WCDMA Adjacency Optimization

NetAct Optimizer 3.0 for WCDMA

WCDMA Adjacency Optimisation

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Module Objectives

At the end of this module the trainee should be able to:

• Delete all types of WCDMA adjacencies
• Create adjacencies

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WCDMA Adjacency Optimisation

• Deleting adjacencies
• Creating ADJS based on DSR
• Creating ADJS, ADJG and ADJI based on rotations
– creating the plans for candidate rotations
– creating the final plan for adjacency creation

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Adjacency Optimisation Prerequisites

• Invalid adjacencies fixed

• Antennas defined for every cell
• Optional: Mandatory and forbidden constraints have been created
• KPIs available

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Using Automatic Definition of Neighbouring Cells

This feature is used with the help of the NetAct optimiser optional feature (automatic
adjacency optimisation). In the optimiser, there is a special work space, from which the user
is able to launch the automatic definition of neighbouring cells. The UI enables the user to set
all the needed parameters for completing the task.. The optimiser uses the new RAN
handover statistics (intra-frequency (1013 Autodef SHO), inter-frequency (1014 Autodef
IFHO), inter-system (1015 Autodef ISHO) handover statistics) collected by the RAN, in order
to measure the performance for adjacencies in the optimisation scope. On the RAN side this
feature operates like any other feature in the RAN. Needed RAN performance measurements
operate similarly as other RAN performance measurements. These are managed by using the
RNC Element Manager GUI application in RAN05.1 or the NetAct Administration of
Measurements application.

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Starting Adjacency Optimization Tool 1

• Check the KPI date and summarisation level

• Select target objects from the Navigator, Map, Browser or a scope

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Starting Adjacency Optimization Tool 2

• ADJW should be selected for bidirectional optimization with ADJGs

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Summary Table

• Check the summary for the scope

• WCDMA Cells and All Adjacencies can be checked also

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Rules

• Rules can be used to

– Make existing adjacencies consistent with constraints
– Create all missing intra-site adjacencies
– Make all unidirectional adjacencies bidirectional (requires “Use bidirectional
optimization” activated in “Common” tab)

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Common Options

• Bidirectional deletion of an adjacency requires ONE bad value in both

directions
• Changes between Scope and buffer must be enabled if ADJWs need
to be deleted and BSCs are not in scope

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Deletion Options

• Deleting outgoing
adjacencies to foreign target
cells can be allowed
• It is recommended not to
delete adjacencies to the
same site cells
• Adjacencies without
measurements will have 0
values for KPIs and are
deleted if selected
• It is recommended to delete
and create separately ->
Switch off the tick box in
creation
• Set/check common options
for all adjacency types and
individual options per type

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ADJS Deletion Parameters

• KPI need to be selected before the threshold can be modified
• With multiple selections an adjacency is deleted if value is bad

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ADJG Deletion Parameters

• Bidirectional deletion requires at least one bad value in both directions

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ADJW Deletion Parameters

• To delete ADJWs together with ADJGs that have bad KPI values
– Define zero (0) value for Theta Angle
– Use bidirectional optimization (in Common tab)
– Changes enabled between scope and buffer (in Common tab)
• Note: Uni-directional ADJWs are also deleted in this case

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ADJI Deletion Parameters

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Adjacency Deletion

• Start optimization

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Info on Deleted

• Info column shows the deletion reason

• KPI values available if specific Adjacency Types are selected

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Saving the Results

• The results must be saved to the plan

• Save is possible only
– to the plan that was open when
Adjacency Optimization started
– to a new plan that is created
after pressing Save
• After the save the results can be
listed to Browser or shown
on the Map

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Exercise

• Check and set Common parameters

• Set Deletion parameters and start the optimisation
– Change parameters if needed and run optimisation again
• Save the results into your plan

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WCDMA Adjacency Optimisation

• Deleting adjacencies
• Creating ADJS based on DSR
• Creating ADJS, ADJG and ADJI based on rotations
– creating the plans for candidate rotations
– creating the final plan for adjacency creation

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Additional Prerequisites for Creation

• Templates and template assignment rules exist

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Creating ADJS based on DSR (1/4)

• The licenses for the measurements needs to be in place first

( RAN189, RAN1189, RAN1191 and RAN1245)
• FMCS Object needs to be modified (DSRepBasedSHO should
be set as 1 or 2)
• Autodef SHO and Autodef SHO DSR needs to be started by
using the Administration of Measurements tool
• All ADJDs needs to be deleted manually prior the creation of
ADJSs

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Creating ADJS based on DSR (2/4)

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Creating ADJS based on DSR (3/4)

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Creating ADJS based on DSR (4/4)

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WCDMA Adjacency Optimisation

• Deleting adjacencies
• Creating ADJS based on DSR
• Creating ADJS, ADJG and ADJI based on rotations
– creating the plans for candidate rotations
– creating the final plan for adjacency creation

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Creating ADJS, ADJI and ADJG using rotation (1/6)

• Only existing ADJS, ADJG, and ADJI adjacencies can be measured
• Candidate adjacencies must be created to the network
• Maximum list length limitations must be obeyed
– Only part of the possible candidates can be created at once
• To measure all possibilities the candidates have to be rotated
• In each rotation new candidates are created and old ones deleted
• Example:
– Three days of measurements
– 3 rotation plans, each one provisioned in the night
– The 4th plan deletes the candidates of the last rotation

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Creating ADJS, ADJI and ADJG using rotation (2/6)

• Optimizer will not create candidates for a cell if

– The adjacency lists are already full
– The maximum number of WCDMA adjacencies is reached
– Allowing collisions is NOT enabled and
▪ There are existing Scrambling Code collisions
▪ There are existing BCCH or BCCH-BSIC collisions
▪ New candidates would cause collisions
• Deletion plan could be implemented before starting the rotations
• There cannot be a deleted adjacency in plan without actual adjacency object in
CM database
– Because of this earlier plans must always be provisioned before the next rotation plan is
exported from Optimizer DB to CM DB
• If the traffic in the NW is low the KPI coverage may not be very high after just one
day of rotations

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Creating ADJS, ADJI and ADJG using rotation (3/6)

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Creating ADJS, ADJI and ADJG using rotation (4/6)

• Do NOT select Use Bidirectional Optimisation

• Select Enable Changes between Scope and Buffer
• Check the maximum List Lengths
• Verify that nothing is selected in Deletion
• Go to Creation tab

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Creating ADJS, ADJI and ADJG using rotation (5/6)

• Recommended: Do NOT enable creating collisions

• Enable Include deleted adjacencies into rotation list
• Select #of measurement days+1 for Maximum number of plans in rotation
process

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Creating ADJS, ADJI and ADJG using rotation (6/6)

• Maximum pool list length is the maximum amount of adjacencies which

are rotated
• Pool Creation Threshold value is the Priority value (Distance, Theta)
• Rotation Slot Length is the maximum number of candidates per cell for
each rotation plan

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Save the Create Rotation Plans

• When the optimisation results are
saved the rotation plans are created
automatically

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Example Creation Workflow

1. Optional: Check the template assignment rules and the availability of templates
2. Optional: Run SCA tool and fix existing collisions and/or increase reuse distance
3. Start Adjacency Optimisation
4. Create and save a candidate adjacency pool and 4+1 rotation plans
5. Close Adjacency Optimization
6. Rotation cycle (3 times)
A. Export the (first / next / last) rotation plan to CM database
B. Provision the rotation plan the night before the measurements
C. Wait until the measurements stop for the day
D. Go to A until 3rd round.
7. Export and provision the last plan that deletes the candidates of the last rotation
from the network
8. Start Adjacency Optimisation
9. Create the final plan for ADJS/ ADJG/ADJI adjacency creation
10. Export the final plan to CM DB and provision it to the network

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Cell Specific Results

• Results are shown for the first rotation plan

• ADJSs List Length = Actual ADJSs + Created ADJSs

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WCDMA Adjacency Optimisation

• Deleting adjacencies
• Creating ADJS based on DSR
• Creating ADJS, ADJG and ADJI based on rotations
– creating the plans for candidate rotations
– creating the final plan for adjacency creation

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Starting the Tool

• Select the weekly level KPI and a date from the week when you collected
the measurements
• Close all plans and start Adjacency Optimisation

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ADJS Parameters for the Final Plan

• Distance may be limited to avoid creating adjacencies to distant cells

• ADJS parameters
• Any combination
of KPIs may be
selected
• With multiple KPI
selections ALL
values must be
good to create a
new adjacency

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ADJG Parameters for the Final Plan

• Select Use Bidirectional Optimisation (in the Common tab) to get ADJWs

• Any combination
of KPIs may be
selected
• With multiple KPI
selections ALL
values must be
good to create a
new adjacency

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ADJI Parameters for the Final Plan

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Results

• View the results

• Modify parameters and run again until the result is good

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Save and Check

• Save to a new plan

• View the results in

Browser and on Map

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Visualize the Results

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Document change history

Date Version Name Change comment

15.9.2010 1.0 PLe First version for Optimizer 3.0

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