Corrective Action Taken by Airspan Networks since March, 2016

As per frequency joint sweep conducted in March, 2016, it was concluded that southern eastern lowland belt is highly affected b
border. As a long term solution it was recommended by Airspan Networks expert that Nepal Telecom should request to the Rad
1. The temporary stop-gap solution (implemented in EDR region)
To re-optimized the entire network of this region by avoiding to use the WiMAX channels F1 to F5 on BS affected by the extern
re-use F6 channel as much as possible on all affected BS. The downside is it will also start introducing inter WiMAX site interfe
Based on above recommendation, with NTs approval Airspan Networks started to find the least interfered channel in EDR regio
below:
S/n o Anten Fre q Fre q Fre q
Site Name na Interference type Interference type Interference type

1 Aitabare 1 F6 Medium F5 High F4 High

2 Anarmani 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
3 Basantapur NTV 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
4 Biratchowk 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 Medium
5 Biratnagar 1 F6 Medium F5 Medium F4 Medium
6 Biratnagar 2 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
7 Biratnagar 3 F6 Medium F5 High F4 High
8 Birtamod 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 High
9 Birtamod 2 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 High
10 Birtamod 3 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 High
11 Damak 1 F6 No noise F5 No noise F4 No noise
12 Damak 2 F6 No noise F5 Medium/High with F4 High
13 Damak 3 F6 No noise F5 Time
Medium F4 High
14 Damak chowk 1 F6 Medium F5 No noise F4 Medium/High with
15 Damak west 1 F6 No noise F5 No noise F4 Time
No noise
16 Dharan Ghopa Camp 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 Medium
17 Dharan(Bhanuchowk) 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 High
18 Dharan(Bhanuchowk) 2 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 High
19 Dharan(Bhanuchowk) 3 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
20 Dharan(NT) 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 High
21 duhabi 1 F6 Medium F5 High F4 High
22 Fikkal Bazaar 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
23 Ganeshtar 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
24 Hile 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
25 Ilam 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
26 Inaruwa bazar 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 Medium
itahari NT 1 F6
27 No noise F5 No noise F4 No noise

28 itahari NT 3 F6 No noise F5 No noise F4 Medium/High with

29 Itahari tower 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 Time
High
Itarhari NT 2 F5 Medium/High with
30 F6 No noise Time F4 Medium

31 kanchanbari(nobel medical 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High

32 coll)
Pashupatinagar 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
33 pathari 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium/High with F4 No noise
34 Rangeli 1 F6 No noise F5 Time
Medium F4 High
35 Rani 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
36 Tanki 1 F6 No noise F5 High F4 High
37 Tarahara 1 F6 No noise F5 Medium F4 Medium/High with
Traffic chowk BRT 1 F6 Medium/High with Time
Medium/High with
38 Time F5 High F4 Time
39 Traffic chowk BRT 2 F6 Medium F5 High F4 Medium/High with
40 Traffic chowk BRT 3 F6 Medium F5 High F4 Time
High
41 Urlabari(shifted to chatara) 1 F6 Medium F5 No noise F4 Medium
As per above table, the least interfered channel was selected per site, and implemented as per below table:
# Site ID Sector Tx Power Initial (dBm) Tx Power New (dBm) Channel ID Initial
1 Aitabare 1 40 34 F4 - 2317.5
2 Anarmani 1 40 40 F1 - 2302.5
3 Basantapur NTV 1 40 33 F3 - 2312.5
4 Biratchowk 1 37 37 F6 - 2327.5
5 Biratnagar 1 37 37 F1 - 2302.5
6 Biratnagar 2 37 40 F5 - 2322.5
7 Biratnagar 3 37 34 F2 - 2307.5
8 Birtamod 1 37 39 F2 - 2307.5
9 Birtamod 2 37 39 F3 - 2312.5
10 Birtamod 3 37 36 F4 - 2317.5
11 Damak 1 37 38 F1 - 2302.5
12 Damak 2 37 38 F2 - 2307.5
13 Damak 3 37 35 F3 - 2312.5
14 Damak chowk 1 40 40 F4 - 2317.5
15 Damak west 1 40 40 F6 - 2327.5
16 Dhankuta NT 1 40 40 F6 - 2327.5
17 Dharan Ghopa Camp 1 40 38 F2 - 2307.5
18 Dharan(Bhanuchowk) 1 34 39 F1 - 2302.5
19 Dharan(Bhanuchowk) 2 34 37 F6 - 2327.5
20 Dharan(Bhanuchowk) 3 34 35 F5 - 2322.5
21 Dharan(NT) 1 34 37 F4 - 2317.5
22 Dhulabari 1 40 38 F6 - 2327.5
23 duhabi 1 37 33 F3 - 2312.5
24 Fikkal Bazaar 1 40 38 F3 - 2312.5
25 Ganeshtar 1 40 36 F5 - 2322.5
26 Hile 1 40 36 F1 - 2302.5
27 Ilam 1 40 38 F6 - 2327.5
28 Inaruwa bazar 1 40 40 F5 - 2322.5
29 itahari NT 1 40 40 F2 - 2307.5
30 Itarhari NT 2 40 37 F5 - 2322.5
31 itahari NT 3 40 34 F4 - 2317.5
32 Itahari tower 1 40 36 F1 - 2302.5
33 Kakarbhitta 1 40 40 F1 - 2302.5
34 kanchanbari(nobel medical coll) 1 40 35 F2 - 2307.5
35 pathari 1 40 34 F1 - 2302.5
36 Pashupatinagar 1 40 40 F5 - 2322.5
37 Rangeli 1 40 35 F4 - 2317.5
38 Rani 1 37 35 F3 - 2312.5
39 Tanki 1 37 34 F6 - 2327.5
40 Tarahara 1 31 33 F1 - 2302.5
41 Traffic chowk BRT 1 37 37 F4 - 2317.5
42 Traffic chowk BRT 2 37 34 F6 - 2327.5
43 Traffic chowk BRT 3 37 40 F1 - 2302.5
44 Urlabari(shifted to chatara) 1 40 40 F2 - 2307.5
The current status is:
1. The 28 sites with High noise level has been dropped to 4 sites.
2. Number of sites with Low noise level has been increased from 8 to 23.
3. Number of sites with Medium noise level has been increased from 8 to 11.
2. Ganeshtar/Basantapur/Hile Case study:
Regarding High noise in 3 sites Ganeshtar Hile and Basantapur please refer to the initial and new frequency plan, and stop gap
dated March, 2016.
S/NO Site ID Sector Tx Power Initial Tx Power New (dBm) Channel ID Initial Channel ID New
25 Ganeshtar 1 (dBm) 40 36 F5 - 2322.5 F6 - 2327.5
26 Hile 1 40 36 F1 - 2302.5 F6 - 2327.5
We refer to our Temporary stop gap solution (#1)
Since F1-F5 channel was highly interfered in Ganestar, Hile and Basantapur, we tried to reuse F6 in all the affected sites as mu
interference (CPE overshooting) when we keep on re-using the F6 channel, possible ODU interferer could be reporting to eithe
3. Janakpur/Birgunj region
Followed by optimization in EDR region, Airspan Networks concluded that for sites bordering Bihar region there might be possib
these region.
As a part of soft optimization in Janakpur/BIrgunj region, Airspan Networks performed the following activity as per instruction for
a. Rearrangement of mechanical tilt of sector antennas.
b. Inspection and rectification of all of sites for any possible losses Minor improvement was noticed in Interference level.
Conclusion
a. If you check the West region sites bordering Utter Pradesh where LTE has not been deployed, you will notice that there is z
b. Hence For long term solution we request Nepal telecom to acquire additional frequency that dont overlap on the detected 2
h, 2016
wland belt is highly affected by LTE External Interference coming Indian
om should request to the Radio Regulatory body additional Frequency spectrum that do not overlap on the detected 20 MHz LTE signal .

on BS affected by the external LTE interference signal. This would mean to

ucing inter WiMAX site interference using F6 channel. Therefore, careful frequency and preamble planning will have to be performed.
erfered channel in EDR region on April, 2016. Please refer to the table

Fre q Fre q Fre q Interference type

Interference type Interference type Interference type

High F3 High F2 High F1 High

High F3 High F2 High F1 Medium
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
Medium F3 High F2 High F1 Medium
Medium F3 Medium F2 Medium F1 Medium
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 Medium F2 High F1 No noise
High F3 High F2 High F1 No noise
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
No noise F3 No noise F2 Medium F1 No noise
High F3 Medium F2 High F1 Medium
High F3 High F2 High F1 Medium
Medium/High with F3 No noise F2 No noise F1 No noise
Time
No noise F3 High F2 Medium F1 No noise
Medium F3 High F2 Medium F1 Medium
High F3 Medium F2 Medium F1 Medium
High F3 High F2 High F1 Medium
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
Medium F3 Medium F2 High F1 Medium
Medium/High with
No noise F3 Time F2 Medium F1 No noise

Medium/High with F3 Medium F2 Medium/High with F1 High

Time
High F3 High F2 Time
High F1 High
Medium/High with Medium/High with
Medium F3 Time F2 Time F1 Medium

High F3 High F2 High F1 High

High F3 High F2 High F1 High
No noise F3 High F2 High F1 Medium
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
Medium/High with F3 High F2 High F1 High
Time
Medium/High with Medium/High with
Time F3 Time F2 High F1 Medium

Medium/High with F3 Medium F2 High F1 High

Time
High F3 High F2 High F1 High
 Medium F3 No noise F2 No noise F1 Medium

Channel ID New Netspan Noise Lvl before Optimization Noise Lvl after Re-Optimization Claimed frequency
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F1 - 2302.5 Low Low @ day F1
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F5 - 2322.5 Low Medium F5
F2 - 2307.5 Medium Medium F2
F4 - 2317.5 High Low F4
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F3 - 2312.5 High Medium F3
F5 - 2322.5 High Low F5
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F3 - 2312.5 Low Low @ day F3
F1 - 2302.5 High Medium F1
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F5 - 2322.5 High Med @ day F5
F3 - 2312.5 Low Low @ day F3
F2 - 2307.5 Medium Low F2
F4 - 2317.5 High Medium F4
F1 - 2302.5 Medium Medium F1
F5 - 2322.5 Low High F5
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F5 - 2322.5 High Medium F5
F6 - 2327.5 Low Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High High F6
F6 - 2327.5 High High F6
F6 - 2327.5 Low Low F6
F4 - 2317.5 Medium Low @ day F4
F4 - 2317.5 Medium Low F4
F1 - 2302.5 High Low @ day F1
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High High F6
F1 - 2302.5 Medium Medium F1
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High Medium F6
F4 - 2317.5 High Low F4
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F6 - 2327.5 High Low F6
F5 - 2322.5 High Medium F5
F3 - 2312.5 Medium Medium F3
F6 - 2327.5 Medium Low F6
F1 - 2302.5 High Low F1
F2 - 2307.5 Low Low F2

frequency plan, and stop gap recommendation from Airspan Networks

 Channel ID New Netspan Noise Lvl before Noise Lvl after Re- Optimization
F6 - 2327.5 Optimization High High
F6 - 2327.5 High High

n all the affected sites as much as possible. This is a case of internal

er could be reporting to either Hile or Basantapur NTV BS.

region there might be possible interference coming from Bihar in

g activity as per instruction form RF planners:

ed in Interference level.

you will notice that there is zero interference shown in Netspan.

ont overlap on the detected 20MHz LTE signal.
etected 20 MHz LTE signal .

ill have to be performed.

2
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Current Frequency assigned in netspan Noise Impact
F6 Low but Pattern observed
F1 Medium, restarts often
F6 Low
F1 High
F2 High
F6 Low
F6 Low
F3 medium
F1 Low
F6 Low
F3 Low but pattern observed
F1 Medium but pattern observed
F6 Low
F5 Low but pattern observed
F3 Medium but pattern observed
F6 Low
F4 Medium
F1 Medium
F5 High
F6 Low
F5 High
F6 Low
F6 Low
F6 Low
F6 High
F5 High
F6 Low
F4 Medium
F4 Low
F6 Low
F6 High
F1 Medium
F1 Medium
F6 Low
F6 Medium but pattern observed
F4 Medium but pattern observed
F6 Low
F6 Low
F6 Low
F5 Medium but pattern observed
F1 Medium
F6 Low
F6 Low
F2 Medium but pattern observed