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April 2008

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Product Mentum Planet Description A Windows-based wireless network planning and analysis tool. You can add technologies and tools to support the planning functions that you require. Depending on the options that you choose, Mentum Planet provides support for the following technologies: TDMA/FDMAGSM (including GPRS and EGPRS), IS-136, AMPS, NAMPS, and iDEN CDMAW-CDMA (UMTS, including HSPA), cdma2000 (including IS-95, 1xRTT, EV-DO)

Specialized modules Measurement Data Package Universal Model Test mobile and scan receiver functionality that can be added to Mentum Planet so that you can import and analyze measurement data and increase the accuracy of predictions. Propagation model that automatically adapts to all engineering technologies (micro, mini, small and macro cells), to all environments (dense urban, urban, suburban, mountainous, maritime, open), and to all systems (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, WIFI, WIMAX) in a frequency range that spans from 400MHz to 5GHz. Indoor/outdoor module that links Mentum Planet with iBwave RF-vu allowing you to view and plan indoor/outdoor networks and manage RFvu projects using the Mentum Planet Data Manager.

Indoor/Outdoor

Optimization applications Mentum Ellipse Renaissance An integrated software solution for the optimal planning and design of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radio transmission links. Frequency planning tool that uses evolutionary algorithms to find the very best frequency plan that will minimize interference across the network. Optimisation tool that enables engineers to improve upon manual optimisation techniques by allowing them to consider and adjust multiple input parameters simultaneously. The result is a quicker and more costeffective convergence towards a 'best network' configuration.

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Lesson 1: Opening a Project

Lesson

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Opening a Project

This lesson covers the following topics:

To open a project To create a legend To save a workspace To access help

In this lesson, you will open the project, use the Project Explorer to view the project clutter file, display a legend, and save a workspace file. You will also explore the user documentation.

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Overview
A project contains and organizes all of the information pertaining to a particular wireless network. It consists of a collection of files and folders. Each project has a project (.dBP) file that defines project settings, a project location (.dBL) file that contains the paths for all project files listed in the .dBp file, and a network settings (.gns) file that defines the network technologies, spectrum allocation, as well as other pertinent network settings. Optionally, you can also define a workspace file that determines how your project will be displayed. See Creating and Using Workspaces in Chapter 1 of the Mentum Planet User Guide. All Mentum Planet projects have the same folder structure. See Project Folder Structure in Chapter 1 of the Mentum Planet User Guide.

Downloading the dataset

The project you will be working with throughout this tutorial is a mixedtechnology project with both W-CDMA and GSM sectors. The tutorial itself focuses only on the W-CDMA network but you can modify, analyze, and optimize the GSM network if you want to further explore the features of Mentum Planet. Before you work through the tutorials, you must download and install the data files from the Mentum website.
It is assumed throughout the tutorial that the dataset was installed in the default folder.

To download the dataset

1 2 3 4 5 Log in to the Customer Care section of the web site at http:// www.mentum.com/index.php?page=customer-care&hl=en_US. From the left-hand menu, choose Product Downloads. In the Password box next to the version of Mentum Planet you use, type the password supplied by Customer Care, and click Submit. Click the GSM WCDMA Tutorial Data Set link. Click in the Single column and follow the prompts to download the dataset.

By default, the tutorial files are installed in the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4.

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Opening a project
If the Project Wizard opens, click Cancel to close the dialog box. How Mentum Planet first appears when you open the software depends on the preferences you set. See Defining User Preferences in Chapter 1 of the
Mentum Planet User Guide.

To open a project
1 2 In Mentum Planet, choose File Open Project. In the Open Planet Project dialog box, click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder or, if you did not save the project to the default folder, to the folder where the project is located. Choose the Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP file and click Open.

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If the Mentum Planet query dialog box opens, do the following to convert the project to the latest release.

Read the migration message and click Yes to continue. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. Choose File Close Project to close the project. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes to confirm you want to close the project and then click Yes again to confirm you want to save the project. In Mentum Planet, choose File Open Project. In the Open Planet Project dialog box, choose GSM_UMTS.dBP and click Open.

The elevation and site files display in a Map window and the Project Explorer opens, docked at the left edge of the application window. The Project Explorer gives you quick and easy access to Mentum Planet functionality.

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In the Project Explorer, click the Add Data Window button to add a third data window. By adding additional data windows, you can more easily work with different types of data. You can resize data windows by dragging the data window borders.

In the top data window, from the Category list, choose Project Data if it is not already chosen.

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Expand the Geodata node.

The Geodata node consists of five sub-folders where you can store different types of geographic data. 8 Expand the Clutter node, right-click Ottawa_17Class_30m_(30m) and choose View. The clutter file is displayed in the Map window.

From the Category list, choose Sites if it is not already chosen. Groups defined under the Shared node are stored in Data Manager and can be shared with other users.

10 Expand the Groups node and then expand the Shared node.

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11 Right-click Downtown_UMTS and choose View. By default, the Map window zooms in on the downtown area. This is the area that you will focus on throughout this tutorial. You can change the default action associated with the View command in the User Preferences dialog box.

To create a legend
1 2 Choose View Show Grid Legend. From the Grids list, choose the Ottawa_17Class_30m.grc. The legend for the project clutter file is displayed in the Grid Legend window.

This legend can not be included in reports but gives you a visual map to follow when examining the grid.

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To save a workspace
1 Choose File Save Workspace. A workspace (.wor) file defines the display settings for a project. In order for the project to open by default with both the elevation and clutter files displayed and with the Map window focused in on the sites, you need to define and save a workspace. 2 3 In the Save Workspace dialog box, navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 project folder. In the File Name box, type My_workspace and click Save.

To access help
1 Choose Help Help Topics Planet. The Mentum Planet Help window opens displaying the Resource Roadmap.

2 3

Scroll through the roadmap to view available help resources. Click the Contents tab. All available user documentation is listed on the tab including topics on how to best search and print the Help.

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Close the Help window. Choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project. Proceed to the next lesson.

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Lesson 2: Verifying Project Settings

Lesson

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Verifying Project Settings

This lesson covers the following topics:

To verify project settings

In this lesson, you will learn about the project settings and specify a workspace (.wor) file for your project. A workspace file contains display settings including a list of the tables you have open, the number, placement, and size of windows as well as the zoom level. For more information on workspaces and project settings, see Chapter 1: Getting Started with Mentum Planet in the Mentum Planet User Guide.

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Overview
The Mentum Planet interface has been designed to provide easy access to the main workflows you follow as you design and optimize a wireless network. It consists of the following elements:

Project Explorer-provides quick and easy access to Mentum Planet functionality from a central location. By default, it is docked to the left but you can customize the location of the Project Explorer to suit your needs. For more information, see Understanding the Project Explorer in Chapter 1 of the Mentum Planet User Guide. Planet Menus-provide an alternate way of accessing Mentum Planet functionality. Toolbars-provide an alternate way of accessing Mentum Planet functionality. Commonly used toolbars include the Main toolbar, the Site toolbar, the Analysis toolbar, and the Mobile Technology toolbar.

Verifying project settings

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.

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To verify project settings

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project opens but the clutter file is not displayed and the Map window is no longer focused on the downtown area. While you saved a workspace file in the previous lesson, you did not associate the workspace with the project. By associating a workspace with the project you ensure that the next time the project is opened, it will look exactly as it did when it was last closed.

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In the Sites category, double-click on the Downtown_UMTS group to zoom in on the downtown area.

On the Analysis toolbar, click the Project Settings button. The Project Settings dialog box opens.

Press F1. The Help window opens with information specific to the Data tab in the Project Settings dialog box.

Close the Help window.

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Click the Data tab if it is not already selected. Here you can specify the elevation and clutter files, the site table, and the workspace.

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To associate the workspace with the project, enable the Use a Workspace check box and click Browse next to the Workspace box. Navigate to the Sample Data project folder, choose the My_Workspace.WOR file and click Open.

10 To save changes to the workspace automatically, enable the Workspace Autosave check box. 11 Click the Folders tab. Here you can define the bin, signal strength, prediction view, and global storage folders. These files are automatically defined when you create a

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project. In order to conserve disk space, the path you define for bin files, signal strength files, and predication view files can be on a network drive.

12 Click the Colors tab. Here you can refine the default color schemes that Planet uses for numeric and classified grids.

13 Click the System Settings tab. Here you can specify system settings (e.g., the imperial unit for height and distance). The Transmitted Power, Height, Distance, and Coordinates settings are global parameters that affect the interpretation of all the values stored in

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the site table. You must use the same units of measure consistently throughout a project to avoid inadvertently changing global parameters.

14 Click the Advanced Options tab. Here you can define output options (e.g., file sharing options, CDMA analysis optimization options, and additional layers). If you are using Data Manager, you must enable the appropriate check boxes in the Sharing section in order for files to be shared correctly.

15 Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

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16 Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Lesson 3: Backing Up Your Project

Lesson

3.

Backing Up Your Project

This lesson covers the following topics:

In this lesson, you will save a named backup of your project.

To backup your project

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Overview
When you open a project in Mentum Planet, a copy is saved in the Backups/Last Opened folder within your project folder. You can, and it is recommended, make regular backups of your project. This feature is useful if you want to save a project at various points in the network development. See Restoring projects in Chapter 1 of the Mentum Planet User Guide.

Backing up your project

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.

To backup your project

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

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Choose File Back Up Project. In the Backup Project dialog box, type Initial Build-out and click OK. The project (.dBp) file, the project location (.dBL) file, the network settings (.gns) file, and the associated .xml files are saved in the Backups folder within the project folder.

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Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.
Never open files directly from the Backup folder.

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Lesson 4: Changing the Spectrum Allocation

Lesson

4.

Changing the Spectrum Allocation

This lesson covers the following topics:

To change the spectrum allocation

In this lesson, you will change the spectrum allocation and apply preference weighting to the W-CDMA carriers.

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Overview
It is in the Network Settings dialog box that you define and configure the technologies to be used in your network and allocate spectrum. Network settings are saved in the network settings (.gns) file within the project folder. When you create a project, you are prompted to choose a default settings (.gsm) file. The .gsm file contains default network settings, default sector settings, and default analysis settings. When you open a project, the values contained in the default settings file are loaded in the Mobile Technology - Network Settings dialog box.

Changing the spectrum allocation

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.

To change the spectrum allocation

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

If the Mobile Technology toolbar is not visible, right-click the gray taskbar at the top of your workspace and, in the Toolbar Options dialog box, enable the Show check box next to Mobile Technology, and click OK.

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Click the Network Settings button on the Mobile Technology toolbar. The Mobile Technology Network Settings dialog box opens.

In the tree view, choose Spectrum Allocation. There is currently one WCDMA band with three carriers.

In the Bands table, double-click in the Downlink Center Frequency Start box and change the downlink centre frequency for the WCDMA band to 2102 50000. Click in the Band Name field. Click Refresh Carriers. In the Planet dialog box, click OK to acknowledge that carriers have been refreshed. The Carrier End field is updated to reflect the addition of two carriers. In total, there are now 5 W-CDMA carriers.

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10 In the tree view, expand CDMA and choose WCDMA.

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11 Click the Carrier tab to view details of the five carriers. The two new carriers you added have been given a default preference weighting of 0.

12 In order to distribute use equally across all carriers, in the Preference Weightings column, type 1 for all carriers. 13 From the Standard list for the last carrier (WCDMA_815), choose Rel 99 & HSPA. 14 Click OK to apply your network settings changes and close the dialog box. 15 Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Lesson 5: Assigning a New Carrier

Lesson

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Assigning a New Carrier

This lesson covers the following topics:

To assign a new carrier

In this lesson, you will assign another carrier to the WCDMA sites using the global edit feature of Mentum Planet.

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Overview
Typically, when you assign a new carrier to a network, you want all carriers to have the same footprint. For this reason, the WCDMA_815 carrier that you added in the last lesson has the same values as the existing WCDMA_813 carrier by default. By assigning another carrier to the W-CDMA network, you will be in a better position to accommodate the increased traffic on the network.

Assigning a new carrier

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.

To assign a new carrier

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

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In the data window of the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Sites if it is not already chosen. In the Sites category, expand the Groups node and then expand the Shared node.

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Right-click Downtown_UMTS and choose Global Edit W-CDMA. The W-CDMA Global Edit dialog box opens. Because you opened the Global Edit dialog box from the Downtown group node, the sector selection is automatically chosen for you.

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In the Carrier Selection section, scroll down to the WCDMA_815 carrier (one of the new ones added). Click in the Action field and, from the list, choose Modify/Create. Click Apply to enable the WCDMA_815 carrier on the sectors in the Downtown_UMTS group. In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes. The number of sectors updated is listed in an information dialog box.

10 In the Planet dialog box, click OK. 11 Click Close. 12 Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Lesson 6: Defining Sector Settings

Lesson

6.

Defining Sector Settings

This lesson covers the following topics:

To define the number of Rel 99 users supported To define a cable loss To define additional sector settings

In this lesson, you will define or modify the following sector settings for the new carrier you created in the previous lesson:

cable loss rapid planning implementation settings quality settings power settings

You will also use the Global Edit to change the number of Rel 99 users allowed on sectors in the Downtown group.

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Overview
Properties assigned at the sector level include the technology, the carrier assignments, the hardware settings, the implementation settings, and the power settings. See Understanding sector properties in Chapter 2 of the Mentum Planet User Guide and Understanding W-CDMA Sites and Sectors in Chapter 5 of the CDMA User Guide.

Defining sector settings

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.

To define the number of Rel 99 users supported

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

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In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Sites if it is not already chosen. Expand the Groups node, right-click the Downtown_UMTS group, and choose Global Edit W-CDMA. In the W-CDMA Global Edit dialog box, in the Carrier Selection section, scroll down to WCDMA_815 carrier.

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Click in the associated Action box and, from the list, choose Modify/Create. In the Cell Equipment Parameters section, scroll down to Quality section, double-click in the text box next to Maximum Rel 99 Users (Per Section) and type 5. Click Apply and, in the Confirm dialog box, click Yes, and then click OK. In the W-CDMA Global Edit dialog box, click Close.

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To define a cable loss

1 2 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, expand the Groups node and then expand the Downtown_UMTS group. Expand the site C0429 node and double-click sector 4. The Sector Settings dialog box opens.

In the tree view of the Sector Settings dialog box, you will see three carriers assigned-the original WCDMA_811, 812 as well as the new carrier you added in the last lesson, WCDMA_815.

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In the tree view, expand the Carriers node, expand the WCDMA_815 node, and then choose Hardware.

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On the Hardware panel, in the Base Station Link Budget section, click Base Station Link Budget. In the Base Station Link Budget dialog box, on the Uplink tab, click Add to add the cable loss. Double-click in the Name field for the loss and change Loss3 to Cable Loss. Double-click in the associated Value field and type 2. Click OK. The Uplink Link Loss and the Composite Noise Figure in the Base Station Link Budget section on the Hardware panel are updated as a result.

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To define additional sector settings

1 In the tree view of the Sector Settings dialog box, beneath the WCDMA_815 node, choose Implementation.

On the Implementation panel, in the Rapid Planning section, do the following:

In the Uplink DPCH Noise Rise box, type 4 to indicate an increase in the target noise rise for the sector. In the Total Uplink Noise Rise box, type 8 to increase the allowable noise limit on the uplink. In the DPCH Total Traffic Power box, type 38 as the target total traffic power for the sector.

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In the tree view, choose Powers. In the Traffic Power Limits (Relative to Max CPICH Power) section, in the Maximum DPCH Power box, type -2. Click Apply. Click Close.

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Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Lesson 7: Placing New Sites

Lesson

7.

Placing New Sites

This lesson covers the following topics:

To place a site using the Place Site tool To place a site by entering coordinates To edit the site properties

In this lesson, you will add two new sites to your site file, one site using the Place Site tool and one site by entering co-ordinates. Typically, before placing sites, you would specify propagation model settings. In this lesson, however, you will use the default Planet General Model. Once you configure a site, you can place it using one of the following methods:

using the Place Site tool entering co-ordinates

You will also edit the site properties.

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Overview
A site is the location where a sector is placed. Sites and sectors have common attributes such as a geographic position, elevation, and height (above ground level). There can be more than one sector at a site, each pointing in a different direction. A site configuration file contains a description of the properties relating to the site and its associated sectors. Site properties are also stored in the site table. For more information, see Working with Sites and Sectors in the Mentum Planet User Guide.

Placing new sites

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.

To place a site using the Place Site tool

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

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In the Sites category, expand the Groups node and the Downtown_UMTS node. Scroll down to site E5365.

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Right-click and choose Locate. Site E5365 is selected and centered in the Map window.

In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, double-click the Sites node. By double-clicking on an item in the Project Explorer, you perform the default action. The default action is indicated in bold on the Project Explorer menus. In this case, the default action is New. The Site Configuration dialog box opens.

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In the Site Configuration dialog box, choose Create a New Configuration, and click Continue. The Site Properties dialog box opens.

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On the Site tab, in the Site ID box, type NS001. Clear the Use Indexing check box. You will be entering a unique site identifier so do not need to implement automatic sequential numbering.

10 Click the Sectors tab. 11 Click in the Technology property box, and choose WCDMA from the list. 12 To more easily identify new sites, double-click in the Color/Symbol box for Sector 1 to change the color of the sector. 13 In the Symbol Style dialog box, choose a dark gray from the color palette, and click OK. 14 Click Add Sector, and then click Add Sector again. The characteristics of Sector 1 are copied to Sector 2 and Sector 3, with the exception of the Azimuth value, which increments by 120 degrees per sector by default. You can get details about any of the fields in the Site Properties dialog box by pressing the F1 key for Mentum Planet online Help.

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15 Click the Site tab, leave the Site Properties dialog box open, and click in the Map window below and to the left of site E5365. Site NS001 is added to the Map window.

You can undo the placement of a site by clicking the Undo button.

To place a site by entering co-ordinates

1 2 3 4 In the Site Properties dialog box, click the Site tab and, in the Site ID box, type NS002. In the Location section, enable the Manual Entry check box. In the X/Long box, type -75.743675. In the Y/Lat box, type 45.445655.

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Click Place Site. Site NS002 is added to the Map window.

Choose File Save Configuration As. Saving a configuration file simplifies the process of site placement later in the network development because you do not need to redefine site and sector properties.

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In the File Name box, type NS_config and click Save. Click Close.

To edit the site properties

1 2 In the Project Explorer, choose Sites from the Category list if it is not already chosen. Expand the Sites node and scroll down to the new sites NS001 and NS002.

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Double-click NS001. The Site Properties dialog box opens.

On the Site tab, in the Predictions section, type 90 in the Radials box. Prediction calculations are performed along radial lines originating at the site. More radials produce a more accurate but slower calculation.

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Click the Sectors tab.

Do the following for each sector:

Click in the Group box and click the Browse (...) button. In the Group Options dialog box, enable the check box next to Downtown_UMTS and click OK.

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Click Apply and then click Close. Repeat steps 3 to 7 for site NS002 and then click Close. Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Generating a Rapid Planning Analysis

This lesson covers the following topics:

To change the propagation model To generate a rapid planning analysis To view analysis layers

In this lesson, you will generate a rapid planning analysis using a nominal subscriber and view analysis layers. If you do not have a license for the Universal Model, you will also be using the Global Edit feature of Mentum Planet to change the propagation model assigned to the sectors.

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Overview
A rapid planning analysis simplifies the process of setting up a W-CDMA analysis. The analysis is based on network loading using either the projected traffic load for a new network or traffic statistics collected from the switches for an existing network. Forward loading is defined as the forward transmitted traffic power while reverse loading is the sector noise rise. A rapid planning analysis does not require multiple Monte Carlo simulation iterations. Layers are generated automatically. The lessons so far have focused on the Downtown_UMTS group. The majority of the sites within this group are located within the extents of the ClutterHeightAGL_5m clutter file and all have been assigned the Universal Model. This model is intended for dense urban environments where you are using high-resolution data. However, you need a license to use the Universal Model. If you do not have a license, you will be working with the Planet General Model. For information about the Universal Model, see the Universal Model User Guide located in the Mentum/Planet/Help/Universal Model folder.

Generating a rapid planning analysis

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To change the propagation model

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

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In the Project Explorer, choose Sites from the Category list if it is not already displayed. Expand the Groups node and then expand the Shared node.

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Right-click Downtown_UMTS and choose Global Edit Common. The Common Global Edit dialog box opens.

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From the Propagation Model list, choose urban_pgm_Ottawa_1900.dpm. Click Apply. In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes. Click OK.

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To generate a rapid planning analysis

1 2 In the Project Explorer, choose Network Analyses from the Category list. Double-click W-CDMA Analyses. The W-CDMA Analysis dialog box opens.

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In the W-CDMA Analysis dialog box, type RapidPlanning1 in the Analysis Name box. From the Analysis Mode list, choose Rapid Planning and click OK. RapidPlanning1 is displayed under the Network Analyses node in the Project Explorer.

In the Project Explorer, right-click the RapidPlanning1 node and choose Select Sectors.

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In the Select Sectors dialog box, in the Groups list, choose Downtown_UMTS, and click Continue. The sites are highlighted in the Map window.

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In the tree view, double-click RapidPlanning1. In the W-CDMA Simulation dialog box, in the tree view, choose System.

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Enable the Override All Cell Loads check box. This option is typically used when you are doing nominal planning or network dimensioning. If you are optimizing an existing network using switch statistics, you would use the existing settings on the Implementation panel.

10 In the tree view, choose Subscribers. 11 On the Subscribers panel, choose Nominal Subscriber.

12 On the Nominal Subscriber tab, in the Mobile Equipment section, type 5 in the Noise Figure box to specify the noise at the receiver. 13 Click the Nominal Bearers tab. 14 In the Downlink Bearer section, in Required Downlink Eb/No box, type 3 to define the received noise ratio (Eb/No) required for coverage on the downlink.

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15 Click Analyze. The W-CDMA Analysis Layers dialog box opens.

16 Clear the check box next to RapidPlanning1. All check boxes are cleared. 17 Expand the WCDMA_815 node so that it is fully expanded. 18 Enable the check boxes next to the following items:

CPICH - Best Server CPICH - Best Ec/Io CPICH - Coverage CPICH - Best Ec CPICH - Delta Ec/Io CPICH - Number of Polluters Uplink - Req Mobile EIRP

If a layer is not in the list, verify that the layer is selected in the Analysis Layer Filter dialog box. To open the dialog box, in the Network Analyses category, right-click W-CDMA Analyses and choose Analysis Layer Filter.

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19 Click OK. The seven layers you chose are generated and the status of the operation is displayed in the Message window. When the analysis is complete, the Message window displays details of the analysis.

20 In the W-CDMA Analysis Layers Generation Progress dialog box, click Close.

To view analysis layers

1 2 3 4 On the Main toolbar, click the Unselect All button. In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Windows. In the Project Explorer, from a second Category list, choose Network Analyses. Expand the RapidPlanning1 node so that it is fully expanded.

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Double-click CPICH - Coverage. The CPICH Coverage layer opens in the Map window. The output will vary slightly depending on the propagation model used.

The CPICH Coverage layer is also added below the Windows node in the Windows category of the Project Explorer. In the Project Explorer, the layer is renamed to include the layer name and the analysis name (i.e., CPCHCov_Rapid0_WCDMA_815_Rapid). 6 7 8 On the Analysis toolbar, click the Grid Info button. Click in the Map window to see if there is CPICH coverage at specific locations. Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Lesson 9: Using Switch Statistics to Create a Traffic Map

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Using Switch Statistics to Create a Traffic Map

In this lesson, you will generate a traffic map using network data, apply clutter weighting to the data, and create a map legend.

This lesson covers the following topics:

To import network data To create a traffic map using the network data

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Overview
A traffic map provides data about the geographical distribution of subscriber traffic in a network. You can generate it from demographic data, such as population census data, or from network data. For an existing network, you would typically base your traffic map on network data which reflect the actual usage patterns in the network. Before you generate a traffic map using network data, you must generate the path loss and signal strength predictions. These predictions are used to determine the spread of the traffic over the best serving areas. Predictions are available to display or to use with other Planet tools. Wireless network traffic is not uniform across a region. There are more users in urban and suburban areas than in forests and open land. To obtain a more realistic view of traffic density, you can use clutter weighting. Using relative weighting factors that you specify, the Traffic Map Generator redistributes the amount of traffic within each region according to the underlying clutter types.

Using switch statistics to create a traffic map

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To import network data

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project opens in a Map window.

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In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Windows. Expand the Windows node until it is fully expanded. Right-click CPCHCov_RapidO_WCDMA_815_Rapid and choose Visible to remove the layer from the Map window. A check mark next to Visible indicates that the layer is displayed. No check mark means that the layer is not visible.

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From the Category list, choose Operational Data. Expand the Network Data node and the Excel node.

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Double-click the switch data file Network_data_umts.xls. The Network Data dialog box opens.

On the Data Binding tab, in the Rules table, do the following to match the columns in the network data to those in Planet:

In the Site ID row, choose Site_Id from the Planet Data column. In the Sector ID row, choose Antenna_Id from the Planet Data column. In the Traffic row, choose Carried Erlangs from the Planet Data column.

10 Click the Results tab. The Results tab opens.

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11 Click Fetch. The Results tab updates with the data from the network data file.

12 To view the network data in a Map window, ensure that the Generate Display Info When Saving Results check box is enabled, and click Save. The Generate Display Info dialog box opens. 13 Enable the Generate Display Info check box for Carried Erlangs. 14 Click OK, and then click Close.

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To create a traffic map using the network data

1 2 In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose the Project Data. In the Project Data category, double-click Traffic Maps. The Traffic Map Generator General dialog box opens.

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In the Traffic Map Name box, type WCDMA_traffic. In the Traffic Data Input Format section, choose the Network Data option. From the Input Data Unit list, choose Erlangs. From the Output Data Unit list, choose Erlangs/km2. Click Next. The Traffic Map Generator Traffic Data dialog box opens. Because you only have one bound network data file and column, these appear as defaults in the Select Prebound Network Data box and the Select Traffic Data Column box.

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Click Browse next to the Specify the Best Serving Coverage (BSC) Grid box. Navigate to the \Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4\WCDMA_Analyses\RapidPlanning1 folder.

10 Choose the CPBstSvr_RapidO_WCDMA_815_RapidPlanning1_Prj.grc file and click Open.

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11 Click Next. The Traffic Map Generator Clutter Weighting dialog box opens.

12 Enable the Apply Clutter Weighting check box. 13 Click Browse below the Underlying Clutter File box. 14 Navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4\Geodata\Custom Data folder. 15 Choose the Ottawa_30m_Clutter_w_HW&Roads.grc and click Open. 16 Click Edit next to the Clutter Weighting File box. The Clutter Property Assignment Clutter Relative Weighting dialog box opens. Clutter weighting reduces the traffic data value where the underlying clutter type implies few subscribers, for example, water, open areas, and forest. Values are increased where the underlying clutter is urban or industrial. Only the distribution of traffic is affected. The total amount of traffic is unchanged. You control clutter weighting by defining a relative weighting value for each clutter type.

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17 Change the values in the Relative Weighting column as follows:

For dBP Unknown, type 1. For Highway, type 3. For Road, type 4 For Commercial, type 6. For Industrial, type 3. For Forest, type 0.1 For Core Urban, type 10. For Dense Urban, type 8. For Urban-Commercial-Residential, type 5. For Utility Stations, type 0.1 For Suburban Residential - few trees, type 2. For Suburban Residential - with trees, type 1. For Airport, type 8. For Open - asphalt - concrete, type 2. For Open - non-asphalt -non-concrete, type 0.5. For Barren Surface, type 0.1. For Grass-Agriculture, type 0.01. For Rangeland, type 0.01. For Wetland, type 0.01. For Water, type 0.5

18 Click Save, and then click Close. 19 In the Traffic Map Generator Clutter Weighting dialog box, click Finish.

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20 In the Select Sectors dialog box, choose All Sectors, and click Continue. The traffic map is generated, displayed in the Map window, and added as a node in the Project Data category of the Project Explorer.

21 To get information about the Erlang density for each area, choose View Show Grid Legend. The Grid Legend dialog box opens. 22 From the Grids list, choose TM_WCDMA_traffic.grd. 23 Choose Options Quick Map Legend. 24 In the Save Quick Map Legend As dialog box, navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, and click Save. The legend is displayed in a Map window and creates a MapInfo table (.tab file) and associated files (.id, .map, and .dat). This is useful if you want to use

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the information from the legend in a report or create a print layout that includes the legend.

You can use the MapInfo Select and Drawing tools to modify the appearance of the quick map. 25 Close the legend window. 26 Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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To modify a subscriber type profile

Modifying a Subscriber Type Profile

In this lesson, you will modify the W-CDMA Basic Voice subscriber type.

This lesson covers the following topics:

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Overview
In order to have a more realistic view of your network, you need to take into account the characteristics, placement, and actions of your subscribers. In Planet, these details are contained in the Subscriber Manager and encompass:

services-the applications the subscriber uses qualities-the guaranteed and maximum data rates of a service session types-the characteristics of a subscriber's use of a packetswitched service (e.g., the size and distribution of sessions in your network) subscriber equipment types-mobile equipment available in the network bearers-traffic channels clutter types-characteristics of the environments in which services are typically used

For information on subscriber types, see Chapter 4: Defining W-CDMA Subscribers in the CDMA User Guide.

Modifying a subscriber type profile

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To modify a subscriber type profile

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project opens in a Map window.

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In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Subscriber Manager. Expand the Subscriber Types node. Double-click Voice 12.2kbps 120kmh Fixed Rate. The Edit - Subscriber Type dialog box opens. To define the priority in which the subscriber is served or provided with the best level of service when network capacity is limited, enable the Use Priority check box and type 25. In this case, when resources are limited Voice 12.2kbps 120kmh Fixed Rate service is given priority.

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From the Subscriber Equipment Types list, choose W-CDMA_UE_Class 4_120kmh. From the Traffic list, choose WCDMA_traffic (i.e., the traffic map you created in the previous lesson). Click OK.
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10 Double-click Basic Data 64_UL_128_DL and repeat steps 6 to 9 assigning a priority of 50 and choosing W-CDMA_UE_Class 3_3kmh as well as the Ottawa_Erlang_Converted traffic map. When network resources are limited, W-CDMA Basic Data will be given priority only after W-CDMA Voice Data requirements have been met. 11 Click OK. 12 Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Lesson 11: Generating a Monte Carlo Analysis

Lesson

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To modify a subscriber type profile

Generating a Monte Carlo Analysis

This lesson covers the following topics:

In this lesson, you will generate a Monte Carlo simulation as well as the associated analysis layers. You will also view the analysis layers.

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Overview
A Monte Carlo analysis uses Monte Carlo simulation techniques to determine the characteristics of your network over repeated runs. A run consists of the distribution of random numbers of subscribers throughout the analysis area in a random pattern, and an analysis of the uplink and downlink. On the last run, operating points and discrete subscriber information are generated. Once the runs are completed, you can view the results and generate analysis layers (either automatically or as a separate step). See Understanding Monte Carlo analyses for W-CDMA in Chapter 8 of the CDMA User Guide. A Monte Carlo run consists of several phases:

subscribers are placed in a random pattern across the area of the traffic map an uplink and downlink analysis is performed the operating points and subscriber information are generated

Generating a Monte Carlo analysis

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To modify a subscriber type profile

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project opens in a Map window.

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In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Network Analyses. Double-click W-CDMA Analyses. In the W-CDMA Analysis dialog box, in the Analysis Name box, type MonteCarlo. From the Analysis Mode list, choose Monte Carlo and click OK. The MonteCarlo analysis is added beneath the W-CDMA Analyses node. Double-click the MonteCarlo analysis node. In the Select Sectors dialog box, choose Downtown_UMTS and click Continue. In the W-CDMA Simulation dialog box, in the tree view, choose Subscribers.

10 On the Subscriber Manager tab, enable the Voice 12.2kbps 120kmh Fixed Rate and the Basic Data 64_UL_128_DL check boxes.

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11 In the tree view, choose Runtime Parameters.

12 On the Runtime Parameters panel, in the Options section, enable both the Collect Discrete Information check box and the Automatically Generate Layers check box. If you do not specify that you want layers generated automatically, the Monte Carlo analysis will only spread subscribers across the analysis area. You then have to manually generate analysis layers. 13 Click Analyze. By default, when you generate an analysis, prediction view files are created. Prediction view files contain predicted signal strength values for all potential servers at each bin.

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14 In the WCDMA Analysis Layers dialog box, clear the WCDMA_811, WCDMA_812, and WCDMA_813 check boxes.

15 Click OK. 16 In the Simulation Progress dialog box, read the progress messages, and click Close. 17 In the W-CDMA Layer Generation Progress dialog box, read the analysis results, and click Close. Discrete subscribers are distributed across the map.

18 From the Category list, choose Windows. 19 Expand the Map Windows node until it is fully expanded.

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20 Right-click the MntCrl_1 layer and choose Auto Label. 21 Right-click in the Map window and choose Layer Control. 22 In the Layer Control dialog box, choose MnCrl_1 if it is not already chosen and click Label. The Label Options dialog box opens.

23 From the Label With list, choose Block Reason and click OK.

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24 In the Layer Control dialog box, click OK. The block reason is displayed in the Map window.

Use the Zoom-in tool on the Main toolbar to better see the labels. You can see that outlying subscribers have been dropped due to a lack of mobile power. 25 To view the discrete subscriber preferences, in the Network Analyses category, right-click the WCDMA Analyses node and choose Discrete Subscriber Preferences.

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The Discrete Subscriber Preferences dialog box displays the coverage state associated with each color.

26 Click OK to close the dialog box. When the MonteCarlo analysis consists of more than a thousand runs, you can create an unserved subscriber traffic map that will highlight those subscribers who are not served. 27 In the Windows category, right-click the discrete subscriber table (e.g., MntCrl_1) and choose Visible to hide the layer (i.e., remove the check mark). 28 Repeat step 27 to remove the TM_WCDMA_Traffic layer from the Map window.

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To view the CPICH Delta Ec/Io analysis layer at 25% translucency

1 2 Choose Edit Preferences. In the User Preferences dialog box, in the tree view, choose Project Explorer.

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Enable the Apply Translucency To Raster Layers check box. Enable the Analysis Layer (Numeric) check box and move the associated slider until 25 percent is displayed next to the slider. Click OK. In the Project Explorer, in the Network Analyses category, expand the W-CDMA_815 until it is fully expand.

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Double-click CPICH Delta Ec/Io. The CPICH Delta Ec/Io layer opens in the Map window at 25% translucency.

If you change the translucency setting, you must remove the layer from the Map window and then view the layer again to see your changes.

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To analyze the CPICH pollution

1 To view where pollution is occurring, in the Network Analysis category, double-click the CPICH Number of Polluters layer located beneath the MonteCarlo, W-CDMA_815, W-CDMA Basic Voice, Outdoor nodes. Click the Zoom-In button on the Main toolbar and zoom in on the map to better see where pollution occurs.

Right-click the MonteCarlo analysis node and choose CPICH Pollution Inspector. The CPICH Pollution Inspector dialog box opens.

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Click in the Map window at a location where pollution exists as indicated by the colored bins.

In the above example, colored lines indicate which sectors affect the bin. In this case, sites C5027 and C2462 create pollution at the bin. The CPICH Pollution Inspector dialog box updates to show the best server, soft handover sectors, and polluting sectors. The red horizontal line in the graph window indicates the thresholds for the best-serving and polluting

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sectors. Depending on where you click on the map, your results will defer from what is shown in this example.

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Click Close to close the CPICH Pollution Inspector. In the Network Analyses category, right-click the following layers and choose Remove to remove them from the Map window:

CPICH - Delta Ec/Io CPICH - Number of Polluters If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

Do one of the following:

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Lesson

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To create a W-CDMA report

Creating a W-CDMA Report

This lesson covers the following topics:

In this lesson, you will create a W-CDMA carriersector-mobile report showing how many users are served on a per-sector basis.

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Overview
Planet includes several pre-defined W-CDMA reports. These reports contain important information on how your network is performing. You generate the following pre-defined reports:

Carrier-sector-mobile-system-level data about the Monte Carlo simulation for the selected subscriber types, for example, total number of users, number of those users that were not served, the number of channels in each handover state, and the number of users blocked due to power amplifier (PA), user, channel element, and cell radius limits Carrier-sector-the types of power received by the carriers and sectors listed in the report, for example, total power, in-cell power, and pilot power System-mobile-data about the handover status and number of users dropped due to limits for the selected sub-categories, for example, the total number of served channels per site/sector (handover), the handover status of each site/sector, and the number of dropped calls per site/sector due to exceeded limits Throughput-primary and secondary downlink and primary uplink throughput data for sectors, carriers, and subscriber types

You can also generate customized reports. See the CDMA User Guide for more information.

Creating a W-CDMA report

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To create a W-CDMA report

1 2 Choose File Open Project. Do one of the following in the Open Planet Project dialog box:

Double-click Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP in the Most Recently Used Projects list. Click Browse and navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Data Set 4.4 folder, choose Tutorial_GSM_HSPA_4.4.dBP, then click Open.

The project elevation and site file open in a Map window.

In the Project Explorer, in the Network Analyses category, right-click the MonteCarlo analysis you created in the previous lesson and choose Generate Reports. In the Generate Report dialog box, choose carrier-sector-mobile. From the Select Output Format list, choose Excel and click OK. The report opens in Excel.

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Do one of the following:

If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.

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Examining key indicators in the report Where to go from here

Examining Key Indicators in the Report

In this lesson, you will examine some of the key indicators of network performance.

This lesson covers the following topics:

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Overview
The W-CDMA carrier-sector-mobile report contains a lot of useful information about your network. The report contains many columns of information including:

Site ID-site identification as defined in the Site Properties dialog box. Sector ID-section identification as defined in the Site Properties dialog box. Site/Sector ID-concatenation of the Site ID and the Sector ID. Channel Name-channel name as defined in the Carrier ID list in the Sector Settings dialog box. These are the carriers assigned to the sector. Subscriber Type-type of subscriber (as defined in the Subscriber Manager) upon which the analysis is focused. Service-name of the service as defined in the Subscriber Manager. Quality-quality criteria as defined in the Subscriber Manager. Environment-environment type as defined in the Served-percentage of users served as calculated by Not Served-percentage of users not served as calculated by Not Served due to PA Power in Handover-percentage of users not served because of a lack of power in handover Not Served due to Traffic in Handover-percentage of users not served due to the noise rise. Used Channel Elements-number of channel elements used on the serving sector. Required Channel Elements-number of channel elements required on the serving sector.

For more information on columns in pre-defined reports, see Predefined report designs in Chapter 11 of the CDMA User Guide.

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Examining key indicators in the report

The report fragments shown are meant as examples only. The content of your report may differ depending on the propagation model you used. To see the columns illustrated, scroll across report columns in Excel.

By looking at the report, you can get a good general impression of the performance of your network. In this case, you can see that not all subscribers are being served. For example, 1 the Mobile PA Limit column indicates that two subscribers are not being served by site C0437, sector 5 due to the mobile PA power limit. When many subscribers are being dropped for this same reason, you might have to choose a different class of mobile with better mobile PA power. Too many unserved subscribers in this column could also be an indication that sector coverage is poorly distributed with too many distant subscribers being served.

the Primary Dropped due to DPCH column indicates that one subscriber (on carrier 811) is being dropped in the indoor environment by site C0437, sector 6 due to the DPCH. In other words, there is insufficient traffic power on the forward link to meet the subscriber's Eb/No target.

the Rel 99 User Limit column indicates that one subscriber (on carrier 815) has been dropped by site C0429, sector 5 because the R99 user limit for the sector has been reached.

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Besides the three reasons listed above, other reasons why a subscriber may not be served include:

Noise Rise-A subscriber may be dropped because the mobile signal caused one or more sectors to exceed its noise rise limit. User Channel Elements and Required Channel Elements-A subscriber may be dropped because there were insufficient channel elements available on the serving sector. User Limit-A subscriber may be dropped because the maximum user limit has been reached on the serving sector. Sector PA Power-A subscriber may be dropped due to insufficient PA power at the serving sector. Traffic Power-A subscriber may be dropped because the traffic power on the forward link does not meet the subscriber's Eb/No target. Pilot Power-A subscriber may be dropped because the pilot power on the forward link does not meet the Ec/Io target of the mobile. Unknown Drop State-A subscriber may be dropped for an unknown reason. Code Limit-A subscriber may be dropped due to insufficient codes on the forward link. Cell Radius Limit-A subscriber may be dropped for being outside the maximum cell radius of the serving sector. Speed Limit-A subscriber may be dropped because the speed limit defined for the sector has been exceeded. Throughput Limit-A subscriber may be dropped because the throughput limit for the serving site has been exceeded.

Where to go from here

The Planet tutorial focuses on the W-CDMA network overlay. You can, however, also analyze and optimize the underlying GSM network. For example, you can:

add repeaters to your network. See Chapter 6: Adding Repeaters to TDMA/FDMA Sectors in the TDMA/FDMA User Guide. generate analysis layers. See Workflow for generating and viewing TDMA/FDMA analysis layers in Chapter 7 of the TDMA/ FDMA User Guide. generate a frequency plan. See Workflow for automatic frequency planning in Chapter 8 of the TDMA/FDMA User Guide. create TDMA/FDMA reports. See Workflow for generating TDMA/FDMA Reports in Chapter 11 of the TDMA/FDMA User Guide. generate a performance analysis. See Workflow for performance analyses in Chapter 12 of the TDMA/FDMA User Guide.

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