Good Atoll UMTS - Forsk Asia

AT271_SL3G_E0
Atoll 2.7.1
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THE UMTS HSPA MODULE
AT271_SL3G_E0
Atoll 2.7.1
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1. UMTS, HSDPA and HSUPA Concepts

2. 3G Workflow in Atoll

3. Modelling a UMTS HSPA Network

4. UMTS, HSDPA and HSUPA Predictions

5. Monte-Carlo Based Simulation

6. Neighbour Allocation

7. Scrambling Codes Planning

8. GSM/TDMA UMTS Co-planning

9. Using Drive Tests








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Atoll 2.7.1
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1. UMTS, HSDPA AND HSUPA CONCEPTS
UMTS CONCEPTS

HSDPA CONCEPTS

HSUPA CONCEPTS

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UMTS CONCEPTS (1)
THE UMTS PLANNING CHALLENGE

Multiservice + multi-rate + high-rate

Wideband

Code division multiple access technique
All terminals share the same frequency

Mutual degradation of radio links defeated by sophisticated power
control

Coverage linked to traffic & services
Cell breathing
REALISTIC UMTS PLANNING
REQUIRES SIMULATION OF TRAFFIC AND POWER CONTROL!
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UMTS CONCEPTS (2)
CPICH - COMMON PILOT CHANNEL

CPICH power equivalent to BCCH carrier power in gsm

Always on air

Approx. 5%..20% of the total carrier power
1..4 watts of 20W (30..36dBm of 43dBm)

Pilot quality

Ec/Io parameter
Ec: Energy per chip (pilot signal)
Io: Downlink total noise spectral density

Measured by mobile to find its best server and active set

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UMTS CONCEPTS (3)
SOFT HANDOFF

UMTS handoff strategy different from GSM hard handoff
Mobile in communication with several base stations (macro-
diversity)
Mobile Active Set

Different types of soft handoff
Soft, softer,
Soft-soft, softer-soft, soft-softer
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UMTS CONCEPTS (4)
ACTIVE SET

Set of transmitters connected to mobile

Active set determination

Best pilot (server)
Minimum Ec/Io : Pilot quality threshold
Highest Ec/Io

Admission of other transmitters in Active Set
Handover margin : Active Set threshold
Ec/Io within a margin of best server

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UMTS CONCEPTS (5)
WCDMA RECEPTION PARAMETER

"Energy per bit" is the generic radio reception requirement

Eb / Nt =( C / R ) / ( I / W )

Eb : Energy of one bit ( Ws/ kb that is to say J / kb)
Nt : Total noise density ( W / MHz )
R : Nominal rate of the service (kbps)
W : spreading width (MHz)
C : Carrier power (W)
I : Power of interfering carriers +thermal noise (W)

Eb / Nt =( C / I ) . ( W / R )

C / I : Interference ratio used in GSM/TDMA planning (W / W)
W / R : Processing gain

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UMTS CONCEPTS (6)
POWER CONTROL

Power control on traffic channel

Objectives
Solve near-far-problem of CDMA in the uplink
Limit overall interference to maximize capacity
Ensure good reception for a maximum number of mobiles
Power control yields a network-wide compromise!

Means
Mobile power adjustment for uplink
Base station power adjustment for downlink
UMTS power control is fast!

Main results
Transmitter load conditions
DL Power used
UL Load factor = Interference / Total noise

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HSDPA CONCEPTS (1)
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) IS A 3GPP RELEASE 5 FEATURE
FOR UMTS

Designed for data service applications
Aimed to provide, for the downlink, significant reduced delays and peak
rates up to 8-10 Mbps
Fully Release 99 backward compatible
Can co-exist on the same RF carrier with R99 UMTS traffic

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

New physical channels (modelled in Atoll)
Fast link adaptation (modelled in Atoll)
Fast retransmission mechanism
Fast scheduling at Node B (modelled in Atoll) 1
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HSDPA CONCEPTS (2)
NEW TRANSPORT AND PHYSICAL CHANNELS ON THE DOWNLINK

HS-DSCH (High Speed Downlink Shared Channel): Transport channel
HS-PDSCH (High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel):
Associated physical channel
Carries user data
Both time and codes shared between users
Within each 2 ms transmission time interval (TTI), a constant spreading
factor of 16 is used with a maximum of 15 parallel codes
2 to 4 users can share the code resources with the same TTI
Always associated to a R99 DCH (Dedicated Channel)

HS-SCCH (High Speed Shared Control Channel)
Carries information to decode HS-DSCH (Modulation, Transport block
size,)
Spreading factor = 128
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HSDPA CONCEPTS (3)
NEW PHYSICAL CHANNEL ON THE UPLINK

HS-DPCCH (High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel)
Indicates the Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) used for fast link
adaptation
Carries the acknowledgement signal for retransmission process

FAST LINK ADAPTATION INSTEAD OF POWER CONTROL

The HS-DSCH is transmitted at constant power over a TTI
Adaptive DL data rate by changing:
The modulation scheme
The coding
The number of codes
Based on:
The reported CQI
UE (User Equipment) category

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Atoll 2.7.1
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HSDPA CONCEPTS (4)
FAST SCHEDULING AT NODE B

The scheduler chooses the data that will be transmitted in the next TTI
It sorts the users to be served

Different scheduling techniques
Max CQI: resource is allocated to the UE with the best radio
propagation conditions
Round Robin: every user is served in a sequential way
Proportional fair: resource is allocated to the UE with the highest
instantaneous relative channel quality

NO SOFT HANDOVER ON DL

The mobile has only one link from its best-server 1
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HSDPA CONCEPTS (5)
CELL POWER

The cell power is shared between R99 and HSDPA users

Two strategies possible for the HSDPA power allocation:
Static allocation the HSDPA power is a fixed part of the cell
power
Dynamic allocation the HSDPA power is the remaining cell
power after serving R99 users
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HSUPA CONCEPTS (1)
HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) IS A 3GPP RELEASE 6 FEATURE
FOR UMTS

Designed for data service applications
Aimed to provide, for the uplink, peak rates up to 3- 4 Mbps
Fully Release 99 backward compatible
Can co-exist on the same RF carrier with R99 UMTS traffic

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

New transport and physical channels (modelled in Atoll)
Fast retransmission mechanism (modelled in Atoll)
Fast scheduling at Node B (modelled in Atoll)
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HSUPA CONCEPTS (2)
NEW TRANSPORT AND PHYSICAL CHANNELS ON THE UPLINK

E-DCH (Enhanced Dedicated Channel): Transport channel
E-DPDCH (Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel): Associated
physical channel
Carries user data
Dedicated channel: each UE has its own dedicated E-DCH
Always associated to a R99 DCH (Dedicated Channel)
Supports OVSF: SF2 - SF256

E-DPCCH (Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel)
Transmits all the necessary information about the E-DPDCH in order to
decode the data channel transmission
Also carries Happy bit information to indicate if the user is content
with the current data rate
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HSUPA CONCEPTS (3)
NEW PHYSICAL CHANNELS ON THE DOWNLINK

E-AGCH (Absolute Grant Channel)
Transmits an absolute value of the Node B scheduler decision that lets
the UE know the relative transmission power it is allowed to use for
data channel transmission

E-RGCH (Relative Grant Channel)
Transmits single set-up / set-down scheduling commands that affect
the relative transmission power the UE is allowed to use for data
channel transmission

E-HICH (H-ARQ Indicator Channel)
Carries positive and negative acknowledgements for retransmission
process
Multiplexed with E-RGCH to a single downlink code channel of
spreading factor 128

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HSUPA CONCEPTS (4)
HSUPA DOES NOT SUPPORT FAST LINK ADAPTATION

Higher modulation order schemes are not supported

FAST SCHEDULING AT NODE B

The shared resource on UL is the UL noise rise i.e, the total power received
by the Node B receiver

The scheduler tasks are:
To equally share this resource between users and to maintain the
interference level experienced close to the maximum
To select the transport format (nb of bits to be transmitted in a TTI) for
the E-DCH transport channel with respect to:
The maximum terminal power allowed
The UE (User Equipment) category

SOFT HANDOVER IS SUPPORTED

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DCH, HS-DSCH AND E-DCH COMPARISON
COMPARISON TABLE

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Feature DCH HSDPA (HS-DSCH) HSUPA (E-DCH)
Variable Spreading Factor Yes, SF4 - SF256 No, SF16 Yes, SF2 - SF256
Fast Power Control Yes No Yes
Adaptive Modulation No Yes No
BTS Based Scheduling No Yes Yes
Fast L1 HARQ No Yes Yes
Soft Handover Yes No Yes
TTI Length (ms) 80, 40, 20, 10 2 10, 2
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2. 3G WORKFLOW IN ATOLL
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Traffic Maps
Open an Existing Project
or Create a New One
Network Configuration
- Add Network Elements
- Change Parameters
User-defined values
Scrambling Code Plan
Prediction Study Reports
Basic Predictions
(Best Server, Signal Level)
Monte-Carlo
Simulations
UMTS/HSPA Predictions
Cell Load
Conditions
Neighbour Allocation
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3. MODELLING A UMTS HSPA NETWORK
SITE PARAMETERS

TRANSMITTER PARAMETERS

CELL PARAMETERS

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SITE PARAMETERS
X, Y, altitude
Number of channel
elements UL/DL available
on the site
Equipment installed on
the site
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TRANSMITTER PARAMETERS
Equipment
specifications
DL and UL total losses,
Noise figure
Transmit and
Receive diversities
Cells: (Tx-carrier) pairs
- Specifications of carriers in a
transmitter
Selection of the
Frequency Band
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CELL PARAMETERS
Inputs of the scrambling
code allocation algorithm
Maximum cell load on
UL and DL: simulation
constraints
AS management parameter:
max quality margin admitted
between best-server and
other transmitter pilots to be in
active-set
Cell primary
scrambling code
UL and DL cell loads: user-
defined or simulation output
HSDPA parameters
Carrier
Transmitted powers
Inputs of the neighbour
allocation algorithm
Neighbour list
Maximum UL and DL
connection rate: simulation
constraints
HSUPA parameters
Inter-carrier power sharing
Available only if there is at
least one HSDPA carrier with
dynamic power allocation
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CELL HSDPA PARAMETERS
CELL PARAMETERS
Minimum and maximum numbers of 16 bits-
length OVSF codes available for HS-PDSCH
channels
HS-SCCH power per HS-SCCH channel
Static allocation: the HS-SCCH power is fixed
Dynamic allocation: the HS-SCCH power is
controlled in order to obtain a minimum quality
threshold
Scheduling related parameters
Maximum number of HSDPA users that the cell can support
Scheduling technique: Max CQI, Round Robin, Proportional Fair
Maximum numbers of HS-SCCH channels
that the cell can manage
Power available for HSDPA (i.e for HS-PDSCH
and HS-SCCH)
Static allocation: the HSDPA power is a fixed
part of the cell total power used
Dynamic allocation: the HSDPA power is the
cell remaining power after serving R99 users
Reserve of power for R99 DCH
Number of HSDPA users in the cell: user-
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CELL PARAMETERS
CELL HSUPA PARAMETERS
Number of HSUPA
users in the cell: user-
defined or simulation
output
Maximum number of
HSDPA users that the
cell can support
Power allocated to
HSUPA DL channels (E-
AGCH, E-RGCH, and E-
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Load factor due to
HSUPA traffic: user-
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4. UMTS, HSDPA AND HSUPA PREDICTIONS
AVAILABLE PREDICTIONS

UMTS PREDICTIONS

HSDPA PREDICTION

HSUPA PREDICTION
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AVAILABLE PREDICTIONS
COVERAGE PREDICTIONS

UMTS Dedicated Coverage Predictions
Quality Studies
Ec/Io, Eb/Nt, Service Areas
Handover Study
Noise Studies
Nt, Pilot pollution

HSDPA Dedicated Coverage Study
Quality Studies
Rate/Throughput Studies

HSUPA Dedicated Coverage Study
Quality Study
Rate/Throughput Studies

POINT PREDICTION

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PRINCIPLES OF UMTS PREDICTIONS
UMTS PREDICTIONS ARE CALCULATED FOR

Given load conditions
UL Load Factor
DL Power Used

A non-interfering user with
A service
A mobility
A terminal type
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LOAD CONDITIONS
LOAD CONDITONS ARE DEFINED IN THE CELLS TABLE
Values taken into consideration in
predictions for each cell
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PARAMETERS USED IN PREDICTIONS
R99 Bearer Parameters
Rate Downgrading
Handover Capabilities
Body Loss
SERVICE PROPERTIES
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Type: Traffic Class
Max Downlink Traffic Power per Channel
UL and DL Eb/Nt Admission Thresholds
(per mobility)

R99 BEARER PROPERTIES
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Double-click the
record in the table
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Ec/Io threshold (AS): this value is verified for the best server
MOBILITY TYPE PROPERTIES
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Receiver equipment
Compressed mode capability
Frequency bands and related noise figures
Maximum terminal power
Gain and losses
Active Set size
DL rake factor
Rho factor

TERMINAL PROPERTIES
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COVERAGE PREDICTION SETTINGS
User and carrier specification
If no simulation is selected
Prediction based on DL power and
UL load from Cells table
Display type template
Tip text content and legend
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DISPLAY OPTIONS FOR UMTS COVERAGE
PREDICTIONS
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Prediction Study Type Display Parameter

Pilot Reception Analysis (Ec/Io)
Ec/I0
Ec/I0 Margin
Transmitter, etc

Service Area (Eb/Nt) Downlink
Maximum Eb/Nt
Effective Eb/Nt
Eb/Nt Margin
Required Power, etc

Service Area (Eb/Nt) Uplink

Maximum Eb/Nt
Effective Eb/Nt
Eb/Nt Margin
Required Power
Soft Handover Gain, etc
Effective Service Area Unique,etc

Handover Status
Hanfoff Status
Number of Potential Servers
Pilot Pollution Number of Polluters

Downlink Total Noise
Minimum, Maximum or Average Noise Level
Minimum, Maximum or Average Noise Rise
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UMTS PREDICTION EXAMPLES (1)
Pilot Reception Analysis Study
Pilot Pollution Study
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Effective Service Area Study
Service Area (Eb/Nt) Uplink Study
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Handover Status Prediction Study
Downlink Total Noise Study
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POINT ANALYSIS TOOL (1)
RADIO RECEPTION DIAGNOSIS AT A GIVEN POINT

In the Tool bar, click

Select the AS Analysis tab in the Point Analysis window

Define AS analysis settings

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POINT ANALYSIS TOOL (2)
Active Set /
Handover Status
also shown in the
Map-Window
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Choice of UL&DL load conditions : If (Cells Table)
is selected
Analysis based on DL power and UL load from
Cells table
Definition of a user-
definable probe"
receiver, Indoor or not
Analysis on a
specific carrier or
all (carrier selection
as set in site
equipment)
Service
availability in
UL and DL
Cells of the mobile
active set (greyed
zone)
Prediction with
downgrading or not
Best server threshold to be part of
the active set (depending on the
mobility type)
Lower limit of the active
set (best pilot quality -
Active set threshold)
Pilot
availability
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PRINCIPLES OF HSDPA PREDICTIONS
HSDPA PREDICTION CAN BE CALCULATED

To analyse the UL and DL A-DPCH qualities
To analyse the HS-SCCH quality/power
To model fast link adaptation for a single user within the cell
To model fast link adaptation for many users within the cell
To analyse the probability of having a certain HSDPA Radio Bearer

HSDPA PREDICTION INPUTS

The cell total power
The cell HSDPA power
The number of HSDPA users within the cell if the study is calculated for
several users
HSDPA user description: Terminal, service and mobility type
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Rate Downgrading
Body Loss
HSDPA Capability and Application Throughput Parameters
HSDPA SERVICE PROPERTIES
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TRANSPORT FORMAT RESOURCE COMBINATION (TFRC) SELECTED BY
THE SCHEDULER DURING FAST LINK ADAPTATION

Defined in 3GPP Specifications
HSDPA BEARER PROPERTIES
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Ec/Io threshold (AS): this value is verified for the best server
HS-SCCH Ec/Nt threshold (dB): minimum quality required for HSDPA link
MOBILITY TYPE PROPERTIES
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Receiver equipment
Frequency bands
Noise figures
Gain and losses
DL rake factor
Rho factor
HSDPA capability and HSDPA
specific parameters
UE category
MUD factor
HSDPA CAPABLE TERMINAL PROPERTIES
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HSDPA UE CATEGORY PROPERTIES
USER EQUIPMENT (UE) CAPABILITIES DEFINED IN 3GPP SPECIFICATIONS
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DISPLAY OPTIONS FOR HSDPA PREDICTIONS
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Study Objective Conditions Display Parameter

A-DPCH Quality Analysis
All HSDPA Radio
Bearers Considered
Max DL A-DPCH Eb/Nt
Max UL A-DPCH Eb/Nt

HS-SCCH Quality and Power Study
All HSDPA Radio
Bearers Considered
HS-SCCH Ec/Nt
HS-SCCH Power

Fast Link Adaptation Modelling for a
Single User

All HSDPA Radio
Bearers Considered
HS-PDSCH Ec/Nt
CPICH/HS-PDSCH CQI
MAC Rate
RLC Peak Rate
Application Throughput
etc

Fast Link Adaptation Modelling for a
Several Users

All HSDPA Radio
Bearers Considered
MAC Throughput per Mobile
RLC Throughput per Mobile
Application Throughput per Mobile

Probability of Having a Certain RLC
Peak Rate

One HSDPA Radio
Bearer Selected

Cell Edge Coverage Probability
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FAST LINK ADAPTATION MODELLING
ATOLL DETERMINES THE BEST HSDPA BEARER THAT EACH USER CAN
OBTAIN

PROCESS : PREDICTION DONE VIA LOOK-UP TABLES

MODELLING FOR A SINGLE USER
Each pixel of the map is considered as one HSDPA user
Each HSDPA user is processed as if he is the only user in the cell => He
uses the entire available HSDPA power of the cell

MODELLING FOR SEVERAL USERS
Atoll considers several HSDPA users per pixel
The cell HSDPA power is shared between users

CQI calculation
HSDPA bearer
selection
Look-up of RLC
peak rate
CPICH/HS-PDSCH
Ec/Nt evaluation
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HSDPA PREDICTION EXAMPLE
HSDPA Study Display per RLC peak rate for a single user
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PRINCIPLES OF HSUPA PREDICTIONS
HSUPA PREDICTION CAN BE CALCULATED TO ANALYSE
The power required by the terminal
The required E-DPDCH quality
The rates and throughputs

HSUPA PREDICTION INPUTS
The cell UL load factor
The cell UL load factor due to HSUPA
The cell UL reuse factor
The maximum cell UL load factor
The number of HSUPA users within the cell if the study is calculated for
several users
HSUPA user description: Terminal, service and mobility type

TWO CALCULATION OPTIONS
HSUPA resources are dedicated to a single user
HSUPA resources are shared by several users
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Rate Downgrading
Body Loss
HSUPA Capability and Application Throughput Parameters
HSUPA SERVICE PROPERTIES
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TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION (TFC) SELECTED BY THE
SCHEDULER

Defined in 3GPP Specifications

HSUPA BEARER PROPERTIES
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Receiver equipment
Frequency bands
Noise figures
Gain and losses
DL rake factor
Rho factor
HSDPA and HSUPA capabilities
UE category
MUD factor
HSUPA CAPABLE TERMINAL PROPERTIES
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HSUPA UE CATEGORY PROPERTIES
USER EQUIPMENT (UE) CAPABILITIES DEFINED IN 3GPP SPECIFICATIONS
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DISPLAY OPTIONS FOR HSUPA PREDICTIONS
ON EACH PIXEL, YOU CAN DISPLAY

The E-DPDCH Ec/Nt required to otain the HSUPA bearer

The terminal power required to obtain the HSUPA bearer

The RLC peak rate that the HSUPA bearer can provide

The minimum RLC throughput that the HSUPA bearer can provide

The application throughput that the HSUPA bearer can provide

Etc.

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NOISE RISE SCHEDULING MODELLING
ATOLL DETERMINES THE BEST HSUPA BEARER THAT EACH USER CAN
OBTAIN

PROCESS : PREDICTION DONE VIA LOOK-UP TABLES

MODELLING FOR A SINGLE USER
Each pixel of the map is considered as one HSUPA user
Each HSUPA user is processed as if he is the only user in the cell => He
uses the entire remaining load of the cell

MODELLING FOR SEVERAL USERS
Atoll considers several HSUPA users per pixel
The remaining load of the cell is equally shared between users

Load sharing
between users
HSUPA bearer
selection
Look-up of RLC
peak rate
Calculation of the
remaining load
calculation of the
maximum E-DPDCH
Ec/Nt allowed

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HSUPA PREDICTION EXAMPLE
HSUPA Study Display per RLC peak rate for a single user
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TRAINING PROGRAM
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5. MONTE-CARLO BASED SIMULATION
SIMULATION PROCESS

SIMULATION CREATION

SIMULATION RESULTS

ANALYSIS OF SIMULATIONS
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SIMULATION PROCESS
WHATS A SIMULATION IN ATOLL?
Distribution of users at a given moment (= Snapshot)

PURPOSE
Simulate network regulation mechanisms for a user distribution
Uplink and downlink power control on R99 bearers
Fast link adaptation in order to select HSDPA bearers
Noise rise scheduling in order to select HSUPA bearers

Obtaining network parameters
Mobile: active set, required power, etc
Cell: total DL power, UL load, etc

THREE STEPS
1. Obtaining a realistic user distribution

2. Modelling network power control, fast link adaptation and noise rise
scheduling

3. Calculating network parameters
Dimensioning information
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SIMULATION PROCESS
REQUIREMENT: TRAFFIC MAP(S)

THE USER DISTRIBUTION IS GENERATED USING A MONTE-CARLO
ALGORITHM

Based on traffic database and traffic map(s)

Weighted by a poisson distribution

EACH USER IS ASSIGNED

A service, a mobility type, a terminal and an activity status by random trial
According to a probability law using traffic database

A shadowing error
Using the probability distribution that describes the shadowing effect

A geographic position in the traffic zone by random trial
According to the clutter weighting and indoor ratio
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SIMULATION PROCESS
ITERATIVE ALGORITHM

During each iteration, all the mobiles attempt to connect one by one to
network transmitters

Process repeated until convergence

SIMULATION ALGORITHM DIVIDED IN THREE PARTS

R99 part: All users are evaluated
Simulation of power control, congestion and radio resource control
performed for R99 bearers for R99, HSDPA and HSUPA users

HSDPA part: HSDPA bearer users are then evaluated
Simulation of fast link adaptation, scheduling of HSDPA users and
radio resource control

HSUPA part: HSUPA users are then evaluated
Simulation of noise rise scheduling and radio resource control of
HSUPA users

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SIMULATION CREATION
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Number of simulations to
run for the current session
Respect of cell
constraints or not
Level of detail in
simulation outputs
R99 to R99 Bearer,
HSDPA to R99 Bearer
and HSUPA to R99
Bearer Downgrading
Allowed
Optional multiplicative factor
Cartography selection
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SIMULATION RESULTS (1)
ANALYSIS PROVIDED OVER THE FOCUS ZONE

6 TABS : STATISTICS, SITES, CELLS, MOBILES, SHADOWING VALUES (IF
DETAILED RESULTS), INITIAL CONDITIONS

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Writes the UL load factor, the total
DL power, the UL reuse factor, the
HSDPA power, the number of
HSDPA users, the UL load factor
due to HSDPA and the number of
HSUPA users into the Cells table
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Display the Users (Terminals) on the map
depending on the Connection Status
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CALCULATION OF UMTS, HSDPA AND HSUPA PREDICTION STUDIES BASED
ON SIMULATIONS

Analysis of a single simulation

Average analysis of all the simulations in a group

Statistical analysis of all the simulations in a group with a probability
ANALYSIS OF SIMULATIONS (1)
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Prediction based on the results of the
simulation (DL power, UL load factor, etc)
Prediction based on the average of simulations in
the group (average DL power, average UL load
factor, etc)
e.g. A group of 10 simulations and a probability set
to 0.8
10 calculations of the studied criterion, each of
them based on the results of a simulation (DL power,
UL load factor, etc). In order for the pixel to be
coloured, the studied criterion must be satisfied in at
least 8 calculations.
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ANALYSIS OF SIMULATIONS (2)
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AS ANALYSIS BASED ON SIMULATIONS
Analysis of a single simulation

Average analysis of all the simulations in a group

Prediction based on the results of the
simulation (DL power and UL load factor)
Prediction based on the average of simulations in the
group (average DL power, average UL load factor, etc)
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TRAINING PROGRAM
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6. NEIGHBOUR ALLOCATION
IMPORTING EXISTING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS

NEIGHBOUR AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION

NEIGHBOUR GRAPHICAL DISPLAY

MODIFYING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS MANUALLY

EXPORTING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS
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POSSIBILITY TO COPY/PASTE OR TO IMPORT A LIST OF NEIGHBOURS
Intra-carrier and inter-carrier neighbours are mixed in the same table

PREREQUISITES
A text file with at least 2 columns
Source cells and neighbour cells
Relationships must be defined between Atoll format cell names

IMPORTING EXISTING NEIGHBOUR
RELATIONSHIPS
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RELATIONSHIPS
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MANAGEMENT OF INTRA-CARRIER AND INTER-CARRIER NEIGHBOURS
One allocation algorithm dedicated to intra-carrier neighbours and another
one for inter-carrier neighbours

POSSIBILITY TO DEFINE NEIGHBOURHOOD CONSTRAINTS TO BE
CONSIDERED DURING THE AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOUR ALLOCATION
Intra-carrier and inter-carrier neighbourhood constraints are mixed in the
same table

ALLOCATION PARAMETERS
Maximum number of neighbours
Global value for all the cells or value specified for each cell
Maximum inter-site distance
Allocation strategy based on the overlapping of cell coverage

List of neighbour relationships you may
force or forbid
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INTRA-CARRIER NEIGHBOUR AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION

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Coverage conditions
Overlapping criterion
Calculation options
Do not select the option
if you want to keep
existing neighbours
Start allocation
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OVERLAPPING CRITERION (Intra-Carrier)
% Min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SA where :
- SA is the best server area of cell A.
Cell A is the first one in the AS
- SB is the area where cell B can enter the AS of cell A
B best server area
(Candidate)
A best server area
(Reference) B
Minimum
Ec/Io for A
A
SA SB :
Area where :
Ec/Io(B) Ec/Io(A) Ec/Io margin(A)
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INTER-CARRIER NEIGHBOUR AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION
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Coverage conditions
Calculation options
if you want to keep
existing neighbours
Start allocation
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OVERLAPPING CRITERION (Inter-Carrier Carrier saturation)
% Min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SB where :
- SA is the best server area (on carrier 1) + Handoff area of cell A
- SB is the best server area of cell B (on carrier 2)
B best server area
(Carrier 2 - Candidate)
A best server area
(Carrier 1 - Reference) B
Minimum
Ec/Io for A
Best Ec/Io for A -
Ec/Io Margin
A
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OVERLAPPING CRITERION (Inter-Carrier Out of carrier coverage)
% Min covered Area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SB where :
- SA is the coverage area of A + Ec/Io margin (and best server on carrier 1)
- SB is the best server area of cell B (on carrier 2)

B best server area
(Carrier 2 - Candidate)
B
Minimum Ec/Io
for A and A best
server area
(Carrier 1 -
Reference)
Minimum Ec/Io
for A + Ec/Io
Margin
A
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ALLOCATION RESULT
Sorted list of neighbours with allocation reasons and importance value
(0-1)
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Commit selected
neighbours only
Allocation results
Sort and filtering tools
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DISPLAY OF INTRA-CARRIER AND INTER-CARRIER NEIGHBOURHOOD LINKS
ON THE MAP

Calculate a coverage by transmitter and display it on the map

Select the icon in the toolbar and click a transmitter on the map

Inwards link: Site23_1(0) is
neighbour of Site22_0(0)
Symmetric link: Site17_1(0)
is neighbour of Site23_1(0)
and vice-versa
Outwards link: Site27_0(0)
is neighbour of Site23_1(0)
Neighbourhood relationships of Site23_1(0)
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POSSIBILITY TO DISPLAY NEIGHBOUR CHARACTERISTICS ON THE MAP

Calculate a coverage by transmitter and display it on the map

Display neighbour relationships of the desired transmitter

Click the icon from the toolbar
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POSSIBILITY TO ADD/REMOVE NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS ON THE MAP
USING THE CTRL AND SHIFT SHORTCUTS
For intra-carrier neighbourhood links only

POSSIBILITY TO ADD/REMOVE INTRA-CARRIER AND INTER-CARRIER
NEIGHBOURS IN THE TRANSMITTER PROPERTY DIALOGUE

MODIFYING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS
MANUALLY
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List of transmitters within a 30 km radius
from the selected one (sorted in a ascending
inter-site distance order)
Neighbour list of Site23_1(0)
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EXPORTING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS
POSSIBILITY TO COPY/PASTE OR TO EXPORT THE LIST OF NEIGHBOURS
Intra-carrier and inter-carrier neighbours are mixed in the same table

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7. SCRAMBLING CODE PLANNING
GENERAL SETTINGS

AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION

SCRAMBLING CODE SEARCH TOOL

SCRAMBLING CODE HISTOGRAMS

SCRAMBLING CODE INTERFERENCE ZONE PREDICTION

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GENERAL SETTINGS
512 SCRAMBLING CODES AVAILABLE (0-511)

POSSIBILITY TO MANAGE COORDINATION PROBLEMS AND SEPARATIONS
BETWEEN SCRAMBLING CODES
Definition of domains and groups of scrambling codes
1 domain = set of groups
1 group consists of several scrambling codes
A domain of scrambling codes may be assigned to each cell
Cells table

POSSIBILITY TO SPECIFY PAIRS OF CELLS WHICH CANNOT HAVE THE SAME
SCRAMBLING CODE
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ALLOCATION CRITERIA
First, second and third order neighbours
Additional conditions on Ec/Io
Reuse distance
Comparison between the inter-transmitter distance and the reuse
distance (can be defined at the cell level)
SC domain assigned to the cell
Number of scrambling codes per cluster
Forbidden pairs

ALLOCATION STRATEGIES
Clustered
Use a minimum number of clusters
Distributed per Cell
Use as many clusters as possible
One Cluster per site
Distributed per site
Use a group of adjacent clusters per site

ALLOCATION OPTIONS
Possibility to force the largest spectrum possible
Possibility to allocate carriers identically
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EXAMPLES OF ALLOCATION STRATEGIES
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CLUSTERED
DISTRIBUTED
PER CELL
ONE CLUSTER
PER SITE
DISTRIBUTED
PER SITE
CONDITIONS

3 clusters consisted of 8 codes :
Cluster 0 : 0 to 7
Cluster 1 : 8 to 15
Cluster 2 : 16 to 23

Maximum use of codes

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Allocation strategy
Start allocation
Contraints on neighbour relationships
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Commit scrambling
codes to cells
Allocation result
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SCRAMBLING CODE SEARCH TOOL
TOOL TO VIEW SCRAMBLING CODE REUSE ON THE MAP

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Calculate a Coverage by Transmitter
and display it on the Map
Colours given to transmitters
Red : transmitters which cells
have the specified scrambling
code
Grey : Other transmitters
Scrambling code or group of scrambling codes
to be located on the map
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SCRAMBLING CODE HISTOGRAMS
VIEW OF THE SCRAMBLING CODE DISTRIBUTION
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Scrambling Code or
Cluster Distribution
Distribution Table
Dynamic Pointer
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SCRAMBLING CODE INTERFERENCE ZONE
PREDICTION
DISPLAY OF SCRAMBLING CODE INTERFERENCE ZONES ACCORDING TO
THE INTERFERED TRANSMITTER
Scrambling code interference when the best server and other transmitters
satisfying conditions to enter the user AS have the same scrambling code
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8. GSM/TDMA-UMTS CO-PLANNING
LINKING GSM AND UMTS PROJECTS

CREATING A UMTS TRANSMITTER FROM A GSM ONE

IMPORTING EXISTING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS



MODIFYING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS MANUALLY

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LINKING GSM AND UMTS PROJECTS
PREREQUISITE

Both GSM and UMTS projects need to be opened

CREATE LINKS ON SITES, TRANSMITTERS AND PREDICTIONS

From the GSM project into the UMTS project in order to plan GSM
neighbours of UMTS cells
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CREATE A UMTS TRANSMITTER FROM A GSM
ONE
PREREQUISITE

Both GSM and UMTS projects need to be opened and linked

The list of GSM and UMTS sites must be identical

BY DEFAULT, THE NEWLY CREATED UMTS TRANSMITTER

Is based on the default UMTS station template selected

Is located on the same site as the GSM one

Has same antenna height, azimuth and mechanical tilt (these can then be
adjusted if desired)
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POSSIBILITY TO COPY/PASTE OR TO IMPORT A LIST OF NEIGHBOURS IN
THE INTER-TECHNOLOGY NEIGHBOURS TABLE

PREREQUISITE
A text file with at least 2 columns
Source cells and neighbour cells
Relationships must be defined between Atoll format cell names
RELATIONSHIPS
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PREREQUISITE
Existing link on the Transmitters folder of the GSM .atl document into the
UMTS .atl document

POSSIBILITY TO DEFINE NEIGHBOURHOOD CONSTRAINTS TO BE
CONSIDERED DURING THE AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOUR ALLOCATION (INTER-
TECHNOLOGY EXCEPTIONAL PAIRS)

ALLOCATION PARAMETERS
Maximum number of neighbours
Global value for all the cells or value specified for each cell
Maximum inter-site distance
2 allocation strategies
Based on distance
Based on overlapping of GSM and UMTS cell coverage
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INTER-CARRIER NEIGHBOUR AUTOMATIC ALLOCATION

UMTS coverage conditions
Calculation options
if you want to keep
existing neighbours
Start allocation
GSM coverage conditions
Coverage overlapping optional
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ALLOCATION RESULT
Sort and filtering tools
Commit selected
neighbours only
Allocation results
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DISPLAY OF INTER-TECHNOLOGY NEIGHBOURHOOD LINKS ON THE MAP

Click the icon from the tool bar

Select the icon in the tool bar and click on a transmitter on the map
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POSSIBILITY TO ADD/REMOVE NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS ON THE MAP
USING THE CTRL AND SHIFT SHORTCUTS

POSSIBILITY TO ADD/REMOVE GSM NEIGHBOURS

MODIFYING NEIGHBOUR RELATIONSHIPS
MANUALLY
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List of GSM
transmitters within a
30 km radius from
the selected UMTS
cell (sorted in an
ascending inter-site
distance order)
List of GSM
neighbours of
Site71_U2(0)
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TRAINING PROGRAM
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9. USING DRIVE TESTS

IMPORT OF TEST MOBILE DATA PATH

DRIVE TEST MANAGEMENT

DRIVE TEST GRAPHIC ANALYSIS
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IMPORT OF TEST MOBILE DATA PATHS
OVERVIEW
Measurement path related to a serving cell and its neighbours
Check and improve the network quality

IMPORT
Supported files
Any ASCII text file (with tab, semi-colon or blank character as
separator)
TEMS FICS-Planet export (*.pln)
TEMS text export (*.fmt)
Procedure
Standard import as in Excel
Mandatory information
Position of measurement points
ID of Active set members or ID of Scanned cells
You can import any additional information related to measurement
points
Definition and storage of import configurations
Multiple import
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TABLE
List of all the measurement points with their attributes and additional
information

Standard content management and tools (filters, copy-paste, etc...)
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DRIVE TESTS MANAGEMENTS
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MANAGEMEMENT OF MEASUREMENT PATH POINTS
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Option of extracting a
field related to a specific
transmitter along a path
Option of creating as many CW
measurement paths as the number of
involved transmitters along the path.
These data can be used to calibrate
any propagation model
Creation of any prediction on the
transmitters measured along the
path
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Filter per
type(s)
of clutter
Advanced filter
on additional
survey data
Permanent
deletion of out-
of-filter points
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Option of preparing additional prediction
studies along the path using the existing
transmitter parameters (antennas,
propagation models, etc)
List of defined
studies in the
measurement table
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Using the Atoll display dialog, you can
display the points according to any data
contained in the measurement table
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TEST MOBILE DATA ANALYSIS WINDOW

Display on the map
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DRIVE TESTS GRAPHIC ANALYSIS
Transmitters
measured and
indexed for the
current point.
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TEST MOBILE DATA ANALYSIS WINDOW
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DRIVE TESTS GRAPHIC ANALYSIS
Synchronisation
table map
measurement
window
Option of displaying
variation of any
selected numeric
field along the
selected path
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