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ENTERPRISE SUITE
TCI Training
Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)
Introductory Session
Introductory Session
Health & Safety, Course Admin

Fire alarm & exits

First aid point
Smoking areas
Toilets
Health & Safety, Course Admin
Kitchen areas Contact numbers Mobile Phones
ASSET Radio Planning Tool - Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the delegates will be able to:
Set up the tool Define new projects or use existing project data Understand how to use the Geographic Information System (GIS) Do Coverage Planning
Perform neighbours Planning

Understand the planning of multi-layered networks Do traffic planning and analyse the carrier requirements Do frequency planning and reuse analysis Generate coverage and interference analysis reports
Know the basic point-to-point link analysis required from a radio planners view
Understand propagation model calibration facilities
ASSET Course - Training Strategies and Learning Styles
Lecture
utilising PowerPoint Slides and magnetic board
Demonstration
Trainer demonstration of software tool
Discussion
delegates are encouraged to be actively involved in talking about issues arising from using the tool
Question & Answer

used to promote thinking and understanding
Practical Simulations
Exercises designed to simulate real world situations
ASSET Course - Training Strategies and Learning Styles
Project
Opportunity for delegates to develop practical skills to achieve the task objectives set by the trainer
Individual Learning
delegates work alone with tool and User Training Notes
Team Teaching / One-to-One Coaching Self assessment techniques

Section summaries used for self assessment
Discovery Learning/Consolidation
Provided by the ASSET interactive CD-ROM
Session One
Introduction to the Enterprise Tool Suite
ENTERPRISE Tool Suite
Seamless 2G, 2.5G and 3G planning
All tools share a familiar Windows user interface
The ENTERPRISE Product Family

AIRCOM provide the only complete Enterprise wide integrated tools solution for network operators
ASSET Cellular Radio Network Planning OPTIMA Network Performance Monitoring & Analysis CONNECT/DIRECT Fixed Interconnect and Transmission Planning DATASAFE Network Configuration Management
NEPTUNE Testmobile Measurement and Analysis
ARCHITECT Site/Cell Equipment Configuration Design
TARGET Project Management
3G UMTS Network Planning
Powerful PC based applications with common look and feel sharing central Oracle or Sybase database.
ASSET: Radio Planning & Management

Powerful PC based planning with all the
benefits of ENTERPRISE
Full planning functionality in all areas

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Wide range of macrocell and microcell modelling capabilities

Multiple call and carrier layers to support multiple frequency band networks and multiple technologies Full 2.5 support (GPRS, Hopping, HSCSD etc.)
Advanced planning features have led:

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Nokia to replace NPS/X with TOTEM Ericsson to Replace PLANET with TEMS Cellplanner Lucent to adopt for corporate use
ASSET: Advanced Planning Features

Traffic planning Frequency planning
Neighbour planning
ILSA Automatic Frequency Planning
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Fast results
Group planning
Hopping Sequence Number (HSN) planning BSIC planning
ASSET: Site Location and Details

Hierarchical shared
database of network elements
Open, documented
database with direct customer access supported
Full access control,

two stage commits and wastebasket
Flexible reporting of
database and statistics
NEPTUNE: Testmobile Data Collection/Analysis

Full drive test, data collection and data analysis capabilities View Location of Mobile, Map Backdrops etc. Simultaneous collection
for two mobiles and imports from TOMS/TEMS/HP
View serving cell,

co-channel cells etc
Display of any collected

data on maps or charts
OPTIMA: Network Performance Monitoring

Cellular radio network performance monitoring Performance viewed on GIS or via web server to make data
available throughout company
Live and historical

performance data analysis
Prediction of network
upgrades
Trending of selected
parameters
RF, trunk & switch data
OPTIMA: Network Performance Management

Cell Stats
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How has my cell performed over the past 5 days? Chart any parameter Generate custom reports User definable columns and formulae Parameter trending
CONNECT: Interconnect Planning

Extensive SQL Link Database
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Comprehensive Link Planning

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Link elements and types Antennas, equipment and terminals database Waveguide/feeder, splitters and towers
Accurate microwave modeling for links and LMDS Cell parenting Timeslot mapping and link routing Line of site wizard and views
CONNECT: Plan Links on GIS & Map Layers

Capacity Dimensioning Support of Vigants, ITU-R P
530-6 & 7 microwave models with multiple diversity types
Microwave, leased line, copper

and fibre transmission
Fully Integrated Graphical display

of link parameters
DIRECT: Advanced Backbone Planning

Supports voice, signalling
and packet traffic
Support of synchronous
fibre hierarchies
Supports ring and other

diversity strategies
Integration with 3g module

for complete network planning for all services under development
Advanced 3g Planning
In commercial service with UMTS operators and selected by two
major equipment vendors
Multi-service, multi-terminal type simulator based planning
Multiple carriers per cell

Carrier preference weights Scrambling code planning 3g reports
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Composite Handover Blocking fwd/rev link
ARCHITECT: Cell site acquisition and design

Specification of standard and customer cell layouts/build configurations
shareable through common relational database
Drag and drop ActiveX form design and visual basic scripting allows
complete user customisation
Schematic for cell build Equipment inventories Fully Supports all cell build
processes
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Site acquisition and approval Site build and construction Site operations Project management
TARGET: Project Management

Enable planning of project milestones and tracking progress Handling of site acquisition and site candidates Generate progress
and deviation reports
Management of task
related documents
Handling of lead times

between tasks and milestones
Full integration with

Enterprise
The Enterprise Database
DATABASE
SYBASE SQL or ORACLE 8.0.4 ( or Later ) CONTAINS

PROJECT DEFINITIONS NETWORK NODES
EQUIPMENT DETAILS
Relational Database LAN/WAN NT Workstations
ORGANISATION
CONFIGURATION DATA
SITE DATA
LINK DATA
Printer/Plotter
Site Database
View parameters relating to a
particular network element
Data stored to reflect the

relationship of elements found in a cellular network
Tree structure can take one of

three forms...
Object Hierarchy
Logical Links
Hierarchical list of site elements (e.g. MSCs, BSCs and Sites)
Physical Links
List of properties showing how each property is linked
Location
List of properties showing the equipment and location
Database Tables
COMMITTED DATA
MASTER SET OF DATA AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE
DIFFERENCE
DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO MASTER SPECIFIC TO AN INDIVIDUAL USER
TWO STAGE COMMIT

APPLY

THIS WILL ONLY AMEND THE DIFFERENCE TABLE USING RESTORE WILL RETURN TO INFORMATION IN THE COMMITTED TABLE
COMMIT / COMMIT ALL
THIS WILL AMEND THE COMMITTED TABLE
TWO STAGE COMMIT

LAN Configuration
a Windows NT Server machine acts as the account, file, database and licence server Windows NT Workstations and/or Laptops run the database client and ENTERPRISE a COMMITTED change within the LAN set-up will be reflected for all users
NT Client Laptops OPTIMA Data Collection NT Workstation
Telecommunications Management Network
NT Server
ENTERPRISE ASSET NEPTUNE CONNECT SIGNIA
LAN
NT Client Workstations ENTERPRISE ASSET CONNECT OPTIMA NEPTUNE 3G TARGET DATASAFE
OPTIMA ENTERPRISE Mapping Plotter/ Database Database Data Printer MSCa OMC MSCb
Backup Scanner/ Device Other Input Device
TWO STAGE COMMIT - TRAINING ROOM
Standalone system
Each Personal Computer (PC) is running the RDBMS database (Oracle 8 or Sybase SQL Anywhere 5) and ENTERPRISE. It is also utilising a network dongle (hardware key) A COMMITTED change within the training room will only be reflected on the individuals computer
Session Two
Setting up a new Project in ENTERPRISE
Setting up a new project Database Login

Data Source
Selection of appropriate database
User Identification/Password
appropriate identification and password to access selected database
Map projections and Co-ordinate System

Attempt to represent a
spheroid/ellipsoidal Earth on a flat mapping surface
Cannot be depicted accurately

on a two-dimensional surface (e.g. computer screen)
Map projections are a

compromise (various are available to reduce distortion in a particular area)
e.g. Scale, area, shape
Map Projection
Map compilers usually make the
choice for you
Both Map Projection and

Ellipsoid should be considered together
New Map Projection and

Ellipsoid can be selected using the Create/Modify Predictions/Ellipsoids
Ellipsoidal models
Required for accurate range and bearing calculations over long distances Best models can represent the shape of the earth over the smoothed, averaged sea-surface to within about one hundred meters
Ellipsoid Airy-1849 Australian Bessel-1841 Clark-1866 Clark-1880 Everest-1830 International-1924 WGS-72 WGS-84 Commonly Used For UK Australia Japan North America France, Africa India, Burma Europe Worldwide coverage Worldwide coverage Semi-Major Axis 6377563.50 6378160.0 6377397.00 6378206.5 6378249.00 6377276.50 6378388.00 6378135.00 6378137.00 Semi-Minor Axis 6356257.00 6356774.50 6356079.00 6356584.00 6356515.00 6356075.50 6356912.00 6356750.50 6356752.50
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

Widely used co-ordinate system
Earth is divided into 60 UTM

zones each 6 degrees of longitude wide
A UTM zone is only required

when using a UTM projection
Creating & Configuring a new Project

Project Name Map Projection
Specifies the conversion algorithm used to convert from spherical (LatLong) to Cartesian (X-Y grid) coordinates Takes into account that the Earth is not spherical, but more ellipsoid in shape by offering corrections to the Map Projection algorithm Use when the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection is chosen. Divides the world into 60 zones, each covering 6 degrees of arc
Ellipsoid
UTM Zone
Creating & Configuring a new Project

Map data directories
Mapping data is an integral component in the prediction calculations accurate data is essential for any predication model to function correctly The following mapping data is recommended
Countrywide dataset for Macrocell modelling in rural and semi-rural locations Urban dataset for Macrocell modelling in towns and cities
Mapping data
Browse
Session Three
Using the GIS - Geographic Information System
Using the Geographical Information System (GIS)
Functions available to user:
Zooming/Panning/Searching Controls for adding and modifying network elements Printing/Plotting Creating/Displaying Coverage and Interference Selecting displayed items and their properties Show/Hide or undock the display information bar
Displaying Map Data
Session Four
Starting to Plan coverage
Importing Antennas
Sector Antennas
The horizontal pattern is limited
to a beam width of about 60 degrees
The vertical pattern is similar to

the omni-directional antenna
Most popular antenna type Careful frequency planning due

to the overlapping region
Omni-directional Antennas
Radiation in the horizontal plane is substantially equal in all directions Relatively narrow beam in the vertical plane
Used to target specific areas

Antennas have lower gains therefore cover shorter distances
Cell capacity could be an issue
Micro-cell Antennas
Antennas located below roof
tops

5 - 10m above street level propagation will mainly follow street canyons
Used to ease capacity problems

on the network by

Fill-in coverage Customised coverage Hot Spot capacity Microcell high capacity networks
Manipulation of Antennas for better coverage
Antenna Downtilting
In built electrical tilt (e.g. 2 degrees) Mechanical tilting
Lowering Antenna height

Macrocell antenna heights Microcell antenna heights
Antenna power outputs

Macrocell antenna power outputs Microcell antenna power outputs
Propagation Model
Standard Macrocell model
based on Okumura-Hata empirical model plus additional features to enhance flexibility
Valid for frequencies 150 MHz 2 GHz Distance from site approx. 1km Base station heights 30-200m Receiver heights 1-10m
Propagation Model - Path Loss

K1 & K2 (Intercept and Slope)
data is analysed to determine whether the model should be single or dual slope
the data is analysed either using the graph feature in ASSET or by exporting the data to a spreadsheet application.
Propagation Model - Path Loss

K3 & K4
relate to the mobile height and how it effects the pathloss Since the MS height is normally fixed (e.g. 1.5m) these values remain constants
K7 (Diffraction Parameter)
K5 & K6
diffraction effects occur only where there is no line of sight (LOS) from the site to the mobile
In order to determine K7 the survey data is filtered to exclude the LOS data
relate to the effective base station antenna height, and how it effects pathloss data needs to be generated using a wide variety of base station heights for calibration
Effective Antenna Height Algorithm

Average method
works well in flat or gently rolling terrain
Relative method
works well in rolling-hilly terrain where the base station is normally above the mobile
Absolute method
Slope method
not widely used in cellular networks but is in certain broadcast systems
works well in hilly and severely hilly areas where the other algorithms consistently overestimate the effective antenna height
Diffraction Algorithm
Determines how a total
diffraction loss figure is calculated when multiple knifeedges are detected along the terrain profile from the base station to mobile
To find the best method each is

selected in turn until the lowest error is achieved
Diffraction Calculation - Bullington Method

Defines a new effective obstacle at the point where the line-of-sight
from the two antennas cross
Advantages Simple method
Disadvantages Significant obstacles can be ignored leading to an optimistic estimate of field strength

Jean-Paul M.G. Linmartz, Wireless Communication, Baltzer Science Publishers (1996), www.
Diffraction Calculation - Deygout Method
Suggests that the entire path be searched for a main obstacle, I.e. the point with the highest value of v along the path. Diffraction losses over secondary obstacles may be added to the diffraction loss over the main obstacle
Advantages provides accurate results where there are two obstructions, with one being clearly dominant for three or four obstructions, the Deygout method gives the best results of any of the approximate methods Where there is no dominant edge, the Deygout method tends to overestimate the loss
Disadvantages

Diffraction Calculation - Epstein-Peterson Method
Suggests that lines of sight be drawn between relevant obstacles and

the diffraction losses at each obstacle be added
Advantages does not ignore important obstacles in the way that the Bullington method might, but to some extent it still suffers from underestimating the path loss
Disadvantages has limitations when the obstructions are closely spaced

Diffraction Calculation - Japanese Atlas Method
Similar to Epstein-Peterson method the effective source is not the top of the preceding obstruction but the
projection of the horizon ray for the obstruction to a point on the vertical plane through one of the terminals
Advantages gives improved results when the obstructions are closely spaced
Disadvantages still suffers from underestimating the path loss

Clutter Offset Calibration
Final step of the calibration process to further improve the correlation with the survey data Calculates the pathloss from base station to mobile position and adds fixed clutter loss offsets to this result there is no analytical method for calculating the clutter and mobile heights required so a process of experimentation must be adopted
Comparison of Model Performance

RF propagation is based on numerous factors resulting in a very
complex process to attempt to model
ASSET allows model parameters to be adjusted to obtain an accurate

match between the CW survey data and predications
The graph shows that the non-calibrated model was over-predicting

when compared to measured data
Model Error Distribution
6000 5000
Number of Bins
Model Calibrated Non-calibrated
Mean Error 0 -0.6
RMS Error 8.4 10.8
Standard Deviation 8.4 10.8
4000 3000 2000 1000 0 -48 -44 -40 -36 -32 -28 -24 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 -1000 Error (dB) Calibrated Non-Calibrated
Continuous Wave (CW) propagation data

Comparison between predicted
propagation and measured (CW) data is essential to calibrate the propagation model
Calibration of the propagation

model will improve its accuracy
Survey data can be loaded via

the Tools menu option
Creating a Site Template

It is very useful to define site templates in
order to speed up the planning process
Examples of templates used:

Site GSM900 with 3 cells Site GSM900 with 2 cells Site GSM900 with 1 cell
typically omni-directional antenna
Site GSM1800 with 3 cells Site GSM1800 with 2 cells Site GSM1800 with 1 cell
typically omni-directional antenna
Site Dual Band with 3 cells Site Dual Band with 2 cells Site Dual Band with 1 cell
Site templates should reflect the most

common sites in your network
Defining a Site Template
Adding Sites/Cells
Predicting Coverage
Analysing Coverage
Session Five
Wizards
Using Wizards
Traffic Wizard
Traffic modelling and analysis
Neighbour Wizard
Creating and managing neighbour lists
Interference Wizard
Calculating interference projections
Traffic Wizard
Traffic Raster
Neighbour Wizard
Graphical Neighbour Display
Interference Wizard
Session Six
Frequency Planning - ILSA
Intelligent Local Search Algorithm (ILSA)
Running ILSA
Viewing Frequency Allocations
Session Seven
Link Planning
Link Planning
Basic back-haul planning
facilities to enable basic link network topology designs
CONNECT provides for full

physical link planning and integrates with ASSET
Link Planning
Interconnection of Sites is a
crucial procedure in engineering a wireless system
ASSET provides a profiling tool

which allows you to assess lineof-site visibility between sites and chosen points
ASSET accounts for the earths

curvature, terrain height and clutter height to generate accurate profiling
Fresnel Zone
The Fresnel zones are a series of concentric ellipsoids surrounding
the radio path. The First Fresnel zone is the surface containing every point for which the sum of the distances from that point to the two ends of the path is exactly 1/2 wavelength longer than the direct end-to-end path.
Fresnel Zone
Transmission path showing clearance of the first Fresnel zone
Insufficient Fresnel zone clearance
Creating Network Links
Analysing the Height Profile
Last Slide
Any Questions ?

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ENTERPRISE SUITE

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

Health & Safety, Course Admin

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

Health & Safety, Course Admin

Kitchen areas Contact numbers Mobile Phones

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

ASSET Radio Planning Tool - Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the delegates will be able to:

Perform neighbours Planning

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

ASSET Course - Training Strategies and Learning Styles

Question & Answer

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

ASSET Course - Training Strategies and Learning Styles

Team Teaching / One-to-One Coaching Self assessment techniques

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

ENTERPRISE Tool Suite

Seamless 2G, 2.5G and 3G planning

All tools share a familiar Windows user interface

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

The ENTERPRISE Product Family

NEPTUNE Testmobile Measurement and Analysis

ARCHITECT Site/Cell Equipment Configuration Design

TARGET Project Management

3G UMTS Network Planning

ASSET: Radio Planning & Management

Full planning functionality in all areas

Wide range of macrocell and microcell modelling capabilities

Advanced planning features have led:

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

ASSET: Advanced Planning Features

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

ASSET: Site Location and Details

Full access control,

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

NEPTUNE: Testmobile Data Collection/Analysis

View serving cell,

Display of any collected

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

OPTIMA: Network Performance Monitoring

Live and historical

RF, trunk & switch data

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

OPTIMA: Network Performance Management

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

CONNECT: Interconnect Planning

Comprehensive Link Planning

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

CONNECT: Plan Links on GIS & Map Layers

Microwave, leased line, copper

Fully Integrated Graphical display

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

DIRECT: Advanced Backbone Planning

Supports ring and other

Integration with 3g module

Copyright 2001 AIRCOM International Ltd..(Trainer - Sean Hughes)

Multi-service, multi-terminal type simulator based planning

Multiple carriers per cell

Composite Handover Blocking fwd/rev link