Gettingstarted Guide

Getting Started
Guide
March 2008
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1 GETTING STARTED WITH ACTIX ANALYZER .........................................................5

1.1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE .......................................................................................... 5
1.2 INTRODUCING ACTIX ANALYZER ........................................................................... 5
1.3 LEARNING ABOUT ANALYZER ............................................................................... 6
1.4 USE THE ONLINE HELP ...................................................................................... 7
1.4.1 The context-sensitive attribute reference help .......................................... 8
1.5 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ........................................................................................ 8
1.5.1 Getting started with MyActix .................................................................. 8
1.5.2 Case life cycle...................................................................................... 9
1.5.3 Actix support hours .............................................................................. 9
1.5.4 More information.................................................................................. 9
2 STARTING YOUR SOLUTION ......................................................................... 10

2.1 CHOOSING AN ENGINEERING PROCESS ..................................................................11
3 CONFIGURING YOUR SOLUTION .................................................................... 12

3.1 CONFIGURING NETWORK INFORMATION..................................................................12
3.1.1 Obtain site data in tabular format ..........................................................12
3.1.2 Import cell site data for the first time .....................................................12
3.1.3 Set a network information file ...............................................................16
3.2 MODIFYING EVENT DETECTION THRESHOLD VALUES ....................................................17
3.3 CONFIGURING DATA AGGREGATION ......................................................................17
3.3.1 Message filtering at load time................................................................17
3.3.2 Binning methods .................................................................................18
3.4 CONFIGURING MAP VIEWS .................................................................................19
3.4.1 Set up map backgrounds and layers.......................................................19
3.4.2 Change the Label properties of a map layer ............................................21
3.4.3 Change the Display Properties of a map layer ..........................................22
3.4.4 Show Lines to Cells on a map................................................................22
3.4.5 Change the size of cell site sectors.........................................................24
4 BASIC DATA ANALYSIS............................................................................... 25

4.1 THE ANALYZER INTERFACE ................................................................................25
4.2 MANAGING DATA ...........................................................................................26
4.2.1 Load data files ....................................................................................26
4.2.2 Find and use data in the Attribute Explorer .............................................26
4.2.3 Delete data files ..................................................................................28
4.3 SELECTING ANALYSIS OPTIONS ...........................................................................29
4.4 VIEWING SUMMARY DATA..................................................................................30
4.4.1 Solution reports ..................................................................................30
4.4.2 The Message Browser ..........................................................................32
4.4.3 The Protocol Stack Browser ..................................................................33
4.5 VIEWING ATTRIBUTE DATA ................................................................................34
4.5.1 View data in a Map ..............................................................................34
4.5.2 Replay the data...................................................................................36
4.5.3 View data in a Form.............................................................................37
4.5.4 View data in a Chart ............................................................................39
4.5.5 View data in a Table ............................................................................42
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4.5.6 View data in a Workbook ......................................................................42
4.5.7 About synchronized data windows .........................................................43 2
4.6 INTEGRATING REVERSE/FORWARD LINK (UPLINK/DOWNLINK) DATA .................................44
4.7 CREATING AND USING QUERIES ..........................................................................45
4.7.1 Create a filter .....................................................................................45
4.7.2 Filter the data .....................................................................................47
4.8 GENERATING NEW REPORTS ...............................................................................48
4.9 LOADING LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA WITH REPOSITORY MANAGER ...................................50
4.9.1 Creating a new Repository ....................................................................51
4.9.2 Opening a Repository...........................................................................52
4.9.3 Loading data into a Repository ..............................................................53
4.9.4 Displaying a list of files loaded into the Repository ...................................54
4.9.5 Closing a Repository ............................................................................54
4.9.6 Deleting a Repository...........................................................................55
4.9.7 Using the Repository Template Wizard....................................................55
5 CELL SITE PARAMETERS ............................................................................. 57

5.1 CDMA CELL SITE PARAMETERS ...........................................................................57
5.2 GSM / GPRS / EDGE CELL SITE PARAMETERS ........................................................58
5.3 IDEN CELL SITE PARAMETERS ............................................................................59
5.4 UMTS CELL SITE PARAMETERS ...........................................................................60
6 INDEX.................................................................................................. 61
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1 Getting Started with Actix Analyzer

1.1 About this guide
The format of this guide is to show you Analyzer's basic features. Not every product
function is described—just the core information, so you can be productive with your
solution right from the start. For detailed information on other areas of the product, see
the online help.
Note that when you see a word appear like this in the text, it refers to a menu selection,
button or hyperlink that you can select in the application’s user interface.
For example:
Tools, Preferences
would indicate the ‘Preferences’ command available from the ‘Tools’ menu.
Command line input or details of text files are shown like this:
Setup /V”<msiexec commands>”
For a detailed understanding of your solution, you should attend a full Actix training or
workshop session. These can be tailored exclusively to your individual or corporate
requirements.
1.2 Introducing Actix Analyzer

Actix Analyzer is a software application running under Microsoft Windows on a PC that
provides a series of analysis tools for post-processing cellular network data. The tools are
designed to address applications such as:
• Network performance optimization
• Feature testing
• Service validation
• Problem diagnosis and analysis
• Network bench-marking
• Competitive analysis
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The platform for Actix Solutions, Analyzer, can load network performance data from many
different sources:
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These data sources could include field-test equipment and switch call traces, and could be
from a one-off test, or part of a planned series of samples to build up an image of overall
network performance.
Once the data is loaded, a variety of analysis tools and displays provide a clear view of
network performance for engineers, technicians or operations management staff.
1.3 Learning about Analyzer

Release notes are provided with each Actix Analyzer General Availability release. You can
also find online help and attribute help available from the application. These should help
you to get started and answer any initial questions you may have.
Actix training courses are also available from Actix Professional Services, and provide an
excellent source of hands-on experience. Each course is led by one of our highly
experienced engineers. Contact Actix Professional Services for more information.
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1.4 Use the online help

You can start the online help from the Help menu, by selecting the Contents option. The 2
following features of the online help will assist you in finding an answer to your problem.
The Contents tab displays the help

topics in an ordered, collapsible view.
Double-click on a desired topic to
view it.
The Index tab lets you find any index

entries that match a word or part of
the word you are looking for. As you
type, the list of matching topics
changes. Select the desired topic and
click Display to view it.
The Search tab lets you type in the

word or words to search for, and then
click List Topics. All matching topics
are then listed. Select the desired
topic and click Display to view it.
If you need to refer to a help topic

often, you may want to add it to your
'favorites' list. Click on the Favorites
tab, and click Add to add the
displayed topic to the list. Select a
topic from the list and click Display to
view it.
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1.4.1 The context-sensitive attribute reference help

From the Help menu, select Show Context Help. As you select an attribute in the
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Workspace Explorer, related extra information is displayed in the help window.
As Actix is committed to provide rapid support for new file

formats, this reference help may not be up to date. If there
are particular attributes you would like to see in the help
but are not currently documented, please contact MyActix.
1.5 Customer Support

Actix is committed to providing the excellent professional support its customers would
expect from a market-leading company. Our engineers, based in the UK, USA and
Singapore, are contactable by email or by telephone, enabling Actix to provide worldwide
support for its customers, regardless of location.
1.5.1 Getting started with MyActix

Following installation, you can register at www.myactix.com. The MyActix portal provides a
personalized interface to the Actix Support Service and many other useful resources
including product downloads. It is the preferred method of accessing the Actix Support
Service.
You can use MyActix to report new cases, monitor progress and submit requested
information. You will be sent an email on days when any of your support cases have been
updated.
When reporting a case, please include as much information as possible, including a
description of the problem, any screenshots of error messages, and any small sample files
that have a problem, so we can investigate the reported problems faster.
All users within a customer of Actix products are encouraged to register, and any user can
submit a case. All cases submitted by users at the same customer are visible to each
other. A customer cannot see other customers’ cases.
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Help is available on how to use MyActix when you log on. There is an RSS feed available to
keep up to date with new resources being posted to the portal.
It is also possible to access the Actix Support Service by other means such as email and 2
telephone, but these methods are not preferred. It is more efficient and effective to submit
a case via www.myactix.com to provide all necessary information to recreate the
Customers’ case which can then be investigated.
1.5.2 Case life cycle

Once an issue has been received by the Support Desk and logged onto the system, it is
considered open until a solution has been implemented to the mutual satisfaction of both
Actix and yourself. At this point, the issue can be considered closed. However, if no
response within 2 weeks is received from the Customer to requests to progress the
resolution of a case, then the case will be closed. The Customer will normally be sent email
reminders that a case needs attention. A closed case can be re-opened upon request.
1.5.3 Actix support hours

www.myactix.com is available 24 hours a day apart from occasional essential
maintenance. The Actix Support Service is provided on a regional basis and engineers will
be working on your case during the local business hours of 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to
Friday excluding local public holidays.
1.5.4 More information

Full details on Actix Support are available in the Actix SLA document.
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2 Starting your solution

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You can start your Actix Solution from your

Windows Start menu, either directly from the
Actix Software icon:
…or from the All Programs, Actix, Actix Software menu option.
After a short pause you will see the Actix loading screen:
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2.1 Choosing an Engineering Process

After starting your Actix Solution, choose how you want to proceed by selecting an
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engineering process.
If you only have one engineering process on your license,

you will bypass this screen and go straight to the entry
screen for that process.
Most engineering processes guide you

through a series of predefined
analyses and reports that encapsulate
sophisticated radio engineering
decision-making knowledge.
However, Analyzer Classic lets you use
Analyzer in free analysis mode – that
is, you can use Analyzer’s
comprehensive set of data-analysis
tools to investigate any message or
attribute of interest within your logged
data.
This guide is concerned with how to use these tools, on the principle that once you
understand how these tools work, the use of the other engineering processes will appear
very straightforward.
Checking the box at the bottom of the screen also lets you bypass this screen and go
straight to your selected engineering process. If in future you want to display this screen,
from the File menu select Start New Engineering Process.
Your selected engineering process will not work correctly

until you have configured your solution.
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3 Configuring your solution

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3.1 Configuring network information

The Network Explorer is a tool available from the Cells menu that allows you to import
network elements from delimited text files, possibly exported from a planning tool. This
data is then stored in a text file called cellrefs.txt. You can also use the Network Explorer
to browse and edit loaded network information. This section describes how to import
delimited data.
3.1.1 Obtain site data in tabular format

In order to import cell site data from your own network, you will need to obtain a delimited
text file containing the data listed for the appropriate technology in the Cell site
parameters chapter on page 50.
The data may come from a network database or a planning tool configuration file. As long
as the data is in a tabular format with one row for each sector, your Actix Solution will be
able to import the data.
If you manually create a cellrefs file, you must have this as

the first line:
;#NetworkData – datafile
If you import the file using the Network Explorer, this line
is added automatically.
3.1.2 Import cell site data for the first time

Once you have obtained your cell site database in tab-delimited format, you are ready to
open the Network Explorer and import the site information.
To import the data
An example of initial network data in a text file is shown below, and could have been
produced from a planning tool:
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1 From the Cells menu, select Network Explorer.

The Network Explorer display consists of two panels. The left panel contains a tree
view of the network element data. The right panel shows details about relevant 2
parameters for the current selection.
2 On the toolbar, select Import, then Import From New Template to open the
Import dialog.
Select the appropriate export data file from your planning tool and click Open to
display the Custom Import Wizard.
The Import Settings page of the Custom Import Wizard is now displayed:
3 Give the Template a meaningful Template Name ('UMTS example' in this

example).
4 Check the appropriate Delimiter that separates the data from the file into
different columns.
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For example, under Delimiters, check the Tab box. Under General Settings, for
Ignore header rows enter ‘1’. For Array (list) Separator enter ‘;’. If your file
has more than one header or uses a different array list separator, set these
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options accordingly.
If you choose the wrong delimiter, you will see the effect in the Data Preview
window at the bottom of the dialog.
5 In most cases, the default information under General Settings and Coordinate
Information will apply. If your file has more than one header or uses a different
array list separator (the character used to separate the array values under the
'Neighbors' column in the example for step 1), adjust these settings as necessary.
6 Click Next.
The Column Settings page of the Custom Import Wizard is now displayed. This
allows you to associate a network parameter with a column of data in the text file.
Note that each of the field names has an associated icon:
Key fields You must select a field type for this field, but you
cannot set a default value.
These must be either bound to a particular type or have
Required fields
a default value set.
Other fields Binding particular field types or setting default values is

not strictly necessary for this field.
7 Open up the Site node. Click on the adjacent field under Column and select the
parameter name from your site database that corresponds to the Site_Name
parameter. Repeat for each of the fields in the Site node.
8 Open the Cell node. Click in the Column field next to Sector_ID. Select the
parameter name from your site database that corresponds to the Sector_ID
parameter.
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You can enter a default value that takes effect if the actual
value is unknown. For example, all Beamwidths could be
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9 Repeat for each of the fields in the Cell node. A description of each of these
parameters and their use is given in the appropriate technology table in the Cell
site parameters chapter .
10 Click Finish when all the columns have been assigned. The new cell information will
be added at the bottom of the existing list in the Network Element editor.
When the cellrefs file is updated, you should use the

template you have created on the new file so that you do
not have to repeat work you have already done, including
the column-by-column parameter assignment.
11 Inspect the cell data in the Network Explorer by expanding the

All_<tech>_Site_Elements folder in the left-hand pane of the Network Explorer.
12 Double-click on any site name in the right hand pane. The Name, ID, latitude and
longitude of the site will appear, as well as a folder containing <tech> Cell
Elements. Drill into the <tech> Cell Elements folder and examine the values
corresponding to each sector.
13 To keep the formatted site information, click Save.
14 Close the Network Explorer window by clicking the 'X' at the upper right hand
corner.
15 The window shown below is now displayed. Click Yes to overwrite the old settings
('No' would append this information to your existing network data):
16 After closing the Network Explorer, view a new map by selecting View, Display
New Map.
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17 If cell icons do not appear on the map, right click on the map and select Zoom, Go
to Layer, <tech>_Site… to zoom the map to the appropriate location.
18 Set the cells to be labeled by an appropriate parameter for the technology (for
example, SC for UMTS).
3.1.3 Set a network information file

1 From the Tools menu, select Preferences to open the Preferences dialog:
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2 Click on File Location to select the text file containing network element data. This
file must be in the Actix 'cellrefs' format. The information from this cellrefs file
takes effect from the next time a new workspace is created.
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Note that you can set up an automatic cellrefs import if

your network data is liable to change frequently (see the
online help for details).
3 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.

You will now see a message saying that the new file will take effect with the next
workspace created or loaded.
You may now want to close and restart your Actix Solution for the change to take
effect.
3.2 Modifying event detection threshold values

You can modify threshold values for event detection using the Tools menu Display
Thresholds command. To modify the value, simply click on the associated number and
type in the new value.
In the example below, a threshold is available for too many servers. This threshold applies
when four or more pilots are within a certain range of the best server. In other words, if
the threshold is set to 5 dB, an event will appear on the map every time four or more
pilots are within 5 dB of the best server (Uu_ActiveSet_EcNo_0).
3.3 Configuring data aggregation

3.3.1 Message filtering at load time
By default, your Actix Solution filters out statistically unimportant message information to
shorten load times and increase the number of files that can be loaded at the same time.
To load all messages in the data
1 Within your Actix Solution, from the Tools menu, select Preferences to open the
Preferences dialog.
2 Under the heading Load Speed Default, select Load All.
3 Click OK to accept the changes.
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3.3.2 Binning methods

In order to provide a reasonably small number of data points from both a computing and
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an analysis perspective, Actix Solutions aggregate logged data into groups called bins.
The aggregation method used to create one bin from many data points depends on the
type of parameter. For example, measurement parameters, such as UTRA_CarrierRSSI
and UetransmittedPower, are binned by averaging all component measurements into
one data point. For network state parameters, such as Scrambling codes, a bin is given the
most frequently occurring value (the mode) among the component measurements.
Events, such as dropped calls and handovers, are binned by the number of events
occurring within the component measurements.
There are four methods for determining how to divide data into bins: message binning,
time binning, distance binning, and location binning.
Time-based binning combines data in
the time domain using a user specified
duration for the bin.
The diagram above looks at a one-second bin. The speed of travel during logging will affect
how many log files you see in a certain area.
Distance binning combines data into
bins corresponding to the distance
traveled by the test mobile.
This mode is commonly used for drive-test analyses when viewing on a map to ensure plot
points are evenly spaced.
Message binning - If the number of messages to be averaged is set to 1, each message
is placed into its own bin with the net result of no averaging of the data. Note that
message binning should be usually only set to ‘1’.
Location binning is like overlaying a spatial grid on top of the data with a user-definable
granularity. This can be used when examining several drive files crossing over the same
geographic area. This method is often used for superstreams (see the online help for more
information).
Grid (not seen) Drive Routes
All points in this box will be

binned together to produce
one plotted point.
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To change the binning method

1 Within your Actix Solution, from the Tools menu, select Preferences to open the
Preferences dialog.
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2 Under the heading Binning, select the appropriate Binning Mode. A typical setting
for viewing drive test data would be to select Time binning, with Time (ms) set to
1000.
3 Click OK to accept the changes.
3.4 Configuring map views

3.4.1 Set up map backgrounds and layers
This section shows you how to load MapInfo tabular (.tab) data to present data analyses
on map backdrops.
1 Create a new map by selecting View, Display New Map.
2 Drag a data attribute from the Attribute Explorer into the map window.
3 Click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.
All layers in the map from top to bottom, with

the top layer currently selected
Create, delete
or export layers
Change the properties of Change the order of the

the currently selected layer currently selected layer
Making a checkmark in a layer's box determines the following:
if the layer is visible
if objects on it can be selected
if the layer can be annotated (to 'lock' the Annotations layer from having any further
annotations added, click on the box again to clear it)
4 In the Layers box, click Add to open the Open Layer dialog.
5 Select one or more MapInfo Map (.tab) files.
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MapInfo layers are named according to the geographic location of the data (for
example, the abbreviated US state name and/or county name), and by the type of
data contained in the file. Here are some of the common abbreviations used for
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MapInfo data types:
Suffix Layer Type

Y1 RtHwy010_Top
Y2 RtHwy010_Bot
X1 IntShld010
X2 IntShld1040
Pc Cultural Points
Pn Natural Points
Pm Municipal Points
R Railroads
H Highways
S Streets
Wr Water (rivers)
Wb Water (bodies of water)
Lm Landmarks
Cb City Boundary
Mc Minor Civic Division
Cy County
6 Click Open to show the .tab file in the layer list.
The top of the layer list represents the uppermost layer in this map window.
7 Click Up and Down to move 'examplemap' to the bottom and 'Annotations' to the
top.
8 Click Close and return to the map view.
In a new Actix installation, the map location defaults to 0° longitude, 0° latitude, so
you will need to arrange the map view to display the new map.
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9 Pan the map viewing area by right-clicking in the map area, then choosing Zoom,
Go to Layer and selecting the new map layer.
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area, click Zoom In, then click and drag a rectangle around the area of interest.
3.4.2 Change the Label properties of a map layer

1 From the map window, click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.
2 Select a particular layer.
3 Click the Labels button to open the Label Properties dialog:
To use Do this
Data Field Select the data field to be displayed as the label.
Formatted Field Set the formatted field to use as the label
displayed, depending on the layer selected in the
Layer Control dialog.
Show Check the box to show labels on the map (which
are otherwise hidden – this is recommended to
improve map load times).
Allow overlapped text Check the box to allow labels to overlap.
Hide adjacent duplicate text Uncheck the box to allow the same text to
appear for adjacent data points.
Display within range Check the box to display labels only within the
maximum and minimum zoom levels. A zoom
level is the width of the map area displayed, in
the current map units.
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Min Zoom Set the lowest zoom level at which labels will be
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displayed.
Max Zoom Set the highest zoom level at which labels will
be displayed.
Max # of labels Set the maximum number of labels that can be
shown on the map.
Label Style Set the font style for the label.
Position Select the position of the label relative to the
data point.
Label X/Y offset (points) Set the offset of the label in the X or Y direction.
The offset is measured in points (as used for
fonts).
Label Style Defines the appearance of the label text in terms
of color, font, size and other effects.
3.4.3 Change the Display Properties of a map layer

For some detailed layers—like the Street layers—you can control at what degree of
magnification they become visible. This helps to minimize map clutter.
2 Select a particular layer.
3 Click Display to open the Display Properties dialog.
4 Check Display within Zoom range and enter '0' for Min Zoom and '10' for Max
Zoom.
3.4.4 Show Lines to Cells on a map

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2 Select the appropriate cells layer.

3 Click Lines to open the Lines Configuration dialog.
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4 Set the Lines draw mode to 'Selection'.

5 Set Color lines with to the following attribute:
Technology Attribute
CDMA PN_1stBestEcIo
GSM ServBCCH
iDEN Channel
IS_136 FACCH_CurChannel
UMTS Uu_ActiveSet_SC
6 Check that the Disable box is empty, and click OK, then Yes.
7 Click OK to close the Layer Control dialog.
8 Zoom In on data points near a cell site, and use Select to pick a data point.
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A solid line is drawn to the serving cell site,

with dotted lines drawn to neighboring cells.
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If 'All datapoints' was selected in the Lines
Configuration dialog, you would not need to
select a data point—all data points would
have a line to their neighbor cells. This can
be useful in some situations.
3.4.5 Change the size of cell site sectors

To display network information on a map window, you must have your ‘cellrefs’ network
information selected (using Tools, Preferences) before you can import it. You can use
the Network Explorer to view and edit the cellrefs file.
You may want to change the size of cell site sectors as displayed on a map. This is
especially useful if you are using multiple cell layers.
1 From the map window, click on Cell Sites to open the Sites/Cell Properties dialog.
2 Set the Series attribute to be <tech>_Cell, for example CDMA_Cell, or
WCDMA_Cell.
3 Set the Cell Size to an attribute shared by all related cell sites, such as
Layer_type (recommended if available from your cellrefs file) or MCC, and click OK
to display the new layer in the Legend panel on the left.
4 Expand the new layer to show one item in the range, called 'Unspecified'.
5 Right-click on this item and choose Selected range's style to open the Style
chooser dialog.
6 Set the new font size as required and click OK. The cell site sectors will now
change size to reflect your selection.
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4 Basic data analysis

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4.1 The Analyzer interface

Although there are many engineering processes that present a streamlined workflow
approach, to understand the features provided by the product, it is worth starting by
examining the Analyzer interface. The lessons learned here will pay off when you use any
other Actix engineering process.
During a worksession, the application window may look something like this:
The arrangement of loaded help files and data display windows is called the current
workspace. You can save and reuse workspaces as necessary.
You may find it useful to create one or more workspaces to

act as templates for future work sessions. Save these to
your desktop, so you can double-click them to start your
solution with your preferred layouts.
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4.2 Managing data

Analyzer has several possibly ways that you can load data. A network data (‘cellref’) file
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can be loaded directly or imported through the Network Explorer function. Logfiles
containing collected data from network operations can be loaded directly, either in a
recognized format or imported in ASCII format, or loaded in a batch through the
Repository mechanism.
4.2.1 Load data files

1 From the main toolbar, click the Open Logfile button to display the Open dialog.
2 Select an appropriate file.
Files of Type defaults to 'All Formats' but you can select a specific file type to look
for. This also illustrates the many file formats available for use with Analyzer.
The Repository feature (see Loading large amounts of data

on page 50) is more practical than using Open Logfile if
you need to analyze many large logfiles.
4.2.2 Find and use data in the Attribute Explorer

The Attribute Explorer window is a graphical display of all loaded data or log files and the
data structure contained within each file. Loaded files are at the highest level, with devices
and other data streams displayed at lower levels.
The name of each type of element is shown below.
The logfile name

The exact
structures and
icons used depend
on the data file
The data stream name
An attribute
Click on the symbols to open out and explore the data in your logfile. See how your data
relates to the structure shown above.
The only objects that you actually need to recognize are filenames, data streams and data
attributes.
In the example above, the file 'MyFile1' contains a data stream called 'Qualcomm MDM
1900' (the number is the data stream number within the file, starting from zero).
The 'CDMA' group contains the 'Pilot Sets' set, which contains the 'SearcherMaxEnergy'
data attribute.
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The logical tree-view layout of the Attribute Explorer allows you to drill down and identify
all logged data. Once you have located the appropriate data attribute, you can open it in a
data window—for example, a map, chart, table or spreadsheet—to examine the data in
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detail. You can examine data streams using the Message Browser tool.
Searching for an attribute
You may find it easier to locate attributes using the Find Attribute command, which lets
you enter all or part of the attribute's name or help description in a new Attribute Search
dialog.
Select Tools, Find Attribute (or use
the hotkey Ctrl + Shift + F) to add a
search panel is added to the Attribute
Explorer tree view pane.
Enter search criteria about the required attributes into this panel.
• Find What: Enter some text which is part of the required attribute name.
• Stream: Select which stream of data should be searched. ‘<All Streams>’ is set
by default.
• Settings:
▫ Whole Word: Check this to search only for attributes where the search text
exactly matches the whole attribute name. Otherwise, search for attributes
where the search text is contained within the attribute name.
▫ Case Sensitive: Check this to search only for attributes where the case of
the search string exactly matches the case of the attribute.
• Direction: When ‘down’ is selected, only search for attributes further down in the
attribute tree from the currently selected attribute. When ‘up’ is selected, only
search for attributes further up in the attribute tree from the currently selected
attribute.
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• Find Next: Based on the current search criteria, find the next matching attribute.
This attribute is highlighted in the All tab at the bottom of the Attribute Explorer.
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• Find All: Based on the current search criteria, find all matching attributes in the
tree-view. The matching attributes are listed in the Search Results tab at the
bottom of the Attribute Explorer.
• Done: The search for attribute panel is closed. Search results remain visible in the
Search Results tab.
4.2.3 Delete data files

To remove a data file from the Attribute Explorer
1 Right-click on the name of the logfile to display the Close Logfile option.
2 Click Close Logfile.
The data file is now removed from the Attribute Explorer display.
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4.3 Selecting analysis options

From the Attribute Explorer 2
panel, right-click on a
stream or network image to
produce a series of menu
options, shown on the right.
Most common features can
be accessed in this way.
Most analysis methods are activated in a Queries have a different set of options:
similar way, by right-clicking on an attribute
or event and selecting from the menu:
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4.4 Viewing summary data

The Attribute Explorer provides several ways 2
in which you can examine summary or
overview information on your loaded data.
Once you have used the summary data
views to identify problem areas, you can use
the attribute views to examine the data in
detail. For more information, see the section
Viewing attribute data on page 34.
4.4.1 Solution reports

Analyzer provides a set of pre-configured reports, each concentrating on a particular type
of network analysis. These application packs distil advanced analysis techniques into
simple, comprehensive spreadsheet reports, ready for immediate use by staff of all levels
of experience. Each technology has a different set of application packs.
The application packs are listed under the Analysis menu–which ones actually appear
depend on the type of data file loaded. Note that if you do not have a loaded data file, the
Analysis menu option will be grayed-out.
To open an application pack
1 Ensure that you have a data file loaded and that a valid CellRefs file has been set.
2 From the Analysis menu, select an application pack (in this example, 'CDMA
Distant Server Analysis').
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Once you select an application pack, this window opens:
The top pane shows a tree-view of the network structure against various statistics
produced by the application pack.
3 Use the top pane as necessary to narrow down the data in your selection.
All reports appropriate to your selection are displayed under the Suggested tab. If
you want to use another report, look under the All tab to view all reports available
within the current application pack.
A description of the reports contained within each application pack is also provided
in this window.
4 Double-click on a report icon to open the report window. This will report on all data
selected in the upper tree-view panel.
5 As required, use the buttons at the bottom of the window to Save the report as a
web-compatible HTML file set, Print the report to your printer or open the report
in Excel using Show Excel Report.
To reset thresholds for a new analysis
A number of the application pack reports use Custom Attributes. To change the thresholds
for a new analysis, you need to re-run these Custom Attributes directly from the Custom
Attribute Manager:
• Distance_Input
• EcIo_Threshold_Input
You can now re-run the application pack.
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4.4.2 The Message Browser

The Message Browser differs from the previous data windows in that it only appears as a 2
pop-up menu option at the data stream level in the Attribute Explorer.
• From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a data stream and select Display
Message Browser.
The Message Browser combines an event panel (sequentially listing call events) with a
panel of Layer 3 messaging, allowing you to pinpoint the root causes of problems.
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4.4.3 The Protocol Stack Browser

The Protocol Stack Browser only appears as a pop-up menu option at the data stream level
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in the Attribute Explorer.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on the data stream and select Protocol
Stack Browser.
2 Now select the required browser view.

Each view displays messaging and information appropriate to that view. The
example shown here is the CDMA Signaling (Radio Interface) view.
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4.5 Viewing attribute data

From the Attribute Explorer, you can right-click any data attribute to display a suitable
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pop-up menu of options:
Select one of the display methods to opens the appropriate data display window.
4.5.1 View data in a Map

1 Use the pop-up menu to display the data attribute ('EcIo_1stBest' in this example)
in a map window on a new layer.
If there are no other attribute layers on this map, the new attribute layer will be
beneath the lowest site or cell layer. See the chapter Configuring your solution for
more information on map layers.
2 Click on the Pan button.
3 Click and drag the data around the map window.
4 Experiment with the Zoom buttons.
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5 In the Attribute Explorer, open up the 'Event Data' set and drag an event (in this
example the 'WeakPilotWarning' event) onto the map, which should then look
similar to this:
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Adding events (for example 'CallDropped') to the mapped data can help you see
where problems are occurring.
6 Drag another data attribute onto the map.
The attribute information is displayed on a new map layer directly above the
previous attribute layer.
You can also change the size, symbol or color of the data, apply offsets to an
attribute or merge attributes for a multidimensional display. See the online help for
further details.
The map legend defines histogram ranges for charts.
7 To hide a data series, in the legend pane, click in the check box beside the series
name.
To find out how to add background geographical and

network information to map windows, see the chapter
Configuring your solution.
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4.5.2 Replay the data

With a drive test file, you may want to recreate the drive test by 'playing' through the data
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file from beginning to end. You can do this using the Replay control on the main toolbar:
Click on the Step buttons to move forwards and backwards by one message at a time.
Note that several clicks may be required before any change is visible on the Map,
depending on the binning settings.
Click on the Play buttons to move at a selectable multiple of real-time speed through the
data (if Play by Time is selected – see below). In this case, some messages may be
dropped as necessary to allow the data to be highlighted at the set speed.
The Select Options button allows you to set the replay mode:
Mode Play Step

Play by Time Replays message at the same rate as Step to next message.
originally recorded. Some messages will be
ignored to maintain the replay speed.
Play by Replay all messages. The speed slider has no Step to next message.
Message effect.
Play by Bin Replays bin-to-bin in sequence. The speed Step to first message in
slider has no effect. next bin.
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While examining data on a map, you can also view data attributes for the same data point
by using Forms (also called StateForms).
1 From the View menu, select Forms and select an appropriate StateForm (or, from
the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a stream name, select Display Form and
then the form name).
2 In a map window, click Select and select a data point.

The Form window now displays a variety of attributes based on the data point you
selected. Here is an example:
You can synchronize all views in other open data windows by clicking on the
timeline in Navigator-type StateForms like this.
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Other StateForms provide information for the currently selected point in the drive
test:
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3 If you have scanner data in your logfile, start another Form window.
4 Right-click on the form and select Open File, then select a form (.axw) file for a
scanner.
5 Right-click on the form and select Stream Selector, then the scanner stream.
See the online help for details on how to create your own forms.
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4.5.4 View data in a Chart

1 From the Attribute Explorer window, use the pop-up menu to display a data 2
attribute (in this example, 'EcIo_1stBest') in a chart window.
You can display more than one attribute on the same chart.
2 Select a second attribute that would make a useful comparison (in this example,
the attribute 'ForwardFER') and drag it onto the existing chart.
You can also zoom into selected areas of the chart by defining a frame for the
zoom.
3 On the chart, click the upper left corner of the zooming rectangle, and drag down
to the lower right extent of the rectangle.
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4 Release the mouse button to complete the zoom action:
Note that the zoom only operates in the X-axis, not in the
Y-axis.
5 Now return the chart its original state by dragging a box anywhere, but this time
starting from the bottom.
6 Use the right mouse button to pan and scroll around the chart window.
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Although you can scroll in the X-axis for all attributes on the chart, you can only
pan in the Y-axis for the last attribute to be displayed on the chart.
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4.5.5 View data in a Table

Tables let you examine the numeric series, histogram and statistical data for the selected 2
attribute.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a data attribute (in this example,
'DownLink Measurements > EcIo_1stBest') and select Display on Table.
This opens the Table window:
2 Experiment with the other tabs in the window.
4.5.6 View data in a Workbook

Workbooks let you examine the data for the selected data attribute within a Microsoft
Excel™ spreadsheet.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on an attribute and select Display on
Workbook to open the spreadsheet.
2 See also the section Generate new reports on page 48.
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4.5.7 About synchronized data windows

The data in each of these windows is synchronized, so that when displaying the same data 2
attribute in a map, chart or table, if you select a data point in one window, all related map,
chart or table windows also highlight the data point.
Open a map and a chart window, and display an attribute in each.
1 From the map window, click on Select.
Note the other toolbar buttons for selecting data points.
2 Now click on a data point on the map.

You should see that the relevant parts of the map and the chart look as shown
below, with a line appearing at the equivalent time on the chart:
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4.6 Integrating reverse/forward link (uplink/downlink) data

The reverse link data from the switch or a protocol analyzer can be integrated with the
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drive-test data. This lets you see how parameters such as EcIo behave at specific mobile
locations.
In Actix Solutions, this technique of integrating data files is known as 'superstreaming'.
1 Ensure that you have loaded the two files that you want to synchronize into a
superstream.
2 From the View menu, select Superstream to open the Superstreaming dialog.
This dialog shows all currently available data streams.
3 Change the superstream name from the default to something more meaningful.
4 Check the box of each data stream that you want to combine to form a
superstream. You can also use the All or None buttons to change the box settings
of every listed data stream.
5 Click the Settings button. This expands the dialog to show the Merge Method
options.
6 To superstream data from the reverse link and the forward link, click the
Correlated Parameters option. This lets you select attributes from each stream
that correspond to one another.
7 Highlight the uplink data stream.
8 From the attribute picker button on the right, select a suitable attribute, for
example 'Cell_PN_Primary'.
9 Highlight the downlink data stream.
10 From the attribute picker, select for example 'PN_Primary'.
11 Click OK.
The superstream is now generated and appears in the Attribute Explorer. You can view
data from the superstream in any of the standard data display windows.
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4.7 Creating and using queries

Actix Solutions provide a querying interface that lets you construct simple or complex 2
expressions. These expressions extract meaningful performance data, based on user-
defined thresholds or the value of other expressions.
As an example, you can create a query that returns statistics for a particular event—such
as a dropped call—for a given window in time around that event. This is useful when
looking for data trends.
Queries are created and edited from the Tools menu, Analysis Manager option. You can
create these query types:
• Filter queries
• Binned queries
• Histogram queries
• Statistical queries
• Crosstab queries
• Event queries
You can also:
• Perform logical and arithmetic operators
• Save queries to a default Workspace
• Apply filters to queries
4.7.1 Create a filter

This example query is designed to filter for poor quality in the data.
1 From the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a data stream and select Filter, then
Create a New Filter.
The Filter Wizard opens.

2 Enter 'Poor Quality' as the name of the filter.
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3 Click on the right-arrow of the attribute picker and select , for example, CDMA >
DownLink Measurements > ForwardFER.
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4 Set the filter operation to 'Greater than (>)'.

5 Set the threshold to '5'.
6 Click OK to close the Wizard.
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4.7.2 Filter the data

You can turn on and off filters from the Attribute Explorer, just by clicking on them from
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the drop-down menu.
Several default filters are provided to allow you to select the data that is displayed in the
Workspace.
Example UMTS filter definitions are shown below:

Poor Mobile Receive Power CPICH_RSCP_in_ActiveSet[0] < -95 dBm
High Mobile Transmit Power UeTransmittedPower > 0 dBm
Low Mobile Transmit Power UeTransmittedPower < -30 dBm
High Mobile Receive Power CPICH_RSCP_in_ActiveSet[0] > -80 dBm
Poor Ec/No CPICH_EcNo_in_ActiveSet[0] < -15 dB
High Ec/No CPICH_EcNo_in_ActiveSet[0] > -8 dB
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You may want to create high-level management reports based on your collected data. You 2
can print from map and chart windows, but the Workbook function (using Microsoft
Excel™) allows you to collate these views and perform other data analysis functions to
produce an integrated, polished report.
This task assumes that there is an Excel template created

from your Actix Solution that you can use to generate a
report. If you do not have a report template, see the online
help for details of how to create one.
1 From the Workbook menu, select Open Workbook and select an appropriate
Excel template.
2 Click Open.
3 Select the data source that you want to view in the workbook report.
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4 Click OK to process and display the data in the workbook.
You can proceed to adapt the workbook, use other Excel tools on the data, and so
on.
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4.9 Loading large amounts of data with Repository Manager

Repository Manager provides a mechanism for handling large amounts of data, by loading 2
the results of queries into a relational database, which is implemented using Microsoft®
SQL Server™ 2005 Express Edition. Currently only crosstab, event and binned queries are
supported. An individual database is referred to as a repository.
Repositories are typically used to provide a high-level overview of the state of a network.
This can be used, for example, to identify broad problem areas, such as a cell that has a
high rate of dropped calls. Having identified a broad problem area, an engineer would
often want to "drill down" into the sequential message data for the calls that dropped in
that cell, in order to attempt to discover the actual cause of the problem.
Some of the Engineering Process modules use Repository Manager to store data but hide
the details of creating repositories and loading data into them behind the task pages.
However, Analyzer includes features that advanced users can use to create new
repositories directly, and to open, close, and delete existing repositories, and to load data
into them. Note that only one repository can be open at any one time.
When a repository is open, it is displayed in the Open Repositories folder in the Attribute
Explorer. Each device appears as a separate node under the repository. For example, here
is the Attribute Explorer showing a repository called Demo, which has four devices, called
Scanner, Handset Slot 1, Handset Slot 2, and Handset Slot 3, respectively. Data is loaded
into the devices based on the stream name filter and stream type specified in the Define
Devices page of the Repository Template Wizard.
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Beneath each device in the Attribute Explorer, you can see the attributes and queries that
are part of that device. The structure of the devices and their attributes, queries, and
filters are defined by the template that was used to create the repository and cannot be
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changed after the repository has been created. Sometimes each device might have a
different list of attributes and queries and sometimes some or all of the devices might have
the same lists.
When you right-click an attribute or binned query in the Attribute Explorer, you get options
to display it on the Map and other binned data viewing components and to see its
definition in the Attribute Help system.
When you right-click a crosstab or event query in the Attribute Explorer, you have the
option to open the Repository Statistics Explorer, which provides useful features for
exploring the summary views that the crosstab queries provide.
Typically an engineering process module that uses Repository Manager will retrieve
crosstab data from the repository and display it in a table or chart embedded on the task
page.
4.9.1 Creating a new Repository

Before you create the template, you need to decide which template you to use. You can
use an existing template or create one using the Repository Template Wizard.
To create a new repository
1 From the Repository menu, choose Create Repository.
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2 Select the Template on which you want to base the repository and enter a Name
and Description.
3 Do one of the following:
▫ Click Create & Open, if you want to open the new repository after it has
been created.
▫ Click Create, if you do not want to open the new repository immediately
after it is created.
4.9.2 Opening a Repository

Note that only one repository can be open at any one time. If you want to open a
repository when another one is already open, you need to close that repository first (as
described in the section Closing a Repository).
To open a repository
1 From the Repository menu, choose Open Repository.
2 Select the repository you want to open and then click OK.
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4.9.3 Loading data into a Repository

Before you can load data into a repository, you need to open the repository (as described
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in the section Opening a Repository).
1 If necessary, select the Attribute Explorer tool to open the Attribute Explorer.
2 Locate the repository in the Open Repositories folder in the Attribute Explorer.
3 Right-click the repository and from the shortcut menu, choose Load Data.
This opens the Load Data dialog. This has features that make it easy to select
individual files to load, and also to select multiple files based on their location and
file names.
4 Use the Add Files button to select individual log files to load. When you select a
file, it is automatically added to the list of files in the center of the Load Data
dialog box.
5 Use the Add Folders button to select folders that contain log files to load.
Selecting a folder automatically selects all of the files in that folder and all of its
subfolders and adds them to the list of files in the Load Data dialog box.
6 You can remove files from the list by selecting them individually or in groups
(using Shift-click and Ctrl-click) and then clicking Remove.
7 You can also remove files from the list by entering an expression into the Filter
dialog box and then clicking Apply. This removes from the list all of the files that
do not meet the filter expression.
The expression should use a combination of text and wildcard characters to specify
the name patterns of the log files that you want to include. You can include
multiple patterns using the semicolon (;) character. The following table provides
details of the valid wildcard characters.
Wildcard Description
* Matches zero or more characters.
? Matches a single character.
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Example Selects
*.log;*Friday*.sd5 All files that have a .log filename extension and all log files whose
names contain the text "Friday" and that have an .sd5 filename
extension.
*08-??-2004*.dat Only files that have a .dat filename extension and whose names
contain the characters "08-" followed by any two characters and then
followed by the characters "-2004". In practice this could be used to
select files whose names contain any date in August 2004 specified in
the American short date style.
Clicking the Apply button applies the expression to the files listed in the box
above. Note that clearing the expression and clicking Apply again does not cancel
any filtering that was applied earlier.
8 When the list reflects the files you want to load, click OK to start the loading
process.
Notes:
• Repository Manager will attempt to load all of the files in the list. If any of them
cannot be loaded, because, for example, they are not valid log files, Repository
Manager will simply move on to the next file.
• Repository Manager does not reload files that have already been loaded into the
repository.
• When the file loading process has finished, Repository Manager displays a list
showing each file and the results of the loading process. A result of OK means that
the log file was successfully processed and does not necessarily mean that any of
the data was actually loaded into the repository. For example, it is possible for a
log file to be shown as OK when in fact none of its data was loaded into the
repository because it did not meet any of the loading criteria defined for the
devices or if it did, the log file did not actually contain any of the attributes defined
for those devices nor any data that matched the queries. See Repository Template
Wizard: Define Devices in the online help for more information.
4.9.4 Displaying a list of files loaded into the Repository

3 Right-click the repository and from the shortcut menu, choose Display Loaded
Files.
4.9.5 Closing a Repository

3 Right-click the repository and from the shortcut menu, choose Close Repository.
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4.9.6 Deleting a Repository

1 From the Repository menu, choose Delete Repository.
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2 Select the repository you want to delete and then click Delete.
This irreversibly deletes the database from disk. It does not delete any session files
associated with the database.
4.9.7 Using the Repository Template Wizard

When an empty repository is created, it is based on a template, which specifies how the
results are to be structured into data sources (devices) and which attributes and queries
are to be included in each device. Repository Manager stores the binned data for the
attributes as described in Repository Binned Data.
Use the Repository Template wizard to create templates that can then be used for creating
repositories. The template defines the structure of the new repository, what type of data it
is to be used for, how that data is to be organized, etc. You can also use the Repository
Template wizard to edit an existing repository template.
Start the Repository Template wizard from the Template Manager, which lists the
templates that already exist and also enables you to delete unwanted templates.
Before you start creating a template, make sure that all of the queries that you want to
use in the template are already available in the Analysis Manager, otherwise you will not
be able to add them to the template. If necessary, close the Template Manager, add the
queries, and then start again.
To open the Template Manager
• From the Repository menu, choose Template Manager.
To create a new template

1 Open the Template Manager and then click New. This opens the Repository
Template wizard's Welcome page.
2 Click Next to open the Combine or Separate Data? page.
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To edit an existing template

• Open the Template Manager, select the template you want to change, and then
click Edit. This takes you straight to the Combine or Separate Data? page. 2
To delete an unwanted template

• Open the Template Manager, select the template you want to delete, and then
click Delete.
Note that you cannot delete templates that are supplied by

Actix, or that are within a package.
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5.1 CDMA cell site parameters

Parameter Actix Workspace Purpose
Name
Site Name CDMA_Site SiteName Text description of the Site for display on
map.
Site Number CDMA_Site SiteID Numeric identifier for the Site.
Latitude CDMA_Site SiteLatitude Locates Site icons on the map.
Longitude CDMA_Site Locates Site icons on the map.
SiteLongitude
Sector Number CDMA_Cell Sector ID Sector-specific information useful for display
Can 1,2,3 etc. or a on maps.
combination of site
numbers
Azimuth CDMA_Cell Azimuth Orients the sector icons on the map.
Beamwidth CDMA_Cell Beamwidth Governs the shape of the sector 'wedge' on
the map to reflect the beamwidth of the
antenna deployed at the site.
Base Station CDMA_Cell EIRP Base station power, used in CDMA Toolkit
Power calculations.
PN Offset CDMA_Cell PN Used in CDMA Toolkit calculations, lines to
neighbor cells and to color sectors/sites on
maps to reflect PN planning.
MCC CDMA_Cell MCC Mobile Country Code
SID CDMA_Cell SID System Identity
NID CDMA_Cell NID Network Identity
BID CDMA_Cell BID Broadcast Identity
Layer type Layer_type Text that specifies which cell layer (for
example, by technology, band, purpose or
status) that the site belongs to. Used for
multiple cell layers.
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5.2 GSM / GPRS / EDGE cell site parameters

Parameter Workspace Name Purpose 2
Site Name GSM_Site_SiteName Text description of the Site for display on

map.
Site Number GSM_Site ID Numeric identifier for the Site. Used as the
linking column to associate the GSM_Site
and GSM_Cell rows.
Latitude GSM_Site Latitude Locates Site icons on map.
Longitude GSM_Site Longitude Locates Site icons on map.
Sector Number GSM_Cell Sector ID Sector-specific ID information useful for
Can be 1,2,3, etc, or a display on maps.
combination of site
numbers
Azimuth GSM_Cell Azimuth Orients the sector icons on the map.
Beamwidth GSM_Cell Beamwith Governs the radius of the sector 'wedge'
icon to reflect the beamwidth of antenna
deployed at the sector.
Base Station GSM_Cell EIRP Base station power
Power
BCCH GSM_Cell BCCH Broadcast control channel.
MNC GSM_Cell MNC Mobile Network Code
MCC GSM_Cell MCC Mobile Color Code
LAC GSM_Cell LAC Location Area Code
CI GSM_Cell CI Cell ID value
BSIC GSM_Cell BSIC Base Station Identity Code, comprising of a
concatenation of the NCC and BCC values.
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5.3 iDEN cell site parameters

Parameter Workspace Name Purpose 2
Site Name IDEN_Site_SiteName Text description of the Site for display on

map.
Site Number IDEN_SiteID Numeric identifier for the Site.
Latitude IDEN_SiteLatitude Locates Site icons on map.
Longitude IDEN_SiteLongitude Locates Site icons on map.
Sector Number IDEN_Cell Sector ID Can Sector-specific information useful for
use 1,2,3, etc, or a display on maps.
combination of site
numbers
Azimuth IDEN_Cell Azimuth Orients the sector icons on the map.
Beamwidth IDEN_Cell Beamwidth Governs the shape of the sector 'wedge'
icon to reflect the beamwidth of antenna
deployed at the site.
Base Station IDEN_Cell EIRP Base station power
Power
CCCH IDEN_Cell CCCH Common control channel. Can be used to
color the sector wedges.
Color Codes IDEN_Cell Color_Codes A list of color codes separated by
semicolons. This list is designed to match
the entries in the TCH_List field. Used for
determining likely serving and neighbor
cells.
DCCH IDEN_Cell DCCH Digital Control Channel
DVCC IDEN_Cell DVCC Digital Voice Color Code
TCH_List IDEN_Cell TCH_List A list of traffic channels separated by
semicolons. This list is designed to match
the entries in the Color_Codes field. Used
for determining likely serving and neighbor
cells.
MCC IDEN_Cell MCC Mobile Country Code
CI IDEN_Cell CI Cell Identity
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interactively with logged data in the main workspace. The remaining parameters are
optional.
Parameter Workspace Name Purpose

Site Name SiteName Text description of the Site for display
on map.
Site Number SiteID Numeric identifier for the site.
Latitude Latitude Locates site icons on map.
Longitude Longitude Locates site icons on map.
Sector Sector_ID Sector-specific information useful for
Number display on maps (can be alpha or
numeric)
Azimuth Azimuth Orients the sector icons on the map.
Beamwidth Beamwidth Governs the shape of the sector
“wedge” icon to reflect the beamwidth
of antenna deployed at the site.
EIRP EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power – for
informational purposes only
SC SC Used for cell site identification and to
calculate lines to cells
MCC MCC Mobile Country Code – for informational
purposes only
MNC MNC National Domain Code – for informational
purposes only
LAC LAC Location Area Code – for informational
purposes only
CI CI Cell Identity – for informational purposes
only
Neighbor List WCDMANeighborList Used to define a pre-defined neighbor list for
each cell. Used during neighbor list
recommendations analysis.
Layer Type LayerType Configurable text field that specifies which
cell layer (for example, by technology, band
or status) the site belongs to. Used for
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Analysis Manager, 45
Index tab, online help, 7
Annotations, 20
integrating data files, 44
applications, 5
Attribute Explorer, 53
attribute help, 8 L
attributes, 26 Layer 3 messaging, 32
right-clicking on, 34 Layer Control dialog, 19
searching for, 27 lines to cells, 22
location binning, 18
B
Binned queries, 45 M
binning methods, 18 MapInfo data types, 20
message binning, 18
C Message Browser, 27, 32
cellrefs, 12 message filtering, 17
Contents tab, online help, 7 Microsoft Excel reports, 48
context help, 8 multidimensional display, 35
Create a New Filter, 45
Create Repository, 51 N
Crosstab queries, 45 Network Explorer, 12, 24
D O
data attributes, 26 online help, using the, 7
data streams, 26 Open Logfile, 26
Delete Repository, 55 Open Repository, 52
Display Message Browser, 32 Open Workbook, 48
Display on Table, 42
Display on Workbook, 42
distance binning, 18
P
panning chart windows, 40
panning map windows, 34
E Preferences dialog, 16, 17, 19
engineering process, 11 Protocol Stack Browser, 33
Excel templates, 48
R
F Replay feature, 36
Favorites tab, online help, 7 reports, 48
Favorites tab, Workspace Explorer, 25 Repository Manager, 50
filenames, 26 Repository Template Wizard, 55
Filter queries, 45 reverse and forward link data integration, 44
Find Attribute, 27 right-clicking on attributes, 34
Forms feature, 37
S
G Search tab, online help, 7
generating reports, 48 searching for attributes, 27
geographical data, 19 setting the binning method, 19
starting Actix Software, 10
H Statistical queries, 45
help, context, 8 streams, 26
Histogram queries, 45 superstreaming, 18, 44
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synchronized data, 43 viewing data in maps, 34
T W 2
tables, using, 42 WCDMA cell site parameters, 60
Template Manager, 55 workbook reports, 48
time-based binning, 18 workbooks, using, 42
workspace, 25
U
UMTS cell site parameters, 60 Z
UMTS filters, 47 zooming chart windows, 39
zooming map windows, 34
V
viewing data in charts, 39
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Getting Started

1 GETTING STARTED WITH ACTIX ANALYZER .........................................................5

2 STARTING YOUR SOLUTION ......................................................................... 10

3 CONFIGURING YOUR SOLUTION .................................................................... 12

4 BASIC DATA ANALYSIS............................................................................... 25

5 CELL SITE PARAMETERS ............................................................................. 57

1 Getting Started with Actix Analyzer

1.2 Introducing Actix Analyzer

• Network performance optimization

• Problem diagnosis and analysis

1.3 Learning about Analyzer

1.4 Use the online help

The Contents tab displays the help

The Index tab lets you find any index

The Search tab lets you type in the

If you need to refer to a help topic

1.4.1 The context-sensitive attribute reference help

As Actix is committed to provide rapid support for new file

1.5 Customer Support

1.5.1 Getting started with MyActix

1.5.2 Case life cycle

1.5.3 Actix support hours

1.5.4 More information

2 Starting your solution

You can start your Actix Solution from your

2.1 Choosing an Engineering Process

If you only have one engineering process on your license,

Most engineering processes guide you

Your selected engineering process will not work correctly

3 Configuring your solution

3.1 Configuring network information

3.1.1 Obtain site data in tabular format

If you manually create a cellrefs file, you must have this as

3.1.2 Import cell site data for the first time

1 From the Cells menu, select Network Explorer.

3 Give the Template a meaningful Template Name ('UMTS example' in this

Note that each of the field names has an associated icon:

Other fields Binding particular field types or setting default values is

When the cellrefs file is updated, you should use the

11 Inspect the cell data in the Network Explorer by expanding the

3.1.3 Set a network information file

Note that you can set up an automatic cellrefs import if

3 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.

3.2 Modifying event detection threshold values

3.3 Configuring data aggregation

3.3.2 Binning methods

Grid (not seen) Drive Routes

All points in this box will be

To change the binning method

3.4 Configuring map views

All layers in the map from top to bottom, with

Change the properties of Change the order of the

Making a checkmark in a layer's box determines the following:

if the layer is visible

if objects on it can be selected

Suffix Layer Type

6 Click Open to show the .tab file in the layer list.

3.4.2 Change the Label properties of a map layer

3.4.3 Change the Display Properties of a map layer

3.4.4 Show Lines to Cells on a map

2 Select the appropriate cells layer.

4 Set the Lines draw mode to 'Selection'.

A solid line is drawn to the serving cell site,