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Table of Content ............................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 About Nastar GSM............................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Main Functions................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.3 System Architecture and Networking Diagram.................................................................. 2-2 2.3.1 System Architecture ................................................................................................ 2-2 2.3.2 Networking Diagram................................................................................................ 2-3 Chapter 3 System Installation ...................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Installation Requirements .................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 SQL Server Installation...................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Program Installation........................................................................................................... 3-5 3.4 Installation of MSDE and Genex Shared Package.......................................................... 3-10 3.4.1 Installation of Genex Shared Package.................................................................. 3-10 3.4.2 Installation of MSDE.............................................................................................. 3-14 3.5 About Update ................................................................................................................... 3-15 Chapter 4 Project Management.................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Summary............................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.1 Online Mode ............................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.2 Project and Its Management ................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Operations of Project Management................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.1 Open Project ........................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.2 Project Switch.......................................................................................................... 4-3 4.2.3 New Project ............................................................................................................. 4-3 4.2.4 Modify Project.......................................................................................................... 4-4 4.2.5 Delete Project.......................................................................................................... 4-5 Chapter 5 Network Optimization.................................................................................................. 5-1 5.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Data Import ........................................................................................................................ 5-1 5.2.1 Import Engineering Parameter ................................................................................ 5-1 5.2.2 Import Configuration Data ....................................................................................... 5-5 5.2.3 Import Neighbor Cell of Each Manufacturer............................................................ 5-9 5.2.4 Import Standard Format Neighbor Cell ................................................................. 5-10 5.3 Export Data ...................................................................................................................... 5-12 5.3.1 Export Engineering Parameter.............................................................................. 5-12 5.3.2 Export Configuration Parameter............................................................................ 5-13 5.3.3 Export Cell Neighborhood ..................................................................................... 5-13 5.3.4 Generating Huawei Engineering Parameter Table ............................................... 5-15
5.4 Engineering Parameter Backup....................................................................................... 5-15 5.4.1 Upload Engineering Parameter............................................................................. 5-15 5.4.2 Download Engineer Parameter ............................................................................. 5-16 5.5 RNP Parameter Rationality Check .................................................................................. 5-16 5.6 Network Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 5-18 5.6.1 Create New Site .................................................................................................... 5-18 5.6.2 Edit Site ................................................................................................................. 5-19 5.6.3 Move Site .............................................................................................................. 5-19 5.6.4 Delete Site............................................................................................................. 5-20 5.6.5 Delete Cell............................................................................................................. 5-20 5.7 Frequency Analysis ......................................................................................................... 5-21 5.7.2 Challel check ......................................................................................................... 5-21 5.7.3 The meaning of CI (cell identify) ........................................................................... 5-23 5.7.4 Co-channel and co-BSIC check ............................................................................ 5-25 5.7.5 Idle frequency check ............................................................................................. 5-26 5.7.6 Frequency Optimizaiton Check ............................................................................. 5-28 5.8 Adjacent Cell Analysis ..................................................................................................... 5-30 5.8.1 Adjacent Cell Relation Maintenance and Automatic Planning.............................. 5-30 5.8.2 Simulative Cell Coverage...................................................................................... 5-38 5.8.3 Import Standard Adjacent Cell Relations .............................................................. 5-40 5.8.4 Export or Clear Adjacent Cell Relations................................................................ 5-42 5.8.5 Data Comparing and Backup ................................................................................ 5-45 5.9 Geographical Display....................................................................................................... 5-48 5.9.1 Display Site View .................................................................................................. 5-48 5.9.2 Change Display Setting......................................................................................... 5-62 5.9.3 Render Project Parameters................................................................................... 5-71 5.10 Maintain Project Parameters ......................................................................................... 5-73 5.10.1 Modify Project Parameters.................................................................................. 5-73 Chapter 6 Traffic Statistics Preparation...................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 6-1 6.2 StatTrans ........................................................................................................................... 6-1 6.3 TransData .......................................................................................................................... 6-2 6.3.1 Start SQL Server ..................................................................................................... 6-2 6.3.2 Data Preparation ..................................................................................................... 6-3 6.3.3 Use TransData ........................................................................................................ 6-3 6.4 GENEX Nastar GSM ....................................................................................................... 6-13 6.4.1 Synchronization of Server Data ............................................................................ 6-13 6.4.2 Public Time Settings ............................................................................................. 6-14 6.4.3 Cell Group Management ....................................................................................... 6-15 Chapter 7 Statistic Data Analysis ................................................................................................ 7-1 7.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 7-1 7.2 Result Analysis .................................................................................................................. 7-1
Chapter 8 Traffic Statistics........................................................................................................... 8-1 8.1 Template Introduction ........................................................................................................ 8-1 8.2 Basic Operation ................................................................................................................. 8-7 8.3 Advanced Operation ........................................................................................................ 8-10 8.3.1 One Week Trend of Cells KPI Stat....................................................................... 8-10 8.3.2 User-defined Cell Filter ......................................................................................... 8-12 8.3.3 TOPN Cell Analysis............................................................................................... 8-13 8.3.4 Cell KPIs Trend Chart ........................................................................................... 8-15 8.3.5 Daily Cell Capability Analysis................................................................................ 8-17 8.3.6 Cell KPI Hourly Statistic ........................................................................................ 8-19 8.3.7 Cell Access Analysis (Special task of Huawei) ..................................................... 8-21 8.3.8 Outgoing Intercell Handover Analysis (Special task of Huawei)........................... 8-22 8.3.9 TRX Level /Qual./TA/link Balance Analysis(Special task of Huawei) ................... 8-24 8.3.10 SDCCH/TCH Call drop analysis (Special task of Huawei) ................................. 8-25 8.3.11 BSC-level KPI Analysis (Special task of Huawei) ............................................ 8-27 8.3.12 Redundant Neighbors Analysis........................................................................... 8-28 8.3.13 Missing Neighbors Analysis ................................................................................ 8-29 8.3.14 Set Time Period Define Page ........................................................................... 8-30 8.3.15 Set public Object Define Page.......................................................................... 8-31 8.3.16 Set special Object Define Page ........................................................................ 8-31 8.3.17 Set the SQL Syntax Interface ........................................................................... 8-33 8.3.18 Set the Color Interval .......................................................................................... 8-35 8.3.19 Execute the Pre-defined SQL Command............................................................ 8-36 8.3.20 Use the User-defined Preprocessing Command Macro ..................................... 8-38 8.3.21 Multi-view Setting ................................................................................................ 8-39 8.3.22 Fast Drawing ....................................................................................................... 8-41 8.3.23 Association of Data Table and Site View ............................................................ 8-42 8.3.24 Outgoing Cell Setting .......................................................................................... 8-42 8.3.25 Geographical Color Setting of Traffic Statistic .................................................... 8-44 Chapter 9 Network Daily Monitoring Report............................................................................... 9-1 9.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 9-1 9.2 Daily report......................................................................................................................... 9-1 9.3 Weekly report..................................................................................................................... 9-6 9.4 Semimonthly report.......................................................................................................... 9-12 9.5 Monthly report .................................................................................................................. 9-17 9.6 Carrier report.................................................................................................................... 9-20 9.7 Health Examination Report.............................................................................................. 9-22 9.8 Network Quality Report.................................................................................................... 9-24 9.9 Network Monitoring Report .............................................................................................. 9-26 Chapter 10 FAQ ............................................................................................................................. 4-1 10.1 Problem Caused by Uninstalling Old Version.................................................................. 4-1 10.2 Problem of Continuing to Use Data from Old Version ..................................................... 4-1
10.3 Problems Concerning License......................................................................................... 4-6 10.4 FAQs Concerning Engineering parameter Comparison, Backup and Recovery ............ 4-8 10.5 How to Identify of Cell Symbol Meaning........................................................................ 4-10 10.6 Lack of Corresponding Neighborhood of Selected Cells............................................... 4-10 10.7 Switching between Network Optimization Operation and Ordinary Map Operation...... 4-11 10.8 Transformation from tab File to Map File....................................................................... 4-13 10.9 How to Upgrade Traffic Statistics Query Task in the Old Database After Installation of the New Version?................................................................................................................... 4-14 10.10 Why Cant the Program be Started Normally after Installation of Nastar GSM2.2 Hard Dongle Version? .................................................................................................................... 4-14 10.11 How to Analyze the Results Imported by Nastar GSM Version 2.21 by means of Nastar GSM Version 2.22?................................................................................................................ 4-14 10.12 Why Can MSDE Not Be Installed Normally?............................................................... 4-15 10.13 Why Can Not Export Engineering Parameter ?........................................................... 4-15 Chapter 11 Appendix..................................................................................................................... 5-1 11.1 Table of Engineering parameters .................................................................................... 5-1 11.2 Shortcut Keys................................................................................................................... 5-3 11.3 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 5-4
Chapter 2 Overview
2.1 About Nastar GSM
Developed independently by Huawei, Nastar GSM Edition is a network planning, and optimization software applicable to GSM BSS 900/1800 systems. Nastar GSM Edition uses OMC-R traffic statistics, configuration data, and engineering parameters to analyze GSM BSS network deeply and completely. Its functions include network planning, performance analysis, in addition to geographical and multi-view displays. Nastar GSM Edition provides common interface of traffic statistics and configuration parameters. Traffic statistical and configuration data of different vendor can be imported into database through common interface. Nastar GSM Edition supports a dynamic import of Huawei BSC traffic statistics, and a simultaneous analysis of multi-BSC. As a software application for commercial use, Nastar GSM Edition is intended for network maintenance engineers and network optimization engineers. You must have an authorized license to use this software.
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Analyzing network optimization views; Customizing network optimization tasks; Automatically executing tasks and task alarms; Associated display of equipment alarms and analysis; Importing and exporting tasks; Associated display of varied task results and node views; Selecting cell clusters from the node view and performing reverse query of traffic statistics; Instant display of traffic statistical task results through line, column, and pie charts; simultaneous display of double Y axis and multi indices; supports 2D and 3D images; Exporting queried results in Excel (*.xls) format.
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II. Client/Server
A client can be an ordinary PC. The hardware at the server, as is recommended, should preferably be a server, but an ordinary PC is also acceptable. A client and a server can interconnect over TCP/IP in a simple LAN mode. SQL SERVER is not needed at the client. Instead, it is required at the server. Traffic statistical and configuration data are imported to SQL SERVER database in the server by TransData. The engineering parameters are stored in the client.
III. If dynamic import is necessary, the coordination of Huawei BSC BAM and network connection is required.
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Table 3-2 Client configuration Hardware Requirement CPU RAM Hard disk Accessory P4/2.8GHz or faster 512MB 80 GB CDROM / Network adaptor / 17 LCD Recommended
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Click Install Database Server, and the installation program will prepare to install SQL Server. In the Welcome window, click Next.
Figure 3-2 Select an installation type 4) In the Computer Name dialog box, the Local computer option is set by default, and a local computer name displays in the Edit box. Click Next. For a remote installation, click the Remote computer option, Type a computer name, or click Browse to select a remote computer. If a cluster has been detected, the "Virtual server" item is the option by default. 5) In the Installation Selection dialog box, click Create a new installation of SQL Server or install client tools option. Click Next. Follow the instructions as specified in the user information, the user license agreement and guidance lines, and then: 6) In the Installation Definition dialog box, click Server and Client Tools option, and click Next. In the Instance Name dialog box, if the Default checkbox is available, install the default instance or naming instance. If the Default checkbox is unavailable, the default instance has already been installed. Just install a naming instance.
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To install the default instance: select the Default checkbox, and click Next. To install a naming instance: clear the Default checkbox, and type a new naming instance in the instance name edit box. Click Next. 7) In the Installation type dialog box, you can choose one of three options: Typical, Minimum, and Custom. Select Custom if you want to select components and sub-components, modify the character set, network database, or other settings, and click Next. 8) In Services Accounts dialog box, you can choose to either Use the same account for each service or to Customize the setting for each service to set logon user name and password. Under Service Setting list box select: Use the local system account - or - Use a domain user account (binding SQL Server service). The former option is recommended (Figure 3-3). Click Next to open the Authentication Mode dialog box.
Figure 3-3 Services Accounts setting dialog For information about services accounts, refer to the "Service Account" section of SQL Server 2000. 9) The Authentication Mode dialog box includes two options: Windows Authentication Mode and Mixed Mode.
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In the first option, the server side must authenticate the client side in the Users and Passwords settings in Windows Control Panel, a choice that may unnecessarily prolong the procedure. The second option is faster: it only requires the client side to type user name and password to access the server (Figure 3-4).
Figure 3-4 Authentication Mode setting dialog 10) In the Installation Completed dialog, click Yes, I want to restart my computer now option, and click Finish.
Note: During the setup, note that Nastar GSM must ignore SQL case sensitivity.
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Figure 3-5 Install Shield 2) Click Next to display the License Agreement (Figure 3-6).
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Figure 3-6 License Agreement dialog 3) Click Yes to continue installation. The Wizard displays Choose Destination Location dialog box (Figure 3-7).
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Figure 3-7 Choosing Destination Location dialog 4) Click Next to accept the default Destination Folder path, or click Browse to select a different path, and then Click Next to display the Setup Type dialog box (Figure 3-8).
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Figure 3-8 Setup Type dialog 5) Select a setup type; click Next to open Module Choosing interface (Figure 3-9).
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Click Next and the installation program will copy data into your computer.
Note: After Nastar GSM program is copied, GENEX Shared package will be installed into your computer. Additionally, if you got the Nastar GSM of MSDE version, MSDE can be installed automatically. About installation of these two parts, refer to next two sections please. Setup has finished. The program is added into the Start menu and its shortcut onto the desktop (Figure 3-10).
Figure 3-10 Setup has finished GENEX Nastar GSM is installed completely.
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Figure 3-11 Genex Shared Install Shield Wizard 2) Review license dialog and click Next if you agree (Figure 3-12).
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Figure 3-13 Genex Shared Type Choosing dialog 4) Click Install to begin (Figure 3-14).
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Figure 3-14 Start to install Genex Shared package 5) Installation is finished (Figure 3-15).
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Note: There is a configuration file named setup.ini in your MSDE installation folder, in which the INSTANCENAME item represents the MSDE instance installed in your computer, with Genex as the default value. When Nastar GSM logs on MSDE, the server name should have machine name\instance name format instead of an instance name only. If you want to reinstall MSDE, you dont have to uninstall MSDE, but must assign another instance name (similarly as you add a new instance of SQL Server). However, if you want to use the old instance name, you must uninstall the SQL Server program with this name. Additionally, MSDE doesnt delete the instance file in the folder of SQL Server, and you should delete it manually, and then install it again.
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4.1 Summary
4.1.1 Online Mode
Nastar GSM uses client/server architecture. The server side uses SQL Server database system to store traffic statistic data and .DBF configuration data, and provides the client side with access to data. Using TCP/IP protocol, the client side connects to the server side and accesses data to display user's operations such as queries. Nastar GSM main functions are Traffic Statistic Analysis, Network Optimization, and Traffic Tracer. The data required by the Traffic statistic function is stored on the server; however the data required by the Network Optimization function can be either downloaded from the server or imported from engineering parameter list via Microsoft Excel format (*.xls) using local import function. The data required by the Traffic Tracer data analysis function can be imported directly into local project via local import function. It supports multi-view analysis and message code analysis. In online mode, the client side program can connect to SQL Server and use functions including Traffic Statistic, Network Optimization, and Traffic Tracer. In local mode, the client side cannot connect to SQL Server. It can use only local data, and provide Network Optimization function points unrelated to Traffic Statistic function and complete Traffic Tracer function.
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Network analysis results are stored in the project; therefore, after reopening the project, the user can continue the network optimization operation and use the previously stored results. As to local network units, the SQL Server stores information including traffic statistic data, and configuration data of one or several local networks. An online mode project analyses one corresponding local network. While a local network on server can be mapped to several independent projects. The client side program offers a series of project management functions such as New Project, Configure Project, Delete Project, etc.
Figure 4-1 Log in interface 2) 3) In the Project drop-down list, click a project. Click OK to open project. Genex imports the project, and displays relevant information on the main operation interface.
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Note: The default project path in local host is Nastar folder path\project\project name. To copy a local project to the Nastar GSM client side in another host, you can copy the project folder in source host to the folder, with Nastar folder path\project as its path, in destination host.
Figure 4-2 Project Setting dialog 3) The left Project List lists all the current available projects. The right side panel indicates the configuration information of the selected project which can be modified.
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Click Add to open a dialog prompting you to enter project name (Figure 4-3).
Figure 4-3 New Project dialog 5) Type the new project name and click OK to create a new project, then the new project will list in left list (Figure 4-4).
Figure 4-4 Create new project and its project setting dialog 6) On the right of the Project Setting dialog, set the mode for your project (Online or Local), and then type the new projects configuration information. Refer to the next section, Modify Project, to get the definition for every filed.
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Server configuration. If you set the Online mode, you must set the server name, the database name, the login user name, and other configuration information. If you dont have the database name, click [] right to Database to select some database in the list.
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Modify map. Input atlas file that used as background map in site view into the Map file entry box. This file is alter file (extension name *.gst alter file) which can identified by MapX.
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Permit to match according to detailed requirement Other filed N but do not disturb engineering parameter import. This field cannot be seen in networking optimization operation. Instruction: It had better not to remain blank line in the engineering parameter table to be imported, otherwise, the system fails to import the data and regards it as error.
Select Menu [project/import engineering parameter] to open the dialog box of engineering parameter table, and then select the engineering parameter table file and click Open (Figure 5-1).
Figure 5-1 Dialog box of [Open engineering parameter table] 2) Select table
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The system automatically identified and matched some filed according to engineering parameter table. For the unmatched or wrongly matched items, click the first list in list box, and select the corresponding field in the shortcut menu and click OK (Figure 5-3).
If the shortcut prompt box lists some non matching field, click OK to continue import; otherwise, click Cancel to match again (Figure 5-4).
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The [Import complete] dialog box lists the records number of import and non-import, click OK to open Excel file to show the import records, the wrongly import field shows red background. If no need to view the wrong records, click Cancel (Figure 5-5).
Instruction: If you want to cover the content of previous site configuration database by the engineering parameter table to be imported, make sure to select Clear Database, make sure to select Clear Database in the dialog box. In importing data setting, the longitude and latitude are necessary to comply with degree/minute/secondordecimalizationin engineering parameter data. Latitude 0 to 90 degree in the Northern Hemisphere, and -90 to 0 degree in the Southern Hemisphere;
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Longitude 0 to 180 degree in the Eastern Hemisphere, and -180 to 0 degree in the Western Hemisphere.
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Figure 5-6 Select the directory of Huawei configuration parameter 3) In the importing process, an information box appears to remind user whether to export Huawei configuration data initial table (Figure 5-7).
Figure 5-7 whether to output Huawei configuration data reports 4) Save Huawei configuration data and show total records of imported and updated records (Figure 5-8, and Figure 5-9).
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Figure 5-10 Newly upload cell configuration information 6) Import Huawei neighbor cells information (Figure 5-11 and Figure 5-12).
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Figure 5-13 Select directory of Alcatel configuration data 3) In importing process, an information box appears to remind user whether to import Alcatel configuration data initial table (Figure 5-14).
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Figure 5-15 Select Siemens configuration file 3) When importing, a dialog box appears to let user choose whether output original Siemens configuration data or not (Figure 5-16).
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Select menu [Project/neighbor cell import/(some manufacturer) to open the corresponding file selection dialog box Select neighbor cell file of this manufacturer: Click Open; If this manufacture configuration file is in Microsoft Excel format, go on to select the neighbor cell tale page name to be imported; Click OK to import neighbor cell.
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Instruction: Transverse neighbor cell importing file must be the transverse exported file from Naster GSM neighbor cell. Both of them must match, otherwise importing would fail. Please refer to 4.3.3 Export Cell Neighborhood.
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Instruction: Longitudinal neighborhood import file must be the longitudinal exported file from Naster GSM neighborhood. Both of them must be matching, otherwise the import will fail. Please refer to Neighbor cell expport.
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Select Horizon export or Vertical export in export mode, Choose whether to show data of CellName, LAC, CI, BCCH and BSIC in Export items; Click OK to export neighborhood (Figure 5-22 and Figure 5-23).
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Figure 5-24 Backup Engineering Parameter Dialog 2) Select the [Upload], and select a backup item. Or select the [Upload], and check the [To Last Item], so the program will select the oldest item automatically.
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Fill the [Name] edit control and [Description] edit control. Then click [OK] to begin uploading. After succeed in uploading engineering parameter, a message box with the text upload success will appear. Instruction:
While other users are uploading or downloading the engineering parameter, you cant continue this operation.Meanwhile, a message box will show you The database has been locked by other user. Please wait a moment and try again.
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Figure 5-25 RNP Parameter Rationality Check dialog box 2) Click Add to open the Browse dialog box to show the dbf original files.
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Select a file to check, and then click OK to generate the RNP Parameter Rationality Check report, in which a red value means out of range.
Instruction: RNP Parameter Rationality Check ia based on Huawei GSM BSS&PCU>800 Network Layout Data Configuration Regulations, in which suggested values and ranges are set in accordance with the common conditons. However, a cell has actual DBF data, and can be unhealthy. Please check it according to Huawei GSM BSS&PCU>800 Network Layout Data Configuration Regulations and the question list.
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Select menu [Project / network maintenance], and the mouse icon will change into cross pointer; Put mouse pointer to the desired place on site view and left click to open [BTS edition] dialog box to add BTS. Input new BTS name and other BTS information; Click Cell information tab page and switch to edit cell information. Existing Cells list table lists all current cells. There will be no cell in new created BTS. Click Add or Delete to add new cell or delete selected cell, Note that TCH values should be separated by comma;
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After clicking OK, the program will create BTS and its cells on the exact point you clicked before.
Drag BTS to a desired new place; Program prompt you confirm the drag operation; Click Yes to confirm or No to cancel the operation (Figure 5-28).
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Click to select BTS. You can use Ctrl key to select add selection; Choose menu [Project / network maintenance / delete site] to open a dialog box and click Yes to confirm to delete site. See Figure 5-29, after deleting sites, the adjacent cell will be recalculated.
Click to select BTS or cell. You can add selection by using Ctrl key. The selected cells will appear red oblique grid; Then select menu [Project / network maintenance / Delete cell] to open the Delete Confirmation Box. Click Yes to confirm delete operation (Figure 5-30). After deleting cells, the adjacent cells will be recalculated.
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Instruction: The BTS and Cell involving in this test is only used to explain Nastar GSM 2.3softeare operation, which is not the BTS and cell in actual network.
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Figure 5-31 Dialog box of [Cell co-adjacent check] by cell 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Set cell semi diameter in [Cell co-channel adjacent channel check] dialog box, Select the items needed to be checked in check content: check co-channel, check BCCH, check TCH, distinguish BCCH / TCH to display; Click OK, the mouse pointer change to cross pointer, Select a cell on site view, and check its co-channel / adjacent channel; The current frequency toolbar will display on toolbar, select all of frequency in drop box to display the co-channel that under this cell; click frequency (Figure 5-32). or to handover
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Figure 5-33 [Cell co-channel and adjacent channel check]- by frequency 5) On current frequency toolbar, select frequency in drop box to display corresponding co-channel and adjacent channel circs; click frequency forward and backward (Figure 5-34). or to handover
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Figure 5-37 Dialog box of [Co-frequency and co-BSIC cell check] 2) Select Check by designated BCCH and BSIC or check co-channel and co-BSIC cell in whole network in the dialog box of [Co-channel and co-BSIC cell check] 3) 4) 5) 6) Check by designated BCCH and BSIC means to count cell numbers of designated BCCH and BSIC, and mark color for these cells in site view. Check by adjacent cell co-channel co-BSIC cell means to search cells which are mutual adjacent cell and co-BSIC. Check by co-channel and co-BSIC cell in whole network means to search co-channel and co-BSIC cell in whole network. Click OK to open the search dialog box, and freely right-click some cell to store this file by text format (Figure 5-38).
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Figure 5-39 Idle frequency check 2) Set check range in dialog box of [Idle frequency check] and choose Whole network or selected area. For the item of selected area, you can use that on the top of site view to d select area by clicking and dragging. 3) 4) Set start and end frequency in dialog box of [Idle frequency check]; Click OK to check idle frequency to output idle frequency list, used frequency and used counts (Figure 5-40). or
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Figure 5-41 [Spectrum utilization rate check] 2) 3) 4) Set frequency range in dialog box of [Spectrum utilization rate check]; Set frequency type in dialog box of [Spectrum utilization rate check] and choose BCCH or TCH; Click OK to check BCCH or TCH spectrum utilization rate, you can right-click to store this document (Figure 5-42).
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Figure 5-43 Channel Check 2) 3) Set a distance range, with 30 kilometers by default. Set a frequency range. There are three groups of frequencies to select. Click OK. Select a cell, and the frequency check result window appears, as the figure 5-44 shows.
Figure 5-44 Channel show 4) The first box in the result is a frequency list. The first frequency is a BCCH frequency, and the rest are TCH frequencies.
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The second box in the result is all used frequencies, including BCCH and TCH frequencies. The third box in the result is the cells adjacent cells list and all unused frequencies. Click an idle frequency (record), and all cells with the same frequency appears. Click a frequency of the current cell, and the system checks the other cells with the same frequency in the specific range. Click its adjacent cells frequency, and the system shows its information, and marks its adjacent cells.
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Figure 5-45 Adjacent cell relation figure Add mutual adjacent cells Select menu [network optimization analysis / adjacent cell analysis / add mutual adjacent cell], and click the cell needed to add adjacent cell relation. You are permitted to select many cells to be as mutual adjacent cell of current cell. Add unilateral adjacent cells Select menu [network optimization analysis / adjacent cell analysis / add unilateral adjacent cell], and click the cells needing to add adjacent cell relation. You are permitted to select many cells to be as unilateral cell of current cell. Delete adjacent cells Select menu [Network optimization analysis / adjacent cell analysis / cancel adjacent cell], and click the cells needing to cancel. You are permitted to select many cells to be as unilateral cell of current cell. Save adjacent cells
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Select menu [network optimization analysis / adjacent cell analysis / store adjacent cell] to store modification for the cells. Compare exported neighbors results Select [network optimization analysis / adjacent cell analysis / exported neighbors maintenance result / compare with last closed project ] to compare the neighbor data with the last closed project; otherwise, select [network optimization analysis / adjacent cell analysis / exported neighbors maintenance result / compare with latest imported result ] to compare the neighbor data with the latest imported neighbor data.
Note: After adding or deleting adjacent cell relation, the system will prompt make sure to store the adjacent cell relation of this cell firstly, then to continue other network optimization operation.
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Figure 5-47 Dialog box of [Adjacent cell automatic plan setting]-[Antenna setting]
Figure 5-48 [Adjacent cell automatic plan setting] dialog box-[Default setting] page 3) Setting antenna in antenna setting page: Click Add to choose needed antenna to import to antenna list; Choose antenna in Antenna list; For different antenna, choose corresponding [Usage range], including city, suburb, Suburb, towns, City, Suburb Town and Null. 4) Attribute setting and other attribute setting:
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Setting default grid size Setting transmit power Setting BTS coverage distance Setting the smallest down-line level 5) After Confirm it, select to start adjacent cell plan, the system will plan adjacent cell automatically. 6) To get much more exact plan result or only to plan parts, Use and
on the top of site view to select area, and conduct antenna setting and default setting according to target area firstly, and then start to plan adjacent cell (Figure 5-49).
Note: The imported engineering parameter table must contain planprop and the value can be read by system, for example: in a cell record, this line value is City, Suburb, or Town. In setting attribute setting, make sure to set the smallest down-line level, BTS coverage distance and transmit power. These three attributes much affect plan result, so please carefully. The best optimization policies are recommended as follows: Antenna setting: It is better to import more and more antennas; You had better accord to imported cell plan attribute and pro rata to allocate antenna usage range pro rata, the usage range of antenna is default to City. If some cell fails to match with suitable antenna and that fails to prompt plan, it is necessary to view its plan attribute and set much more. Global attributes setting: The grid size affect on plan speed, the size is bigger, plan speed is slower, and generally, the default value is 50. You can accord to locale to set the transmit power of city, suburb and town, and the BTS coverage range and the smallest down-line receiving level, in which, the smallest down-line receiving level is the most pivotal attribute in automatic plan, its value directly decide plan result. The smallest down-line receiving level reference Table 5-3:
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Table 5-3 The smallest down-line receiving level recommended value City -80 ~ -90 dbm Suburb -85 ~ -95 dbm Town -90 ~ -104 dbm
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Figure 5-51 Select an adjacent cell relation file 2) 3) Select a project parameter file, and click OK to import data. In the following dialog box, select a table relating to adjacent cell layout, and click OK (Figure 5-52).
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Figure 5-53 Delete adjacent cell 2) Click OK to delete all adjacent cells configuration data.
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Figure 5-55 Parameter setting sheet of Simulative Cell Coverage 4) Click OK to open dialog box (Figure 5-56).
Figure 5-56 Status of Simulative Cell Coverage 5) Click OK. The final results will be shown on MapX (Figure 5-57 ).
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Figure 5-58 Horizontal Import 3) Nastar GSM identifies the fields in the selected tables; if some fields are wrong, you should correct them manually: click the item in the first row and select a matching name for it. If all fields are verified, click OK.
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Figure 5-59 Vertical Import 3) Nastar GSM identifies the fields in the selected tables; if some fields are wrong, you should correct them manually: click the item in the first row and select a matching name for it. If all fields are verified, click OK.
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Figure 5-63 Engineering parameter compare table Compare configuration adjacent cell relation The system will compare current configuration table to the last imported configuration table, and show your adding, canceling and other modification (Figure 5-64).
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Compare planned adjacent cell relation The system will compare current planned table to the last imported planned table, and show your adding, deleting and modification (Figure 5-65).
Note: Please be cautions of withdraw the function of modifying engineering parameter in case of abandoning all records of adding, deleting and modifying in last time. If must withdraw, you are suggested to import the newest engineering parameter and adjacent cell relation for backup.
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Figure 5-67 [Cell search] dialog box 2) 3) 4) 5) Choose select mode: by cell name or by CI (16bit cell Identity); If choose by cell name, you only need to input some keywords of some cell name to conduct fuzzy search; The list box of Search result displays searched cells and the corresponding CI, Site and other information; Click desired item in this list box, program will centrally display the selected cell in geographical window, and all attributes of this cell will be shown on the right side property page. The function support real-time cooperation of Network Element, site view and property page.
Steps: 1) Select menu [Geographical display / display location area] to open [Display location area setting] (Figure 5-68).
Figure 5-68 [Display location area setting] dialog box 2) 3) In [Display location area setting] dialog box, select Whole network all of location area or Designated location area as your required; Click OK. It is necessary to check and adjust the partition of location area, especially to view current location area partition referring to geographical information. In legend, different color stands for different location area, the middle digital is LAC, the digital in right bracket means the cell number that under LAC cell (Figure 5-69).
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Figure 5-69 LAC Display figure According to Figure 5-69, we can find that three LAC areas of Xinan High-rise BTS are embedded in LAC 9729 area. This division is not agreeable in views of network optimization. It may cause increase of signal traffic, over-frequent location altering, and switch problem, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to modify the location area attribute of Xinan High-rise.
Note: Because the edge of location area relies on cell blocks, so this operation demand to display cell blocks. If this operation does not work, please be sure that display cell blocks in [geographical display/ display is setted.
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Steps: 1) 2) Select menu [Geographical display / Display GPRS cell]; View opened GPRS cell allocation (Figure 5-70).
Figure 5-70 GPRS Cell display In Figure 5-70, the GPRS cell has been colorized to differentiate from non-GPRS cells. Consequently, the GPRS cells would be distinct.
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Figure 5-71 Frequency Hopping cell display Like GPRS cell display, the frequency-hopping cell function also colorizes frequency-hopping cells to make them distinct.
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Figure 5-72 Select BSC 3) After click OK to colorize BSC coverage in geographical window (Figure 5-73).
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The operation of display BSC coverage can supply both some reference value for abnormal network, and information for network optimization, for example, search handover problems.
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Figure 5-75 Show Theme dialog box 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) In the dialog box of [Network optimization topical figure display], select start color and End color; Select the index needing to be colored in index setting (customer index 1 ~ customer index 10) ; Fill in the index description field; Click Add in interval setting to add several interval setting, and set upper limit and lower limit; Click OK to colorize topical figure.
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The color result of topical figure is illustrated in Figure 4-74. The legend window display the different interval set by users, the first one digital of the number in bracket means the cell number of 900 levels, and the last one digital means the cell number of 1800 levels.
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Figure 5-79 1800MHz layer Sometimes, if click to hop to corresponding cell and central display the cell in geographical window and the required cell does not exist in current layer, program will automatically switch to another level. Form manual switch, click menu [Geographical display / switch to 900 /1800 level], or click Instruction: Mostly, you can select menu Search and display -> Swtich to 900 / 1800 level, or click to swtich each level of dual band network. .
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Figure 5-80 Location area display legend Figure 5-81 is the legend window of adjacent channel check.
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Figure 5-82 Dialog box of [Add map mark] 3) 4) Click OK to add marks; Select menu [map display / map mark / Select map mark] to open the Map Mark dialog box (Figure 5-83).
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Figure 5-83 Map Mark dialog box 5) Select map mark name, program will automatically display mark cell on site view.
Figure 5-84 Cell Display Setting dialog box 2) Select options like antenna, site mark, cell mark in Item group;
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Set the display color of various types antenna in Color Setting group; Click OK to make it done.
Operation example: When display area is set from minimum range 0 km to maximum range 50 km, the antenna will be too dense to be distinguished (Figure 5-85).
Figure 5-85 Circs of displaying area set too larger When the situation mentioned above happens, we can set the display range, for example, from minimum 0 km to maximum 25 km. Then system will
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Figure 5-87 Cell Mark Set dialog box 2) 3) 4) Set cell label content in Cell Label group; Set font in Label Option and set whether to display detail label. Click OK to display (Figure 5-88).
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Figure 5-89 Reference Network Lattice Set dialog box 2) 3) 4) Set network lattice length and color in [Reference network lattice set]dialog box; Click OK; Select menu [Geographical display / Display reference network lattice]; or click to switch display/hide reference network lattice. Display reference network lattice can assist use to evaluate position and distance between BTS. Default reference lattice distance is 500m. Figure 5-90 illustrates the effect.
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Instruction: When the selected cell use Huawei equipment, the cell configuration data is Huawei configuration data, so the attributed page displays Huawei configuration data. If the selected cell use other manufacturer equipment, the configuration data of this cell must be configuration data of other manufacture. A cell can only be configured with one manufacturers configuration data.
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II. Select Edit Parameters in the menu to open the following dialog box.
III. Click OK. Be sure that longitudes, latitudes, and direction angles are not empty.
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6.2 StatTrans
This tool is convenient to divide traffic statistics files and import them. OMC traffic statistics files are always large and not classified according to time so that it is difficult to return them on the spot. Now this problem is settled by the tool though the divided files can not be checked with OMC traffic statistics console, but statically imported by TransData and checked with Nastar GSM. Steps: 1) Select [Start / Programs / GENEX Nastar / Tools / StatTrans], as the following figure:
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Figure 6-1 StatTrans interface 2) In Source Directory, Select the traffic statistics public information file, pubinfo.tsk. If you select it through Browse, the task information is shown automatically in the window; however, if you type the address directly, you should click List Statistic and select the desired task and time. 3) Click Convert to export data into the fixed directory (usually C:\ Program Files\Huawei GENEX\Nastar GSM\Tools\Transfer ). The file name is the same as the original one. You can use these files to import data statically.
6.3 TransData
6.3.1 Start SQL Server
At first, Install SQL Server 2000 on server (Can be PC or laptop) and run Service Manager. After that, start SQL Server service (It is recommended to set SQL server to auto run after starting OS). Once the service starts successfully, on Windows task bar, there is a green arrowhead (Figure 6-2).
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Figure 6-2 SQL Server service manager Under remote import mode (TransData accesses SQL Server through LAN to implement data import). We must create a directory \NastarTmp on SQL Server machine for share. Under this directory, place a file named exedir.loc, and write a clear path of the \NastarTmp directory in it. A sharing password is also required. When running TransData for the first time, input the network directory manually. Enable program to remember the password. When these operations are done, later static import will appear the same like local import. The program will automatically copy the processed traffic statistic data to the \NastarTmp directory, and import the data to SQL Server. The content in exedir.loc file can be simply like the following: E: means the path of the \NastarTmp directory is E:\NastarTmp.
Note: The traffic statistics takes a large space of the hard disk. To store the BSC traffic statistics, ensure that the free space of the hard disk is larger than 10GB.
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Start TransData.exe. The login dialog box displays as follow; On the dialog box, type the Server name (can be computer name or IP address) in the Server box; Type a user name and password in corresponding boxes. Click OK (Figure 6-3).
Figure 6-3 TransData login 5) After the login, the main window of TransData will be displayed (Figure 6-4).
Figure 6-5 [Network Information] dialog box 2) 3) 4) Into the Network Name box, type a network name; In the Service list, select a service provider; In the Driver list, select the disk name where the database locates. Meanwhile, in the Database name box, type a database file name. If you do not select disk name, the default disk is used which is recommended. 5) 6) In the Radio Network Description box, type the network description; Click OK to create a local network.
Note: In Step 4, Driver indicates the disk name on server instead of the local disk. Before importing database to the database server, check whether the selected disk on the server is available.
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Figure 6-6 [BSC Information] 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Input BSC name in BSC Name edit box; Select the service type in Service Type drop list; In the Device Maker drop list, select the device manufacturer; In the Version drop list, select the BSC version; Click OK to create BSC.
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Figure 6-8 BSC info box 2) Click the [...] on the right side of OMC Config Data Path input box to open [Browse Folder] dialog box;
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In the [Browse Folder] dialog box, select a BSC configuration data path, and click OK; Click the [...] on the right side of Statistic Data Directory input box to open [Browse Folder] dialog box; In the [Browse Folder] dialog box, select a BSC traffic statistic path and click OK; Click Save to save and apply all the settings; Click [BSC (B)/Run Update OMC Data] on menu, or right-click [Run Update OMC Data] from the shortcut menu to import BSC configuration data.
Note: The Valid checkbox next to the BSC Name input box is used to control the validity of BSC in database.
V. Task initialization
The initialization will lead to the loss of all the created and modified task information. After that, the task is restored to the original state. As is recommended, do not initialize tasks unless a large number of tasks are damaged and unavailable in the local network. Steps: 1) 2) In the working sector, select a local network; Select [NET/Initial Task] on the menu or right-click and select [Initial Task], to perform the initialization of tasks (Figure 6-9).
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from time to time. If the tasks are upgraded or modified significantly, it is also recommended to do so. Steps: 1) 2) Select a local network in the workshop; Select [NET/Backup Task] on the menu or right-click and select [Backup Task], to backup the tasks (Figure 6-10).
Note: The task backup function only saves the latest task information. If you want to save backup information from time to time, copy the 11 BCP files from .\TASK\Backup\ directory, and save them in your own directory. These 11 files are: CommItemDict.bcp, CommStatTableDesc.bcp, CommTableIdx.bcp, Erl_b.bcp,
GRAPHDRAWITEMS.bcp,
NAStarItemDict.bcp,
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SITEDRAWITEMS.bcp, SUBTASKS.bcp, TASKEXP.bcp and TASKS.bcp. Once you want to recover task information using your manual output 11 files, copy them back.
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Figure 6-12 [Option] dialog box 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Select English language version in OMC Statistic Language Version drop box; In the Data Cycle input box, input minutes value; Check or leave blank the Only import the same cycle data checkbox, Check or leave blank Verify Statistic Data checkbox; Click OK to complete configuration.
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Note: Backup and clear the files under Runtime. The files under Application\Runtime are log files, which must be back upped and cleared periodically. Otherwise, the disk space will decrease, or the system performance deteriorates over time.
Note: Before static Traffic Statistic data importing, make sure the configuration data have been imported to current BSC, meanwhile make sure the statistic data path in the Statistic Data Directory input box is valid.
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Figure 6-15 BSC upgrade 2) 3) 4) Select upgrade version in Version drop box. Choose whether to delete all common items in Delete all common items check box. Click OK to upgrade.
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Synchronization Maps key fields in the imported cell project parameters to configuration data and traffic statistic data. Steps: 1) 2) Create or open a project. Click System -> Synchronization Server Date on menu to open the Data Synchronization Mode dialog box (Figure 6-16).
Figure 6-16 Synchronization mode option 3) Click OK to start the cell mapping process. After that, a dialog box prompts you to check mapping result or not.
Note: As long as the engineering parameter is not re-imported, synchronization only need to be done once. Otherwise, do synchronization every time as well as you re-import engineering parameter if you want to do this function.
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Drawing site/cell query result on map Hide column Show column Quick paint Outputting query result on EXCEL Quick query of traffic statistics Query result printing Query result controlling (copy, paste and cut) Selected area sum up Sorting Data filtering
Display controls and re-process other than EXCEL export, column hiding and column displaying requires more settings. They will be introduced in later chapters.
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setting box. Click Draw to generate chart (Error! Reference source not found. and Figure 7-3).
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Figure 7-5 Shortcut menu 2) Choose the Save as and the Save File dialog box will be displayed (Figure 7-6).
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X. Result sort
Default result sort is according to public information. They are usually vendor, BSC, regions, terrain attributes, cell names and times from priority high to priority low. and to sort the results. You can re-sort the results by However, we can use the of TCH Call Drop times (Figure 7-10).
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drop-down lists. Click the filtering drop-down list and check up needed data. Select the BSC list. We can decide to display BSC1 or BSC2 data. The system will automatically hide the unselected data. To quit filter function, click once again
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Figure 8-1 [Weekly Cell KPI analysis one hour per day]-query result
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Figure 8-14 Cell KPI Trend Analysis 4) Select cells from left Network Element or use Cell Group to select cells. At most 64 cells are allowed. If we select none cell, program will automatically select all cells. 5) Click OK to implement task. Query results will be output on report sheet
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some operators in Conjunction property in Selected Index grid to query combined indexes. It is the operator between two indexes that conjuncts the two indexes, not the operator following the latter one. 4) Click OK to implement task. Query results will be output on report sheet.
Note: Select Term Indices check box will be defaultly checked. If user want select cells, check Select Cell check box. When Select Term Indices is checked, Cell Measurement Function should be chosen on the Common Item drop list and all the term indices should come from there. Under executing mode, [Expression Define] do not support index selecting.
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Steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Double-click the target task in the Work area to open the dialog box [Task execution window] (Figure 8-17). Input date and busy time in Time Period Define page; Input the number of TopNs in the Time Period Define page; We can select cells using Select Cell Group in the Time Period Define page; Select TOPN index in the Select Index drop box in the Time Period Define page; Check Select Term Indices and use and to add / delete indexes; Select the Descend check box if you want. If it is unselected, it means ascend; Click OK to implement this task. Results will be outputted into the result window.
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Figure 8-18 Multiple cells and multiple indexes analysis The following figure shows the chart result of this task.
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Figure 8-19 Multiple cells and multiple indexes analysis chart result
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Note: In Object Define page, we must choose Huawei BSC; Under executing mode, [Expression Define] do not support index selecting.
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Note: In Object Define page, we must choose Huawei BSC; Under executing mode, [Expression Define] do not support index selecting.
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BSC performance analysis task is to analyze overall performance indexes of Huawei. Steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) Double-click the task in the Work area to open the dialog box [Task execution window] (Figure 8-27). Specify Date and Busy Hours in Time Period Define page; Click Multi-View Setting to open multi-view setting dialog box and sets the indexes to be viewed on chart; Add cells by choosing Select Cells or Select Cell Group mode. If none cell is chosen, program will add all cells automatically. (If Select Cells mode is chosen, Network Element and selected Network Element will be shown below); 5) 6) Specify BSC in BSC choosing list of Object Define page Click OK to execute task and output results on result window.
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Note: It does not take effect to select cells in Cell/Cell Group in the Time Setting window. Do not modify the contents in Select Items.
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Figure 8-45 Outgoing Cell Setting Task Dialog box 2) Click Outgoing Setting to open Outgoing Cell Index Setting dialog box (Figure 8-46).
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Figure 8-46 Outgoing Cell Index Setting Dialog box 3) 4) Click OK to save setting and return to task setting dialog box. Click OK to save and return. Execute this task to output query result on report window. Click on record, if the Cell ID is matched, the main cell and its outgoing cells will be displayed on map by colorizing.
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Figure 8-47 Color setting dialog box of traffic statistic geographical display 2) In Color Setting group, we can choose Auto Setting or Manual Setting. If Auto Setting is chosen, we can set <Start color> and <End color>. If Manual Setting is chosen, we can set color of each interval by double-clicking the color unit in grid; 3) By clicking Add or Remove, we can add or remove intervals. Or we can set interval number in Set Range Number box (Figure 8-48).
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Figure 8-48 Interval setting of traffic statistic geographical display 4) We can add description of each interval in the description area in the grid. If we leave it blank, program will add automatic descriptions according to value of each interval. 5) In Set Min and Max group, we have three options, Manual, Auto Get and Customize. If we choose Manual, we can set min and max value in each interval grid. Choosing Auto Get, program will get min and max value from OWC report sheet. If Customize Set is chosen, we only need to input min and max value. 6) If we select <Auto get> or <Customize> radio box <Range type> and <Sort type> combo box will be activated. In <Range type> combo box, we can specify range type as <equal distribute> or <equal spot>. In <Sort type> combo box, choose <ascend sort> or <descend sort>. Under <equal distribute> status, data and description will be shown on dialog box once we click <Apply>. The following figure illustrates the operation result. 7) Click OK to complete and function will be displayed on map (Figure 8-49).
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statistic key items, the system can ayalyze access, drop, turnover, performance, and othe KPI items to monitor network running quality.
Chapter 3
3.1 Daily report
Steps: 1) 2) 3) Click Daily Report in the workspace. In the Daily Report Setting dialog box, type Date, TopN, BusyOn. To select some cell groups as VIC groups, select a desired cell group in the CellGroup box and then click -->. The selected groups are shown in the VIC box.
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Figure 3-1 Daily Report Settings 4) To open Cell Group window, click CellGroupManage. The user can add, delete, or modify the groups listed in the Cell Group box.
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Figure 3-2 Edit cell groups 5) To create a new cell group, click New.
In the following dialog box, you can type a cell group name. To add a desired cell into the cell group, select it in the Select Cell box and click -->; moreover, to delete an unwanted cell, select it in the Selected Cells (Server) box and click <--. Click OK to create the specified cell group.
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Figure 3-4 A Daily Report Sample The daily report mainly includes: 7) KPI sheet
Nastar GSM analyzes KPI and resource usage rate to investigate the whole network conditions. Any items font turns red if its exceptional condition is met, as follows: Radio Call Completion Rate < 90% Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 95% TCH Call Drop Rate > 5% TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) >= 10% Handover Success Rate < 90% Call-Drop Ratio < 100 TCH Traffic per Line >= 0.7
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For the whole network and every BSC, Nastar GSM makes statistic by hour on one days traffic. 10) VIC Sheet Any VIC cell items font turns red or orange if its exceptional condition is met, as follows: Red, if Radio Call Completion Rate < 80% is true; Orange, if 80% < Radio Call Completion Rate < 90% is true. Red, if Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 90% is true; Orange, if 90% < Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 95%. Red, if TCH Call Drop Rate >= 6% is true; Orange, if 3% < TCH Call Drop Rate < 6% is true. Red, if TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) >= 10%; Orange, if 5% < TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) < 10% is true. Red, if Handover Success Rate < 80% is true; Orange, if 80% < Handover Success Rate < 90% is true.
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Figure 3-6 VIC Sheet in Daily Report 11) HotCell Sheet According to the whole traffic in the cell busy hour, Nastar GSM finds the 10 busiest cells for every BSC, and displays the related KPI items. If a cell is VIC, its background is light yellow. 12) ExtraBusy_Idle_Cell Sheet Nastar GSM lists all over-busy and over-idle cells, and displays the related KPI items. 13) WorstCell Sheet Nastar GSM lists the worst cell for every BSC, and displays the related KPI items.
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Figure 3-7 Weekly Report Settings 4) 5) To set the cell groups is the same as daily reports. To create a new cell group, click New.
In the following dialog box, you can type a cell group name. To add a desired cell into the cell group, select it in the Select Cell box and click -->; moreover, to delete an unwanted cell, select it in the Selected Cells (Server) box and click <--. Click OK to create the specified cell group.
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Figure 3-8 Create a new cell group 6) The daily report is finished, as follows:
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Figure 3-9 A Weekly Report Sample The weekly report mainly includes: 7) KPI sheet
Nastar GSM analyzes KPI and resource usage rate to investigate the whole network conditions. The items records the last day in one week. Any items font turns red if its exceptional condition is met, as follows: Radio Call Completion Rate < 90% Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 95% TCH Call Drop Rate > 5% TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) >= 10% Handover Success Rate < 90% Call-Drop Ratio < 100 TCH Traffic per Line >= 0.7
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For every KPI (whole day, the last day of a week), Nastar GSM finds the worst N cells, and sort them from the worst to the best. Ns default is 10, but you can assign a new value to N (1 <= N <= 20). 9) VIC Sheet
Any VIC cell items font turns red or orange if its exceptional condition is met, as follows: Red, if Radio Call Completion Rate < 80% is true; Orange, if 80% < Radio Call Completion Rate < 90% is true. Red, if Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 90% is true; Orange, if 90% < Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 95%. Red, if TCH Call Drop Rate >= 6% is true; Orange, if 3% < TCH Call Drop Rate < 6% is true. Red, if TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) >= 10%; Orange, if 5% < TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) < 10% is true. Red, if Handover Success Rate < 80% is true; Orange, if 80% < Handover Success Rate < 90% is true. Red, if TCH Congestion Times >= 100 is true; Orange, if 20 <= TCH Congestion Times < 100 is true.
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Red, if TCH Traffic per Line >= 0.8 is true; Orange, if 0.5 < TCH Traffic per Line < 0.8 is true.
Figure 3-11 VIC Sheet in Weekly Report 10) WorstCell Sheet The sheet contains the list of worst cells on the last day of a week, and the times how often a cell has turned into the worst cell. 11) All-Day Traffic Trend Sheet The sheet contains the weekly traffic trend of the whole network and every BSC. 12) Radio Completion Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 13) Call-Drop Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 14) TCH Congestion Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 15) SDCCH Congestion Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 16) TCH Availability Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 17) SDCCH Availability Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 18) CPU Overload Trend
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Figure 3-13 Select an operation on a BSC 3) You can add the optional BSC to the BSC list to generate the semimonthly report. Add BSC: Click Add BSC to add a BSC that are contained in database but not selected, as follows:
Figure 3-14 Select BSCs in Semimonthly Report Create a new BSC: you can also create a new BSC. Click Add BSC and then click OK to open the following dialog box. You can type information manually by selecting Manually Type, or copy information from other files by clicking Copy From Other Files.
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Figure 3-15 Create a new BSC Import generated semimonthly reports: you can import some generated semimonthly reports and consolidate them to output a report. Select Import BSC and then click OK to open the following dialog box. Select a report and import it.
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Figure 3-16 Import generated semimonthly reports 4) If you have selected some desired BSC to generate the semimonthly report, then you can edit every BSC. Double-click a BSC to open the following dialog box, and then modify its information. There are two methods: Manually Import or Automatically Import. Manually Import can copy data instead of typing every item.
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Figure 3-17 Type BSC information Select Copy from Other Files to open the following dialog box.
Figure 3-18 Copy BSC data When typing information manually, you can also copy it from other files. Click OK to finish typing information. 5) 6) Delete BSC: If you do not want a BSC appearing in the report, select it and click Delete BSC. The BSC will disappear in the report, but actually it is not deleted. Save BSC. Click Save to save BSC.
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If you have finished the settings, fill the following fields: Regional manager of network planning, project alarms, and project progress, and then click OK. The report is generated. Instruction: If the semimonthly report is generated and reopened, Nastar GSM reads the latest information, such as Regional manager of network planning,Product manager, project alarms, project progress,and every BSCs import method and data. If the semimonthly report is generated, it is encryted to prevent from modifying it. The semimonthly report includes local network name, actual user number, PCH overload times, customer satisfaction, whether to check, others, date, busy hour, TCH traffic, SDCCH traffic, TCH drop rate, SDCCH drop rate, TCH congestion rate, CSCCH congestion rate, call-drop ratio, radio access rate, handover success rate, handover success rate (including cell handover), worst cells percentage, forward sound quality, backward sound quality, call success rate, BSS call success rate, network layout, CPU usage rate. Please refer to Section 5.2 to learn how to use StatTrans thin-spot traffic statistics, which divides traffic statistics files.
October 18, then the date time range is from September 17 to October 17, that is, the length of date time range is fixed in 30 days. Busy Time is the busy time in a day in query; and TopN is the number of the first records, for example, Top10 is the first 10 records.
Figure 3-20 Monthly Report Settings 3) The monthly report is generated, as follows:
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Figure 3-21 A Monthly Report Sample The monthly report mainly includes: 4) KPI sheet
Nastar GSM analyzes KPI and resource usage rate to investigate the whole network conditions. The items records the last day in one month. Any items font turns red if its exceptional condition is met, as follows: Radio Call Completion Rate < 90% Immediate Assignment Success Rate < 95% TCH Call Drop Rate > 5% TCH Congestion Rate (Including Handover) >= 10% Handover Success Rate < 90% Call-Drop Ratio < 100 TCH Traffic per Line >= 0.7 5) BSC3_TopN Sheet For every KPI (whole day, the last day of a month), Nastar GSM finds the worst N cells, and sort them from the worst to the best. Ns default is 10, but you can assign a new value to N (1 <= N <= 20). 6) WorstCell Sheet
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The sheet contains the list of worst cells on the last day of a month, and the times how often a cell has turned into the worst cell. 7) All-Day Traffic Trend Sheet
The sheet contains the monthly traffic trend of the whole network and every BSC. 8) Radio Completion Rate Trend
It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 9) Call-Drop Rate Trend
It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 10) TCH Congestion Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 11) SDCCH Congestion Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 12) TCH Availability Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 13) SDCCH Availability Rate Trend It is about the whole network and every BSC, in busy hour. 14) CPU Overload Trend It is about every BSC, in busy hour.
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Figure 3-22 Carrier Report Settings 2) The carrier report is generated, as follows:
The carrier report mainly includes: 3) BSC Measurement Data Consolidation Analysis, including the following columns: uplink received quality downlink received quality uplink received level downlink received level TA distribution uplink/downlink balance 4) BSC Measurement Data Chart, including: uplink received quality downlink received quality uplink received level downlink received level TA distribution uplink/downlink balance 5) Problem Carrier Measurement Report Analysis Chart The chart shows the problem cells items, and generates the related causes and solutions to the problem. 6) Problem Carrier Measurement Report Original Data
The sheet lists all original records relating to the problem cells items in the above chart.
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Figure 3-24 Health Check 3) 4) In the Object page, you can select desired BSC. Click OK, and the system generates the health examination report, and displays it.
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Instruction: Without any selected BSCs, the examinatoin is on all BSCs by default. Without any selected VIC groups, the report prompts you of that. See 3.1 report for more informaiotn about setting VIC groups. Daily
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Click Radio Quality Report in Network Monitoring in the Performance Anlaysis menu to open the following window.
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Set a storage path.You can create a new path or select an existent path. Select some BSC objects. You can select to generate 6 BSC reports at most, and if more reports are selected, they are deleted. Click Query, and the system generates the quality report. In addition, you can insert item failure causes into the quality report.
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Figure 3-27 Network quality report 4) You can insert item failure causes into the generated quality report directly. Click Modify, and the report content is modified.
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Set a storage path.You can create a new path or select an existent path. BSC is relative to the report types. For an engineer-typed report, you can select a BSC of net to generate a report, but for a project manager-typed report, you can select all BSC to generate a report.
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Set a start date and end date. For Busy Hour, you can select multiple busy hours, with 3 busy hours at most; or you can set other time. The settings can be reserved for the next time. Set VIC. You can add, edit, or delete the group through Group Management. If not, theVIC page in the report shows all cells information. If selected, the VIC page in the report shows the selected cells information.
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Chapter 4 FAQ
4.1 Problem Caused by Uninstalling Old Version
Question: If you have installed both Nastar GSM2.2 and Nastar GSM2.0 (old version, with a feather as its icon), after uninstalling Nastar GSM2.0, the MapX assembly cannot work normally, which may lead to more unexpected mistakes. Answer: The switching between versions can be solved as follow: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Open <Add or Delete Programs> on the control panel. Delete GENEX Nastar GSM (including old and new versions). Delete GENEX Shared (Oct 15, 2004). Run the installer setup.exe of Nastar GSM 2.0 (old version, with a feather as its icon) for installation. Then uninstall Nastar GSM 2.0 (old version, with a feather as its icon) safely. Run the installer setup.exe of Nastar GSM 2.2 for installation. The system will re-install the assembly packet GENEX Shared (Oct 15, 2004) (including MapX, Teechart, OWC, MDAC2.7 and Sentinel Lock Driver).
Figure 4-1 Neighborhood export 7) 8) 9) Open the software of the new version. Select [System/Neighborhood Import/Standard Form Import/Lateral Import]. After a dialog box of [Select the Lateral Neighborhood File to be Imported] pops up, select the lateral neighborhood file needed.
Figure 4-2 Horizontal neighborhood import 10) Select [System/Neighborhood Import/Standard Form Import/Vertical Import]. 11) After a dialog box of [Select the Vertical Neighborhood File to be Imported] pops up, select the vertical neighborhood file needed.
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Figure 4-4 Project configuration parameter export setting 6) 7) Open the software of the new version. Select [System/Engineering parameter Import] and the [Open] dialog box pops up.
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Figure 4-5 [Open] 8) 9) Select the EXCEL file of engineering parameters exported from the old version. Select the EXCEL file.
Figure 4-6 Selecting 10) Match project file fields. 11) Click OK to import engineering parameters.
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Figure 4-8 License Error Information box 2) 3) 4) Click Update on the License Error Information box to update the hard dongle. Click Browse and select the license file path by which the program fetches the license code into the text box automatically. Click Update to finish it.
Question 2: How to obtain a soft license on line? Answer: Your computer must be equipped with a network card, because a license is associated with a unique computer. Steps: 5) Start Nastar GSM, and you can see the following dialog box that displays the license information.
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Figure 4-9 License Information 6) 7) 8) According to the prompt, send your computers ESN code to Huawei Co. to get a license file; After receiving the license file, check whether its extension is .lic. If not, manually change the extension to .lic. Click Update, and then click Browse in the popup dialog to select the license file, finally click OK.
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When you use the function of Cancel Engineering parameter Modification, the system will recover to the backup engineering parameter table imported for the last time. Note that the Cancel Engineering parameter Modification function can disable all addition, deletion and modification.
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4.7 Switching between Network Optimization Operation and Ordinary Map Operation
Question: When you make the network optimization analysis, a map is presented in the site view.
Figure 4-10 Co-channel and adjacent channel check At this time, the pointer of the mouse is a cross, indicating a network optimization operation is undergoing. For example, the customer is making the co-channel and adjacent channel check in Figure 8-10. If you need to check other parts of the map, you have to perform amplification, reduction or movement operation, as shown in the following figure.
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Figure 4-11 Amplified map of co-channel and adjacent channel check If customers want to continue the network optimization before the map operation, what should be done? Answer: After the map operation, you right-click on the site view and a shortcut menu pops up, as shown in Figure 4-12. Select [Continue Network Optimization Operation] to continue the network optimization analysis. Select [Exit Current Operation] to exit the network optimization analysis.
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Add the existing tab file and import the GeoSet map file. Save the map file and the transformation is over.
4.9 How to Upgrade Traffic Statistics Query Task in the Old Database After Installation of the New Version?
Question: After I installed the new Nastar GSM version, the main program has been upgraded successfully. However, if I connect to the old database, the traffic statistics query tasks are still old. How can I update new traffic statistics query tasks into the old database? Answer: After installation of the new version, if you created a new local network by TransData, you can use Nastar to connect the local network and execute new traffic statistics query tasks. If you want to upgrade them into an old local network, Steps: 1) 2) 3) Select a local network to upgrade in the TransData workspace; Open the NET menu, and click Initial Task; or right-click the blank area and click Initial Task, to initialize the tasks. After initialization, the traffic statistics query tasks has been cleared in the selected local network, and updated into the new version.
4.10 Why Cant the Program be Started Normally after Installation of Nastar GSM2.2 Hard Dongle Version?
Question: I have installed Nastar GSM2.2 Hard Dongle Version, and plugged in the parallel port a new hard dongle. When I start the program, I am prompted that the hard dongle is not found yet, and the start failed. Answer: Because the new version hard dongles drive conflicts with the old ones. To handle this problem, you can follow the steps: 1) 2) 3) 4) Install the latest version of Nastar GSM2.2; In Control Panel, delete the installed Nastar GSM2.2; Restart Windows; Reinstall Install the latest version of Nastar GSM2.2.
4.11 How to Analyze the Results Imported by Nastar GSM Version 2.21 by means of Nastar GSM Version 2.22?
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When I use the new version (version 2.2) to analyze the results imported by the old one (version 2.2), the system shows the old interface. How can I update the interface? Answer: You should update tasks. Steps: 1) 2) 3) Start TransData, and then select the database NET node connected currently. Right-click the NET node and then select Initial Task to initialize tasks. Note: Backup the tasks defined by yourself before you refresh the task node. After tasks have been refreshed, the system shows new interface.
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Chapter 5 Appendix
5.1 Table of Engineering parameters
The engineering parameters are described in Table 5-1. Table 5-1 Engineering parameters Index Name MSCNAMEMSCNAME BSCNAMEBSCNAME SITENAMESITENAME LONGITUDELONGITUDE Name of MSC Name of BSC Name of BTS Longitude of the BTS position, in the form of Degree/Minute/Second or decimal (mandatory). Latitude of the BTS position, in the form of Degree/Minute/Second or decimal (mandatory). BTS types, including macro 1800 directional, macro 1800 omni, macro 900 directional, macro 900 omni, micro 1800 or micro 900. Macro means SITETYPESITETYPE macro BTSs. Micro means micro cells. 1800 and 900 mean sites of 1800M and 900M respectively. Directional means directional BTS and omni means omni BTS. CELLNAMECELLNAME LACLAC CICI BCCHBCCH BSICBSIC HSNHSN MAMA HOPPINGHOPPING GPRSGPRS Name of the cell LAC number, at most five digits. CI number, at most five digits. BCCH value BSIC value, two digits with each digit between 0 and 7. Fill in corresponding number. MAMA Whether there is hopping. Fill in TRUE or FALSE. Whether it is GPRS cell. Fill in TRUE or FALSE. Index Meaning
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Index Name POWERLEVELPOWERLEVEL ANT_HEIGHTANT_HEIGHT AZIMUTHAZIMUTH DOWNTILTDOWNTILT ANT_NAMEANT_NAME ANTGAINANTGAIN REGIONREGION SUPPLYSUPPLY REGIONPROPREGIONPROP USERDEF1USERDEF1 USERDEF2USERDEF2 USERDEF3USERDEF3 USERDEF4USERDEF4 USERDEF5USERDEF5 USERDEF6USERDEF6 USERDEF7USERDEF7 USERDEF8USERDEF8 USERDEF9USERDEF9 USERDEF10USERDEF10 Antenna power
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Antenna Height (number) Orientation, unit: degree (mandatory) Declination angle, unit: degree Antenna name Antenna gain Region attribute of the cell, used in traffic statistics Equipment supplier name Region attribute of the cell, used in traffic statistics User-defined attribute 1 User-defined attribute 2 User-defined attribute 3 User-defined attribute 4 User-defined attribute 5 User-defined attribute 6 User-defined attribute 7 User-defined attribute 8 User-defined attribute 9 User-defined attribute 10 Planning attribute, used in automatic planning of
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5.3 Abbreviations
BCC BCCH BSC BSIC BSS CI CPU CSV FTP GByte GHz GSM HA ID IP KPI LAC MS MSC MB BTS Color Code Broadcast Control CHannel Base Station Controller Base Station Identity Code Base Station Subsystem Cell Identity Center Processing Unit Comma Separation Value File Transfer Protocol Gigabyte Gigahertz Global System for Mobile communications High Availability Identity Internet Protocol Key Performance Index Location Area Code Mobile Station Mobile Service Switching Center Megabyte
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Network Color Code Operation and Maintenance Center Personal Computer Stand-alone Dedicated Control CHannel Timing Advance Traffic Channel Transport Control Protocol Transceiver
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