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The result of the independent drive test held in the month of

September 2015 & July 2015 at Delhi.

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Table of Contents
1.

Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 4

2.

Benchmarking Test Overview ............................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Benchmarking Operators .................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Drive Test Route.................................................................................................................................. 6
2.3 Benchmarking KPI Details ................................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Key Observation ................................................................................................................................ 10

3.

Detail Result (Sep-15).......................................................................................................................... 11

3.1 Voice Benchmarking ......................................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 Coverage Rate ................................................................................................................................ 11

Coverage Plot (Sep-15) ............................................................................................................................... 13

Aircel Rx Level Plot .................................................................................................................................. 13
Idea Rx Level Plot .................................................................................................................................... 14
Vodafone Rx Level Plot ........................................................................................................................... 15
Airtel Rx Level Plot .................................................................................................................................. 16
Reliance (GSM) Rx Level Plot .................................................................................................................. 17
Tata (CDMA) Rx Level Plot ...................................................................................................................... 18
3.1.2 Accessibility .................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.3 Retainability ................................................................................................................................... 22
3.1.4 Mobility .......................................................................................................................................... 24
3.1.5 Rx Quality ....................................................................................................................................... 26
QUALITY PLOT (Sep-15)........................................................................................................................... 27
Aircel Rx Quality Plot............................................................................................................................... 27
Idea Rx Quality Plot ................................................................................................................................. 28
Vodafone Rx Quality Plot ........................................................................................................................ 29
Airtel Rx Quality Plot ............................................................................................................................... 30
Reliance (GSM) Rx Quality Plot ............................................................................................................... 31
Tata (CDMA) Rx Quality Plot ................................................................................................................... 32
3.1.6 Speech Quality Index (SQI)............................................................................................................. 33
SQI PLOT (Sep-15) ................................................................................................................................... 34
Aircel SQI Plot.......................................................................................................................................... 34
Idea SQI Plot ............................................................................................................................................ 35
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Vodafone SQI Plot ................................................................................................................................... 36

Airtel SQI Plot .......................................................................................................................................... 37
Reliance (GSM) SQI Plot .......................................................................................................................... 38
3.1.7 Carrier over Interference (C/I) ....................................................................................................... 39
C/I PLOT (Sep-15) .................................................................................................................................... 40
Aircel C/I Plot .......................................................................................................................................... 40
Idea C/I Plot............................................................................................................................................. 41
Vodafone C/I Plot .................................................................................................................................... 42
Airtel C/I Plot ........................................................................................................................................... 43
Reliance (GSM) C/I Plot ........................................................................................................................... 44
Tata (CDMA) Ec/Io Plot ........................................................................................................................... 45
4. Overall operator analysis based on comparison of two drive test held in the month of September
2015 & July 2015 at Delhi. .......................................................................................................................... 46

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1. Executive Summary
Target Network: Idea, Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance (GSM), Aircel, Tata (CDMA)
Table 1.1 CITY DEMOGRAPHICS
Delhi Circle

Details

Population

1.68 Crores (Census 2011)

Area

1483 Square Km

Population Density

11,320 People per Square Km

Delhi City Map is shown as below

Table 1.2 Delhi City Map1

www.mapsofworld.com

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2. Benchmarking Test Overview

2.1 Benchmarking Operators
The objective was to develop a holistic view of any competitive advantage or disadvantage of competing
wireless operators in the area.
Total 6 Operators were benchmarked which is shown as below:
General information about the network of the cellular mobile service providers:

Operator

Technology

Band (MHz)

BTS Count

Subscribers*
(Prepaid +
Postpaid)

Idea

GSM

1800

4804

6019476

1253

Airtel

GSM

900 & 1800

5988

12548419

2096

Vodafone

GSM

900 & 1800

6115

9688516

1584

Reliance

GSM

1800

2494

5130967

2057

Aircel

GSM

1800

3749

5306870

1416

Tata

CDMA

800

1466

2658454

1813

Subscribers / BTS

*Subscriber and BTS count details of Delhi circle are taken from QoS audit data (QE June 2015).

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2.2 Drive Test Route

In the following figure, the green route depicts the associated drive route. The total drive route covered
is approximately 300 km over a period of 2 days per operator using a vehicle. The drive test was carried
out from 09:00 hrs to 20:30 hrs on 28th to 29th September 2015. In all about 3277 calls were made for all
6 operators.
Drive Test Route

Area Covered

New Delhi Railway Station

Bhimrao Marg

Airport T3

INA

Mirdag Marg

Akbar Road

Uttam Nagar

Delhi Hat

LNJP Hospital

Teen Murti Marg

Delhi Gate

AIIMS

CP Outer/Inner Circle

South Avenue

Bahadur Shah Marg

Sri Arvindo Marg

RK Ashram Marg

T Point

Mathura Road

JNU Campus outer

Gole Market

ITC Maurya

Lodhi Road

Qutub Minar

GPO

CSD Road

CGO Interior

Saket Metro

RML Hospital

Jail Road

Bhism Pitamah Road

Batra Hospital

Nehru Place

Govind puri

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2.3 Benchmarking KPI Details

Benchmarking KPI details table (Comparison statement of the two independent drive test held in the
months of September 2015 & July 2015 at Delhi)

KPI

Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata
(CDMA)

Coverage % (Sep-15)

85.97%

92.74%

84.35%

87.75%

51.53%

82.75%

Coverage % (Jul-15)

74.32%

87.42%

87.29%

91.26%

57.96%

58.07%

Accessibility % (Sep-15)

94.55%

96.35%

97.40%

96.47%

95.92%

97.72%

Accessibility % (Jul-15)

97.05%

73.91%

95.31%

91.82%

89.55%

98.89%

Retainability % (Sep-15)

90.87%

99.06%

95.26%

93.42%

98.25%

98.50%

Retainability % (Jul-15)

94.82%

97.16%

95.72%

91.96%

82.71%

99.16%

Mobility % (Sep-15)

96.94%

98.77%

98.58%

96.74%

99.00%

100.00%

Mobility % (Jul-15)

97.85%

98.65%

94.15%

95.94%

96.86%

94.12%

Rx Quality % (Sep-15)

89.14%

94.33%

92.89%

87.59%

88.53%

98.59%

Rx Quality % (Jul-15)

82.69%

91.12%

90.67%

84.32%

85.36%

99.68%

C/I % (Sep-15)

62.19%

69.72%

66.62%

53.43%

63.07%

95.69%

C/I % (Jul-15)

53.64%

60.30%

58.82%

43.82%

53.64%

79.96%

SQI % (Sep-15)

76.87%

79.96%

82.40%

79.35%

81.00%

--

SQI % (Jul-15)

76.19%

79.51%

82.13%

78.85%

80.61%

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RF Coverage
RF Coverage relates to the geographical footprint within the system that has sufficient RF signal strength
to provide for a call/data session. The Coverage rate of an operator is calculated basis of % of samples in
which the Rx level is better than -85 dbm.

Accessibility
Accessibility is the ability of a service to be obtained within specific tolerances and other given
conditions, when requested by the user. In other words, the ability of a user to obtain the requested
service from the system. Accessibility is monitored by measuring Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR) which is
defined as the ratio of Established Calls to Call Attempts.

Retainability
Retainability is The ability of a service, once obtained, to continue to be provided under given
conditions for a requested duration. For determining the Retainabilty the regulation prescribes three
important parameters namely Call drop rate (CDR), Worst affected Cells having more than 3% TCH drop
and Connection with good voice quality. The call drop and Connection with good voice quality were
monitored by the drive test.

Mobility
In a cellular system a base station has only a limited coverage area. Hence it is possible for a moving
subscriber to be out of range of a base station while making a call. The process by which a mobile
telephone call is transferred from one base station to another as the subscriber passes the boundary of
a cell is called a handover. The Handover success rate (HOSR) more than 95% is considered to be good.

Rx Quality
For measuring voice quality, Rx Qual samples on a scale from 0 to 7 for GSM operators and Frame Error
Rate (FERs) for CDMA service providers are measured. As per the QoS norms, Rx Qual between 0- 5 for
GSM operators and between 0-4% FER value for CDMA operators FERs is considered to be good, where
as Rx Qual beyond this benchmark is considered to be bad.

Speech Quality Index (SQI)

Speech Quality Index (SQI) is a measure which is dedicated to reflect the quality of the speech (as
opposed to radio environment conditions). This means that when optimizing the speech quality in
network, SQI is the best criterion to use. The SQI between 18 to 30 are considered good and 0 to 18 bad.

Carrier over Interference (C/I)

The carrier-over-interference ratio is the ratio between the levels of the signal strength of the current
serving cell to that of the signal strength of undesired (interfering) signal components. The C/I should be
more than 9 db i.e. between samples 15 to 30 are considered good.
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KPI distribution graph

100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%

Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

Airtel

Reliance (GSM)

Tata (CDMA)

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2.4 Key Observation

The overall performance of all operators is mentioned in the table. Over 450+ calls were made per
operator during the data collection period with approximate 300 Km drive test covered.
We can explain the network condition in terms of coverage, quality, accessibility, retainability, speech
quality Index and Carrier over Interference ratio of the various service providers on the basis of the
values obtained. The TSPs are also ranked accordingly and tabulated below:
Key observation table (Comparison statement of the two independent drive test held in the months of
September 2015 & July 2015 at Delhi)

Operator

Coverage Rate

CSSR

CCSR

Rx Quality

C/I

SQI

Aircel (Sep-15)

Aircel (Jul-15)

Idea (Sep-15)

Idea (Jul-15)

Vodafone (Sep-15)

Vodafone (Jul-15)

Airtel (Sep-15)

Airtel (Jul-15)

Reliance (GSM) Sep 15

Reliance (GSM) Jul 15

Tata (CDMA) Sep 15

--

Tata (CDMA) Jul 15

--

CSSR: Call Setup Success Rate; CCSR: Call Completion Success Rate; SQI: Speech Quality Index; C/I: Carrier over Interference.

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3. Detail Result (Sep-15)

3.1 Voice Benchmarking
3.1.1 Coverage Rate
RF Coverage relates to the geographical footprint within the system that has sufficient RF signal strength
to provide for a call/data session. The Coverage rate of an operator is calculated basis of % of samples in
which the Rx level is better than -85 dbm. The coverage rate varies from 92.74% (for Idea) to 51.53% (for
Reliance GSM). The details are as follows.
Table 3.1 Coverage Summary and Ranking
Operator
Aircel
Idea

Coverage Rate
85.97%
92.74%

Ranking
3
1

Vodafone

84.35%

Airtel

87.75%

Reliance (GSM)

51.53%

Tata(CDMA)

82.75%

82.75%
99.28%
100.00%
56.81%

86.80%
100.00%

87.75%
98.95%
100.00%

51.53%

60.00%

53.16%

70.00%

47.44%

80.00%

54.85%

66.04%

90.00%

84.35%
98.07%
100.00%

100.00%

92.74%
99.33%
100.00%

85.97%
98.74%
100.00%

Coverage Rate Details Graph

50.00%
20.13%

40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Aircel

Idea

0 to -75dBm

Vodafone

0 to -85dBm

Airtel

0 to -95dBm

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata(CDMA)

0 to -110dBm

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Table 3.2 Rx Level for operators

Operator

Rx Level 0 to -75dBm

Rx Level 0 to 85dBm

Rx Level 0 to 95dBm

Rx Level 0 to 110dBm

Aircel

47.44%

85.97%

98.74%

100.00%

Idea

66.04%

92.74%

99.33%

100.00%

Vodafone

54.85%

84.35%

98.07%

100.00%

Airtel

53.16%

87.75%

98.95%

100.00%

Reliance (GSM)

20.13%

51.53%

86.80%

100.00%

Tata (CDMA)

56.81%

82.75%

99.28%

100.00%

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Coverage Plot (Sep-15)

Aircel Rx Level Plot

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Idea Rx Level Plot

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Vodafone Rx Level Plot

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Airtel Rx Level Plot

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Reliance (GSM) Rx Level Plot

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Tata (CDMA) Rx Level Plot

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3.1.2 Accessibility
For determining the accessibility there are three important parameters to be monitored, namely
Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Standalone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH)/ Paging Channel and
Traffic Channel (TCH).
Call Set-up Success Rate (CSSR):
Call Setup Success Rate is defined as the ratio of Established Calls to Call Attempts. Established Calls
means the following events have happened in call setup:
i) Attempt is made
ii) The TCH is allocated and
iii) The call is routed to the outwards path of the concerned MSC.
Accessibility Summary
Accessibility is the ability of a service to be obtained within specific tolerances and other given
conditions, when requested by the user. In other words, the ability of a user to obtain the requested
service from the system. Accessibility is monitored by measuring Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR)
which is defined as the ratio of Established Calls to Call Attempts. The benchmark is 95%. The
performance of the operators varies from 97.72% (for Tata CDMA) to 94.55% (for Aircel). The
details are as follows:
Table 3.3 Accessibility Summary and Ranking

Operator Name

Total Call
Attempt

Call Block

CSSR

Ranking

Aircel

459

25

94.55%

Idea

548

20

96.35%

Vodafone

576

15

97.40%

Airtel

566

20

96.47%

Reliance (GSM)

515

21

95.92%

Tata (CDMA)

613

14

97.72%

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CSSR & Block Call Rate Details Graph

100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%

96.35%

94.55%

5.45%

3.65%

97.40%

96.47%

3.53%

2.60%

CSSR

97.72%

95.92%

4.08%

2.28%

BCR

Accessibility Details Graph

Operator

Total Call
Attempt

Call Block

Call Success

CSSR

BCR

Aircel

459

25

434

94.55%

5.45%

Idea

548

20

528

96.35%

3.65%

Vodafone

576

15

561

97.40%

2.60%

Airtel

566

20

546

96.47%

3.53%

Reliance (GSM)

515

21

494

95.92%

4.08%

Tata (CDMA)

613

14

599

97.72%

2.28%

CSSR: Call Setup Success Rate

BCR: Block Call Rate

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CSSR & Block Call Rate Statistics

700
548

600
500

459

576 561

528

566

613 599
546

515

494

434

400
300
200
100

25

20

21

20

15

14

0
Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

Total Call Attempt

Airtel

Call Success

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata (CDMA)

Call Block

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3.1.3 Retainability
Retainability is The ability of a service, once obtained, to continue to be provided under given
conditions for a requested duration. For determining the retainabilty, the regulation prescribes three
important parameters namely Call drop rate (CDR), Worst affected Cells having more than 3% TCH drop
and Connection with good voice quality. The call drop and Connection with good voice quality were
monitored by the drive test.
Call Drop Rate (CDR): The parameter gives a reliable measurement of the mobile network used by the
service provider for maintaining a call once it has been correctly established. The Call drop rate of TSPs
varies from 0.94% (Idea) to 9.13% (Aircel) as shown below:

Table 3.4 Retainability Summary and Ranking

Operator

Total Call
Established

Total Call
Drop

CCSR

CDR
(Retainability)

Ranking

Aircel

459

39

90.87%

9.13%

Idea

548

99.06%

0.94%

Vodafone

576

27

95.26%

4.74%

Airtel

566

37

93.42%

6.58%

Reliance (GSM)

515

98.25%

1.75%

Tata (CDMA)

613

98.50%

1.50%

CCSR: Call Completion Success Rate

CDR: Call Drop Rate

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Success & Call Drop Rate Details Graph

99.06%
100.00%

95.26%

90.87%

93.42%

98.50%

98.25%

90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%

9.13%

10.00%

6.58%

4.74%

0.94%

1.75%

1.50%

0.00%
Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

CCSR

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata(CDMA)

CDR

Success & Call Drop Rate Statistics Graph

700
600
500

576 570

548 533
459

613 599

566 562

515 513

427

400
300
200
100

39

27

37

Total Call Attempt

Call Established

Call Drop

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3.1.4 Mobility
In a cellular system a base station has only a limited coverage area. Hence it is possible for a moving
subscriber to get out of reach of a base station while making a call. The process by which a mobile
telephone call is transferred from one base station to another as the subscriber passes the boundary of
a cell is called a handover.
The Handover success rate (HOSR) more than 95% is considered to be good. The performance of the
TSPs varies from 100.00 % (Tata CDMA) to 96.74% (Airtel). The Operators performance is as given
below.
Table 3.5 Mobility Summary and Ranking
Operator

Total HO Attempt

Total HO Success

HO Success Rate%

Ranking

Aircel

1177

1141

96.94%

Idea

1060

1047

98.77%

Vodafone

1271

1253

98.58%

Airtel

1195

1156

96.74%

Reliance (GSM)

902

893

99.00%

Tata (CDMA)

1272

1272

100.00%

Success & Fail Handover Rate Details Graph

100.00%

96.94%

98.77%

98.58%

96.74%

99.00%

100.00%

90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%

3.06%

1.23%

1.42%

3.26%

1.00%

0.00%

0.00%
Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

HO Success Rate

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata(CDMA)

HO Failure Rate

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1272

1272

1000

893

902

1156

1195

1253

1271
1047

1060

1200

1141

1400

1177

Success & Fail Handover Rate Statistics Graph

800
600

100.00%

99.00%

96.74%

98.58%

200

98.77%

96.94%

400

0
Aircel

Idea

HO Attempt

Vodafone

HO Success

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata(CDMA)

HO Success Rate

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3.1.5 Rx Quality
For measuring voice quality, Rx Qual samples on a scale from 0 to 7 for GSM operators and Frame Error
Rate (FERs) for CDMA service providers are measured. As per the QoS norms, Rx Qual between 0- 5 for
GSM operators and between 0-4% FER value for CDMA operators FERs is considered to be good, where
as Rx Qual beyond this benchmark is considered to be bad. The benchmark should usually be > 95%.
Accordingly the RF quality is determined and as can be seen from the table below the performance has
varied from 98.59% (Tata CDMA) to 87.59% (Airtel).
Table 3.6 Rx Quality Summary and Ranking

Operator

Rx Quality
Samples (0-5)

Rx Quality
Samples (0-7)

Rx Quality Samples (%)

Ranking

Aircel
Idea
Vodafone
Airtel
Reliance (GSM)
Tata (CDMA)

730700
1029994
1106770
991632
950931
225814

88993
61930
84756
140504
123189
3219

89.14%
94.33%
92.89%
87.59%
88.53%
98.59%

4
2
3
6
5
1

98.59%

88.53%

87.59%

92.89%

89.14%

100.00%

94.33%

Rx Quality Details Graph

90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%

11.47%

1.41%

10.00%

12.41%

20.00%

7.11%

30.00%

5.67%

10.86%

40.00%

0.00%
Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

Rx Quality Samples (0-5)%

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata(CDMA)

Rx Quality Samples (6-7)%

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QUALITY PLOT (Sep-15)

Aircel Rx Quality Plot

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Idea Rx Quality Plot

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Vodafone Rx Quality Plot

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Airtel Rx Quality Plot

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Reliance (GSM) Rx Quality Plot

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Tata (CDMA) Rx Quality Plot

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3.1.6 Speech Quality Index (SQI)

SQI is a more sophisticated measure which is dedicated to reflecting the quality of the speech (as
opposed to radio environment conditions). This means that when optimizing the speech quality in
network, SQI is the best criterion to use.
The SQI between 18 to 30 are considered good and 0 to 18 bad.
Table 3.7 Speech Quality Index and Ranking

Operator

SQI Samples
(18-30)

SQI Samples
(0-18)

Total Sample

SQI Samples
(%)

Ranking

Aircel

390056

117366

507422

76.87%

Idea

398019

99725

497744

79.96%

Vodafone

420954

89931

510885

82.40%

Airtel

442881

115287

558168

79.35%

Reliance (GSM)

314840

73853

388693

81.00%

Tata (CDMA)

--

--

--

--

--

81.00%

79.35%

79.96%

76.87%

90.00%

82.40%

Speech Quality Index Details Graph

80.00%
70.00%
60.00%

19.00%

20.65%

30.00%

17.60%

40.00%

20.04%

23.13%

50.00%

20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

SQI Samples (18-30)

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata (CDMA)

SQI Samples (0-18)

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SQI PLOT (Sep-15)

Aircel SQI Plot

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Idea SQI Plot

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Vodafone SQI Plot

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Airtel SQI Plot

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Reliance (GSM) SQI Plot

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3.1.7 Carrier over Interference (C/I)

The carrier-over-interference ratio is the ratio between the levels of the signal strength of the current
serving cell to that of the signal strength of undesired (interfering) signal components.
The C/I should be more than 9 db i.e. samples between 15 to 30 are considered good.
Table 3.8 C/I and Ranking

Operator

C/I Samples
(>15)

C/I Total Samples

C/I Samples (%)

Ranking

Aircel

300884

483776

62.19%

Idea

314175

450614

69.72%

Vodafone

293934

441187

66.62%

Airtel

274736

514220

53.43%

Reliance (GSM)

213959

339267

63.07%

Tata (CDMA)

253856

265277

95.69%

95.69%

C/I Index Details Graph

40.00%

63.07%

46.57%

53.43%

36.93%

50.00%

33.38%

60.00%

30.28%

70.00%

37.81%

80.00%

62.19%

90.00%

66.62%

69.72%

100.00%

4.31%

30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%

C/I Samples (15-30)

C/I Samples (0-15)

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C/I PLOT (Sep-15)

Aircel C/I Plot

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Idea C/I Plot

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Vodafone C/I Plot

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Airtel C/I Plot

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Reliance (GSM) C/I Plot

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Tata (CDMA) Ec/Io Plot

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4. Overall operator analysis based on comparison of two drive test held in

the month of September 2015 & July 2015 at Delhi.

KPI

Aircel

Idea

Vodafone

Airtel

Reliance
(GSM)

Tata
(CDMA)

Call Attempt (Sep-15)

459

548

576

566

515

613

Call Attempt (Jul-15)

441

782

490

587

603

723

Blocked Call Rate (Sep-15)

5.45%

3.65%

2.60%

3.53%

4.08%

2.28%

Blocked Call Rate (Jul-15)

2.95%

26.09%

4.69%

8.18%

10.45%

1.11%

Call Setup Success Rate Sep 15 (95%)

94.55%

96.35%

97.40%

96.47%

95.92%

97.72%

Call Setup Success Rate Jul 15 (95%)

97.05%

73.91%

95.31%

91.82%

89.55%

98.89%

Call Drop Rate Sep 15 (2%)

9.13%

0.94%

4.74%

6.58%

1.75%

1.50%

Call Drop Rate Jul 15 (2%)

5.18%

2.84%

4.28%

8.04%

17.29%

0.84%

Rx Quality (0-5) Sep 15 (95%)

89.14%

94.33%

92.89%

87.59%

88.53%

98.59%

Rx Quality (0-5) Jul 15 (95%)

82.69%

91.12%

90.67%

84.32%

85.36%

99.68%

Handover Success Rate (Sep-15)

96.94%

98.77%

98.58%

96.74%

99.00%

100.00%

Handover Success Rate (Jul-15)

97.85%

98.65%

94.15%

95.94%

96.86%

94.12%

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Analysis:
Independent drive test was conducted by TUV SUD on behave of TRAI for Aircel, Idea,
Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance(GSM) and Tata(CDMA) in delhi covering locations suggested by
TRAI in the month of September 2015 & July 2015.
The drive test results revealed that there was no considerable improvement in the
performance of the service providers as they are still showing the non compliance
performance in respect of the most of the parameters. The service providers are having
improved performance for some of the parameters as compared to the previous drive test
results but are still not complying with the benchmark.

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