UTRAN Dimensioning

Planning the UMTS Air Interface

Dimension3G

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Tool Development

Initially developed as Spreadsheet Tool by TSG in

Swindon to respond to RFXs

Expanded and developed by TSG into Java based tool

Integrated into NetPlan as Dimensioning Tool

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Server / Client Based Tool

Initially - SATURN Tool was accessed via Web
Intranet Web Client Coverage / Traffic and System Parameters

XML Interface

Saturn Server

Site Number Estimation

Saturn Tool became Dimension3G - Integrated into NetPlan v7

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Dimension3G ROADMAP

v. 3.00 v. 2.00
UMTS / CDMA 1X WDM dimensioning Packet Data Model Services Library

Version 7.0
Access to Dimension3G via NetPlan

v. 1.00
Uplink dimensioning

Uplink & Downlink MHA, Transmit Diversity

Circuit Switched services

December 2000

April 2001

August 2002

Q2 2003

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Summary of Tool Utilisation

General dimensioning to calculate site requirements based upon coverage, capacity, services etc Produce initial estimates for network hardware costs Quantify the impact of various UMTS options (TMA, STTD, 6-sector) Estimate cell ranges for initial site acquisition searches Business Case modelling for UMTS scenarios produce cell ranges as input for more detailed simulation tool

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Dimension3G Overview
Dimensioning of the Air Interface

Part of Phase 1 of Motorola Network Planning Service

Site Estimations for UMTS and CDMA 1X

Optimisation of Coverage and Traffic Requirements

Java based Tool integrated into Motorola NetPlan tool

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Main Features
Dimension UMTS or CDMA 1X system Uplink and Downlink Range and Capacity Estimation Variable Cell Loading (Cell Breathing) Multi-Bearer C/S and P/S Traffic model

User speed distribution

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Main Features
User defined Coverage, Outage, Blocking Downlink BTS power estimation Downlink channelisation code estimation Library of pre-defined services

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Main Features
Site Configuration Sectorization Multiple carriers

MHA Option
Downlink Tx Diversity option Antenna height

Modified Cost 231 Hata Propagation Model

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Services Descriptions
Definition of UMTS Services
service name and class CS or PS Min and Max user rate User rate reduced at high loads

Standard Traffic Classes

conversational streaming interactive background

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Packet Switched Services

Standard Packet Model
calls per session packets per call packet size reading time delay specifications

packet service session

packet call

reading time

time

packet size

packet inter-arrival time

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Dimension3G Calculations
Optimisation of cell loading point for Coverage and Throughput
Higher Load Decreasing Range and Increasing Throughput

At Optimum loading point coverage and capacity goals met simultaneously

produce separate results for Uplink and Downlink Optimise final results based on UL and DL combined

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Dimension3G Calculations
OVSF Code resource calculation
1 DL OVSF code per connected user in the cell fixed Spreading Factor for each data rate, e.g. voice = 128; 384k = 8 higher rates / lower SF use more code resource

dimensioning results may be code limited

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Dimension3G Calculations
BTS Power estimates
DL power per user calculated from link budget

Power summed for all users in the cell

dimensioning results may be BTS power limited at high load, Downlink Power limits cell range

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Dimension3G INTERFACE
Project Set UP

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Dimension3G INTERFACE

Environment Extended Variables - common variables for each environment

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Dimension3G INTERFACE
Enter data for each scenario per year per environment Dense urban Urban Suburban Rural

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Dimension3G INTERFACE
Global Variables - common throughout the entire tool to all years and environments

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Dimension3G INTERFACE

Definition of Circuit Switched Services

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Dimension3G INTERFACE

Definition of Packet Switched Services

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RESULTS
Uplink, Downlink and Optimised results are presented for each Year and Environment
SITE AND CARRIERS REQUIRED CELL NOISE RISE / LOADING CELL RANGE USERS AND THROUGHPUT PER CELL BTS POWER REQUIRED PER CELL

DL CHANNELISATION CODES PER CELL

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RESULTS UL / DL initial sites

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RESULTS final optimised sites

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Contact Details
EMEA Pre-Sales Support Wireless BroadBand Group Swindon, UK Jon Kromer
+44 (0) 7860 663545 jonk@motorola.com

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