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Version 3.14.1
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Contents
1 WELCOME TO CELLOPT MDA ..........................................................................5
1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 5
1.2 PROCESSES..................................................................................................... 5
1.2.1 Actix Switch Adapter ............................................................................................ 5
1.2.2 Cellopt MDA ........................................................................................................ 5
1.2.3 Interference Generation ....................................................................................... 6
1.3 IMPORT OF MMR AND MMR COUNT MEASURED DATA AND INTERFERENCE CALCULATION
FLOW ................................................................................................................. 6
1.4 IMPORT OF DRIVE MEASURED DATA AND INTERFERENCE CALCULATION FLOW ....................... 7
1.5 ABOUT CONCENTRIC CELLS .................................................................................. 7
Destination ....................................................................................................... 34
Source ............................................................................................................. 34
Frequency Plan ................................................................................................. 35
Weighting method ............................................................................................. 35
Overview .......................................................................................................... 56
Creating the Report ........................................................................................... 58
Getting down to a short list ................................................................................ 60
Applying manual adjustments ............................................................................. 62
Color coding ..................................................................................................... 64
11 INDEX ................................................................................................. 79
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1.2 Processes
Two separate processes can be used with Cellopt MDA. The first, Actix Switch Adapter,
helps in the collection of measured data from OMCs and in producing Cellopt AFP projects.
This is a standalone application and can be run independently of Cellopt AFP. The second,
Cellopt MDA, is an integrated application within Cellopt AFP that can produce interference
lists from existing measured data and various pre- and post-analysis tools. Both processes
are described below.
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1.2.2.1
This data is imported into Actix Switch Adapter and not MDA. Any data imported into ASA
is automatically available inside Cellopt MDA for Interference List creation.
1.2.2.2
All Drive test data is imported into Cellopt MDA. The imported data can be
validated and used for Interference lists.
Link Measurement to
a Site database
Preformed Signal
Source Resolution
XML
histogram
files on disk
Figure 1.1 Importing MMR and MMR Count measurements into ASA
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XML
histogram
files on disk
Merging
histograms
Interference
Calculation
Histogram
Reports
Figure 1.2 Importing MMR and MMR Count measurements into ASA
Link Measurement
to a Site database
Preformed Signal
Source Resolution
Cellopt MDA
database
Sector/
Measurement
Selection
Scanning
Measurements
Cellopt MDA
database
Data
Validation
Interference
Calculation
Histogram
Reports
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2 Getting Started
2.1 Introduction
Cellopt MDA is divided into two user interfaces. The first is a standalone application that
helps with data collection and creates Cellopt AFP projects from measured data. The
second is embedded within Cellopt AFP. It uses a wizard-style user interface to guide you
through the necessary steps to import measurements and calculate an interference list.
This section gives an overview of the user interface structure and how you navigation
through it.
The options on the left panel in Cellopt MDA can be grouped into the following categories:
Import Measured Data (Drive data) To be able to import measured data in
Cellopt MDA, a Cellopt AFP project must be active. From the Cellopt AFP Import
Wizard section, you can select Import Measured Data. When you click Next, the
Cellopt MDA import mode starts. See Chapter 3 for more information.
Measurements - This section allows you to validate all imported measurement
lists.
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Check the Measured Data radio button. Note that the quick import option does
not support Cellopt MDA measured data files.
Click Next to open Step 1 of the Import Measurements Wizard described on page
12.
If you use the MDA tab to import data, select the Import Measured Data page. This
opens Step 1 of the Import Measurements Wizard described in the next section.
During the measured data import process, Cellopt MDA links the measurements to the
radio database active in Cellopt AFP, and to a selected frequency plan, which must be part
of the active Cellopt AFP project.
Before Cellopt MDA stores the measurements in the database, Cellopt MDA will map the
measurement to a sector/cell (that is, signal source resolution).
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4.3.1 Filter
The purpose of this section is to remove measurements that are weaker or equal to the
user-defined Signal strength. Sectors that are too far away from the measurement point
(for Drive Test Data) based on the entered Distance value will also not be considered in
the Find signal source section (see below).
Signal Strength - Only measurements higher than the defined threshold will be imported.
Distance The Distance filter refers to the distance between sector candidate and the
measurement.
Frequency - All sectors that are using the measured frequency will be added as
candidates.
Color Code - If the color code is already decoded in the measurement, check this box.
Cellopt MDA will delete all frequency candidates that are not using the decoded color code.
Cellopt MDA has a library of available methods (algorithms) that you can select. More than
one method can be selected at the same time.
Drive data comes with Location, channel, color code, signal strength (sometimes
also serving cell).
For Scanner Data, the strongest sector in each bin will be the serving sector for that bin.
When signals are processed by the algorithms, they are attached a list of possible signal
sources (candidates). This list is filtered by each algorithm as the signal is parsed through
until there is only one candidate left or the signal has been passed all algorithms. Some
algorithms also put a weighting on each candidate. The whole process is logged and can be
seen in detail after data has been imported in MDA.
Algorithms that perform weighting will take the candidate with the highest weight and then
exit. Algorithms that perform weighting are:
Pathloss (default)
Azimuth and Beamwidth (and distance)
Distance
Any lists chosen with penalties
Algorithms that do not perform weighting are:
Any lists chosen without penalties (excluding neighbor list)
Sector Fingerprint
Frequency
Color code
Algorithms are run in the following order.
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Then the list of Selected Methods is run. If a tiebreak (see below) is found, the
algorithm tries to exit and does not execute rule 4 below.
If the tiebreaker box for an algorithm is checked, then that algorithm tries to determine
the source and exit signal source resolution. If it cannot, then signal source resolution
continues with the next algorithm just as if the tiebreak was not checked. Those
algorithms that do not perform any weighting only exit when they have only one source
candidate left.
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Before selecting measurement files for import, you must select a Frequency plan and
define a Measurements name for reference. Once all measurement files have been
selected, the measurement will appear in the window showing measurements to import.
Several measurements can be imported at the same time, but the measurement files need
to be in the same type and format.
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You can now use the left hand panel to validate measurements, generate lists or examine
the interference, list comparison and neighbor analyses.
To go to the Measurements Overview page, click Next.
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5 Drive Measurements
5.1 Introduction
Select the Measurements option from the left hand pane. This section allows you to view
and validate all imported measurement lists.
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You can use this tab throughout Cellopt MDA to filter out unwanted sectors.
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Figure 5.3 The Select measurements page for Measured Data Validation
Select the Data type and Time window for the data that you are interested in validating.
This should populate the Available Measurements pane on the left. Use the arrow buttons
to shift the required measurements into the Selected Measurements pane on the right.
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When you are satisfied, click the Validate button to perform the validation. The results are
displayed on the Analysis page shown below:
Note that there is an extra analysis section for drive test data, Sector Data described
below.
When a sector, relation and sector break a validation rule, Cellopt MDA will show a warning
and, by clicking Details, a report will be displayed where all the violations will be shown.
In this report, you can choose to Include, Ignore or Delete the measurement selected.
For all the sub-sections except Sector, you can edit the validation criteria, and remove bad
sectors and relations. Click on one of the Criteria buttons to view and edit the validation
criteria (described on page 25). The default settings will be unused, but once a threshold
has been defined, it will be set as default.
5.3.1.1
Sector
The Sector section validates the site database changes between the site database used in
the active Cellopt AFP project and the ones linked to the selected measurements. For this
section, you cannot define any threshold; instead, Cellopt MDA will always warn when
there is a change in the following:
Azimuth
Site location
Tilt
Height
Beamwidth
Antenna type
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These validation indices can only be validated if they are defined in the Cellopt AFP project.
5.3.1.2
Sector Data
This section validates the coverage of the drive test data by analyzing:
Max Distance (Between sector and measurement point furthest away)
Min Distance (Between sector and closest measurement point)
Max Server Strength (the strongest measurement point for a serving sector)
Min Server Strength (the weakest measurement point for a serving sector)
Max Interfere Strength (the strongest measurement point for an interfering sector)
Min Interfere Strength (the weakest measurement point for an interfering sector)
5.3.1.3
Relations
The Relations section validates the number of measurements per sector and relation as
well as the distance between the sectors in the relation. It also analyzes the number of
packages (measurements) and the correlation between different measurements.
Measurement Counts (total number of measurements)
% Measurement Counts (percent of total number of measurement for a relation)
Distance (distance between sectors in a relation)
Number of Packages (number of measurements from the Cellopt MDA database
where a relation has been measured)
Peak (the peak of a histogram)
Mean (the mean of a histogram)
StDev (standard deviation of a histogram)
5.3.1.4
C/I
This section analyzes the histogram generated for each relation and measurement. You
can define criteria for max and min C/I values.
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For each criterion, three boxes may contain values, described below. Validation is only
performed for criteria that have values associated with them. When entering a value, note
the direction of the greater than or less than signs before the relevant box.
Any Entering a value here will result in a message being displayed on the Analysis page
if any of the selected measurement packages exceed this criterion.
All Entering a value here will result in a message being displayed on the Analysis page if
all of the selected measurement packages exceed this criterion.
Delta Entering a value here will result in a message being displayed on the Analysis
page if the difference between any of the selected measurement packages exceeds this
criterion. For example, if measurement package P1 has a Peak of 10 dB and package P2
has a Peak of -20 dB, the delta between these values is 30 dB. The box for Peak Delta has
a > before it, so any value up to 30 in this box would result in the Peak Delta message
being displayed.
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6 List Generation
6.1 Introduction
Select List Generation. Figure 6.1 shows the page from where you can start the
interference calculation.
Select the type of list that you want to generate, from the following:
Interference (Interference List)
Co-channel (Co-channel Identification)
Missing Sectors (Missing Sectors List)
IM Extender
List Merge
Intersection (List Intersection)
Normalization (Normalize Interference List)
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Use the Radio Editor tab to select which sectors should be considered for inclusion in the
interference list.
You can select one of these Measured Data Types:
Drive Test
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Figure 6.3 This project has one measurement package that can be used for interference calculation
All measurements that show up in Selected Measurements fulfill all three criteria defined in
the previous step.
Measurements in the Available Measurements pane do not fulfill the time/date criteria.
Only the measurements in the Selected Measurements pane will be used in the
interference calculation. You can use the arrow buttons to move the measurements
between the two panes as required.
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For all relations, Cellopt MDA will calculate an average C/I. The actual averaging will be
calculated in watts.
Then a probability of interference will be looked up by using the calculated C/I value and a
probability of interference curve, which is shown graphically on the right of the page. You
can edit this curve by specifying defining values or load a complete new table. The default
probability of interference table is based on the technology mode (e.g., GSM, TDMA and
iDEN).
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Knowing this naming convention, all dummy sectors can be manually resolved with the
Manual edit feature where these are highlighted. They can also be ignored, in which case
the dummy site can easily be disabled in the Cellopt AFP network tree.
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6.8.1 Destination
This is where co channel relations will be stored.
The Co channel interference list is a complement to a measured list. These relations can be
stored either in a separate list or update the measured list itself. Use the radio buttons to
make your choice, if a separate list is created then the name need to be entered as well.
6.8.2 Source
This is the list that is missing co channel relations.
In order to continue this feature needs a measured interference list. This is the source list
which might or might not been created from CellOpt MDA. However each sector inside this
list will be processed by the co channel algorithm.
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If the algorithm does not find the co channel relation within the strongest
interferer, then it will check the next strongest and so on.
Ideally the algorithm should work with the strongest interferer in order to get a big
signal overlap. There is also an option to how weak interferers the algorithm
should consider in case it does not find a co channel relation within the strongest
interferer. This threshold is by default set to 75% of the strength of the strongest
interferer.
At last the algorithm might still miss a few penalties for co channel relations.
Because of this, these relations will be missing from the co channel list that is
created. They can however be stored separately in an exception list. In this list the
relations will exist but no penalty will be attached to them. By default no exception
list is created.
Once all the settings have been adjusted:
Click Create to continue generating the list.
Click Next to go to the Missing Sectors page.
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From the List Generation heading on the left, select Missing Sectors.
If creating a new list, type in the name of the new list in the top field.
Now select the source interference list from the drop-down menu.
You then specify whether the relations should be kept or removed.
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To define the Selection criteria, click the Auto-detect button, which displays the panel
shown in Figure 5.10.
This automatically detects the difference between the sectors in the reference list and
either a specified interference list or all the sectors in the network. The last section of this
panel allows you to define the category and layer in which you want to store the interfered
and interfering results. Click OK to return to the Missing Sectors page.
Alternatively, you can manually collect the missing sectors in layers, one layer for missing
interfered and one layer for missing interfering. You can do this from the Radio Editor.
Note that this can be a lengthy task to perform manually and the Auto-detect feature is
the recommended method.
Click Generate to produce the new reference list.
Click Next to go to the IM Extender page.
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Where:
norm is the normalization value
Mnew is the value calculated for the new measured list
Mold is the value in the old measured list
Pold is the value in the old predicted list
Pnew is the value in the new predicted list
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Pold
Pnew
Mnew
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The log displays the correlations between the old pair and the new pair of lists:
Average correlation between the old measured and the old predicted lists,
regarding the Top 50, 100, 200, 400 and All interferers for sectors (co-strength).
Average correlation between the new measured (result) and the new predicted list
regarding the Top 50, 100, 200, 400 and All interferers for sectors (co-strength).
The number of relations in each list shown as horizontal bars. The overlap on the
bars indicates the actual overlap.
How many of each case in the table were executed.
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By default, all relations are taken from the base list. To specify which relations to take
from the candidate list, you can choose a category / layer combination from the bottom
section. If at least one radio is assigned to a layer, then all relations for the sector are
taken from the candidate list.
To fine-tune your selection, click the Continue button to proceed to Step 2.
The table in Step 2 shows a combined set of overviews from both lists: check boxes and
buttons are displayed for each sector, followed by columns dealing with relations (see
Figure 6.16), and another set dealing with correlations (see Figure 6.17).
The relations set of columns shows the number of relations for both interfered and
interfering sectors in both lists and their summed co channel analysis for both interfered
and interfering for both base and candidate.
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The final columns, shown in Figure 5.15, show correlation scores for both interfering and
interfered. The correlation shows the number of top ranked relations in common between
the base list and the candidate list, for the top 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 relations.
For example, suppose a sector A has an interfering correlation as follows:
3
12
17
18
This indicates that of the top 5 relations in each list where A is interfering, 3 are common
to both lists. Also, 6 of the top 10, 12 of the top 15, 17 of the top 20 and 18 of the top 25
are common.
Note that as you make various selections from the candidate list, the number of relations
from the base and candidate lists are displayed in the small table in the top left of the
page.
Step 2 allows you to take relations from the candidate list for specific sectors using the
Use candidate? check boxes, which work as follows:
Left box
Right box
Unchecked
Checked
Green
square
Only one of the two checkboxes needs to be set for the candidate to be used.
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Individual relations or correlations for a sector can be selected as well, using R and C:
R button click this to edit relations for this sector, as shown in Figure 5.16. You
can also do this by clicking inside any of the relation values in a row.
C button click this to edit correlations for this sector, as shown in Figure 5.17.
You can also do this by clicking inside any of the correlation values in a row.
The page shown in Figure 6.18 displays relation details for interfered and interfering
sectors. You can select a sector from the candidate list by clicking in the left hand check
box.
Some relations may be blank in some of the columns this is because that relation only
exists in one of the two lists. The checkbox still applies in this case it is possible to select
the blank version of a relation.
Click OK to return to the Step 2 page.
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This page shows correlation details for interfered and interfering sectors. You can select a
sector from the candidate list by clicking in the left hand check box.
For each selected sector, a correlation is made with a hard-coded value of a step size of 5.
This correlation will be shown on both interfered and interfering level.
The relations are shown in base order. Another column shows the candidate order, which
can be compared with the base order.
The correlation values appear on every 5th row in the last column. The nth value refers to
the first 5n rows in base order it shows the number of these relations that are also in the
top 5n in candidate order.
Click OK to return to the Step 2 page.
Once you are satisfied with your selections on the Step 2 page, click Next.
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The page for Step 3 is shown in Figure 6.20. This allows you to view the statistics for the
list merge and allows you to return to Step 2 (using the Back button) to make any final
adjustments.
Figure 6.20 Step 3: check the information before starting the merge
Click Next to proceed with the merge. Once the merge has occurred, the event log is
displayed showing information and any problems relating to the action, for example not
enough relations.
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You can filter out relations that are co-site, neighbors, as well as the relations in the
predicted or measured interference lists. As shown in the figure above, by selecting and or
or you can filter using a second list.
Click Create to continue generating the list.
Click Next to go to Interference List Normalization.
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Figure 7.1 The Interference List Analysis Summary page, showing Relations per Sector
In the summary view for the selected Measured List (see Figure 7.1), Cellopt MDA adds all
interference for a sector and then displays the result. The summary has two graphs - the
top graph shows the number of relations per sector, for all sectors, and the bottom
histogram shows the number of relations per sector for the currently selected sectors
essentially a zoomed in view of the top graph.
The currently selected sectors are indicated in the top graph by a vertical dotted line
(initially at the left hand side of the graph), and in the lower histogram by the values for
Start pos(ition) and Count (the number of sectors shown in the histogram). You can use
the arrow buttons above the lower histogram to move the window of selected sectors left
and right in the top graph, or by simply clicking in the top graph at the appropriate point.
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An expected curve is shown in Figure 7.1, starting high and becoming near-zero towards
the end of the graph. Typically, one might investigate those sectors with abnormally high
or low counts, or where the number of relations goes to a near-zero value too soon. Note
that a sector with a high number of interferers is not necessarily the sector suffering the
most interference, as all the individual interference values could be low.
At the top left of each graph, the
Save icon button allows you to save the graph as a
.png or .gif graphics file, or as a tab-delimited text file.
The Show Table icon button allows you to view the data in table form, as shown in Figure
7.2.
7.2.2 Co Distribution
Clicking the Co Distribution button at the top of the page displays the Summary as shown
in Figure 7.3. The top graph shows Co Distribution for all relations on a logarithmic scale.
Figure 7.3 The Interference List Analysis Summary page, showing Co Distribution
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Figure 7.4 The Interference List Analysis Serving Sector histogram page
The arrow buttons below the Sector drop-down list allow you to move to the next or
previous sector in the list. You can select the sort order to be by name or by count.
At the top left of each histogram, the following icon buttons are displayed:
Save the histogram as a .png or .gif graphics file, or as a tab-delimited text file.
Show Absolute Values in both histograms.
Show Normalized Values in both histograms.
Show Adj Curve in both histograms.
Show Co Curve in both histograms.
The icon at the top right maximises a histogram.
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Figure 7.5 shows a histogram for the same sector, showing absolute values in the top
histogram, and values normalized to 100 in the lower histogram.
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The relation view will display the histogram on which the selected relation interference was
based. Select a Measured list, a Serving sector and the Interfering Sector.
The arrow buttons below the Interfering sector drop-down list allow you to move to the
next or previous sector in the list.
You can also select the serving order to be by count or name, and the interfering order to
be by name or strength.
The resulting view can be switched between three different modes: C/I Histogram,
Interference and Statistics. See the next sections for details of each of these modes.
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The icon at the top left of the histogram allows you to Save the histogram as a .png or .gif
graphics file, or as a tab-delimited text file.
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7.4.2 Interference
Interference is shown in three 3D graphs, where the first shows the Probability of
Interference (co values), the second is a histogram of the raw measurements (counts) and
the last is the product of the other two graphs (C/I co interference). Figure 7.8 shows the
3D graph.
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7.4.3 Statistics
The Statistics mode button shows information about the selected relation.
7.5.1 Overview
7.5.1.1
When the IM is created from measured data, there is a prediction part called signal
source resolution (SSR) that must match each FREQ-CC pair into a sector. This step can be
done in many ways; for instance, by looking at the distance and taking the closest, or by
looking at some artificial Pathloss or Distance and Azimuth-beamwidth weightings.
In this process, its not possible to be correct and pick the right interferer all the time.
The solution is to run an analysis of the IM. This analysis will show some key things about
the IM:
FREQ and CC of the interferer
C/I counts and total counts in the histogram (if the list was made with MDA)
Interferer
Distance to interferer
Possible other interferers
Distance to possible other interferers
Co and Adj penalty values
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The amount of data can be very large to look at, especially on the relation level. So to be
able to do this type of editing manually, the analysis is broken down into three steps:
1
Show the report on sector level where it is easier to filter down to a workably short
list.
Check the short list on the relation level, which allows manual editing.
7.5.1.2
Dummy sectors
The dummy sectors are all stored on the same site, called dummy. This site has one
sector for each FREQ-CC pair.
When MDA creates an IM, it will need to store any unresolved interferers as dummy
sectors in this way by creating the needed dummy sector.
7.5.1.3
You can also import dummy sectors by using the site name dummy and sector name
FREQ_CC that these sectors will be created with. By importing an IM with iCONC messages
or with the TAB delimited format, and using this name convention, the dummy relation will
be inserted into the desired IM, and dummy sectors created as needed.
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First, select where to store the results. The interference list can be updated (select
Replace) or you can create a completely new list.
Then select the interference list to work with. You must select a neighbor list, as neighbors
are used in the analysis.
Figure 7.11 Select where to store the result and what lists to work with
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You can also limit the interferer display to a specified category-layer. This is useful,
for example to filter out irrelevant sectors. Examples of this situation are:
Only looking at Macro sectors. Selecting only Macro sectors in the layer will
filter out any Micro and Pico sectors.
Dont forget that like anything else the report is working in
the selected sectors in the radio editor.
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The filters can work with the logical OR. This means that unlike most other filters, this will
display sectors that fulfill any of the selected single criteria.
The filter options are:
Show all sectors
Show all sectors without any filtering.
Show sectors with less than [X] interferers
Show sectors that have too few interferers. X is defined in the AFP list criteria.
Show sectors with less than [Y] neighbors
Show sectors that have too few neighbors. Y is defined in the AFP list criteria.
Show sectors with unidentified interferers (Dummy interferer)
Show sectors that are interfered by some signal which could not be resolved in the
SSR. These signals are instead linked to dummy sectors.
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Select any of the filters and press Apply to modify the summary report.
The columns in this report can be sorted by clicking on any of the headers. The report
contains:
Sector The site and sector name
# Interferers Total number of interferers in the IM for this sector
Total Interference Total summed Co level interference from the interferers
# Neighbors Total number of neighbors for this sector
# Unidentified Interferers Dummy interferers. Signals that could not be
resolved to any sectors in the network in ASA (or in MDA for drive test)
# Neighbors not in IM Shows number of neighbors that are not part of the IM.
In real life all used (and meaningful) neighbors are interfering and should be part
of the IM.
# Missing Interferers Missing interferers within the short distance selected on
the setup page.
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7.5.4.1
Editing
In order to edit, click on the relation in the detailed report. An edit dialog appears when
you can change the interfering sector or the Co and Adj values.
7.5.5.1
Summary level
Orange
Is used if the sector has any dummy neighbors.
Is used when any neighbor is not in the IM.
Yellow
Is used if the sector has any missing interferers within the short distance MD.
Is used if the number of neighbors and interferers are less than specified in the list
criteria in AFP.
7.5.5.2
Detailed level
Red
Is used when a frequency or color code is not found in the network.
Is used when a negative value appears in the data.
Orange
Is used when the interferer maps to a Dummy sector.
Is used when a neighbor is not in the IM.
Yellow
Is used for missing interferers within the short distance MD
Is used for the # Interf column when this is less than specified in the list criteria.
Green
Is used when there are multiple candidates with similar distance. similar distance
is a 20% off calculation.
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8 List Comparison
8.1 Introduction
Measured and Predicted interference lists can be compared using summary graphs, a
scatter diagram, a correlation histogram and a sector comparison table.
In the top right corner of each graph, the left-hand icon allows you to save the histogram
(in PNG or GIF graphics file formats, or in a tab-delimited TXT format file). The right-hand
icon maximizes the graph.
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The Information panel shows three values: the number of relations in the measured list,
the number of the relations in the predicted list, and the number present in both lists.
The plot shows a number of dots, each representing a sector-sector relation present in
both interference lists. The axes show normalized co-interference values for the selected
measured list (x-axis) and the selected predicted list (y-axis). Good interference
correlations will appear plotted along the diagonal line.
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You can click on a row to display the Sector analysis (see page 69).
Note that the table only shows the first 100 results. Click the green button at the bottom
right of the table to display the entire report. You can sort the table by clicking on the
column headings to rearrange the results as required.
The first two columns refer to the sectors being interfered with, and the second two refer
to the interfering sectors. The last column gives the percentage index of correlation
between the two. The values shown are the counts of interference.
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Enter values for the Number of steps and the Step size to configure how results will be
reported in the Interfered Values and Interfering Values columns. Note that in the example
above, five steps are used, and so (where possible) five values are reported.
Click on a row to display the Sector analysis (see page 69).
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These histograms are displayed showing normalized co-interference values, with 100 being
the highest value.
Maximize histogram
Save histogram
Absolute / normalized
values toggle
As shown in figure 8.6, at the top right of each histogram there are several controls that
allow you to toggle the histogram between displaying absolute or normalized values, and
between adjacent or co-interference values. Click on the abbreviation for the new type of
information required (e.g. clicking abs selects the display of absolute values).
You can also save the histogram to file, or maximize the histogram display.
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9 Neighbor Analysis
9.1 Introduction
An overview status report is available that summarizes and warns of the main differences
between the measured interference list and the selected neighbor list. Potential neighbors
and crossfeeders as well as questionable neighbors and other warnings are shown in this
report. Crossfeeders occur where one site has two sectors with several potential neighbors
on each, which can indicate that the sectors have been set up cross-wired. The strongest
interferers will probably already be in the neighbor list; questionable neighbors are those
that are in the neighbor list but are weak, and so should probably be deleted.
Also provided is a summary report showing numbers of potential neighbors, questionable
neighbors, crossfeeders, neighbors and interferers for each sector. You can also save the
summary report to file, showing each sector-to-sector relation. This can be used, for
example, in creating a new neighbor list.
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Click on a warning to view details. Here are details for a Potential Neighbors warning:
You can use the buttons at the bottom of the page to save the information to a file or send
it to a printer.
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The icon buttons at the top left of the table allow you to Save the information to a tabdelimited text file, or Export to a Microsoft Excel file.
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Note that the table only shows the first 100 results. Click the green button at the bottom
right of the table to display the entire report. You can sort the table by clicking on the
column headings to rearrange the results as required.
By default the table shows all relations, but you can filter the table using the drop-down
menu at the top right of the table.
The icon buttons at the top left of the table allow you to Save the information to a tabdelimited text file, or Export to a Microsoft Excel file.
Note that the table only shows the first 100 results. Click the green button at the bottom
right of the table to display the entire report. You can sort the table by clicking on the
column headings to rearrange the results as required.
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The arrow buttons allow you to go to the next or previous sector in the Serving sector
drop-down list.
Crossfeeders are indicated by an x above the histogram bar, and the color of the
histogram bar shows whether a sector is or is not a neighbor.
Note that you can change the histograms sort order in the top right of the page.
Clicking on Modify neighbor warning thresholds allows you to set the dotted line
thresholds for the Potential and Questionable neighbors.
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10.3.1.1
General requirements
There are default column names that the reader looks for but there is also some
configuration freedom.
The general principle is that the files must be:
Text based, comma delimited
Starting with a header line
There is no requirement on the header line to contain the column names in any specific
order.
Names in the header are not case sensitive
Each subsequent lines must be data lines
A data line may or may not be complete, it can contain empty values
10.3.1.2
Signal strength
Measurement information. This can be one or many:
Frequency
Color code
Signal strength
10.3.1.3
10.3.1.4
Default Configuration
The reader searches for the following default header names (definition in bold, followed by
the names the reader looks for):
Definition
Look for
latitude
Latitude
Lat
longitude
Longitude
Long
freq_x
ScanSortChannelNo_by_SigLevel_
NborBCCH_
Channel_
Channel
cc_x
ScanSortBSIC_by_SigLevel_
NborBSIC_
BSIC_
BSIC
ColorCode
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Definition
Look for
ss_x
ScanSortSigLevel_by_SigLevel_
NborRxLev_
RxLev_
RxLev
server
ServCI
ServingCellID
ServingSectorID
CI
Server
serv_freq
ServBCCH
ServerBCCH
ServerControlChannel
ServControlChannel
ServerChannel
ServChannel
ControlChannel
ControlFrequency
ControlFreq
ServerFrequency
ServerFreq
serv_cc
ServBSIC
ServerBSIC
ServerColorCode
ServColorCode
ServerColourCode
ServColourCode
serv_ss
ServRxLevSub
ServRxLev
ServerRxLev
If more than one instance of the same data type is present (for example for server having
CI and Server) then the first one found by the reader will be used. All the rest will be
ignored.
The reader detects header column names from left to right.
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10.3.1.5
Custom configuration
It is also possible to configure the reader to search for different header column names.
This can be done with a file GenericDriveTestReader.ini that is placed in the conf
directory under the AFP installation folder.
There is an ini file for this in the examples directory. This ini file can be modified and
copied to the conf directory in order to the customization to take affect.
It should contain the data definition (case sensitive, same as in the table above) to the
left, tab, then the desired column names (coma separated) for this data.
For example:
My drive files contains the name BCCH or sBCCH for measured serving frequencies.
This can be defined as follows:
serv_freq
BCCH, sBCCH
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11 Index
validation, 29
Wizard, 27
A
Auto-detect missing sectors, 38
Auto-generate weights, 31
B
Bin Size, 13
C
C/I weights, 30
Color code, 14
concentric cells, 7
crossfeeders
crossfeeder analysis, 74
D
Distance, 14
Distance Based Analysis, 56
E
editing validation criteria, 25
Event log, 33
F
Filter, 14
filtering using the Radio tab, 21
Find Signal Source, 14
Frequency, 14
I
Import Data
about, 11
event log, 19
file selection, 17
measured data type, 12
resolving signal sources, 14
Settings, 13
summary, 18
Interference Analysis
about, 49
Relation, 53
Relation - C/I Histogram, 54
Relation - Interference, 55
Relation - Statistics, 56
Sector, 51
Summary, 49
Interference List
calculations, 30
resolving signal sources, 13
select measurements, 28
select sectors and data type, 27
K
Keep missing sectors, 36
L
List Comparison
about, 65
Correlation, 67
Scatter, 66
Sector, 69
Summary, 65
List Generation, 26
Co-channel, 34
Interference, 27
Interference Reuse, 39
Intersection, 47
List Merge, 41
Missing Sectors, 37
Normalization, 48
M
Manual Interface Edit, 56
Measurements
overview, 20
Validation, 22
Missing Sectors, 36
Modify correlation settings, 68
Modify neighbor warning thresholds, 72, 74
N
Neighbor Analysis
about, 70
Relations, 73
Sector, 74
Status, 70
Summary, 72
Nokia CF & DAC, 12
R
Radio tab
filtering, 21
S
signal sources, resolution, 14
Signal Strength, 14
T
Trim missing sectors, 36
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