Atoll ACP Module (GSM/UMTS/LTE) 3GPP Multi-RAT

Version 3.1.0

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New ACP module

New Concept of ACP implemented as an integrated Function of the Planning Tool
Easy to use & administrate One GUI for RF Planning & ACP Common HW and system infrastructure Common database

Automatic Optimisation of Network Parameters to increase Coverage and Capacity

Site selection Antenna selection & parameter optimisation (azimuth, height, mechanical & E tilt) Antenna Height Power

ACP Integration into Atoll

Fully integrated in the Atoll GUI and database Additional data folder Additional functional menus
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Product Availability
Based on an ACP Technology developed by Softwave Wireless
Joint technology development with major European operator Field Tested & Proven

Option to the Atoll UMTS GSM LTE modules

Combined GSM/UMTS/LTE optimisation
Also available for Atoll version 2.7 and 2.8

Features
Pre defined Optimisation objectives
UMTS
Network coverage (RSCP) Pilot interference (Ec/Io) Pilot Pollution Soft Handover

GSM
BCCH coverage Cell Dominance
RS coverage (RSRP, RS C/N, Signal level..) RS CINR (RSRQ...)

LTE

All technologies : Overlap threshold

User defined Optimisation objectives

Flexible interface Allows Cross layer or Cross technology objective Complex objective definition (logical operation between objectives)

Features
Through automatic adjustments of selected network parameters
Antenna parameters Type Azimuth Mechanical tilt and Electrical downtilt Height Transmit Power
GSM Transmission powerUMTS Pilot PowerLTE total power-

Site selection optimisation process

Candidate sites based on existing sites or station templates

User-driven optimisation process

Surface / traffic-based optimisation Convergence criteria

Usage of live network data

Tuned propagation models Drive-test calibrated pathloss matrices

Path loss matrices of Atoll project are used by Atoll ACP

Optimisation Process with Atoll ACP

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Optimisation Setup -1Optimisation parameters

Radio layers to be optimised (UMTS, GSM900, GSM1800, LTE) User can activate/deactivate the radio layer to be used/optimized Number of iteration (maximum number of potential changes ) Selection of Reconfiguration Area (cells within a specific geographical area, i.e. focus zone) Definition of Custom zones for objective/target (Hot Spot/ group of clutter class)

Radio Layers

Zone definition
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Optimisation Setup -2Optimisation parameters

Cost control
No Cost control (Optimisation only based on Quality) Compromise between Quality and Cost (Parameter Change Cost, Site Visit Cost..) Site class can be defined, with specific reconfiguration costs (friendly sites..)

Cost Control parameters

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Optimisation Setup -3Reconfiguration

List of cells to be optimised (based on geographical area or cell list) Parameter modification defined per cell or per parameter (e.g. antenna group, min/max downtilt angle)
Antenna azimuth with asymmetric values and/or minimum angle separation between sectors Antenna height optimisation requires path loss calculation by ACP

Cell list selection for Reconfiguration

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Optimisation Setup -4Reconfiguration

Parameter modification defined per cell (ie UMTS Pilot Power) Display on feature based on custom zones to select list of cell Cell list can be exported/modified in Excel (ie Min/Max values, Use field) and re-imported in ACP Setup

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Optimisation Setup -5Antenna definition

Antenna patterns to create physical antennas for electrical tilt optimisation
Automatic creation based on antenna pattern name or Atoll antenna table Manual allocation is also possible

Radome creation with merge of physical antennas (Dual/Tri band antennas) Antenna groups -group of radomes- for selection of best antenna type (within group allocated to each sector) Additional Electrical Tilt (AEDT) optimisation available

Physical antenna creation based on Antenna pattern Dual band antenna (GSM/UMTS) with common E tilt
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Optimisation Setup -6Objectives

Flexible Cost function allowing selection of optimisation criteria/constraints List of objectives
Target zones for geographical areas Weighting between objectives (RSCP Coverage vs EcIo) Choice between Surface (Uniform traffic) or traffic based optimisation (Traffic Weighting) All traffic maps defined in Atoll are supported

List of Pre -Defined objectives Objective Criteria on EcIo

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Optimisation Setup -7Objective Condition

Weighting is considered in order to give more priority to selected zones Objective thresholds per zone (Computation default- , focus zone, custom zones)

Objective thresholds on EcIo

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Optimisation Setup -8Objective Target

% coverage on Target zone Optionally, filter on measurement points for Objective (i.e. consider only area for UMTS Objective where GSM signal level is low)

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Optimisation Setup -9Specific Objectives (i.e. UMTS)

% coverage on Target zone Optionally, filter on measurement points for Objective (i.e. consider only area for UMTS Objective where GSM signal level is low)

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Optimisation Control
Key parameter evolution over time for objective
Coverage (RSCP, BCCH, LTE RS) UMTS Ec/Io, LTE RS CINR...Cell Dominance

Graphical display in real time for

Quality
Variation per Radio layer Initial/Final plots (Success/fail area for target)

Each Objective Number of changes per type

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Optimisation Results
Network-level parameter report
Initial/Final statistics and improvement per Objective Statistics provided for :
Computation Focus zones Hot spot zones

Global report available in Excel format Reconfiguration Statistics (Changes of parameters tilt, azimuths, )

Graphical Analysis
Final/Initial plot comparison for each Objective Histograms provided for all zones Initial/Final plots for area where target is reached.

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Implementation Plan Analysis

Improvement vs. Changes Graphical analysis
Allows user to analyse global improvement according to the number of changes Improvement also provided for each objective Coverage 3G Ec/Io, RS CINR... Allows to build a modification implementation Changes can be ranked by profitability (Change Order) Most profitable changes will be applied first

Change number (order)

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Cell-level Analysis
ACP displays initial / final cell parameters
User-selectable modification list User can commit modifications into Atoll or keep the results as an optimisation scenario in the Atoll project New settings can be analysed using the Monte-Carlo simulator and Atoll prediction plots / analysis tools.

Commit Changes directly in transmitter/cell tables Restore original values in database

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ACP Coverage plots

Output results available
Quality Analysis
RSCP, Ec/Io BCCH Coverage...

Change Analysis
Type of change Tilts, Azimuth, Power

Best server Analysis

Absolute values of parameter changes(Tilt, Azimuth...)

Objective Sector Analysis

Improvement per cell

ACP map for Final electrical tilt values

Objective Analysis
Success/Fail area

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Optimisation Results (Example)

Statistics available for RSCP Coverage
Statistical results for all zones Initial /final coverage Status map for RSCP Objective
Display area before and after optimisation where target is reached or not (success/fail)

EcIo Coverage (Initial / Final)

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Site Selection Process with Atoll ACP (UMTS or LTE examples)

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Site Selection Process for UMTS- First Scenario

Site Selection between candidates for nominal site
Existing sites/sectors can be locked or removed Site status flag can be defined in site table as custom field Definition of groups of candidates (minimum / maximum number of sites) Cells can be optimised or not (reconfiguration for existing sites available during site selection)

Group of candidates

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Optimisation Results / First Scenario

Statistics report
Site/sectors selected within each group (here 1 amongst 2) Existing sites were locked (kept) Number of cells reconfigured (if reconfiguration mode selected) Other statistics for zones (computation, focus or hot spots)

Statistics in term of number of sites and coverage statistics for all zones

Implementation plan for site selected with reconfiguration for existing sites

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Implementation in database / First Scenario

Commit Results in database
Quick evaluation thanks to ACP coverage plots Predictions can be recalculated in Atoll project once changes are committed in database

Initial and Final coverage with statistics on Hot spot zone

Example of prediction for final network configuration

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Site Selection Process for UMTS Second Scenario

Deployment scenario with potential candidates, already defined in database
All 3G sites are supposed to be candidates (to be selected/activated) GSM sites :
are already existing, and share same antennas (E tilt not linked) can be reconfigured during UMTS site selection

ACP to choose the optimal sites to fulfil objectives (RSCP, EcIo) Minimum/maximum number of sites to consider within the area

Existing GSM sites

Group of Candidate sites

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Optimisation Results / Second Scenario

Statistics report
Total number of Site/sectors removed/added and selected Number of cells reconfigured (if reconfiguration mode selected) Other statistics (RSCP, EcIo) for computation and focus zones

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Implementation Plan Analysis / Second Scenario

Improvement vs. Changes Graphical analysis
Sites or sectors added or removed to fulfil requirements (Objectives) Changes of parameters (tilts) if reconfiguration mode selected

Site activated
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Cell-level Analysis / Second Scenario

Cell result table
Candidate sites to be de-activated/activated in database (UMTS) List of changes for candidates if reconfiguration mode selected List of changes for GSM sites if reconfiguration activated for this layer

Cells reconfigured

Cells selected/activated
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Site Selection Process for LTE Third ScenarioDeployment scenario with potential candidates, either defined with their coordinates in database or based on existing GSM/UMTS sites
Candidate site location (X/Y) for LTE can be :
Added in site table as location only Imported as a list (text format) directly in ACP Automatically created from location of existing GSM or UMTS sites

Reconfiguration of Station template parameters is user defined Atoll ACP associates candidate location with Station template types, according to geographical area (ie Urban/Rural station depending on area) Common multi band antenna (UMTS/LTE) can be allocated to new LTE sites to link sectors

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Optimisation Setup / Third Scenario

Principles of Site selection based on New candidates
ACP calculates path loss matrices of candidates at beginning of optimisation process (only once) LTE Sites are always reconfigured when selected Control of existing Layers (avoid degradation of quality) Flexible settings
Zone Weighting (focus on specific area, ie dense urban) Objectives weighting (RS Coverage vs RS CINR) Objectives per zone (Focus, Hot spot, group of clutter class..)

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Optimisation progress / Third Scenario

Graphical display for objectives, radio layers, change type
User can stop based on parameter evolution (% Coverage, number of sites added..) Automatic stop when maximum number of iteration reached

LTE Coverage and CINR evolution over time

GSM/UMTS sites upgraded to LTE and new LTE site added, with reconfiguration of existing sites

Initial and Final RS CINR Coverage showing where target is reached or not (Success/Fail for CINR threshold )
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Optimisation results / Third Scenario

Final implementation
List of LTE sites selected, with potential reconfiguration of default template parameters (tilt...) GSM and UMTS layer : list of changes for existing sites, with statistical results for all zones

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Optimisation results / Third Scenario

Visual analyse with ACP plots and Atoll predictions

ACP results for planned LTE layer

ACP coverage plots displayed in map window

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ACP Summary and Benefits

New Concept of ACP implemented as an integrated function of the RF Planning Tool Optimised Design for Network in the Planning & Roll-Out phases Optimisation of Live Networks Integrated Planning/Optimisation Process & Workflow

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