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Missing Neighbors in WCDMA Analysis Guide PDF
Missing Neighbors in WCDMA Analysis Guide PDF
in WCDMA
Analysis Guide
July 2004
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Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................4
2 SETTINGS EXPLAINED .................................................................................5
3 MISSING NEIGHBORS EXAMPLE ......................................................................6
4 NEIGHBOR LIST RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT......................................................9
5 MISSING / REMOVE NEIGHBOR ATTRIBUTES ..................................................... 10
6 DROPPED CALL ANALYSIS ........................................................................... 13
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Introduction 4
1 Introduction
Missing Neighbor Analysis is a fundamental aspect to WCDMA network optimization. It
should be performed as part of the rollout phase of a network to construct and/or optimize
the adjacency lists of each cell; and throughout the life of the network as changes to traffic
and tilt affect the coverage pattern and interference interaction between the cells.
Missing Neighbor Analysis in Actix Analyzer has been designed to allow engineers to
generate a list of suggested Missing Neighbors and allow engineers to visualize the
suggested cells on a map. Full control of the suggestion criteria is included to allow for
changes in clutter, terrain and rollout phase of the network. These suggestion criteria are
described as follows:
These criteria are applied to the scanned signal measurements to build a suggested list of
cells. Only cells which satisfy all criteria are included in the final list of suggested Missing
Neighbors.
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Settings Explained 5
2 Settings Explained
Criteria
Default
Value
Description
Maximum size
32
Removal Threshold
(%)
0.2
Minimal Samples
50
Maximum Intersite
Distance (metres)
5000
90
Include existing
neighbors
Disabled
Enabled
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Example scanner measurement drive. SC 103 on Site 1 is the strongest signal at point X
EcIo (dBm)
103
-5
202
-6
302
-7
203
-8
402
-9
301
-9
101
-11
303
-15
1
Note: The scanner reports SC numbers, so Analyzer selects the closest cell to the drive route at
that time, with a matching SC.
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Our final list of Missing Neighbors is then 301 and 302. Due to the fact that SC 302 has a
stronger EcIo value than SC 301 at point X, the Missing Neighbors at point X are as
follows:
Missing_Neighbours_0 = 302
Missing_Neighbours_1 = 301
relative to CPICH_Scan_SC_SortedBy_EcIo_0 = 103 at point X
This is repeated for all points in the scanned drivetest route, creating an array of SCs at
each point, sorted by their EcIo value, which satisfy the selection criteria and are not
currently defined as a neighbor of the Nth_Best_0 cell at that time.
If the Only use Nth Best cell option is disabled, not only the Nth_Best cell will be
considered. Using the principle that if cell A and cell B are within 5dB, and cell A and cell C
are within 5dB, the relationship between cell B and cell C should be analyzed too. This
obviously increases that processing needed at each point, and is recommended for
neighbor list optimization of more mature networks.
Once the final list of suggested Missing Neighbors has been compiled, the results can be
viewed in two ways: through the Accelerated Network Rollout analysis pack report
(Neighbor List Recommendations), and also by visualizing them on the map/chart/table.
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Actix Analyzer Missing Neighbors in WCDMA Analysis Guide July 2004 Neighbor List Recommendations report 9
Site
Cell
Sample
Count
Action
Nbr SC
Sample
Count
Intersite
Distance
110
Site123
Site123-a
5000
Add
200
1250
25
2.5
Retain
112
500
10
3.5
Remove
113
0.1
3.5
In this example, SC 110 (Site123-a) was the Nth_Best measurement for 5000 samples
during the scanner measurement. Its current adjacency list includes SC 112 and 113.
While SC 111 was the Nth_Best cells, there were 1250 samples of SC 200, 500 samples for
SC 112 and only 5 samples for SC 113 (sorted by % samples).
SC 200 is not already in the adjacency list for SC 110, all criteria have been met for this
cell, so it is suggested as a Missing Neighbor.
SC 112 was scanned enough times to recommend to be kept in the adjacency list.
SC 113 (at the same site as SC 112, 3.5Km away from SC 110) was only scanned 5 times,
so it has been recommended to be removed.
NOTE: It is important to drive enough routes and collect
enough data to ensure these cell suggestions are
statistically valid.
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Actix Analyzer Missing Neighbors in WCDMA Analysis Guide July 2004 Missing / Remove Neighbor attributes 10
In the Workspace Explorer, you should see the grouping Neighbor Analysis, containing 2
sorted lists, for Missing Neighbor suggestions and Removal suggestions.
The lists are sorted by signal strength and contain the SC values of the cells in the list at
each point in the scanned drivetest. The strongest Missing Neighbor
(Missing_Neighbour_0) should be analyzed first, as it could potentially be the strongest
pollution source at that time. Drag the parameter onto the map and open the Top 10 Scan
Measurements stateform (optionally dock it to under the Workspace Explorer). The legend
of the map gives you the list of SCs that were the strongest Missing Neighbor at any point
in the drive. The most frequent SC should be targeted first, and by selecting any point in
the map, the stateform will synchronize to show the top 10 scanned measurements giving
the Nth_Best SC at the top of the list2. A decision needs to be made whether to add this
suggested Missing Neighbor SC into the adjacency list of the Nth_Best SC.
In the case of repeated SC values, the closest cell with a matching SC to the Nth_Best_0 cell will
be selected.
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Actix Analyzer Missing Neighbors in WCDMA Analysis Guide July 2004 Missing / Remove Neighbor attributes 11
Once all the strongest Missing Neighbors have been analyzed, the next strongest signal
should be analyzed. Following this process with ensure that the most important Missing
Neighbors are analyzed first. The same SC could appear as a Missing Neighbor for multiple
Nth_Best cells, so it may be easier to create a crosstab query with two dimensions:
Missing_Neighbours_0 and Nth_Best_0, to give all occurrences of the combinations. This
list can then be filtered from the Statistics Explorer to filter the map view for single SC
combinations individually.
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Screenshot showing validation of intersite distance between Nth-Best SC 242 at site Example0184 and
Missing Neighbor 202 at site Example0199. The map s distance tool has been used and the distance
1.7046Km is underlined.
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Screenshot showing synchronized scanner and handset traces, indicating Missing Neighbor 202 (and
differences between best scanned SC 242 and Active Set SC 338.
This requires the scanner and UE traces to be collected at the same time, and for the
resulting collection files to be superstreamed together (and correcting any time offset
between the collection devices). See the online Help for instructions on superstreaming
using Time Offsets. Once the files have been combined, parameters such as the
UTRA_UE_CarrierRSSI and the Uu_CallDropped event can be dragged onto the map. By
opening the UE Missing Neighbors stateform for the superstream and synchronizing it
with dropped call, the top 10 scanned measurements can be visually compared to the
Active and Monitored sets for the UE at the time.
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Screenshot showing how dropped calls from the handset can be viewed with the Missing Neighbor
attributes when the scanner and handset are synchronized. Here the Active Set and Monitored Set SC
s are at very low RSCP values, and poor EcNo too. The scanner detected 3 other SCs, and a missing
neighbor just before the drop.
This allows the engineer to understand whether the UE had dropped a call due to a missing
neighbor not being defined in the cell s adjacency list, or whether it was a handset
problem, resulting in a neighbor that had already been defined not being added to the
Monitored Set, and therefore never being able to be added to the Active Set.
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