ZTEs Introduction for Antenna Selection and Site Selection

LiXi

ZTE WiMAX Network Planning li.xi2@zte.com.cn

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Antenna Selection
Key parameters of Antenna Scenario of Antenna selection Benefits of Dual-polarization antennas Benefits of 65 horizontal BW antenna

Site Selection
Principles

Content
Antenna Selection
Key parameters of Antenna Scenario of Antenna selection Benefits of Dual-polarization antennas Benefits of 65 horizontal BW antenna

Site Selection
Principles

Frequency Range To correspond with that of the network. Polarization Mode Single-polarization antennas Dual-polarization antennas

Radiation Pattern Horizontal beam width (HBW) Vertical beam width(VBW) Antenna Gain

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Antenna Selection
Key parameters of Antenna Scenario of Antenna selection Benefits of Dual-polarization antennas Benefits of 65 horizontal BW antenna

Site Selection
Principles

City area
Antennas with 65 horizontal BW and 6~10 vertical BW are often adopted, and the antenna gain is between 15~18 dBi.

Rural area
Antennas with 65 or 90 horizontal BW and 5~7 vertical BW are applicable, and the gain of antenna is between 15~18 dBi

City Water Surface (Large Lake, Ocean), Gobi and Desert

Antennas with 90 or 105 horizontal BW and 5~7 vertical BW can be selected.

Long and Narrow Coverage Areas such as Highways, Railways, etc.

Antennas with 20~30 horizontal BW and 5~7 vertical BW can be used.

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Antenna Selection
Key parameters of Antenna Scenario of Antenna selection Benefits of Dual-polarization antennas Benefits of 65 horizontal BW antenna

Site Selection
Principles

To decrease the quantity of antennas To simplify antenna installation To cut down engineering cost To reduce antenna occupation For better network optimization

Content
Antenna Selection
Key parameters of Antenna Scenario of Antenna selection Benefits of Dual-polarization antennas Benefits of 65 horizontal BW antenna

Site Selection
Principles

Larger Antenna Gain

Larger Antennas Gain means further covering distance.

Less handoff area

Less handoff area is better for decreasing interfering area

Better for network optimization

China Unicom
In the first stage of CDMA Construction for China Unicom, in certain cities of China, 90 horizontal BW antennas were used at first. However, when RF optimization is in progress, serious interference in handoff areas could not be solved, as a result, all the antennas were replaced by 65 horizontal BW antennas.

Content
Antenna Selection
Key parameters of Antenna Scenario of Antenna selection Benefits of Dual-polarization antennas Benefits of 65 horizontal BW antenna

Site Selection
Principles

3 buildings are needed for each site

The network planning engineer will order the 3 sites by how much the building is suitable.

No serious obstruction opposite to the sector orientation. The sector orientation can be treated as 0, 120 and 240, which is north, southeast and southwest.

Height of the candidate site

The For a site in an dense urban and urban area, its antenna should be mounted 10~15 meters higher than its surroundings(SRD); and in a suburban and rural area, the site antenna should be 15-25 meters higher than its SRD. The building of the height more or less as the surroundings can be acceptable, if no better suitable building can be found.

Range of the candidate site from planned site

The distance between the actual and planned site locations should not exceed 150 meters in Dense Urban and Urban, and 450 meters in Suburban and Rural.

The site should not beside the main road. Interference avoiding
The planned site will not interfere with other telecommunications systems, or although there exists mutual interference between the site and other systems, the interference can be eliminated through effective measures.

The equipment room, transmission resources and power supply are available at the planned site.