Mentum Planet

Deploy Better Networks

Core Features

Agenda
Mentum Overview Mentum Planet 5 Platform Mentum Planet Core Features Benefits Conclusion

Mentum Planet Overview

Mentum Planet at a Glance

Mentum Planet is a wireless access network planning software
Supports all stages of the network lifecycle from strategic planning to ongoing management of the network performance Supports all major wireless access standards including LTE

The modern Mentum Planet platform delivers ease of use, high performance and robustness to engineers

Technology Driven Development

Mentum Planet 5 developed with 4G in mind
Support for advanced antenna systems Detailed sub-channel modeling Advanced simulation engines for OFDM technologies Ready for the evolution of 4G Mentum Planet 5.x architecture is designed to be ready for further network evolutions

Multi-technology systems Indoor systems and optimization solutions Ability to handle very large networks True multi-technology platform
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Expanding Role for Planning Solutions

The Evolution of Planet

Since 1992, Planet now Mentum Planet has remained a leader in terms of radio planning innovation and software technology evolution

What is Mentum Planet 5?

Mentum Planet 5 is a next-generation network planning software that is designed to support the new capabilities offered by 4G (LTE & WiMAX) Mentum Planet 5.2 is the 3rd major release on the new platform
It supports LTE, WiMAX, 3GPP and 3GPP2 radio standards
Higher performance Easier to use Even better accuracy

4G Support (LTE & WiMAX)

Mentum Planet 5

Better enterprise capabilities

* While LTE release 8 and WiMAX are not officially 4G technologies, Mentum uses the term 4G to describe OFDMA-based broadband wireless technologies (LTE and WiMAX)

Mentum Planet Packaging

Technology and optional modules to fit end users needs Seamless integration of modules TDMA-FDMA technology included in core package Data Manager included in core package*
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* Data Manager to be separately licensed after Q4 2010

Mentum Planet 5 Platform

Overview of the capabilities offered by the platform and applicable to all wireless access technologies

Mentum Planet 5 Platform

Ease of use - Re-designed and easy-to-use tabular/global editors for most project data Performance - Improved performance of most user interfaces and all data-related actions including project load/save Scalability Ability to handle larger projects through reduced memory footprint Stability - Improved product quality Future proof - New site model with support for advanced antennas (i.e., shared, RET, Eazimuth, smart antennas, MIMO, etc.)
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Intuitive User Interface

Mentum Planet 5 offers a modern, dynamic user interface that is designed with 4G and its evolution in mind Mentum Planet 5 manages the complexity of advanced antenna systems without adding to the burden carried by RF engineers Engineers using previous version of Mentum Planet will love the new changes while new users will find the software easy to master

Mentum Planet Site Editor

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True GIS Capabilities

Using MapInfo Professional 10.5 as its built-in GIS, Mentum Planet 5 offers cartographic quality mapping along with unmatched desktop GIS capabilities Whether to render quality maps or to answer spatially complex questions, having an advanced GIS makes a difference to operators on a daily basis

Cartographic quality rendering of LTE downlink data rate in Tokyo

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MapInfo Professional
MapInfo Professional Mentum Planet 3.3.2 Mentum Planet 4.5.x Mentum Planet 5.0 Mentum Planet 5.1 Mentum Planet 5.1.1 Mentum Planet 5.2 Mentum Planet 5.2.1 Mentum Planet 5.3

MI Pro 7.0 MI Pro 9.0 MI Pro 9.5.1 MI Pro 10.0 MI Pro 10.5 MI Pro 10.5.2

       

 Version used in the release

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MapInfo Professional 10
Modern look & feel with new toolbar icons Ability to dock layer control Ability to group several layers to simplify layer management when using many layers

Improved layer control with layer grouping

new in 5.2
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Integrated Bing Maps Visualization

Fully integrated optional module Visualize any layer from Mentum Planet transparently over Bing Maps highresolution imagery or street data Edit sites directly from within the Bing Maps Viewer
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Coverage visualized using Bing Maps

Embedded Tabular Editor

Versatile tabularbased editing capabilities
Filtering through Excel-like auto-filter or queries Ability to perform bulk editing of values Copy and paste to/from Excel Validate constraints on-the-fly and provides tips when values out of range
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Global editing using the Tabular Editor

Advanced Reporting
Mentum Planet 5 improves overall reporting throughout the application
New Report Previews with hyperlinks to sites Sector display attributes linked to KPIs KPIs either coming from external performance data, statistical analyses, simulations or site information
Sector KPIs from Monte-Carlo simulation

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Performance Data Analysis

External sector-related data can be imported into Mentum Planet
Several data sets can be attached to a single network (e.g., different busy hour definition or snapshots)

External data can then be visualized, reported or queried Correlations with simulations can be performed
Sector KPIs displayed after performance data import
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Powerful Query Management

Management of multiple queries for site searches, selection, display and editing Queries can be shared amongst users or private to a user

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Point-to-Point Analysis Tool

Dynamic point-topoint analysis allows for inspection of specific profiles
Shows path profile including clutter height Shows propagation results over a path profile for one of many propagation models
Point-to-point profile analysis

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Traffic Map Management

Provides detailed modeling of how and where subscribers utilize the network
A critical input for accurate network performance modeling

Traffic map generation distributes measured or modeled traffic Support for multiple traffic maps for various traffic scenarios & services Detailed subscriber modeling
Defines how subscribers access the network (services, priorities, user equipments)
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Detailed traffic map & Monte-Carlo simulations

Powerful Analysis Capabilities

Scenario management Statistics
Multi-layer Conditional analysis Traffic weighting Analysis segmentation
80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00%

Improvement Analysis

Grid tools
Grid queries Grid calculations

25% Load 50% Load 75% Load

Result publishing
Contour reports Layer statistic reports Report export capabilities
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Statistical Analysis

Powerful Raster Analysis

Fully integrated Vertical Mapper Raster GIS platform
Standard open raster file format Flexible raster map display capabilities Ability to edit any input (clutter, heights) Advanced raster data manipulation such as queries, calculations, etc
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Interference problem identification using raster query

Advanced Antenna Modeling

Modeling of entire antenna system in single file (.paf file)
Multi-band antenna support eTilt, eBeamwidth and eAzimuth support Advanced antenna support
Multiple antenna support including Tx/Rx diversity and MIMO Smart antenna modeling: beam-forming and phased arrays

Physical characteristics of the antenna 3D antenna modeling .txt and .msi can be rename to .pln and imported directly
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Antenna Editor with support for advanced antennas

Mentum Online Antenna Library

Online antenna library hosted by Mentum Antenna query & download tool included with Mentum Planet Mentum working with antenna vendors to create publicly available catalogue of antenna formats
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Querying the Antenna Online Library

Distributed Antenna Systems

Repeater support for all technologies
Off the air and fiberconnected repeaters

Support for Split Sectors

Quasi omni-directional antennas (special case of split sectors) Support for Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
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Editing a distributed antenna system

Generic Technology Support

Generic technology sectors are propagation only sectors
Can be used for candidate sites or sites of another carrier for which the detailed technology parameters are unknown Used by broadcasting extensions (DVB-H and Mediaflo)
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Generic technology used for the management of candidate sites

Automatic Site Placement

Automatic and fast creation of a cluster of sites Enables quick creation of large networks for dimensioning and/or early planning Can be used for greenfield deployments and network expansions

Network created using automatic site placement tool

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Automatic Site Placement

In Mentum Planet 5.1, a basic version of the ASP tool was introduced Mentum Planet 5.2 offers an advanced version of the ASP tool The advanced mode offers the ability to:
Define site radius on a per-clutter class basis Leverage a traffic map to place more sites in areas with a lot of traffic Adjust antenna heights so that the captured traffic falls within userdefined ranges
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Automated network expansion using traffic forecast in San Francisco

Unmatched Prediction Accuracy

Mentum Planet 5 offers unmatched accuracy, leading to confidence in decisions taken when planning & optimizing networks in complex radio environments With the Universal Model, CRC-Predict, and the industry standard Planet General Model, Mentum Planet 5 leads the way when it comes to propagation accuracy and performance

When planning a wireless network, accuracy matters

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Prediction Accuracy is Critical

CINR using 9 dB standard deviation model

CINR using 6.5 dB standard deviation model

Prediction accuracy can lead to substantial errors in CAPEX utilization and system performance due to erroneous optimization when using lower-accuracy models 91% of area shown is above 8 dB CINR when using standard 30m-based propagation while it is only 67% when the same analysis if performed using a more accurate propagation model
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Multi-Threaded Predictions
Support for prediction multi-threading for all propagation models
Leverage multi-core and multi-processors hardware Multi-thread capability compatible with all prediction options and geodata type 3-4x speed improvement on typical quad-core machine using a single license token

Multithreaded predictions on a dual core workstation

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Survey Data Management

Mentum Planet offers a comprehensive set of features to handle survey measurements
Survey display and thematic mapping Survey statistical analysis Advanced survey filtering & averaging Comparison between surveys and predictions Automated model tuning Survey data merging with predictions
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Filtering of survey data

Import of Measurements
Direct import of Agilent AOD format scanner data (Cdma2000 only in Mentum Planet 5.2) Automatic Averaging and Filtering (2 stages) upon import in order to import big files
Automated Scanner Survey Import

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Propagation Model Analyses

Automatic validation of propagation models accuracy Helps users select most appropriate models Statistical results (mean error, standard deviation, etc.) Detailed analyses results
Per sector Per survey Per propagation model Per distance Per clutter class
Propagation model analysis report

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Batch Analyses & Simulations

Users now have the ability to queue network analyses and Monte Carlo Simulations Available for all technologies
Create and save network analyses in the Planet Project Explorer

Launch the Analysis Generator and select the analyses to be run

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Ready For Indoor Design

Mentum leads the way when it comes to the indoor challenge
Accurate outdoor-toindoor propagation capabilities Extensive environment radio channel modeling Ability to manage RFvu indoor projects at the corporate level through the Data Manager
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Indoor coverage prediction using the Universal Model

Network Overlay Tool

Simplifies the creation of an LTE overlay on an existing 2G or 3G network Supports initial creation on ongoing updates of the overlay from the underlying 2G/3G network Supports Mentum Planet 3.3, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 as 2G/3G data source
2G/3G network

LTE network

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Data Set Management

Mentum Planet 5 provides the feature set required to implement best practices that the corporate group requires and the flexibility needed for engineers to efficiently perform their daily tasks
Regional data sub-sets Scenario management capabilities
Nation-wide network

Regional subset

Local cluster

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Enterprise Data Management

RF planning tools are part of a larger ecosystem within an operators organization Mentum Planet 5 provides the capabilities and the openness required to become a pillar of such an ecosystem Key to this is the Data Manager, which offers multi-user data collaboration and the ability to support thinclient deployment options
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Flexible Deployment Models

Flexible license management allows multiple configurations
Standalone for a single user Shared pool of licenses for multiple users

Standard thick client installation with optional centralized data sharing Enterprise client-server solution
Centralized model supported through Citrix or Windows Terminal Services

Ability to mix deployment models

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Open Platform
Mentum Planet can integrate easily in the OSS ecosystem of an operator
Open and documented APIs Advanced centralized data management solution (Data Manager) Data integrity validation through APIs or database System integration and custom development services available

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Slide 43 C6 Modify this slide to introduce the Mentum Planet Open API
Corporate, 1/4/2010

Mentum Planet Open API

.NET based API for the scripting and control of Mentum Planet capabilities
Access to site/cells/network data Control of analysis & calculations Access to input/output raster files Ability to create user interface in Mentum Planet Etc

New, open antenna format (xml based) and API with support for advanced antennas Improved data integrity and stability; more robust IECON-based integrations
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Planet Extensions Concept

Extensions are add-on utilities that provide additional functions into Mentum Planet Extensions can be developed by Mentum or 3rd party developers Extensions already available are:
DVB-H, MediaFLO Femtocell Effective Cell Radius www.mentum.com/extensions
Extension Manager allows control of installed extensions

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Femtocell Extension*
Femtocells can be spread over the network by using
Exact locations Femtocell density maps

Identification of best server from the macrocell or femtocell network layer Analysis of Interference created by the introduction of femtocells Assessment of the traffic unloaded from the macrocell network and impact on macrocell traffic
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Interference generated by 5,000 femtocells in Downtown Toronto

* Femtocell extension is provided free-of-charge but is an unsupported extension

Conclusion

Benefits
Enterprise-grade platform
New generation planning platform ready for 4G and supporting all technologies Scalability & performance, from workstation to enterprise solution Integrated toolset for RF design and optimization Native MapInfo support & integration Data Manager allows for workflow-driven multi-user collaboration Easy import and use of various measurement datasets Open APIs for integration with 3rd party or in-house systems Future-proof .NET architecture
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Technology evolution
Accuracy
From propagation to overall network model Unmatched 3D and indoor propagation capabilities Best-in-class 2G/3G/4G technology support

Breadth of capabilities
Tools to facilitate the analysis of simulation results

Evolution
Improved platform that supports WiMAX and LTE technologies & IT progression Support for advanced OFDM features ready for advanced antenna systems evolution Ongoing development to remain in line with 4G RAN evolution

Conclusion
Mentum Planet is the leading RF planning and optimization solution
Multi-vendor, multi-technology support
Objectivity in decision making

Support for every major technology all in a single project

A complete path from 2G > 3G > 4G

Mentum capabilities & commitment

Worldwide sales, support & customer care
Offices in Tokyo, Hong-Kong, Paris, Ottawa & Dallas

Specialized products/services around Mentum Planet

Implementation services Global customer service Training and mentoring Mentum Geodata

A corporate commitment to deliver well beyond software: Mentum delivers results

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