Radio Network Planning Process

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Radio
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Planning Process
Summary
• Technologies
• Radio Network Planning Process
• Radio Media & Model Tuning
• Network Dimensioning
• Transmission Planning
• Parameter Planning & Optimisation
• Network Capacity Evolution
• Planning Tools
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Radio Network Planning Process

EXPLAIN CHAPTER 2
• Network Planning (2)

• Process (5)
• Site Selection (5)

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Network Planning
Competence
• Suppliers
• Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Alcatel, ...
• know infrastructure capabilities
• bound to own equipment
• Traditional operators
• PTT-style operators
• local network knowledge
• no inside knowledge of equipment
• Independent companies
• many “consulting” companies
• free in choice of equipment
• difficult to stay technically up-to-date

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Network Planning
Scope
External information sources
Customer requirements
•topo- & morphological data
•coverage requirements
•population data
•quality of service
•bandwidth available
•recommended sites
•frequency co-ordination
•subscriber forecasts
•constraints
Network planning team
•data acquisition Interactions with
•site survey and selection • external subcontractors
•field measurement evaluation • site hunting teams
•NW design and analysis • measurement teams
•transmission planning • operator
Network design • switch planning engineers
•number and configuration of BS
•antenna systems specifications Network performance
•BSS topology •grade of service (blocking)
•dimensioning of transmission lines •outage calculations
•frequency plan •interference probabilities
•network evolution strategy •quality observation
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Process
General
chapter 6 &
chapter 3 & 4 chapter 2 chapter 6
7
DEFINITION IMPLEMENTATION O&M
Network Coverage Parameter Network

Capacity Requirements
Configuration Planning and Planning Optimization
and Site Selection
Dimensioning Traffic distribution Area / Cell Survey
Service distribution specific measurements
Requirements Propagation Allowed blocking/queuing
and strategy measurements System features
Coverage Handover Statistical
for coverage, strategies performance
quality and prediction
analysis
capacity, Maximum
per service network Quality
Site
loading Efficiency
acquisition External Interference
Coverage Availability
Analysis
optimization Other RRM
Identification
Adaptation

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Process
Roll-out
external inputs:
(traffic, subs. forecast,
coverage requirements...)
nominal cell plan
suggestions for
Initial NW dimensioning
site locations
TRX, cells, sites
cell parameters
bandwidth needed
coverage achieved
NW topology
coverage prediction
signal strength
multipath propagation
go to create cell
frequency data for Site N
planning BSC pre-validation
field measurements
site inspection
real cell plan
field measurements
planning N
site accepted ?
criteria fulfilled?
N

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Process
Site Building
issue search area

& requirements on air!
find suitable
site candidates
installing & testing

calculate coverage
range of each candidate
propagation construction work

measurements
needed ?
transmission get building permit

links available? sign contract
with site
owner

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Site Acquisition
site acquisition
radio agent
site owner
planner
measurement network
teams operator
fixed network
planner architect

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Process
Documentation
• SARF
Site Acquisition
Request Form
• SIR/SAR
Site Information
(Acquisition) Report
• TSS report
Technical Site Survey
Report
• TDRS
Technical Data for
Radiating System
• ...

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Site Selection
Criteria
Radio criteria Non-radio criteria
• good view in main • space for equipment

beam direction
• no surrounding high • availability of leased
obstacles lines or microwave
link
• good visibility of
terrain • power supply
• room for antenna • access restrictions?
mounting
• house owner
• LOS to next
microwave site • rental costs
• short cabling distances

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General Considerations
• Proper site location determines usefulness

of its cells
• Sites are expensive
• Sites are long-term investments
• Site acquisition is a slow process
• Hundreds of sites needed per network
Base station site is a valuable

long-term asset for the operator

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Site Selection
Bad Site Location
• Avoid hill-top locations for BS sites

• uncontrolled interferences
• interleaved coverage
• awkward HO behaviours
• but: good location for microwave links!
wanted cell uncontrolled, strong

boundary interferences
interleaved coverage areas:

weak own signal, strong foreign signal

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Good Site Location
• Prefer sites off the hill-tops

• use hills to separate cells
• contiguous coverage area
• needs only low antenna heights if sites are
slightly elevated above valley bottom
wanted cell
boundary

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Site Info
Collect all necessary information about site

details
• site coordinates, height above sea level, exact address
• house owner
• type of building
• building materials (photo)
• possible antenna heights
• 360deg photo (clearance view)
• neighbourhood, surrounding environment
• drawing sketch of rooftop
• antenna mounting conditions
• access possibilities (truck?, road, roof)
• BS location, approx. feeder lengths

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