FrequencyPlanning

By

MuhammadRehanAshraf
LCCSouth

Overview
TraditionalFrequencyPlanning
MultipleReusePlanning
FractionalLoadPlanning

GSMSpectrum
GSM900Spectrum
GSM1800Spectrum

TPSouthFrequencyPlan
GSM900Strategy
GSM1800Strategy

AutomaticFrequencyPlanning
ManualVs.AutomaticFrequencyPlanning

TraditionalFrequencyPlanning

MultipleReusePlanning
MRP(MultipleReusePlanning)technologydividethewhole
frequencyresourcesintodifferentsubgroupsaccordingtospecific
principles.
Themostcommonfrequencyreusedpatternsarethe7/21,4/12
andsometimesalsothe3/9.
Thedefinitionofa7/21reusepatternisthatallavailable
frequenciesaredividedinto21frequencygroupsandthatallof
thesegroupsareusedin21cells(7/21)beforetheyarerepeated.
Thesecellsarethenusedin7sites(7/21).Thisistrueifthree
sectorsites areused(7siteswith3cellseach 21cells).

MultipleReusePlanning
Dividethespectruminto
groups.
ForexampleN=7,dividethe
spectruminto21groups.
Assignthemmanuallytothe
21sectorsofthecluster.
Rules:
Avoidcochannelneighbors.
Avoidadjacentneighbors.
Avoid2nd cochannelneighbors.

FractionalLoadPlanning
TheprinciplesoffractionalreusearetochangetheTCH

frequencyplan.Insteadofrespectingaconventionalpattern,
TRXs arehoppingonfrequencygroups.
ThemostcommonFLPpatternsare1/1and1/3.
in1/1allcellsinanareausethesameTCHfrequencies.
in1/3whereeverythirdcellusethesameTCH
frequencies.
FLPrequiresSynthesizerhoppingwithparametersHSN,MAIO
toavoidthecochannelandadjacentchannelinterference.

FractionalLoadPlanning
1/1Reusepattern
AlltheTCHfrequenciesare
gatheredinoneuniquegroup
T,thatisallocatedtoevery
cellasshowninfigure.
Thereusedistancehereonly
referstothedistancebetween
twocellsusingcochannel
frequencies.But,in1/1,HSN
andMAIOallocationstrategies
allowtoavoidcochannel
collisioninasite.
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FractionalLoadPlanning
1/3Reusepattern
TheTCHavailable
bandwidthisdividedin
threegroupsT1,T2andT3
andallocatedasshownin
figure.
Thecosectorseparation,
betweenTCHTRXwithin
onesector,is600KHz.

FractionalLoadPlanning
FractionalLoad
Itrepresentsthetimefractionforagivenfrequencybeingused inthe
network.
fractionalloadissimplytheratiobetweenthenumberofhoppingTRXs in
acellandthenumberofhoppingfrequencies.
FractionalLoadpercell=NumberofHoppingTRXs *100%
NumberofHoppingFrequencies

ReusePattern

MaxFractionalLoad

1/1

16%

1/3

50%

GSMSpectrum

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GSM900Spectrum

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GSM900Spectrum

WidthofDuplexsubbandis25MHzandDuplexspacingis45MHz.Frequency
spacingbetweencarriersis200KHz(0.2MHz)
Totalnumberofcarriers=[Duplexband(UplinkorDownlink) Frequency
Spacing]/FrequencySpacing]
=[25 0.2(Guardband)/0.2]
=[24.8/0.2]
Totalnumberofcarriers=124

UplinkandDownlinkARFCNs forGSM900
UplinkandDownlinkARFCNs canbecalculatedfromthefollowingformula:

UplinkFrequencies:Fu(n)=890+0.2nwhere(1<=n<=124)
DownlinkFrequencies:Fd(n)=Fu(n)+45

WherenisARFCN(AbsoluteRadioFrequencyCarrierNumber)
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TPGSM900Spectrum
No.

ARFCN

Uplink

Downlink

No.

ARFCN

Uplink

Downlink

63

902.6

947.6

13

75

905

950

64

902.8

947.8

14

76

905.2

950.2

65

903

948

15

77

905.4

950.4

66

903.2

948.2

16

78

905.6

950.6

67

903.4

948.4

17

79

905.8

950.8

68

903.6

948.6

18

80

906

951

69

903.8

948.8

19

81

906.2

951.2

70

904

949

20

82

906.4

951.4

71

904.2

949.2

21

83

906.6

951.6

10

72

904.4

949.4

22

84

906.8

951.8

11

73

904.6

949.6

23

85

907

952

12

74

904.8

949.8

24

86

907.2

952.2
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GSM1800Spectrum

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GSM1800Spectrum

Widthofduplexsubbandis75MHzandDuplexspacingis95MHz.Frequency
spacingis200KHzandwithoneguardbandweget:
Totalnumberofcarriers=(75 0.2)/0.2
Totalnumberofcarriers=374

UplinkandDownlinkARFCNsforDCS1800
UplinkandDownlinkARFCNscanbecalculatedfromthefollowingformula:

UplinkFrequencies:Fu(n)=1710.2+0.2(n 512)where(512<=n<=885)
DownlinkFrequencies:Fd(n)=Fu(n)+95

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TPGSM1800Spectrum
No.

ARFCN

Uplink

Downlink

No.

ARFCN

Uplink

Downlink

No.

ARFCN

Uplink

Downlink

586

1725

1820

16

601

1728

1823

31

616

1731

1826

587

1725.2

1820.2

17

602

1728.2

1823.2

32

617

1731.2

1826.2

588

1725.4

1820.4

18

603

1728.4

1823.4

33

618

1731.4

1826.4

589

1725.6

1820.6

19

604

1728.6

1823.6

34

619

1731.6

1826.6

590

1725.8

1820.8

20

605

1728.8

1823.8

35

620

1731.8

1826.8

591

1726

1821

21

606

1729

1824

36

621

1732

1827

592

1726.2

1821.2

22

607

1729.2

1824.2

37

622

1732.2

1827.2

593

1726.4

1821.4

23

608

1729.4

1824.4

38

623

1732.4

1827.4

594

1726.6

1821.6

24

609

1729.6

1824.6

39

624

1732.6

1827.6

10

595

1726.8

1821.8

25

610

1729.8

1824.8

40

625

1732.8

1827.8

11

596

1727

1822

26

611

1730

1825

41

626

1733

1828

12

597

1727.2

1822.2

27

612

1730.2

1825.2

42

627

1733.2

1828.2

13

598

1727.4

1822.4

28

613

1730.4

1825.4

43

628

1733.4

1828.4

14

599

1727.6

1822.6

29

614

1730.6

1825.6

44

629

1733.6

1828.6

15

600

1727.8

1822.8

30

615

1730.8

1825.8

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TPSouthFrequencyPlan

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GSM900Strategy
Urban/SubUrban

BCCHfrequenciesarechosenbestavailablebasis.
FLP1/1isusedforTCH
MAIO1,3and5canbeused.
Ideally3andmaximum4hoppingTRXsallowed.

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GSM900Strategy
Rural/RuralRoad/ExtremelyRemote

BCCHfrequenciesarechosenbestavailablebasis.
FLP1/1isusedforTCH
MAIO0,2,4,6,8and10canbeused.
Maximum6hoppingTRXsallowed.

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GSM1800Strategy

BCCHfrequenciesarechosenbestavailablebasis.
FLP1/3isusedforTCH

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GSM1800Strategy
MAList

MAIOManagement

Maximum5,4,5hoppingTRXsallowedonsectors1,2and3respectively.

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AutomaticFrequencyPlanning
AFPdramaticallyshortenstheamountoftimeanengineer
spendsonfrequencyplanningbyautomaticallygenerating
plansthroughanalgorithmicprocess.
AFPcangenerateaninitialplanforabrandnewnetworkor
reconfigureanRFplanforanexistingnetwork.
ILSAisanexampleofAFPtoolbyAircom.

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ManualVsAutomaticFrequency
Planning
Manual
Easymaintenance.
Inefficientuseofspectrum.
Doesn'ttakeadvantageof
terraincharacteristics.
Unabletocopewith
capacityneeds.

Automatic
Implementationand
maintenanceiscostly.
Efficientusageofspectrum.
Useterraincharacteristics.
Resolvecapacityneeds.

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Thanks
ashraf.rehanlc@telenor.com.pk