a whole RNC directly.
               More information about events can be found in General Performance Event
               Handling RBS and General Performance Event Handling RNC.
          7    Operation and Maintenance
               This section provides Operation and Maintenance (O&M) information for the
               ANR Mobility feature.
          7.1 Activate the Feature
          7.1.1   Preconditions
               This feature has no preconditions for activating.
          7.1.2   Activate the Feature
               The feature is license-controlled for each RNC (CXC 403 0136). The
               operator can activate ANR in the chosen cells and then gradually increase
               the number of ANR-activated cells.
    To activate the feature, do the following:
        1. Set the featureState attribute to ACTIVATED for RncFeature
           instance MO AnrMobility.
        2. Activate the feature on node level by setting the anrEnabled
           attribute in the AnrIafUtran MO to TRUE.
        3. Activate the feature on cell level by setting the
           anrIafUtranCellConfig.anrEnabled attribute in a specific
           UtranCell MO instance to TRUE.
    For more information about licenses, refer to Licenses and Hardware
    Activation Codes.
7.2 Deactivate the Feature
7.2.1   Preconditions
    This feature has no preconditions for deactivating.
7.2.2   Deactivate the Feature
    The ANR feature can be deactivated in two ways:
           For an RNC (anrEnabled), regardless of cell activation/deactivation.
           For a cell (anrIafUtranCellConfig), assuming activation on RNC
            level.
    ANR Mobility-specific functions can also be deactivated partially, for
    example:
           ANR Mobility can be prevented from creating neighbor relations in
            the configuration database (anrAddRelationEnabled).
           ANR Mobility can be prevented from considering Undefined Cell DS
            reports with poor received signal strength
            (anrDsReportFilterEnabled).
           ANR Mobility can be prevented from performing a handover to cells
            using a specific Primary Scrambling Code. ANR Mobility can be also
            prevented from adding an intra-frequency neighbor relation to such
            cells (AnrBlackList::anrBlackTargetCells).
    For more information about licenses, refer to Licenses and Hardware
    Activation Codes.
7.3 Engineering Guidelines
    The purpose of this section is to provide additional information on practical
    engineering aspects about how to use parameters to achieve certain
    behaviors.
7.3.1   Setting the DS Report CPICH Filter
    The DS report CPICH filter is used to filter the Undefined Cell DS reports
    regarding Ec/No or RSCP, or both. The operator can, for example, use this
    filter to avoid triggering ANR Mobility by too weak DS reported cells.
    Both thresholds are checked by ANR Mobility independently. If only one is
    required to be checked by ANR Mobility, the other one must be set to the
    lowest possible value: -24.0 dB (-240 * 0.1 dB) for Ec/No and -120 dBm for
    RSCP.
7.3.2   Performing Candidate Cell Evaluation
    As a detected cell Primary Scrambling Code can be used by many cells on
    the same frequency, ANR Mobility handles a number of Detected Set
    Reports to identify a correct target cell to create a UtranRelation in the
    RNC. Because the DS report contains only a scrambling code of the
    detected cell, ANR Mobility tries out all cells using the same scrambling code
    and the same uarfcnDl and uarfcnUl.. These cells are used as candidates for
    handover. At each DS report, ANR Mobility chooses the next candidate cell
    and a handover to that cell is performed. If the correct cell was chosen
    (assessed on the basis of detected Uplink Synchronization), ANR Mobility
    updates the internal statistics.
    Four parameters control detecting the good cell candidate:
    anrCandidateAbsPropThresh, anrCandidateLowerThresh,
    anrCandidateUpperThresh, and anrCandidateExpirePeriod, see Section
    3.
    The anrCandidateAbsPropThresh controls the number of handover
    attempts per each candidate cell which are required by ANR Mobility to
    perform evaluation of the statistics. Until that requirement is fulfilled, ANR
    Mobility tries all candidate cells in a round-robin manner. Once all
    candidates have been proposed required number of times, ANR Mobility
    performs the initial evaluation of candidate cells statistics.
    Candidate cells for which a successful handover ratio is lower than
    anrCandidateLowerThresh are excluded from further evaluation (the
    number of unnecessary handover attempts to the wrong candidate is
    limited). If other candidate cells handover success ratio is above
    anrCandidateLowerThresh but still below anrCandidateUpperThresh, the
    selection of candidate cells for handover continues until there is a candidate
    cell showing a handover success ratio above anrCandidateUpperThresh.
    When such a cell is detected, the cell relation is ready to be written into the
    RNC configuration database.
    If a cell relation is not detected within anrCandidateExpirePeriod time,
    the ANR statistics for this Primary Scrambling Code is removed from the
    source cell.
7.3.3 Assessing Candidate Cells in Neighbor RNCs and Cluster Member
RNCs
    A potential candidate target cell belonging to a neighbor RNC or cluster
    member RNC is also populated in ANR Mobility internal statistics if the
reported cell is defined in the SRNC as ExternalUtranCell for neighbor
RNC cells or as RemoteUtranCell for cluster member RNC cells.
If the Undefined Cell which the UE reported belongs to a neighbor RNC but
is not configured as ExternalUtranCell or as RemoteUtranCell in the
SRNC, then ANR Mobility cannot perform handover attempts to that cell.