CH and the UE decodes the paging message from the SCCPCH and checks whether is for that UE. Cells can have one or more SCCPCHs configured. There can be one SCCPCH dedicated to carry paging. The PICH is a fixed rate physical channel, with a spreading factor of 256. It is used to carry the paging indicators. One PICH radio frame of length 10 ms consists of 300 bits. Of these 300 bits 288 bits used to carry paging indicators. Discontinuous transmission is used and the remaining 12 bits are not transmitted. In each PICH frame Np paging indicators are transmitted, where Np = 18, 36, 72 or 144; Np is a radio network parameter. The UE has to check the PI from the PICH on every discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle length. The DRX cycle length is 2k radio frames, where k is the smallest of the defined DRX cycle length coefficients. There can be k defined for the CS core (kCS), for the PS core (kPS) and also if in the connected mode for UTRAN (kRAN). The UE has to check the PI from the PICH on every paging occasion. The paging occasion is calculated using the following formula: (IMSI div K) mod (DRX cycle length) where IMSI is the subscriber identity and K is the number of SCCPCHs configured for paging. The paging indication is calculated for one particular UE: (IMSI mod 8192) mod Np. SCCPCH The PICH and SCCPCH configurations are sent on SIB5. The paging procedure has two phases. The UE detects an indication on the PICH and then decodes the paging message from SCCPCH and checks whether it is for this UE. Cells can have one or more SCCPCHs configured. There can be one SCCPCH dedicated to carry paging only. Parameter Planning Handover Control WCDMA networks have large numbers of different types of handovers taking place compared to GSM networks. A distinctive feature of a WCDMA system is the introduction of a soft handover (SHO) - a situation where the UE is connected to two or more sectors simultaneously. A special case of a soft handover is a softer handover, where the UE is connected to two or more sectors from the same No