Drop Call Rate as a Measure of Availability of Radio Channels

Debated in Parliament on 14 Apr 2014.

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Ms Lee Li Lian questioned how the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) uses drop call rate to measure the availability of radio channels, noting that IDA does not test or monitor this availability under its Quality of Service standards.
Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim explained that even if a radio channel is unavailable, network equipment can register attempted calls, which are included in IDA's call success rate calculation under 3G QoS standards.
Dr Yaacob added that radio channel availability is primarily relevant to mobile operators for diagnosing network congestion and improving their networks, rather than being a direct measure for IDA's regulatory metrics.

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Lee Li Lian

Ms Lee Li Lian asked the Minister for Communications and Information how does IDA conclude that the drop call rate is a measure of the availability of radio channels to handle and maintain established phone calls when there have been no tests done or monitored for the availability of radio channels based on IDA's Quality of Service (QoS) standards and performance results.

Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim

Even if the channel is not available, the operators' network equipment will be able to register that a call was being attempted. This, together with calls that were established, goes into the calculation of IDA's call success rate under the 3G QoS standards. Availability of radio channels is more relevant to mobile operators to diagnose network congestion to further improve on their networks.

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Ms Lee Li Lian questioned how the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) uses drop call rate to measure the availability of radio channels, noting that IDA does not test or monitor this availability under its Quality of Service standards.
Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim explained that even if a radio channel is unavailable, network equipment can register attempted calls, which are included in IDA's call success rate calculation under 3G QoS standards.
Dr Yaacob added that radio channel availability is primarily relevant to mobile operators for diagnosing network congestion and improving their networks, rather than being a direct measure for IDA's regulatory metrics.

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Drop Call Rate as a Measure of Availability of Radio Channels

Debated in Parliament on 14 Apr 2014.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Ms Lee Li Lian questioned how the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) uses drop call rate to measure the availability of radio channels, noting that IDA does not test or monitor this availability under its Quality of Service standards.
Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim explained that even if a radio channel is unavailable, network equipment can register attempted calls, which are included in IDA's call success rate calculation under 3G QoS standards.
Dr Yaacob added that radio channel availability is primarily relevant to mobile operators for diagnosing network congestion and improving their networks, rather than being a direct measure for IDA's regulatory metrics.

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Lee Li Lian

Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Ms Lee Li Lian questioned how the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) uses drop call rate to measure the availability of radio channels, noting that IDA does not test or monitor this availability under its Quality of Service standards.
Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim explained that even if a radio channel is unavailable, network equipment can register attempted calls, which are included in IDA's call success rate calculation under 3G QoS standards.
Dr Yaacob added that radio channel availability is primarily relevant to mobile operators for diagnosing network congestion and improving their networks, rather than being a direct measure for IDA's regulatory metrics.

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Drop Call Rate as a Measure of Availability of Radio Channels

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Lee Li Lian

Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim

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Drop Call Rate as a Measure of Availability of Radio Channels

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Lee Li Lian

Assoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim

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