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Radio network planning process
3GRPESS Module 4

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Module 4 Radio network planning process
Objectives
After this module the participant shall be able to:-
Understand radio network planning process
Understand main steps in dimensioning process
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Radio network planning process

Radio network dimensioning process


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Radio network planning process

Radio network dimensioning process
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Radio network planning phases
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Site selection and planning
Practical site selection based on target site locations and available sites
Site implementation plan
Actual site locations and implementation plans

Configuration Planning
Configuration planning is related to possible configurations as well as feature implementation
Future configuration takes into account the possibility to expand

Coverage and Capacity Planning
Coverage and Capacity Planning is very much tied to Site selection and Configuration
planning
Coverage requirements needs to be met
Capacity requirements estimated as well as future expansions needs to be noted

Parameter planning
Initial parameter configuration
Scrambling code plan, neighbour plan
Detailed parameter planning
Optimised/verified parameter plan

Radio network planning tasks
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Planning tasks and network
Pre-planning activities are high especially when operator is
Greenfield or deploying a new technology
Main focus in existing operators are in coverage and capacity
as well as configuration planning
Optimisation is main task in overall network planning and it is
always recommended to be done and kept as a very
important task of network operation
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Overall Planning Process
The overall Planning Process can be described with the
following figure:
System
Dimensioning
Radio Network
Planning
Pre - launch
Optimisation
Post - launch
Optimisation
3G neighbour lists
2G neighbour lists
Antenna tilts
Local area
parameter tuning
Site selection
Site design
3G neighbour lists
2G neighbour lists
Scrambling codes
Location areas
Routing areas
RNC areas
Link budget analsysis
Node B count and
configuration
RNC count and
configuration
Transmission
capacity and
configuration
RF carriers
Sectorisation
ROC to CEC
Node B power
Baseband proc.
Transmission
HSDPA
Microcells
Capacity
Evolution
Performance Monitoring
3G neighbour lists
2G neighbour lists
Antenna tilts
Local area
parameter tuning
Additional sites
User experience
optimisation
Wide area parameter tuning
System
Dimensioning
Radio Network
Planning
Pre - launch
Optimisation
Post - launch
Optimisation
3G neighbour lists
2G neighbour lists
Antenna tilts
Local area
parameter tuning
Site selection
Site design
3G neighbour lists
2G neighbour lists
Scrambling codes
Location areas
Routing areas
URA areas
Link budget analsysis
Node B count and
configuration
Adapter count and
configuration
Transmission
capacity and
configuration
RF carriers
Sectorisation
System modules
Node B power
Baseband proc.
Transmission
HSPA features
Microcells
Capacity
Evolution
Performance Monitoring
3G neighbour lists
2G neighbour lists
Antenna tilts
Local area
parameter tuning
Additional sites
User experience
optimisation
Wide area parameter tuning
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1. Make sure that there is enough coverage
Low drop call rate with good quality
2. Put sites close to the users
No blocking if all cells collect some traffic
low Interference if UEs are near to the cell
3. Avoid unnecessary overlapping between the cells
low interference level
High throughput for PS data
Low Soft handover overhead

Wall installation Pole installation Pile/Floor installation
Multimode NSN UltraSite
EDGE BTS & 19 rack Installation
Faster, more
economic Site
Acquisition &
rollout with
Flexi BTS
Radio Planning Principles much easier with Flexi
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Module Contents
Radio network planning process

Radio network dimensioning process
Dimensioning process
DCH traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSDPA traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSPA traffic dimensioning

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Radio dimensioning process Basics
Dimensioning process can be split in high level steps:
Input data
Cell Plan
Network Plan UTRAN
Final Network
Input data has big influence on whole result
Cell Planning needs to follow customer input and system performance
Network plan needs to follow customer requirements and also detailed
mapping to planned network conditions
Final Network is the result from the iterative analysis of inputs,
performance values and also area and requirement mapping
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Input Data
Input data includes for example
Traffic model and capacity requirements
Coverage Requirements
Quality Requirements
Similarly customer might have special requirements (e.g.
road, train coverage)
When number of sites is fixed the traffic model,
capacity/coverage and quality requirements are not as an
input
More as an output of estimation (i.e. what can be achieved with X
number of sites)
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Cell Plan
Cell Planning includes
offered traffic and its distribution
link budget coverage
maximum air interface capacity
Node B hardware configuration
Cell coverage is depended:
Frequencies
System performance
Antennas
Environment characteristics
Cell capacity is depended:
Traffic model
Frequencies
Selected features
HW configurations is depended:
Cell coverage, sectorisation, # of carriers
Selected features and capacity
requirements
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Basic information needed for dimensioning
frequency (e.g. 2100, 1900, 850)
Clutter type, in clutter type you can define four clutter types (e.g. dense urban, urban, suburban, rural).
Subscribers, the amount of subscribers in the area is typed over here
Total area to be covered, the total area size in sqkm which is needed to cover.
Traffic profile and volumes can be defined per clutter

User equipment information
UE type
Influences on transmit power (dBm) and possible antenna gain (dB)
Body loss, commonly for voice

Node B information
Node B type
Influences on noise figure
Antenna and antenna gains
cable loss UL/DL (MHA usage)
# of carriers, # of sectors
Node B output power (40W/20W)

HSPA information
HSDPA associated Uplink RB
HSDPA scheduler type (e.g. shared or cell specific)
Scheduling type (e.g. Round Robin or Proportional Fair scheduling)
Number of codes, 5/10/15
Number of HSUPA users and L1 throughput
Received pilot power = Pilot transmit power Antenna line losses + Antenna gain
- (Max. pathloss Planning margins)
Antenna gain
Antenna line losses
Pilot transmit power
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Antenna gain
MHA usage
Frequency
Noise Figure
Output power
# of carriers
Feeder losses
# of sectors
Noise Figure
Transmit power
Antenna gain
Body Loss
Path loss and margins
cell range calculation
Cell Plan and Example inputs for coverage,
capacity and HW
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Cell Plan and Example inputs for coverage, capacity and HW
Link budget gains and margins per clutter (e.g. Urban, suburban and rural)
Antenna height BS
Antenna height MS
Location probability, Indoor location probability, for example 95%.
Building penetration loss
Standard deviation
Area and capacity factors
Coverage limiting service, UL DPCH (16/64/128/384), HSDPA (cell edge throughput) or
HSUPA (cell edge throughput).
Planned load
NRT 64/384 planning margin effect on Coverage Area
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UTRA Network Plan Final network
Based on cell plan
Including traffic modeling
Noticing also environment
characteristics and special
requirements
Main inputs:
Area size
Number of sites, and configurations
Detailed access interface
configuration and connections

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Per area and per Phase
Number of Node Bs
Node B Type
Node B Configuration
Node B Upgrade
Configuration
NodeB
Dimensioning
CHC, DRIC, FSM)
Radio Dimensioning data flow
Customer
Requirements
LINK BUDGET
Rel99, CPICH,
HSDPA, HSUPA

RF Planning
Parameters
interf marg
HO gain
environment
etc.
System
Parameters
Eb/No
TX power
etc.
Infrastr.
Parameters
# of sectors
antennas
req cov area
etc.
Capacity
Air Interface
Dimensioning
(Capacity: Rel99
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Traffic
Demand
per bearer
# of subs
GoS
etc.
System
Parameters
spectral
efficiency
etc.
Outputs
Customer Requirements and Input Parameters
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Capacity for:
DCH services
VoIP
HSDPA
HSUPA
Service (e.g.DCH)
impact on other
services (e.g.HSPA)
Spreading Code
capacity
Coverage and capacity dimensioning
Dimensioning process has two main parts:
Coverage dimensioning which is handled mainly in Link Budget
Capacity dimensioning
Mainly calculation are for shared DCH + HSPA carrier, but more and more
focusing also on dedicated carriers and multi-carriers
Link budget and Capacity dimensioning are connected to each other in
order to model coverage and capacity iteration and impact on both parts
Coverage
dimensioning
Capacity
dimensioning
Capacity Link budget
Coverage based on:
DCH services
HSDPA
HSUPA
VoIP
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Radio network planning process

Radio network dimensioning process
Dimensioning process
DCH traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSDPA traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSPA traffic dimensioning

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Dimensioning in case of Rel99 traffic only
Link Budget calculation for DCH channels
For bearers for which coverage is requested
Using default or project specific parameters
Identification of the limiting bearer in UL and DL
The one with the smallest cell range
Optional: Calculation of CPICH Link Budget in relation with the limiting bearer
Usage of the Link Budget results to the Capacity dimensioning
How many sites available within certain loading assumptions
Capacity and equipment calculation
Coverage
dimensioning
Capacity
dimensioning
Coverage dimensioning selection:
Link Budget R99 (based on
service)
Output # of coverage sites
RNC
Dimensioning
Iu-b
Dimensioning
CE Calculation
R99 capacity
Dimensioning
Input:
available
capacity
Output:
R99 UL/DL load
Result
evaluation
Additional
capacity Node Bs
Not
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OK
Air interface dimensioning, only DCH carrier
Coverage dimensioning Capacity dimensioning
Dimensioning inputs and requirements
# of
Node Bs
(coverage+
capacity)
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Radio network planning process

Radio network dimensioning process
Dimensioning process
DCH traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSDPA traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSPA traffic dimensioning

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Dimensioning in case of Rel99 and HSDPA traffic
(1/2)
Link Budget calculation for:
DCH Channels
HSDPA cell edge throughput
Link Budget calculation for DCH
channels
For bearers for which coverage is
requested
Using default or project specific
parameters
HSDPA channel Link Budget
calculation
For throughput value at the cell edge
Cell edge condition is always worse
than inside the cell
Throughput is still limited by many
issues
UE capability
Features
Interference
Available power and code tree


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(1 transimttion upto 15 codes)
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At cell edge ~350 kbps, macro cell
Many issues impacts
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Same distance
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Coverage
dimensioning
Capacity
dimensioning
Dimensioning in case of Rel99 and HSDPA traffic
(2/2)
Identification of the limiting bearer in UL and DL (including HSDPA link)
The one with the smallest cell range
Optional: Calculation of CPICH Link Budget in relation with the limiting bearer

Capacity and equipment calculation
Among R99 limitation, where one is the total number of sites available
HSDPA capacity is also tied on signal condition, thus impacted by interference
HSDPA has commonly lower priority than R99 CS services, thus available condition
might change
HSDPA features impact on capacity as well as needed amount of HW.

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Module Contents
Radio network planning process

Radio network dimensioning process
Dimensioning process
DCH traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSDPA traffic dimensioning
DCH + HSPA traffic dimensioning

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Dimensioning in case of Rel99 and HSPA traffic
(1/2)
Link Budget calculation for DCH channels
For bearers for which coverage is requested
Using default or project specific parameters

HSDPA channel Link Budget calculation
For throughput value at the cell edge (the same as for Rel99 and HSDPA Traffic)
Using default or project specific parameters

HSUPA channel Link Budget calculation
For throughput value at the cell edge
Using default or project specific parameters
Coverage dimensioning selection:
Link Budget R99 (based on
service)
Link Budget HSDPA (based on
cell edge throughput)
Link Budget HSUPA (based on
cell edge throughput)
Output # of coverage sites
HSDPA
capacity
dimensioning
RNC
Dimensioning
Iu-b
Dimensioning
CE Calculation
HSUPA
capacity
dimensioning
R99 capacity
Dimensioning
UL/DL Load
Result
evaluation
Additional
capacity Node Bs
Not OK
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Air interface dimensioning, shared carrier DCH + HSPA
Coverage dimensioning Capacity dimensioning
Dimensioning inputs and requirements
# of
Node Bs
(coverage+
capacity)
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Coverage
dimensioning
Capacity
dimensioning
Dimensioning in case of Rel99 and HSPA traffic
(2/2)
Identification of the limiting bearer in UL (including HSUPA
link) and DL (including HSDPA link)
The one with the smallest cell range
HSUPA brings somewhat new challenges on dimensioning
HSUPA is sharing capacity between other UL services
HSUPA equipment dimensioning differs from R99 and HSDPA
When network HSPA services are increasing commonly
additional carrier is needed to support higher demand of
HSPA.

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Module 4 Radio network planning process
Summary
Planning process can be divided to three main phases
Pre-planning
Detailed planning
Optimisation
Successful dimensioning depends on sufficient and
accurate input data
Even best dimensioning results provides only an estimate