WHY WE NEED TO DO DRIVE TEST:

1. 2. 3. 4.

TO OPTIMISE THE NETWORK i.e TO RESOLVE POOR COVERAGE AREA TO AVOID CALL DROPS TO AVOID INTERFEARENCE TO AVOID HANDOVER FAILURES

BASICS REQUIRED FOR DRIVE TEST HOPPING :

HANDOVER :

CALL DROP:

CHANNELS:

MAIO:

HSN:

CURRENT CHANNEL WINDOW

Definitions
Time: It is system time of computer. Cell name: It displays the name of the sector which is serving according to the cellfile that is loaded in TEMS. CGI : It stands for the Cell Global Identity which is unique for every sector of the site. It consists of MCC,MNC,LAC,CI. MCC: Mobile Country Code 0 999 (e.g. 404 in India), MNC: Mobile Network Code 0 99 (e.g. 98 for Airtel in Gujarat) LAC : Location Area Code 0 -65535 (e.g. 5101 in Gujarat) CI: Cell Identity 0 65535 (e.g. 11001) Cell GPRS Support: Tells sector is having GPRS or not. Values are Yes or No Band : It tells in which Freq. Band mobile is operating e.g. GSM 900/ 1800. BCCH ARFCN: It tells by which BCCH is the mobile station getting served. TCH ARFCN: On which Traffic Freq. call is going on. BSIC: (Base Station Identity Code) : It is combination of Network Color Code (NCC) (0 7) & Base Station Color Code (BCC) (0 7). e.g. 62. It is decoded by mobile on every Sync. Channel Message. Mode: It is shows in which state is mobile operating, Idle, Dedicated & Packet. Time slot: On which time slot of current TCH call is going on. Viz. time slot no. of TRX.

Channel Type: Type of channel mobile is getting now. Like BCCH / SDCCH/8 + SACCH/C8 or CBCH / TCH/F +FACCH/F +SACCH/F. Channel Mode : Shows mode of coding like Speech Full Rate of Half Rate. Speech Codec: It shows FR for Full Rate, HR for Half Rate & EFR for Enhanced Full Rate. Ciphering Algorithm : It shows ciphering algorithm used by the system to protect data for privacy. E.g. Cipher by A5/2. Sub Channel Number: It is displayed at a time when mobile is on dedicated mode at time of call setup when it is getting SDCCH at that time it shows which SDCCH it is getting out of 8 available. E.g. 2. Hopping Channel : It shows that current sector is having hopping feature or not. Values are Yes or No. Hopping Frequencies : It displays no. of freq. on which mobile is allowed to hop. viz. MA List for hopping of that sector. Mobile Allocation Index Offset (MAIO): It is the number which tells from which freq. from given MA list for sector hopping has to be started. E.g. 0 means sector will start from first freq. to hop. Hopping Sequence Number (HSN) : Indicates sequence in which frequencies are allowed to hop from the MA List. 0- 63. 0 for Cyclic Hopping, 1 63 random hopping sequences.

RADIO PARAMETERS

PARAMATERS WE CHK DURING DRIVE TEST

RxLev : . Range of -30 dBm to -110dBm.

RxQual :Range of RxQual 0 -7. FER :Ratio of discarded speech frame to that of received speech frame BER Actual :Ratio of no. of incorrect bits recvd to that of total bits recvd . SQI : SQI is a more sophisticated measure which is dedicated to reflecting the quality of the speech (as opposed to radio environment conditions). SQI is the best criterion to use. SQI is updated at 0.5 s intervals. It is computed on basis of BER and FER. ( 0 to 18 ; 18 to 35) C/I : The carrier-over-interference ratio is the ratio between the signal strength of the current serving cell and the signal strength of undesired (interfering) signal components. . MS Power Control Level : Displays range of power control from 0 to 8 depending upon network design. E.g. 0 means no power control and 1 means level that is defined by operator

DTX : Discontinuous transmission (DTX) is a mechanism allowing the radio transmitter to be switched off during speech pauses. This feature reduces the power consumption of the transmitter, which is important for MSs, and decreases the overall interference level on the radio channels affecting the capacity of the network.. TA : Value that the base station calculates from access bursts and sends to the mobile station (MS) enabling the MS to advance the timing of its transmissions to the BS so as to compensate for propagation delay. Value of 0 means MS in radius of 550mt. From BS. RL Timeout Counter (Cur) : This parameter define the maximum value of the radio link counter expressed in SACCH blocks. Range of 4 64 in step size of 4. it shows current value of RLT. Decrease by 1 but increase by 2. When it reaches zero it results in normal DROP Call. RL Timeout Counter (MAX) : This parameter define the maximum value of the radio link counter expressed in SACCH blocks. Range of 4 64 in step size of 4. it shows current value of RLT. Normally 16, 20, 24. MS Behavior Modified : This window shows current settings for the mobile station, for instance whether handover is disabled or multiband reporting enabled

SERVING+NEIGHBOUR

Cell Name : Name that describes the neighboring cell as per the cellfile. ARFCN : Channel number mobile receives as neighbor. BSIC : BSIC of the neighboring cell. RxLev : Receiving Level in dBm of neighboring cell. C1 & C2 : These are the cell reselection criteria. Valid during idle mode of mobile station. C31 & C32 : GPRS signal strength threshold criterion C31 and GPRS cell ranking criterion C32. Valid both in packet idle and packet dedicated mode.

SIGNALLING
LAYER 3:
SYS INFO 1: BCCH & TCH FREQ ALLOCATED TO THE SITE

SYS INFO 2: SHOWS THE BCCH FREQ OF DEFINED NEIGHBOURS & NCC VALUE
SYS INFO 3: SHOW MNC,NCC,LAC ,SHOWS VALUE OF T3212 TIMER ,CELL RESELECTION PARAMETER

SYS INFO 4:MS IS INFORMED WHEATHER CELL BROADCAST FUNCTION IS USED IN THE CELL
SYS 5:SHOWS THE BA LIST ATTACHED

SYS 6: TAKE CARE OF THE CHANGE IN LAC,& CHANGE IN RLT & DTX CONDITIONS

KPI TCH DROP: 3%

SD DROP :

2.1%

TCH ASSIGNMENT: 95% HOSR : 91%

TCH BLKING : 1%

CALL SET UP SUCCESS RATE

GET SERVICE

GET SD

ESTABLISH SD CONNECTION

GET TCH

SD SUCCESS RATE
SD BLK

TCH BLK

ESTABLISH TCH CONNECTION

CALL PHASE

RELEASE PHASE
CALL SUCCESS RATE

Network Doctor Report

ND163 : TCH DROP OF THE CELL ND166:
SD DROP OF THE CELL

ND 196: UL & DL QUALITY & INTERFEARENCE PER TRX ND232: HOW FAR THE SECTOR IS SERVING ND208: UL DL PATH BALANCE OF TRX ND153: SHOWS THE DEFINED NEIGHBOURS ALONG WITH
ATTEMPTS , BLOCK & DROP ND 111: FREQ PLAN OF THE NETWORK ALONG WITH ITS MAIO,HSN

ALARM
CHANNEL FAILURE RATE ABOVE DEFINED THRESHOLD LAPD failure MEAN HOLDING TIME BELOW DEFINED THRESHOLD EXCESSIVE TCH INTERFERENCE BCCH IS NOT AT PREFERRED BCCH TRX WORKING SDCCH CHANNEL RATIO BELOW THRESHOLD BCF OPERATION DEGRADED BTS OPERATION DEGRADED RXLEV DIFFER BETWEEN MAIN & DIVERSITY TRAFFIC CHANNEL ACTIVATION FAILED

Steps followed to perform Drive Test

Physical Verification Physical Verification is carried out by verifying physical parameter of the New Site with the TSSR (Technical Site Survey Report) such as Address, Lat, Long, Building Height, Antenna Height, Antenna Type, Orientation, Tilt. Alarm Verification Alarms are generated mainly due to number of reasons, and these needs to checked before Drive is being carried out for the Site. Alarms are checked from the NOC (Network Operating Centre) and if found needs to be verified before drive being carried out. Hardware Configuration Verification Hardware verification is performed to know the Site type, BTS Type, TRX Configuration, VSWR checking , Power measurement for each TRX.

Following is the procedure and parameters that need to checked while performing Drive Test for a New Site.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

CPC (Cell Parameter Check) MOC (Mobile Originated Calls) MTC (Mobile Terminated Calls Prepaid to Postpaid) SMS (Short Messaging Service) GPRS Handover TRX Test Idle Drive (Normal Drive & Frequency Lock Drive) Dedicated Drive