Drive Test Lesson

By Oka Handiman

Introduction
The Purpose of drive test activity is to capture actual data of the current CDMA et!ork" Drive test data #lo$ file% sho! the condition of the &' environment" They are the primary $au$es used to $uide CDMA optimi(ation and trou)leshootin$"

Performance Indicator
* '+& * Mo)ile &eceive Po!er * +c,Io * Mo)ile Transmit Po!er

'+&
'+& stand for 'rame +rasure &ate '+& is an e-cellent call .uality /summary0 statistic '+& is the end1result of the !hole transmission link * if '+& is $ood2 then any other pro)lems aren3t havin$ much effect * if '+& is )ad2 that3s not the pro)lem 1 it is 4ust the end1result of the pro)lem 5 !e must investi$ate other indicators to $et a clue !hat is $oin$ on * '+& 6alue #7%

Mo)ile &eceive Po!er

Mo)ile &eceive Po!er e-pressed in d)m" Measured all si$nal receive po!er at handset side" &eceive po!er is important2 1 too little receive si$nal #1899 or !eaker% !ould leave to much noise in the si$nal 2 )ad '+& and other pro)lems" 1 too much received si$nal #1:; d)m or hi$her% could drive the phone3s sensitive first amplifier into overload2 causin$ intermod and code distortion on received CDMA si$nals &< Level
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+c,Io
* +c is the ener$y of a sin$le sector3s Pilot * Io is the po!er sum of all the si$nals reachin$ the mo)ile" * +c,Io is the important indicator for net!ork performance * Bad +c,Io can indicate pro)lems like pilot pollution2 for!ard link interference #indicate nei$h)our list pro)lems" * +c,Io also indicate traffic load at the sector"

Mo)ile Transmit Po!er

Mo)ile Transmit Po!er the actual &' po!er output of the handset transmitter Ma-imum handset transmit po!er is =: d)m" Mo)ile Transmit Po!er is indicator for &everse link interference" If only this parameter is )ad2 it means there is e-ternal reverse link interference" Typical T- po!er 1 >=: d)m in a covera$e hole 1 9 d)m near middle cell 1 1;9 d)m up close to BT?

Conclusions
* Mo)ile &eceive Po!er and Mo)ile Transmit po!er are the indicator for covera$e si$nal" * If these t!o indicators sho! !eak value it is sho! that the covera$e at that area is !eak" * +c,Io and '+& are the indicator for call performance" * @eak +c,Io !ill )e follo!ed !ith 8 !eak '+&" It means there is pro)lem