Mobility Management (MM) is one of the most significant feature of the mobile networks, and Handover is one typical action of mobility.

Handover can occur in the following different ways:
  • Intra-gNB-DU.
  • Inter gNB-DU and Intra gNB-CU Handover where source and target gNB-DU are connected to common gNB-CU.
  • Inter gNB-CU Handover through Next Generation (NG) or Xn interface.
  • 5G to 4G Evolved Packet System (EPS) Handover.
Example of sample MM metrics.
{
    "type": "Kafka-Collector",
    "instance": "KC-1",
    "timestamp": "2021-11-11T23:02:25.529000Z",
    "metricType": "MM",
    "domain": "5G",
    "sub-domain": "vRAN",
    "properties": {
      "dataSource": "100.127.46.83:6060",
      "deviceType": "cucp",
      "deviceName": "cucp-851008000",
      "entityType": "ueconmgr",
      "entityName": "ueconmgr-9f9567b57-vn9rw"
    },
    "metrics": {
      "MM_5QI_HoInAtt": 100,
      "MM_5QI_HoInSucc": 0,
      "MM_Ho5gsToEpsFallbackTimeTotal": 0,
      "MM_HoExeHo5gsToEpsFallbackTimeTotal": 0,
      "MM_HoExeInterReq": 0,
      "MM_HoExeInterSucc": 0,
      "MM_HoExeIntraReq": 0,
      "MM_HoExeIntraSucc": 0,
      "MM_HoIntraNRInterCUTotExeTime": 0,
      "MM_HoIntraNRInterCUTotTime": 0,
      "MM_HoIntraNRIntraCUTotExeTime": 0,         
      "HoRsrpDist_UENbrRsrpDist": 0,
      "HoRsrqDist_UENbrRsrqDist": 0
    },
    "tags": {
      "CUCPID": "851008000",
      "RUID": "851002411",
      "DUID": "851008008",
      "CellClusterId": "111",
      "kubernetes_namespace": "lasnv001b-ns-mv-cucp-851008"
    }
  },
The following table lists the JSON definitions.
JSON Description Units
MM.HoExeInterReq

Indicates the number of outgoing Handover executions requested by the source gNB.

Integer

MM_5QI_HoInAtt

Indicates the number of 5QI incoming Handover preparation attempts.

Double

MM_5QI_HoInSucc

Indicates the number of successful 5QI Handover incoming.

Double

MM_Ho5gsToEpsFallbackTimeTotal

Indicates the total time of EPS fallback Handover.

Millisecond

MM_HoExeHo5gsToEpsFallbackTimeTotal

Indicates the total time of EPS fallback Handover executions.

Millisecond

MM.HoExeInterSucc

Indicates the number of successful Handover executions received by the source gNB.

Integer

MM.HoExeIntraReq

Indicates the number of outgoing intra-gNB Handover executions requested by the source CUCP.

Integer

MM.HoExeIntraSucc

Indicates the number of successful intra-gNB Handover executions received by the source CUCP.

Integer

MM_HoIntraNRInterCUTotExeTime

Indicates the total time of Xn Handover execution for Intra-NR Inter-CU.

Millisecond

MM_HoIntraNRInterCUTotTime

Intra-NR Inter-CU Total Time of Xn Handover.

Millisecond

MM_HoIntraNRIntraCUTotExeTime

Indicates the total time of Xn Handover execution for Intra-NR Intra-CU.

Millisecond

HoRsrpDist_UENbrRsrpDist

Indicates the number of Handovers triggered with Reference Signal Receive Power (RSRP) distribution bucket.

Double

HoRsrqDist_UENbrRsrqDist

Indicates the number of Handovers triggered with Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) distribution bucket.

Double