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Quick Guide for UMTS Site Selection Demo

with Mentum Planet 4.4 (or higher)

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Quick Demo Setup and Run Step by Step

This demo project is prepared for Mentum Planet 4.4.0.60 or higher. In case that an older
version of Planet is used, please contact Symena. The demo project is delivered within a .zip
file, called Capesso Demo GSM_UMTS.zip. The .zip file includes all required data to run
Capesso with Mentum Planet.
Step 1

Extract the files within the .zip file to a folder of choice. Please make sure that the
subfolder structure is maintained.

Step 2

Start Mentum Planet version 4.4.0.60 or higher. Load the project file: Planet

File
Open Project
browse GSM_UMTS.dBP
press Open to load the file.
Go to the Project Explorer, to the submenu Sites. Right-click on Sites
[77/456] and press Generate Predictions
All sectors
press Continue

press Generate to generate the predictions. This will take several minutes.

Step 3

To start the optimization of the network plan with Capesso please go to
Tools

and press Capesso. Capesso will then start automatically the project export.

Step 4

Creating a Capesso optimization environment:

Optimization region: browse for the target area polygon
Areas

DemoArea.TAB

Channels to optimize: these are the UMTS carriers. Select WCDMA_811

Network grouping flag: this is to separate multiple GSM networks. In the

demo GSM900 is available only. Hence select Grouping in one network.

Sites to include in simulation: These are the sites that will be simulated
during the optimization process. Select: all sites

Sites to optimize + candidates for activation: Select the GROUP

CONSTRAINT InDemoArea. Only parameters of the sites within the
target area should be changed during the optimization process.

Perform site activation: Enable this checkbox to enable site activation and
selection. For the Initially active sites select the Group InDemoArea

Flags: true
Add
ok, as these sites are already active. Select and
set To activate a candidate site, change flag Active to true.

Traffic map: browse for the traffic map that may be used
TrafficMaps

TM_DemoTrafficMap.grd

Press Create environment. This may take a few minutes. The optimization
environment is created and Capesso will be started automatically.
Step 5

Define the Capesso project settings.

In Capesso load the traffic map from the Capesso Optimization Environment

browse for TM_DemoTrafficMap.cbil within the optimization environment, folder
trafficdata.
For the Source file parameter synchronization:

Multi system synchronization: Enable the checkbox Automatically create

multiband parameter synchronizations for aligned antennas.

Press Load network data in Capesso.

Step 6

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Load the template demo settings. In Capesso
File
Import Settings

browse for the Capesso UMTS Site Selection active GSM.cpf file in the Capesso
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subfolder of the Mentum Planet project. Select all checkboxes within the Import
dialog to apply the template settings and press ok. All template settings are loaded
from the Capesso project file (cpf).
Step 7

Optimization ranges. All parameters settings are done by using the Capesso
template file. Alternatively, or in addition, all parameters can be edited manually.
The GSM sites are active, the UMTS sites are inactive. Each UMTS site can be
selected with tilt and azimuth changes being considered. The GSM sites can
change tilts and azimuths, as well as electrical tilts.

Step 8

Optimization targets. The template settings are applied. The optimization demo
considers sufficient BCCH coverage (at the -84dBm level) for GSM. For UMTS an
Ec/Io level of -12dB is considered. This Ec/Io level is conditioned on a sufficient
pilot coverage reception of at least 92dBm. All targets are weighted with the
traffic density map. This ensures that the sites that cover the most potential traffic
are selected first by Capesso, as these are the most population coverage
effective sites. The same principle applies to GSM coverage.

Step 9

Optimization options. The template settings are applied. The Capesso algorithms
will maximize the performance until the entire optimization area (polygon) satisfies
the performance requirements. No limitations apply. An implementation plan and
efficiency analysis will be computed that prioritises the modifications with the
highest positive impact on the network performance.

Step 10 Optimization run. The template settings are applied. Press the Start optimization
button to launch the optimization process. The optimization starts.
Step 11 Once the optimization process is
completed, Capesso Inspector allows
a detailed analysis of the results, by
means of plots, statistics, parameter
analysis as well as a comprehensive
efficiency analysis. To start Capesso
Inspector press Visualize results.
Every single step can be analysed and
re-imported into Planet!
Step 12 Besides the enhanced result visualization, Capesso also provides an optimization
report. It can be viewed by pressing View report button in Capesso. Excel will
be started and the report can be analysed.
Step 13 Verification of the results in Mentum Planet. In order to load the optimization
results back into Planet, please first decide which implementation plan step should
be used (efficiency analysis). Press Export impl. Steps to generate a site table
that includes all data for a specific implementation plan step (for example, Step
17). Then, a configuration file with the naming convention _step17 will be
generated, ready for import to Planet.
In the Project explorer in Planet go to:
Project Data
Site Tables. There you
need to generate a copy of the initial site table, where the modifications are loaded
into. Right click, Copy > and the site table is copied. Then activate (and rename)
the copy of the site table, and load the optimization results
Planet
Data

Import
Project data and browse for the Capesso XLS result file and import the
settings. Now, all analysis can be repeated in Mentum Planet.
Step 14 Consideration of what-if analysis. Based on the analysis in Capesso and Mentum
Planet, you may repeat the entire optimization procedure in order to test multiple
solutions, business cases, limitations and so on.
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