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Tools
Work Process
Collect
OMC Parameter
Database
RF Network Design
Drive Test
Measurements
Site Check
Coverage
Dropped Calls
Verification of
RF Network Design
Speech Quality
General Check
Test Types
Continuous drive test
setup a test call and drive over an area for detecting lack of
coverage, missing handovers, interferences etc.
Spot test
detail measurement to be taken at dedicated problem spots for
detail analyzing of specific problem
Analysis Programs
Coverage:
Dropped Call:
Call Setup:
Handover:
Speech Quality:
Handover Parameters
Fine-tuning of handover parameters
Moving cell boundaries in order to
Enhance success rate for critical handovers
Minimise local interference at the cell edge
Traffic load sharing between cells
Compared to other opimisation measures improvement potential
is limited
Affected by
Measurement averaging
PS! Neighbours
should in general
Power control parameters
be mutual
Parameters
RxQual
Frame Erasure Rate (FER)
Speech Quality Index (SQI)
Measurements
Drive test
preferably continuous
call
OMC statistics
Cause for poor quality
low signal strength
(coverage related
interference
low signal strength and
interference
Causes of interference
co-channel interference
adjacent channel
interference
intermodulation
mainly on one link only
multipath interference
Problem Symptoms
Reporting (example)
FINE
TUNING
Tools
Antenna Configuration
General points to check
antenna type, e.g.
omni
directional 60, 90 or 120 degrees
electrical downtilt
cross-polarised
antenna azimuth angle (for directional antennae)
coverage targets
antenna tilt angle
electrical + mechanical
diversity & isolation
e.g. space diversity,
polarisation diversity
Site Check
Omni
Tx
k1
k2
Rx
k2
Rxd
Horizontal Plane:
Possible coverage weakness between sectors
Interference reduction
Traffic load distribution
Vertical Plane:
Interference reduction
Possible coverage weakness in the short to medium distance
range
Traffic load distribution
Tilting
Antenna downtilt often used to minimise interference
Minimum: Vertical mail lobe pointing at cell edge
hBS
Tilting
Advantages:
Better back lobe characteristics
Better lower side lobe characteristics
Disadvantages:
Antennas are more expensive
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Mechanical
A combination of
mechanical / electrical
downtilt may be used
Reporting (example)
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