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Lte Planning with Atoll
Alfin Hikmaturokhman.,MT
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RF Planning Tools
Asset Aircomm
Netact
Tornado
Planet Ev / Mentum Planet
Atoll
U-net
TCP (Tems Cell Planner)
ZXPOS CNS
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Atoll General Concepts
 Multi-technology tool
 2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE), 3G (W-CDMA/UMTS HSPA, CDMA2000
1xRTT 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA), 4G (LTE), WiMAX 802.16d and
802.16e, microwave links
 Open, scalable and flexible architecture
 Largest third-party product offering available on the

market
 Dynamic simulators, propagation models, etc.
 Ergonomic and user-friendly GUI

 Windows-based tool
 Copy/paste and export/import of radio/geo data in/from standard
applications
 Flexibility in data management

 Display, sorts, filters
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LTE Workflow in Atoll
Open an existing project or
create a new one
Network configuration
- Add network elements
- Change parameters
Basic predictions
(Best server, signal level)
Automatic or manual neighbour allocation
Automatic or manual frequency planning
Automatic or manual physical cell ID planning
Traffic maps
Monte-Carlo User-defined
And/or
simulations values
Cell load
Subscriber lists
conditions
Signal quality and

throughput predictions
Frequency plan Prediction study
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Atoll Project
As in any RF tool, the following information
is needed to create a project in Atoll.
 Geodata
 FDD or TDD
 Spectrum: frequency band and channel
bandwidth
 Propagation Model
 Site, Cell, Transmitter info
 Bearer info
 Other LTE Parameters
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Launch Atool & User Interface
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Get Started
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Setting Project Area
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Import Map
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Import Raster Map
Generally the following

data maps need to be
imported in Atoll:
heights (map of the
altitude above sea level),
clutter classes (type of
land used) and vectors
(vector maps).
The import order is
optional. For this
document, the order is
heights->clutter-
>vectors.
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Import Clutter Data
Click File->Import, open the index.txt file for
clutter data, select Clutter Classes, click OK.
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Import DTM Data
Click File->Import, open the index.txt file for
DTM data, select Altitudes, click OK.
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Vector
index ->
Vectors
Antenna Patterns
Antenna patterns can be imported into Atoll, or manually
added.
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Set Antenna
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Horizontal and Vertical Patern
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Input Lte PARAMETER
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Import Sites Table
In Atoll, for each eNodeB a site and transmitters are defined. The site info refers to the
physical location of the site, and transmitter info refers to cell configuration including
antenna.
In Sites table, the site name, longitude and latitude are given. The following is a site
template in .csv format.
Make sure the column for Altitude is blank. When the file is imported into Atoll, the site altitude
info will be updated automatically based on DTM data.
Keep Altitude column blank
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 Under Network tab of the “Explorer” window, double

clicking on the “Sites” folder (or right clicking on the “Sites”
folder and select “Open Table”) will open the “Sites” table,
as shown in the following figure
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Transmitters parameters setting
 Double click on the “Transmitters” folder in Network tab (or

right click on “Transmitters” and select “Open Table”) to
open the “Transmitters” table, as shown in the following
figure.
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Add new sites
 The steps for importing the network data into Atoll have
been introduced above. Atoll also provides another method
to add new sites directly in the Map Window.
 Atoll adds the corresponding information into the data

sheets
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Add a group of sites
 Click on the Atoll toolbar button, then a polygonal symbol
will be added behind the cursor. Then draw a polygon in the
Map Window to add a new group of sites inside the selected
region.
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Set the propagation model for each transmitter
 Open the “Transmitters” tab and select the propagation

model in pull-down menu of the “Main propagation
model” field
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Atoll integrates many propagation
models including Okuruma-Hata,
Cost-Hata, SPM (Standard
Propagation Model), ITU370, ITU526,
ITU 529, Longley-Rice, Erceg-
Greenstein (SUI), Sakagami Extended
(3.5 GHz) and WLL models.
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 If all transmitters use the same propagation
model, then the quickest way is to define the
model in the “Transmitters properties” dialog
box. In the “Propagation” tab, select the
propagation model.
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Frequency Bands setting
 Under Parameters tab, click ->Network Settings-> Bands to

open the table for band and channel definition.
 Make sure the required spectrum is defined correctly. If it is
not defined, It can be added in the table manually
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Cells Table
 To open the “Cells table”, right click on
“Transmitters” in the Network tab and select
“Cells->Open Table”, as seen in the following
figure.
 The cells for a site can be added only after the
transmitter info is available in Atoll
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 In Atoll, Cell represents a channel/carrier and its

property, so it’s possible for user to configure a
LTE network with multicarrier.
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TMA
Click Parameters tab ->Radio Network Equipment->TMA
Equipment to open the table for TMA definition.
All TMAs used in the project should be defined here.
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Feeders
Click Parameters tab ->Radio Network Equipment-> Feeders to
open the table for feeder definition.
All feeders used in the project should be defined here.
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eNodeB
Under Data tab, click Parameters tab ->Radio Network Equipment ->
Transmitter to open the table for eNodeB definition.
All types of eNodeB used in the project should be defined here.
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MIMO Settings
 Atoll allows users setting parameters related to
MIMO according to their requirement to simulate
MIMO technology.
 In Parameters-> Network Settings -> Reception
Equipment -> Default Cell Equipment/Default UE
Equipment.
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Contd..
 Right click on Transmitter folder in Network tab
and select Open Table to set the number of
reception/transmission antennas for MIMO
transmitter as seen in below figure.
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 In Parameters -> LTE Parameters ->Terminals to
set Antenna Diversity Support as MIMO for
terminal using MIMO,
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 Right click on Transmitter folder in Network tab
and select “Open Table” to set UL/DL diversity
support types for cell using MIMO
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c c v
v v c
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ICIC Settings
 ICIC (inter-cell interference coordination) configurations
define the numbers of frequency blocks available in the
ICIC parts of the frames when a cell uses static downlink or
uplink ICIC
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v v
c c
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Smart Antenna Settings
 Open the properties dialogue of smart antenna models
(Parameters tab -> Radio Network Equipment -> Smart
Antenna Models) to check the number of elements and
single element pattern has been defined.
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In Transmitter table, select Smart
Antenna Equipment for each sector
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 Enable AAS capability on both sector side and
terminal side.
 Cells table:
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Terminal properties:
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Coverage Predictions
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Setting the Computation Zone
 If there is no computation zone defined, the

pathloss matrices for all transmitters will be
calculated, based on the calculation radius and
the signal threshold.
 If the user wants to calculate the pathloss
matrices only for a specific region, a Computation
Zone can either be imported or directly drawn in
the Map Window.
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Define Zones
To define a Computation zone, click the zone->Draw, an draw the polygon on
the maps. It can also be imported. The defined zone can be deleted, edited,
and exported if desired.
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Create New Prediction
To create a new prediction, click Predictions->New, select the desired prediction
study and click OK.
The new study is added in the Predictions folder. Click the new study->
Calculate, the prediction should be performed. Check the box on the left of the
study to show the results.
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Neighbours Allocation
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Manually Allocation Feature
 Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in the

Network tab and select “Neighbours-> Intra
Technology Neighbours”.
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 In the appeared table, fill with the neighbours list.
 Click on the toolbar icon and the select one transmitter on the
Map Window. The neighboring relations of this transmitter will be
displayed graphically, as shown in the following figure.
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Masukan neighbour site 129_1,
129_2, 129_3
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Automatically Allocation

Network tab and select “Neighbours-> Intra
Neighbours-> Automatically Allocation…”.
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 The automatic allocation results will be displayed
in the same dialog box. According to the results,
the user may choose to commit the automatic
neighbour allocation list by clicking on the
“Commit” button.
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Automatic Frequency Allocation

Network tab and select “AFP->Automatic Freq
Allocation”.
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 Click on Calculate button in the bottom of dialog
box to start the frequency allocation. The
allocation result will displayed in the same dialog
box, the result could be committed to the cells
table by clicking on Commit button.
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contd
 Open the Cells table to check the updated the
Channel Allocation Status will be automatically
changed to Allocated
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Physical Cell ID Allocation
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Manual PCI Allocation
Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in

the Network tab and select “Cells->Open
Table”, input the PCI in the Physical Cell
ID column as below
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Automatic PCI Allocation
Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in
the Network tab and select “Cells-
>Physical Cell IDs->Automatic Allocation
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Channel Search Tool
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Physical Cell ID Search Tool
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PCI Allocation Audit
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Traffic model
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 In Traffic Parameters folder of the Parameter tab,
user may define The LTE traffic model including:
“Environments”, “User profiles”, “Terminals”,
“Mobility Types” and “Services”.
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Services
 By default, Atoll provides 4 kinds of service
types. Double clicking on the “VoIP” type will
open the “VoIP properties” dialog box
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Mobility Types
 Atoll provides by default 4 Mobility Types (the
name depends of the speed). Double clicking on
the “Pedestrian” mobility opens the “Pedestrian
properties” dialog box.
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Terminals
 Atoll provides 2 kinds of Terminals by default.
Double click on “MIMO Terminal” and open the
“MIMO Terminal” properties dialog box.
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User profile
 Atoll provides by default 2 kinds of user profiles.
Double click one “Business User” to open the
open the “Business User properties” dialog box.
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Environments
 Atoll provides by default 4 kinds of Environments
(classify by clutter name). Double click on “Dense
Urban” and open the “Dense Urban properties”
dialog box
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Creating Traffic Maps
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Traffic maps
 Atoll provides 3 different types of methods (10 methods in all) to
create the traffic maps.
 1, User profiles traffic map

（1） User profile environments
（2） User profile densities
 2, Traffic maps per sector
（1） Throughputs in uplink and downlink
（2） Total number of users (all activity statuses)
（3） Number of users per activity status
 3, Traffic maps per user density (No. Users/km2)
（1） All activity statuses
（2） Active in uplink and downlink
（3） Active in uplink
（4） Active in downlink
（5） Inactive
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User profile environments
 Right click on “Traffic” in the “Geo tab” and select
“New map”, as seen in the following figure.
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Contd..
This kind of traffic map can be drawn
manually
1) Draw manually
(1) In the “New Traffic Map” dialog box,
select “User profile environments” and
click on “Create”
(2) Atoll will display the “Environment map
editor” on the top of the Map Window.
(3) In the “Environment map editor”, the
user can choose one kind of environment,
like “Suburban”
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Contd..
 Then click on the button to draw a polygon in the desired area

corresponding to a “Dense Urban” environment, as shown in the
following figure.
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 With the same method draw the “Suburban” zone
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User profile densities
This kind of traffic map may also be drawn
manually or imported from external files.
The drawing method is the same as the
method introduced for the traffic map
“User profile environments”.
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Sector traffic map
Traffic map per sector can be either generated
by input data manually or imported from
external files. Before generating this kind of
traffic map, the Coverage by transmitters
prediction must be made.
As shown in the following figure, the input
parameters for each serving cell and each
service can be:
throughputs in uplink and downlink
total number of users (all activity statuses)
number of users per activity status
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 Input the data manually

(1). Copy the LTE_Traffic.xls.
(2) Select “Throughputs in uplink and downlink” in the “Create a
traffic map” dialog box and then click on the “Create Map”
button.
(3) In the appeared “Map per sector” dialog box paste the traffic
values, as shown in the following figure. 82
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User density traffic map (no. of user/km2)
 User density traffic map provides the number of

connected users per unit surface, i.e., the density
of users, as input. It can be either the density of
users per activity status or the density of users
including all activity statuses. Atoll provides the
following type of traffic map per user density:
 All Activity Statuses
 Active in Uplink:
 Active in Downlink
 Active in Uplink and Downlink
 Inactive
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 Right click on “Traffic” in the “Explorer/ Geo” tab, select
“New Map”.
 In the appeared dialog box select “User density traffic map”
with “All activity statuses” and then click on the “Create
Map” button.
 The “User density traffic map properties” window will
appear, as shown in the following figure
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 Then define the distributions for Terminals, Mobilities,
Services and Clutter. In the “Display” tab, the color of the
traffic map can be defined.
 After clicking OK, a Map per density of users 1 will be
added under Traffic folder in Geo/Explorer.
 Right click on it and select “Edit”, the vector editor function
will be activated and then the "New Polygon” feature can be
used for drawing a new Traffic region in the Map Window.
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The original density is 0, double click on
the Traffic region and in the appeared
dialog box define the corresponding Traffic
Density.
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Subscriber list
 In LTE project, user may generate a Subscriber
list for fixed users used in Monte Carlo
simulation.
 Input a Subscriber list
Right click on Subscribers in Network tab and
select “New List…” in the context menu
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 In the appeared Subscriber list properties dialog
box input the name of the Subscriber list, like
Subscriber List 0 as below, then click OK.
 The cursor will automatically turn into a , left

click on the map to add a fixed subscriber as
shown in below figure
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Calculate Subscriber List
 In Network -> Subscribers folder, right click on
the Subscriber list which needs to calculate and
select Calculations->Automatic Server Allocation
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Run a Monte Carlo Simulation
 After the establishment of traffic map or
subscribers list, the Monte Carlo simulation can
be calculated
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 The simulation results are available in the LTE
simulations folder. Double clicking on a
simulation opens the simulation properties dialog
box with the simulation report.
 The simulation report is composed with 5 tabs,
“Statistics”, “Sites”, “Cells”, “Mobiles”, and “Initial
Conditions”.
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Point Analysis function
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 Atoll provides a point analysis window to analyze
the network performance.
 Clicking on the toolbar icon or selecting “View-
>Point analysis”, opens the analysis window. The
cursor turns into a circle representing the
receiver. Put the receiver on the Map Window, as
shown in the following figure.
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Profile
In the “Profile” tab, the user may analyze
the terrain profile between the transmitter
and the receiver, the received signal level,
the link budget and other information.
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Reception
 In the “Reception” tab, the received signal level
values for the strongest transmitters are given
with bars, link between receiver and these
transmitters shows on the Map window.
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Interference
In the “Interference” tab, user may
analyze the noises around the location of
the receiver
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http://sinauonline.org and http://rfoptimisation.blogspot.com/ 1

 Largest third-party product offering available on the

 Ergonomic and user-friendly GUI

 Flexibility in data management

Automatic or manual neighbour allocation

Automatic or manual frequency planning

Automatic or manual physical cell ID planning

Signal quality and

Generally the following

Keep Altitude column blank

 Under Network tab of the “Explorer” window, double

 Double click on the “Transmitters” folder in Network tab (or

 Atoll adds the corresponding information into the data

 Open the “Transmitters” tab and select the propagation

 Under Parameters tab, click ->Network Settings-> Bands to

 In Atoll, Cell represents a channel/carrier and its

 If there is no computation zone defined, the

 Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in the

 Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in the

 Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in the

Right click on the “Transmitters” folder in

 1, User profiles traffic map

 Then click on the button to draw a polygon in the desired area

 Input the data manually

 User density traffic map provides the number of

 The cursor will automatically turn into a , left

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