Wi-Fi

Atoll enables designing, planning, and optimising Wi-Fi networks based on the
IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards. It provides comprehensive Wi-Fi network
modelling with coverage and capacity planning as well as multi-technology
traffic modelling and analysis (e.g. HSPA/LTE/Wi-Fi).

Atoll's multi-technology multi-layer RRM features enable operators to plan and evaluate Wi-Fi
based scenarios for network capacity enhancement.

Atoll's Wi-Fi features are part of the Atoll WiMAX/BWA module, which delivers a
comprehensive set of features for the design and optimisation of WiMAX, Wi-Fi, and other
Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technologies.

Network Modelling
 Support for IEEE 802.11a, 11g, 11n, 11p, 11ac, and 11ad standards
 Support for standard, high throughput (HT), very high throughput (VHT), and directional multi-
gigabit (DMG) configurations
 Support for all Wi-Fi frequency bands and channels
 Support for all Wi-Fi modulation and coding schemes
 Support for MIMO including transmit/receive diversity, SU-MIMO, MU-MIMO, and adaptive
MIMO switching (AMS)
 Support for long and short guard intervals

Traffic Modelling
 Modelling of voice and data services
 Support for Wi-Fi terminals, customer premises equipment and antennas, user profiles, and traffic
environments
 Multi-service raster and vector traffic demand maps from multiple sources including traffic data
from live network measurements
 Fixed subscriber traffic modelling

Simulation and Analysis

Advanced Wi-Fi Monte Carlo simulator including advanced RRM and scheduling algorithms

Generation of prediction plots, based on simulation results or on user-defined cell load figures
including:

 Access point coverage analysis

 Downlink and uplink interference analysis
 Downlink and uplink service areas
 Effective service areas
 Downlink and uplink throughputs
 Downlink and uplink quality indicator analyses

Neighbour Planning
 Manual and automatic multi-carrier neighbour planning
 Inter-carrier and intra-carrier neighbour planning

Interference Matrices
 Prediction-based interference matrices
 Open format allowing import of measurement-based interference matrices and editing interference
matrices using 3rd party applications

3GPP/Wi-Fi and 3GPP2/Wi-Fi Co-Planning

 Simultaneous display and analysis of cellular and Wi-Fi networks
 Traffic balancing and network capacity analysis combining Wi-Fi with 5G, LTE-A Pro, UMTS,
HSPA, or CDMA 1xEv-DO
 Multi-technology traffic model and Monte Carlo simulator
 Inter-technology interference analysis

Automatic Frequency Planning - AFP (option)

 User-definable constraints and flexible cost function
 Interference-driven Wi-Fi channel selection
 Automatic Cell Planning - ACP (option)
 Automatic optimisation of network coverage and capacity
 Site selection and activation for greenfield and densification scenarios
 Advanced radio coverage, quality, and capacity objectives
 Antenna selection and parameter optimisation