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ActixOne GUI Overview
Intended audience
Prerequisites
Professional experience
A familiarity with mobile network infrastructure and
RAN operation
An understanding of network data including network
configuration, KPIs and drive surveys
Technical conditions
Access to a pre-configured ActixOne system
A Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Access ActixOne
Introduction to ActixOne
Overview of
the ActixOne Solution
Our Vision
Enabling operators along the path to self-optimizing networks
Optimize
Self-Optimizing
Networks
Analyze
Visualize
Analytics to recommend
solutions & what-if tools
Analytics to automate
problem detection &
root-cause diagnosis
Analytics to improve
visibility & drive
decision-making
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Increasing
Automation
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Optimization Solutions
Targeted analytics for optimizing the mobile network
Visualize
Analyze
Optimize
Network
Status
Competitive
Benchmarking
Network
Performance
Network
Configuration
Site
Configuration
Antenna
Configuration
Network
Acceptance
Device
Performance
Traffic &
Roamers
VIP
Subscriber
Experience
Neighbor
Lists
Mobility &
Load
Parameters
ActixOne Platform
A unified workspace for optimizing the mobile network
Highly scalable platform
Visualize
Analyze
Optimize
Dashboards
& Reports
Rules
Engine
Optimization
Engine
ActixOne Repository
Drive
Survey
Subscriber
Trace
Network
OSS
Planning &
Configuration
Trouble
Tickets
Maps
Integrated workflow to
streamline activities
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ActixOne Repository
Powerful data management to support analytics
ActixOne repository stores mobile
analytics data in scalable Oracle
database for long term storage
All data is automatically
synchronized - matching network
configuration, drive surveys,
performance statistics and real
subscriber traces
ActixOne Repository
Drive
Survey
Subscriber
Trace
Network
OSS
Planning &
Configuration
Trouble
Tickets
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Maps
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ActixOne
ActixOne
Web Client
ActixOne
Web Client
Web Client
3rd Party
Applications
Modules
Processing Node
Processing Node
Data Adaptor
Data Adaptor
ActixOne Platform
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TrueMoves ActixOne
Data Sources & Functionality
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Introduction to ActixOne
Overview of
the ActixOne Client User Interface
General Visualization Basics
Objective
Task list
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Further Objective
operator-specific areas
and possibly
as defined by an administrator.
Note: An individual user setup is NOT MANDATORY. However, selected settings may help to get started
with ActixOne more easily.
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Layer properties
Areas
How to adjust the GUI map display, view, and visibility of elements
Home location
How to quickly find elements using search templates and selection sets
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Open a Web browser* and then enter the URL of the ActixOne
server in the browser's address field
https://true.a1.intra/ActixOne/
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Password : true1true20
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Navigation
menu
Map area
Display
pane
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ActixOne Modules
The Navigation Menu may contain:
Network Optimization
Benchmarking
Custom Applications
Dashboard
File Status
Help
Network Comparison
Problem Investigation
Survey Management
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A flat list containing the main task properties in the following sequence:
ID
Assigned To
Type
Priority
Description
Status
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Click
to save and
apply the view
The view is then available
for this user for selection
in the View icon menu
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Click
Use
Click
to add a row
to logically group the selected rows
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selecting an area.
Click
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click on the Task ID link at the bottom left of the task list
and enter the ID
To un-select a task
Take Ownership
or Release Ownership
or Assign it to a specific ActixOne user
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click the house to zoom in, click the earth to zoom out
rectangular area:
Press the Ctrl key and drag the mouse pointer to draw a box,
to which ActixOne will zoom when you release the Ctrl key.
circular area:
Press the Ctrl and Alt keys and drag the mouse pointer to draw
a circle, to which ActixOne will zoom when you release the keys.
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Layers
including Background Maps and
Network Layer Properties,
and Format Groups
Layers in ActixOne
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Background Map
The available map providers (e.g. Bing, Google maps) and types depend on
how ActixOne has been configured by an Administrator.
Aerial or satellite images with labels, such as road and place information
Terrain maps showing the altitude of the landscape (Google Maps only)
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Networks Layer
Network Configuration Display
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Size of sectors.
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Legends
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Remember home-location
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sectors However, preferably use Search for Elements (see later slides)
additionally, in order to differentiate between sectors with the same name, but different
network type, in the format
sector:network=<network_type>;<sector_name> , e.g. sector:network=GSM;ABC1
Click the
icon to
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Home Location
Go to Home Location.
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System Date
Click the System Date (located at the top center of the map) to
select a date
Scale Unit
Print Map
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Distance Ruler
Click the
The distance and the azimuth are shown for the line
icon again to
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Areas
Areas in ActixOne
Survey Management
Problem Investigation
Network Optimization
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Create a Polygon
Define an individual Area in ActixOne by:
creating a polygon.
or
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Miscellaneous:
Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Combinations
Key or Combination
Function
Home
Home location
Page up / down
+/-
Mouse-Click
Select an element
Shift + Mouse-Click
Shift + Mouse-Drag
Ctrl + Mouse-Click
Ctrl + Mouse-Drag
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Click the
to a selection set
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Element Search
using Search Templates (1)
Click
Click
to add a row and then in the Field
column select Browse... to select an attribute
For partial name search, type into the field on top, e.g. drop,
then select the attribute from the reduced list of Search Results.
Click
Click
to save this condition
as a template and give it a name
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Element Search
using Search Templates (2)
For example: Reuse a Search Template Sectors with PCT_CALL_DROP > 1%.
Click
Select a Scope
If it should be different than the shown default (here Entire Network),
click that tab and change the scope, e.g. Map or a selected area/cluster
Click
to apply the template and start the search.
The found elements are listed in the Results tab
Element Selection
using Selection Sets (1)
Create a Selection Set here for example: A set of sectors selected on the map.
Click
Click
to save the Selection Set,
then select New
and give it a name.
Click OK to save it.
Element Selection
using Selection Sets (2)
Click
Click
to display all saved Selection Sets,
select the desired set and click
to add the saved set to the current
selection
Click
again to return to the current
selection, then click
to select all sectors
from the set or check the boxes to select
individual sectors from the set
EXERCISE
Exercise:
Basics of using ActixOne
Task list:
Define a custom view that groups tasks, e.g. by Type and Status
Zoom:
in and out
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Exercise:
Network Configuration Display
For a GSM/UMTS multi-technology network:
What can be reasons, if sites or sectors are not shown on the map?
If available, also:
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Exercise:
Search for Elements
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Exercise:
Search for Elements
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