Atoll 3.3.0 General Features Radio PDF

General Radio Features
Atoll 3.3.0
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Training Programme
1.
Atoll General Concepts
2.
Atoll Working Environment
3.
Geographic Data
4.
Radio Data
5.
Predictions
6.
Prediction Analysis, Reports and Exports
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Atoll General Concepts (1/2)
Multi-technology tool
Several technologies modelled
2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE),
3G (UMTS/HSPA, CDMA2000 1xRTT 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA),
4G (LTE, LTE Advanced),
Wi-Fi (802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac),

WiMAX (802.16e),
Microwave radio links
3GPP Multi-RAT document available

Possibility to model GSM, UMTS and LTE in the same Atoll document
Open, scalable and flexible architecture

Core structure + technology modules (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
API available (Application Programming Interface)
Allows to create add-ins and macros
Allows third-parties to develop tools that will be compatible with Atoll (such as ACPs, AFPs, Propagation
models, etc.)
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Atoll General Concepts (2/2)
Ergonomic and user-friendly GUI (Graphic User Interface)

Windows-based tool
Easy copy-paste and import-export of data from-into standard applications
Flexibility in data management

Possibility to choose what to display, what to filter, etc.
Possibility to add user-defined columns in tables
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Training Programme
1.
2.
3.
Geographic Data
4.
Radio Data
5.
Predictions
6.
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2. Atoll Working Environment
How to Create a New Atoll Document

Archive and Refresh in Multi-User Mode
Atoll General GUI
Tabs of the Menu Bar
Toolbars and Explorer
Workspace
Open and Save an Atoll Document
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How to Create a New Atoll Document (1/3)
File New...
Basic ways of creating a new Atoll document
From a document template
Available templates
From an existing database
Supported formats
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Atoll documents / ATL files

Data are saved in an Atoll document, which is a file with an .ATL extension
ATL files can contain one or several technologies
ATL files can be duplicated, opened under any workstation, and can only be read by Atoll
Working modes
2 working modes with Atoll:
Stand-alone:
Database
User 1
.atl
User 2
.atl
User i
or Multi-user:
Archive
.atl
Refresh
Document created from a template
Stand-alone document
Document created from an existing database
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.atl
Multi-user document
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Advanced ways of creating a new project

Via 2 add-ins : Geo Selector or Scenario Manager
Dedicated interface to easily create a project including
radio and geo data
Geo Selector (SQL Server / Oracle)

Automatically import radio data from the database and
geo data via a .cfg file
Scenario Manager (Oracle Only)

Designed for large-scale networks
Allows users to create scenarios, i.e. sets of parameters
that will be loaded from the selected database project
Site lists, custom fields groups, pre-filtering conditions,
neighbours
Optimizes data loading and storing by allowing the users

to select a specific area, the filtering zone in Atoll, and
create a project focusing on that area only
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Archive and Refresh in Multi-User Mode (1/2)
The Atoll document is not connected all the time to the database
Modifications made in the document are not saved in real time in the
database
Need to archive your modifications to the database
Need to refresh your Atoll document to get the databases latest
modifications
Archive command
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Archive and Refresh in Multi-User Mode (2/2)
Refresh command
Options if you refresh

while still having some
pending changes not
archived
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Atoll General GUI

Documents name
Documents technologies
Menu bar
Toolbars
Event viewer
Explorer
(Network / Geo
/ Parameters)
Workspace
(Maps / Tables /
Reports)
Other windows
(Legend /
Panoramic)
Event Viewer
Point Analysis
Tools
Status bar
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Tabs of the Menu Bar (1/6)
File and Edit tabs
Create a new document

Open an existing / recent document
Undo / Redo last actions

Close the active document
(up to 10 actions)
Save the active document
Save an area of the map as a

graphic image
Cut / Copy / Paste data

into / from the tables
Import data in the active

document
Printing functionalities
Quit Atoll
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View and Document tabs

Reload map and folders
Select elements on the map
Move the map
Zoom functionalities
Show the workspace on full
screen
Calculate predictions
Database functionalities for

the multi-user documents
Explorer
(Network/Geo/Parameters)
Audit tools
Event viewer
Other windows
(Panoramic/Legend/Site
Configuration)
List of toolbars
Display or hide the status bar
Measure distances on the map
XML import / export
Co-planning functionalities
for Single-RAT documents
Properties of the active
document
Information about elements on

the map
Display or hide the coordinates
rulers/scale on the map
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Tools tab
Locate an element on the map
Profile between two points on the map
CW Measurement analysis tool
Drive tests analysis tool
Point Analysis tool

GSM Interactive Frequency planning tool
GSM Interference tool
Microwave link analysis tool

MW Interactive Frequency Planning tool
Load / Save user configuration files
List of available Add-ins and Macros
Configure distributed calculations
Configure backups of active document
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Find on Map tool: search for a specific object on the map by name or attribute
You need to select an object (Site, Transmitter, Vector) and a field as a reference
Object selection
Object Transmitter selected
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Attribute selection
In this case, the object will be

searched by name
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Search and display an object on the map

You can access directly to the parameters of the selected object
For the selected field, define

the value, or the name, of the
object you want to display
Perform directly actions

on the selected object
by a right-click
Display the selected

transmitter on the
map
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Window and Help tabs
Open a new map window for

the active document
Atoll Help topics
Rest default layout

Switch between all windows
opened in the workspace
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Atoll information
and version number
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Toolbars and Explorer
Toolbars
Radio Planning toolbar
Standard toolbar
Microwave Link Planning toolbar
Map toolbar
Addins toolbar
Vector Editor toolbar
Windows toolbar
Network / Geo / Parameters explorers

Made of folders and visibility boxes
Order between folders can be changed
Context menus available on each folder
Properties
Tables
Additional functionalities
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Workspace (1/3)
Possibility to create different tab groups
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Workspace (2/3)
Possibility to place your active window anywhere in the workspace
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Workspace (3/3)
Auto-hide functionality
Auto-hide
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Open and Save an Atoll Document
Open an existing Atoll document
Save the active Atoll document
Possibility to open several ATL files in the

same Atoll platform
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Training Programme
1.
2.
3.
Geographic Data
4.
Radio Data
5.
Predictions
6.
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3. Geographic Data
Coordinate Systems and Units

Geographic Data Types
Importing a Raster-format Geographic Data File
Importing a Vector-format Geographic Data File
Multi-layer Management
Geographic Data Properties

Online Maps
User Configuration File
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Coordinate Systems and Units
Document Properties...
Access to
coordinate
systems
catalogue
Projection system
You need to define which projection system
has been used to obtain your geographic
maps*
Display system
You also need to define which Coordinate
System you prefer to use for the Display in
Atoll (used for the sites coordinates, position
of a point on the map (in status bar), rulers,
etc.)
Units system
You then need to define which Units will be
used for the Distances (m, km, miles), the
Heights and the Offsets (m, feet) in Atoll
*UTM map
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Geographic Data Types
Several different geographic data types can be used in an Atoll document

Examples of geographic data
Digital Terrain Model
Clutter classes
Used in propagation calculation
Clutter heights
Traffic maps
Used in Monte-Carlo simulations and automatic planning features
Population maps
Used in statistics and reports
Scanned maps
Online maps
Used for display purposes
Contours, lines and points representing roads, railways or regions

Etc.
Atoll supports 2 different formats for geographic data files

Raster format
Clutter classes and heights, DTM, images, some traffic and population maps
Vector format
Polygons, lines and points for display, filtering + some traffic and population maps
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Importing a Raster-format Geographic Data File
The raster-format geographic data files you want to import must be represented in the same
projection system as the one defined in your Atoll document
File Import
Choose
Altitudes for a DTM file
Clutter Classes for a clutter classes file
Clutter Heights for a clutter heights file
Image or Scan for a scanned image
Etc.
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Importing a Vector-format Geographic Data File
When you import a vector-format geographic data file, its coordinate system can be converted to
the one used in your Atoll document
File Import
Coordinate
system
conversion
Used when
importing a
population
vector file
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You need to specify what you will use

your vector file for:
A simple layer in the Geo tab
A computation zone
A focus zone
A population map
Etc.
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Multi-layer Management (1/2)
Each geographic data file becomes one layer in the Geo tab
DTM, clutter classes and height, and population maps are listed in dedicated folders
By default, images and vectors appear directly in the Geo explorer, but they can be grouped into folders
Properties of each geographic data file is accessible from its context menu
Right-click Properties
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Multi-layer Management (2/2)
Visibility of geo data depends on the display check boxes and on the display order of each layer
Priority of geo data in calculations
If for a specific map type (clutter classes, DTM, etc.) you have several files with different resolutions, you
will need to put the one with the highest resolution on top for Atoll to take it into account in the
calculations
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Geographic Data Properties (1/5)
Tables of vector maps

Possibility to edit your vector directly from Atoll through its table
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Properties of vector maps
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3 types of display
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Properties of DTM maps
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Properties of clutter classes maps
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Properties of clutter heights maps
Clutter height information provided in the

status bar
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Online Maps
Importing online maps

Atoll enables you to specify a third-party tile server and display the corresponding map in the main
window
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User Configuration File
User configuration
Possibility to import/export the complete geographic data set from/into a user configuration file (.geo)
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Training Programme
1.
2.
3.
Geographic Data
4.
Radio Data
5.
Predictions
6.
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4. Radio Data
Radio Data Overview

How to Create a Station
Create Repeaters and Remote Antennas
Sites Properties
Transmitters Properties
Radio Network Equipment

Geographic Profile
Filtering and Grouping Data
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Radio Data Overview
For any technology

Site
Geographical location where transmitters are installed
Transmitter
Radio interface built on a site and using antennas and equipment such as TMA and feeder cables
Station
One or several transmitters sharing the same site
Repeater
Device which receives, amplifies and re-transmit the signal from a donor transmitter
Remote Antenna
Shifted antenna using the resources of a donor transmitter
For GSM documents

Subcell
Set of TRXs of a same type (BCCH, TCH, TCH inner, TCH GPRS) in a transmitter
For UMTS, CDMA, LTE, WiMAX and TD-SCDMA documents

Cell
Specification of a carrier in a transmitter
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How to Create a Station
A station is a site which has one to several transmitters

Main ways of creating a station
Drag and drop a station template
Duplicate an existing station
Import your lists of sites / transmitters / cells in the corresponding tables
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Create a Station by Drag and Drop (1/2)
Station templates properties

Available in the Parameters explorer
Templates for each technology
Station templates in a MultiRAT GSM/UMTS/LTE document
Station templates in a document containing only one technology
In a CDMA2000 document
In a WiMAX document
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Create a Station by Drag and Drop (2/2)
Drag and drop a station template
1. Choose a station
template from the list
2. Click on the icon New Transmitter or Station
3. Drag and drop on the map
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Create a Station by Duplicate
Possibility to create a new station by duplicating an existing one on the map
Duplicate of site BRU070
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Create a Station by Import
Import your lists of sites / transmitters / cells in the corresponding tables

Sites list in the sites table
Transmitters list in the transmitters table
Cells list in the cells table
Right-click inside of the table Import
Will add new records and update existing ones
Requirements
Can import *.TXT and *.CSV files
Need to respect the following order
2G: sites transmitters
3G, 4G and WiMAX: sites transmitters cells
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Create Repeaters and Remote Antennas
Create a repeater or a remote antenna

1. Click on the transmitter that will be the donor transmitter for the repeater / remote antenna
2. Click on the right part of the icon New Repeater or Remote Antenna to choose what you want to
create
3. Click on the left part of the icon New Repeater or Remote Antenna and then drag and drop on the
map
Repeater
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Remote
Antenna
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Sites Properties (1/6)
User-defined fields
Sites properties
(all technologies)
The properties dialogue of each

site contain several tabs
MW-specific fields
UMTS-specific fields
LTE-specific fields
Name of the site

Position and
altitude of the site
You can enter
comments in this
field
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Sites table
Access all the parameters of all the sites through the table
Properties of the
selected Site
Import/export
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Columns
functionalities
Centre on the
map the
selected site
Sorting
functionalities
Filtering
functionalities
Statistics
Fill down/up and

select all
Align left/centre/right,
bold and italic
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Sites display options

Can be set for all sites or on a per site basis
Three display types available:
Unique - the same symbol will be used for all sites
Discrete values - the display of each site will be according to the value of a selected field
Value intervals - the display of each site will be according to set ranges of the value of a selected field
A field from transmitter table can be also selected for Discrete values and Values intervals display modes.
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Example of the Unique and Discrete values display types
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Display different colours for sites based on site or transmitter table parameters
By default, a site custom field is used for the display
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A transmitter field is then selected for the display
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Sites display options (Alias name)

Sites are displayed by default by name. Alias name can also be used thanks to the option Show aliases
Aliases [Site Name]
New display by alias

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Transmitters Properties (1/8)
Transmitters properties
In the General tab you can setup the name of your transmitter, the site it belongs to, a possible shift in
its antenna position, a comment, etc.
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Example: General tab of a GSM transmitter
Name of the transmitter
You can enter an ID for the
transmitter
Site on which the transmitter
is located
The electrical tilt can be

synchronised
on
two
transmitters sharing the same
pattern
This flag is used to identify

transmitters from different
technologies, located at the
same site, that share the same
physical antenna
You can modify the antenna

position.
2 methods:
Relative to site:
Select this option if you want
to enter the antenna position
as an offset with respect to the
site location
You can enter comments in

this field
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Coordinates:
Select this option if you want
to enter the exact coordinates
of the antenna
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In the Transmitter tab you can setup the activity flag of your transmitter, its type, the power and losses,
the settings of the main and secondary antennas, etc.
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Example: Transmitter tab of a GSM transmitter
Activity flag (only active

transmitters are taken into
consideration
during
calculations)
Power and losses definition

(losses can be either userdefined or calculated by Atoll
according to the equipment
specified in the Equipment
box)
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Intra-network
(server
and
interferer) = Atoll will consider
the transmitter as a potential
server as well as an interferer
Extra-network (interferer only)
= Atoll will consider the
transmitter as an interferer only
Settings for the main antenna

and the optional secondary
antennas
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Transmitters table
Access all the parameters of all the transmitters through the table
Properties of the
selected Transmitter
Import/Export
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Columns
functionalities
Centre on the map

the selected
Transmitter
Sorting
functionalities
Filtering
functionalities
Statistics
Fill down/up and

Select all
Align left/centre/right,
Bold and Italic
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Transmitters display options

Can be set for all the transmitters or on a per transmitter basis
Four display types available:
Unique - the same symbol will be used for all the transmitters
Discrete values - the display of each transmitter will be according to the value of a selected field
Value intervals - the display of each transmitter will be according to set ranges of the value of a selected field
Automatic - Atoll will automatically assign a colour to each transmitter, ensuring that each transmitter has a
different colour than the transmitters surrounding it
The selected field is from the transmitter table or cell table in UMTS/LTE or subcell table in GSM.
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Example of the Unique display type
Change the colour, type and

size of your symbols
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Example of the Automatic display type
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In the Parameters explorer
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Before selecting an antenna, two or several antenna patterns can be compared
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Geographic Profile
Display the geographic profile from a selected transmitter

You need to select Profile and Geographic in the point analysis tool
Profile and
Geographic
selected
Selected transmitter
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Filtering and Grouping Data (1/4)
Filtering
Anything outside a filter will not be taken into account during the calculations
Filtering applies to
Data in tables
Records filtered out are hidden from the tables
Map
Records filtered out are hidden from the display
Explorer window
Records filtered out are hidden from the explorer display
Specific filter symbol on folders on which a filter is applied
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Types of filters
Graphical filter (filtering zone)
Filter according to object attributes (from the properties or the tables)
Graphical filter (filtering zone)
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Filter according to object

attributes (from the properties)
Filter according to object

attributes (from the tables)
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Grouping
No effect on computations
Applies to explorer windows
Generate subfolders for each grouping field
Creation of a manageable table per subfolder
Specific commands for each subfolder

Calculations of predictions, neighbours, transmitter activation, frequency planning, etc.
Subfolders
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Types of groups
Possibility to group data according to a field
First level grouping from the folder context menu
Advanced grouping in the general tab of the folder properties dialogue
Possibility to group folder according to the focus or computation zones
Grouping according to a zone

First level grouping according to any field in this list
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Training Programme
1.
2.
3.
Geographic Data
4.
Radio Data
5.
Predictions
6.
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5. Predictions
How to Create a Prediction

Standard Predictions
Predictions Settings
Computation Zone
Transmitters Propagation Parameters
Path Loss Matrices Storage

Standard Predictions Properties
Calculation Process
Prediction Lists and Templates
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How to Create a Prediction (1/2)
Prediction -> New... for all selected transmitters
Predictions grouped
by technology
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How to Create a Prediction (2/2)
Definition of a prediction
To group, sort and filter the

results of the prediction
To calculate the prediction
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Standard Predictions (1/2)
Coverage by transmitter
Need to choose the Automatic display type for transmitters
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Standard Predictions (2/2)
Coverage by signal level
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Predictions Settings
Workflow:
(1) Create a computation zone
(2) Define the transmitters propagation settings
(3) Define the path loss matrices storage directories

(4) Define the parameters in the Conditions tab of the predictions properties
(5) Define the parameters in the Display tab of the predictions properties
(6) Calculate the prediction
(7) Display the prediction
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Computation Zone (1/2)
Use of the computation zone

Define which transmitters have to be taken into account in the calculation
Define in which area the prediction plot will be displayed
Create a computation zone

Draw it on the map
Import specific coordinates in the computation zones properties
Use an existing polygon as the computation zone
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Computation Zone (2/2)
Create a computation zone
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Transmitters Propagation Parameters (1/2)
Powers / antennas / activity parameters

Example for a GSM transmitter:
If not active, the transmitter will not be taken

into account in the prediction
Power and losses definition (losses can be either

user-defined or calculated by Atoll according to the
equipment specified in the Equipment box)
Antennas definition
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Transmitters Propagation Parameters (2/2)
Propagation model / calculation radius / grid resolution

Example for a GSM transmitter:
Extended path loss matrix

if you want to use
different propagation
models/calculation radius
and grid resolutions close
and far from the
transmitter
List of propagation models
available in your document
Calculation radius of the

transmitters path loss matrix
Grid resolution of the

transmitters path loss matrix
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Path Loss Matrices Storage
Path loss matrices storage directories
Directory where will

be stored the path
loss matrices you
generate
Used in Multi-user mode. Directory where

the common path loss matrices are stored
and accessible to all users.
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If you are loading

path loss matrices
from the shared
directory, any path
loss matrix that needs
to be recalculated
will be saved in the
private directory
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Standard Predictions Properties (1/4)
Conditions tab
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Conditions tab
Can choose upper and lower thresholds for the signal level (or path loss/total losses)
For GSM, the lower threshold can either be user-defined (Global C threshold) or taken from the values in the
subcell table (Subcell C threshold)
Different options to be considered as a serving transmitter

Possibility to add a margin to the server condition (handover margin)
GSM-related
options
Handover margin
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Conditions tab
Possibility to model shadowing (= slow fading) and indoor coverage
Shadowing modelled by adding to the link budget an additional loss according to the cell-edge coverage
probability
Indoor coverage modelled by adding to the link budget an additional loss according to the clutter class
For each clutter class, the indoor

loss depends on the frequency
band of the signal
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Display tab
Default display type for the Coverage by
Transmitter prediction
Three display types available:

Unique
Discrete values
Value intervals
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Default display type for the Coverage by

Signal Level prediction
Possibility to use the Shading option to create

automatically a shading of colours from a Start colour to
an End colour
You can also use the Shading option to create the
different thresholds automatically with a regular interval
between them (First Break, Last Break and Interval)
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Calculation Process
Requirements for a transmitter to be taken into account in the calculation

Active
Filtered (transmitter or site folder)
Calculation area intersecting the rectangle including the Computation zone
Calculation process
1) Calculate the path loss matrices
Atoll will calculate the path loss matrices missing
Atoll will recalculate an existing path loss matrix if one parameter related to the propagation has been changed
(parameters such as the antenna type / azimuth / height, the propagation model, the matrix calculation radius,
the computation zone, etc.)
2) Create the plot

3) Lock the plot
After a prediction has been calculated, a lock symbol will appear on it
This lock symbol will prevent Atoll from recalculating the prediction if you press on the Calculate
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button
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Prediction Management (1/3)
User configuration file

Possibility to save the definition of your predictions in a user configuration file
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Customised predictions
Possibility to save a prediction as a template (=customised prediction)
The list of templates will appear under the Customised Predictions folder
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Predictions folder
Possibility to group predictions in subfolders
Predictions can be moved to folders using drag and drop
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Training Programme
1.
2.
3.
Geographic Data
4.
Radio Data
5.
Predictions
6.
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6. Prediction Analysis, Reports and Exports
Point Analysis
Prediction Plot
Reports
Plot Comparison
Histograms
Exports
Printing Functionality
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Point Analysis (1/2)
Profile tab
In the Profile tab you have access to real-time calculations (path loss matrices not needed)
Real-time calculation
(Signal Level or Path
Loss or Total Losses
based on the Result
type chosen in the
options dialogue)
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Point Analysis (2/2)
Reception tab
In the Reception tab you can see the signal levels received (path loss matrices needed)
Links between the

location and the
Transmitters received
Signal levels received

at that location from
various Transmitters
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Prediction Plot
Tip text and legend

The tip text and the legend allow the visual analysis of the plot
Tip text
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Reports (1/2)
Hierarchy between zones

Without any zone
Filtering zone
Computation zone
Focus zone
Reporting priorities between focus and computation zones

If a focus zone exists, the report will be based on the focus zone
If there is no focus zone, but there is a computation zone, the report will be based on the computation
zone
If there is no focus or computation zone, the report will be based on the covered area
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Reports (2/2)
Reporting priorities between focus and computation zones
Focus zone (green)

and computation
zone (red) defined
Report based on the focus zone
Report based on the computation zone
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Only computation
zone (red) defined
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Plot Comparison
Comparison tool to see the differences between coverage plots of the same type
Difference of values between coverage plots
Gain of signal level when

BRU082 is active
Coverage union, intersection and difference between coverage plots
UMTS (900 + 2100) outdoor

coverage by signal level
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Histograms
Histograms
The histograms follow the same rule than the report when it comes to priorities between the focus and
the computation zones
You can also display the CDF and the inverse CDF
You can select and zoom on a specific histogram part
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Exports (1/4)
Image export
Copy-paste a selected zone (focus zone, geographic export zone...) into another application
Copy the selected zone

Paste the
selected area
into another
application
Selected zone pasted into a Word document
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Exports (2/4)
Image export
Save as an image a selected zone from the map or the Geo tab
Available formats
Selected zone saved as a BMP file
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Exports (3/4)
Prediction export
You can export one single prediction or several predictions
simultaneously
This can be done from the Predictions folder or any
subfolder containing predictions
You can use a zone (computation zone, geographic export
zone) to define the area to be exported
Predictions can be exported in 2 formats:

Raster-format,
Or, vector-format
Any coverage plot carrying multiple information per pixel must

be exported in a vector-format
For example, coverage plots by transmitter cant be exported
in a raster-format because one pixel might be covered by
several transmitters
Coverage by transmitter with

overlapping area at cell edges
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Exports (4/4)
Exporting one or several prediction(s) in a vector-format
Export of several predictions simultaneously
Available formats: .mif, .shp, .agd, .tab
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Printing Functionality (1/2)
Define the printing zone
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Printing Functionality (2/2)
Print setup and preview
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Main steps to create a new network in Atoll
Create a new document from a template or

open an existing database
Define Coordinate systems and Units
Import maps
Clutter Classes and DTM maps mandatories
Configure the network settings and import the

equipment needed in the parameters tab
Create and configure the site and transmitters

Cell table for UMTS/LTE/WiMAX
Subcell table for GSM
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Thank you
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UTM Zone map
Reference : UTM Grid Zones of the World compiled by Alan Morton
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Atoll General Concepts

Atoll Working Environment

Prediction Analysis, Reports and Exports

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Wi-Fi (802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac),

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Open, scalable and flexible architecture

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Ergonomic and user-friendly GUI (Graphic User Interface)

Flexibility in data management

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Advanced ways of creating a new project

Geo Selector (SQL Server / Oracle)

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Import data in the active

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