DIMENSIONING OF

LTE NETWORK
Girma Abebe

(ID:-GSR/02935/07)
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INTRODUCTION
LTE

will be internet protocol (IP) based, providing

higher throughput, broader bandwidth, and better
handoff while ensuring seamless services across
covered areas with multimedia support.
Dimensioning, which is a process of finding
possible configurations and the amount of
network equipment needed for an operators
coverage, capacity, quality of service, area type,
and radio propagation requirements.
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contd
Specifically

dimensioning activities involve

radio link budget and coverage analysis,
capacity calculation, and an estimation on the
amount of sites, base station hardware, radio
network controllers, equipments at different
interfaces, and core network elements,
including circuit switched domain and packet
switched (IPbased) domain core network.
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contd
This

work will propose best dimensioning

algorithms applied, not only optimizes the
radio network but also helps improve the QoS
of the LTE network and minimize the mobile
operators investment in their networks

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OBJECTIVES

objective is dimensioning of LTE access network, its

models, methods.

Specific objective
The main objectives are listed below:

Introduction of LTE features relevant for the

dimensioning

Definition

of the basic models for Access Network

Dimensioning
Coverage Estimation &Capacity Evaluation
Network

Element Count Estimation

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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
correctly

plan and dimension the LTE

Networks with all-IP structure to avoid
configuring unnecessary network resources
and maintaining high Quality of Service
(QoS) to subscribers?

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SIGNIFICANCE
The

significance of Dimensioning is to
optimizes the radio network and also helps
improve the QoS of the LTE network and
minimize the mobile operators investment in
their networks

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SCOPE
The

scope of the study will be to solve the

problem of dimensioning the cellular network
in ethiotelecom

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LITERATURE REVIEWS
Neruda,

M. and Bestak, R. (2008) summarizes the

evolution path from GSM, UMTS to IMS from the
aspect of network entities so that service providers will
be able to progressively migrate from GSM to UMTS
and IMS. Shalak, R. et al (2004) make a qualitative
study of the performance of UMTS core network, in
which equipment of multiple vendors of UMTS CN is
compared
Dimensioning of LTE Network by Abdul Basit, Syed
(2009) make study of Dimensioning on LTE of access
network with limited simulator

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METHODOLOGY
Data

collection and analysis method is used

For this work Data of Existing network is
collected and simulation and coverage results
are analyzed, followed by drive testing.
The results of field measurements are
compared against the simulation model
results, and the model is tuned for
performance optimization.
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REFERENCES
Dimensioning

of LTE Network (2009).

Radio Network Dimensioning and Planning for
WiMAX Networks V Bharathi Upase V Mythri
Hunukumbure V Sunil Vadgama (2007)
A Dimensioning Study for UMTS Core Networks
ADVANCED CELLULAR NETWORK PLANNING
AND OPTIMISATION 2G/2.5G/3G...EVOLUTION
TO 4G by Ajay R Mishra
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