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Cell- and Frequency Planning

Magdaleen Snyman

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References
GSM, GPRS and EDGE Performance:
evolution towards 3G/UMTS
o T.Halonen, J. Romero, J. Melero
o Second Edition
o John Wiley & Sons
o ISBN 0-470-86694-2

The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel


o J.David Parsons,
o Second Edition,
o John Wiley & Sons
o ISBN 0 471 98857 X
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Course Overview
Conventional Cell and Frequency Planning
o You work, I watch ;-)

Radio Network Features and their impact


Investigating the principles
o We all think a bit ;-)

Real Cell and Frequency Planning


Setting up an AFP
Site selection discussion
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The inputs to Cell Planning


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4/12 Cell Pattern


Frequency
Groups
Channels

A1 B1 C1 D1

A2 B2 C2 D2

A3 B3 C3 D3

1
13

5
17

9 10
21 22

2
14

3
15

4
16

6
18

7
19

8
20

11 12
23 24

12
D3
24
4

D1

D2
16

C1
15

20
1

11

A1

C3
13

19

23

9
A3

7
C2

A2
21

B1
17

14
10
B3
22

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B2
18
5

Prediction algorithms
Lees model and other empirical models
o Ploss = PR1 + 10log(d / d1) + n10 log( f / f0) - 0
o PR1 is the reference loss at d1(normally 1 mile)
 (e.g. -84dBm in a city like Tokyo and -49dBm for
open areas)

o depends on the type of terrain


 (value between 2 and 4)

o n is between 2 and 3

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Co-channel interference
GSM
CS-1
CS-2
CS-3
CS-4
MCS-1
MCS-2
MCS-3
MCS-4
MCS-5
MCS-6
MCS-7
MCS-8
MCS-9

# Info # Coding Code Max data rate Required C/I (dB) Modul
(BLER <10%; TU3 FH) ation
bits
bits
Rate
(kbs) /TS
260
196 0.5
13.3
9 GMSK
181
275 0.45
9.05
9 GMSK
268
188 0.65
13.4
13 GMSK
312
144 0.75
15.6
15 GMSK
428
28
21.4
23 GMSK
176
0.53
8.4
9 GMSK
224
0.69
11.2
13 GMSK
296
0.89
14.8
15 GMSK
352
1
16.8
23 GMSK
448
0.38
22.4
14.5 8PSK
592
0.5
29.6
17 8PSK
896
0.78
44.8
23.5 8PSK
1088
0.92
54.4
29 8PSK
1184
1
59.2
32 8PSK

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Adjacent Channel interference


for co-channel interference
C/Ic=9 dB
for adjacent (200 kHz) interference C/Ia1=-9 dB
for adjacent (400 kHz) interference C/Ia2=-41 dB
for adjacent (600 kHz) interference C/Ia3=-49 dB

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Adjacent channel interference


Relative
power
(dB)

Relative
power
(dB)

-10

-10

-20

-20

-30

-30

-40

-40

measurement bandwidth 30 kHz


measurement bandwidth 100 kHz
-50

-50
measurement bandwidth 30 kHz measurement bandwidth 100k Hz

-60

-60

-70

-70

-80

-80

200

400

600

Frequency from the carrier (kHz)


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1800

3000

6000

200

400

600

Frequency from the carrier (kHz)


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1800

3000

6000

Edge of TX
band + 2 MHz

Co-channel interference
The total co-channel
interference experienced at
the yellow spot is the sum of
interference of all six cells
with the same frequency

R
D

The interference from one


co-channel interferer can be
written as
I =KD-
The carrier level is
C= KR-
C/I = (D/R) /6

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Re-use distance
D = (i2 + ij + j2)2Rcos 30
D = (i2 + ij + j2) (3) R

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j

u
i

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Number of cells in the


re-use pattern
N = i2 + ij + j2
i in (1,2,3,4 ..)
j in (0,1,2,3,4 ..)
D/R = (3N)

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The Hexagon

Area of a hexagon:
A = 3 (3)R2/2
R
d

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Distance between centers


of two adjacent cells:
d = (3)R

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Traffic calculations revision


An Erlang
Erlang B Table
Examples of Traffic channels

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Problem
The average traffic generated by one user is
10milliErlang/Subscriber
The population density is 50 people/km2
Assume a phone penetration of 80%
You are implementing a GSM system.
You have 48 (1-48)channels available
Assume free-space propagation i.e. = 2
Draw the re-use pattern and assign frequencies to
the cells.
Calculate the site to site distance that you will
need to implement.
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Sectorisation

C/I = (D/R) /2

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Effect of and C/I


Minimum Assuming 3 sectored sites
C/I (dB
frequencies
gamma
9 12 13 17
36
2
18 33 42 102 7965
2.5
12 18 21 42 1323
3
9 12 12 24 399
3.5
6 9 9 15 171
4
6 6 9 12
90
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Spectral Efficiency
Erlang/Hz/km2
Using the previous problem as starting point
calculate the spectrum density that could
be achieved if the sites were sectorised.
Compare with the omni-cells

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Benefits of sectorisation
Higher gain antennas are available better
penetration
Less cost for same traffic density

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Underlay / Overlay - MRP

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Cell Splitting

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Hierarchical Cells
Umbrella Cell:
Macro Cell: Antenna above average rooftop height
Micro Cell: Antenna below average rooftop height
Pico Cell: Indoors

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DTX- Discontinuous
Transmission
Average Voice activity is around 50%
DTX is a feature that allows to be
transmitted only when there is something to
be transmitted
o Uses VAD (Voice Activity Detector)

It safes on battery power


Improves the overall network quality by
reducing unnecessary interference
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Dynamic Power Control


This enable the BTS and the Mobile to transmit
only the power necessary for effective
communications
Power Control Commands are via the SACCH
This improves the battery live of Mobile Phones
And it improve the overall network quality by
reducing unnecessary interference

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Effect of DTX and PC on Quality


10.00%
DTX + PC Off

%HOIU

9.00%

%HOID

Percentage

8.00%
PC Off

7.00%
6.00%
5.00%
4.00%
3.00%
2.00%
0

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Base Band Frequency Hopping


Number of frequencies equal to number of transceivers

Tx and Rx on f0

Controller
CALL 2

Tx and Rx on f1

Controller
CALL 3

Tx and Rx on f2

f0 f1 f2 f3

Combiner

Controller
CALL 1

f1 f2 f3 f0
f2 f3 f0 f1
f3 f0 f1 f2

Controller
CALL 4

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Synthesised Hopping
Number of frequencies more or equal
to number of transceivers
Controller
CALL 1

Tx and Rx hopping

f0 f1 f2 f3

Controller
CALL 2

Tx and Rx hopping

f1 f2 f3 f0

Controller
CALL 3

Tx and Rx hopping

f2 f3 f0 f1

Controller
CALL 4

Tx and Rx hopping

f3 f0 f1 f2

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Frequency Diversity

Signal level

Raleigh fading is frequency dependant

f0
f1

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Position

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Frequency Diversity
Diversity: combining two or more
uncorrelated versions of the same signal
 For conventional frequency diversity the info
is sent on two different frequencies at the
same time.
To be uncorrelated the two frequencies
should be more than 1/(multi-path spread),
where the multi-path spread is dependant on
the environment.
For urban areas the frequencies should be
more than 600kHz apart
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Why does hopping work?


Review interleaving
If one timeslot gets completely lost during
transmission 1/8 of two speech frames are lost.
At the receiver the speech frames are de-interleaved
The channel coding can recover from the 12.5%
BER.
Interleaving and Channel Coding is part and parcel
of the GSM standard - it works even without hopping.

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Frequency Diversity Gain


Frequency Diversity Gain vs Number of Hopping Channels
8
7
6

Gain (dB)

5
4
3
2
1
0
1

Number of Carriers
Cyclic
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Interference Diversity
Extent of Interference diversity depends on:
o Interference load (DTX and Power Control)
o Frequency reuse: low re-use -> low gain;
Dependant on area type.
o Number of Frequencies (less -> less gain)
o Cyclic or Random

Interference diversity gain reached with 25%


load, 12 frequencies in Urban area with
random hopping is 2.5dB - mostly it is less.
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Planning for FH network


Use separate frequency blocks for TCH and
BCCH
o BCCH frequency channel must be Always On
o No hopping over BCCH.

Plan TCH layer:


o MAL : Mobile radio frequency channel
Allocation List
o HSN: Hopping sequence number
o MAIO: Mobile Allocation Index Offset
o MAI: Mobile Allocation Index
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Selecting a BCCH block


Why a BCCH block?
o Identifying the source of interference
o Re-evaluation of the neighbour list
o For collecting data for a measurement based
plan

Optimum size?
o Where a change in a BCCH carrier will on
average make the same difference as a change
in a TCH carrier in the optimised plan
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Selecting a BCCH block


BlockSizeBCCH =
Total _ Number _ of _ Carriers _ Available
( AverageTrafficonTCHlayerperCell / 8) Scaling ( DTX , PC ) + 1

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TCH layer
MAIO
0
2
1
3
2
4
3
1
4
2

MAI
1
2
3
4

1A
1
10
19
28

HSN =x
TRX1 on 1A has MAIO = 0
TRX2 on 1A has MAIO = 2
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2A
2
11
20
29

3A
3
12
21
30

1B
4
13
22
31

MA
2B 3B
5 6
14 15
23 24
32 33

1C
7
16
25
34

2C
8
17
26
35

3C
9
18
27
36

4 1 2 3 2 4 3 1
28 1 10 19 10 28 19 1
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Automatic Frequency
Planning Tools
TRX
Requirements
etc

Propagation
Predictions

Coverage
Analysis

Interference
Matrix

AFP Tool

Frequency
Plan

Separation
Constraints,
etc
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Automatic Frequency Planning


Model of Network
Model effect of particular
assignment on quality
Propagation Predictions
Drive Test Data
Handover Statistics
Live Measurements

Cost Function:
Sum of remaining
interference and
other penalties.
Quality

Change:
Frequency
BSIC
HSN, MAIO

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Interference Matrix
The conventional interference matrix
represent:
o The Traffic that will be interfered on if two
radios were assigned the same frequency;
o The area that will be interfered on if two radios
were assigned the same frequency
o pixel by pixel.
o Need ACCURATE propagation predictions and
traffic distribution maps.
o What is the cost of accurate enough
predictions?
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Generating the
Interference Matrix
50 m Resolution

2.0 km

2 m Resolution

2.0 km

2.5 km

2.5 km

Microcell Service Area 1 pixel


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Probability of C/I>9dB
Cummulative Probability Distribution
for C/I exceeding 9dB
1

Probability that C/I will be below 9dB

0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
-20

-15

-10

-5

10

15

20

25

30

Calculated C/I (dB)


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AFP
Implements a mathematical optimisation
method or Artificial Intelligence method to
minimise
Cost =  Cijij +  Aijij
o ij = 1 if radios i and j are assigned the same(adjacent)
frequency,
o ij = 0 else

By changing the frequency assignments to


the different cells

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What are the true aims in


Cell and Frequency Planning

What will really give optimum quality?


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The inputs to Cell Planning


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Cost / Money
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Quality
Voice Quality
o Impacted by the FER (Frame Erasure Rate /
Probability
o And to some extent by the BER (Bit Error Rate /
probability)

Dropped Calls
o Radio Link Timeout based on unsuccessful
SACCH frame - FER

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FER and SQI vs.RxQual


30

SQI
20
SQI/ %FER

Non-Hopping
Non-Hopping
Hopping

10

Hopping

FER
-10
0

RxQual

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C/I to FER
Frame Erasure Rate
0

-5

10 log(FER)

-10
Non-Hopping
-15

-20
Frequency Hopping
on 8 freqquencies,
Random Hopping

-25

-30
-5

10

15

20

C/I(dB)

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Measurement Based
Frequency Planning
Using Mobile Measurement Reports how
will you go about generating the optimal
Interference Matrix?

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The first Measurement


Based Plan
Johannesburgs Central Business District
12km12km
65 sites (350 cells)
477 carriers
Despite questioned cluttered data and propagation
prediction models
very low dropped call rate of about 1.4% was very
often achieved
partly due to dedicated optimisation
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Measurement Based
Frequency Planning
Cell Traffic Recordings was used to collect Mobile
Measurement Reports on all the cells
With the mobiles measuring on all BCCH channels
The process took about a month.
The signal strength of the serving cell and the
reported neighbours was used to calculated the
C/I and eventually the FER.
The average FER for each server-interferer
relation was calculate.
and multiplied with the traffic on the serving cell
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The
Sanity
Check

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Dropped Call Rate


2.30%

1.90%
Percentage

Using
MMRs in
Frequency
Planning

Plan Im plem ented

2.10%

1.70%

Traffic
1.29%

1.50%

%Drop
DayAvg

1.30%

1.10%

0.90%
0
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Time

30

40
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Intra-cell Hand-over and TCH Dropped


due to Bad Quality
Plan Im plem ented

The
Results:
Quality

Percentage (of tcalls for H and tcassal for T)

8.00%

7.00%

6.00%

%HoBUQ
%HoBDQ
Traffic
%TBQDis*50

5.00%

4.00%

3.00%

2.00%
0

10

20

30

40

Tim e
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Data Sources for the


Interference Matrix (1)
Propagation Predictions
o Well established conventional method
o Based on Predicted Carrier to Interference
ratios that is often translated with a C/I weights
curve
o Integration with AFP tools eases use
o Suited for new networks with many new cells
o Dependant on elevation and clutter data that
often has limited accuracy
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Data Sources for the


Interference Matrix (2)
Neighbour relations statistics
o Well suited for very tight plan
o Too little information for a less tight plan
o Hand-over statistics not directly related to C/I
o Can not model interference from nonneighbours

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Data Sources for the


Interference Matrix (3)
Drive Test Data
o Measurements done with network set on measure on all
BCCH channels
o Independent of accuracy of elevation and clutter data
o Extensive measurements necessary for interference
matrix
o Difficult to deduce interfered traffic from data
o Drives are limited to roads and does not include high
rise buildings
o Effort in importing into an AFP
o Often used to supplement propagation predictions
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Data Sources for the


Interference Matrix (4)
Live Data: Mobile Measurement Reports
o Mobile Measurement Reports are collected with the cell
set to measure on all BCCHs
o Data reflect the actual traffic distribution as well as the
actual C/I. (as the customer sees it)
o No additional neighbour relations or exceptions required
o Extensive data collection - slow process. Requires the
network to be fairly mature and stable.
o Difficult to model new sites
o Takes some effort to import into an AFP.

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Prediction vs. MMRP


LIMITED accuracy
o
o
o
o

Propagation predictions
Clutter and Height data
In building
Traffic distribution

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Cannot represent new


sites
MMR limitations:
o
o
o
o

RxLev: -110 -> -48dBm


Only integers
Only six neighbours
BSIC decoding
problems

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Combining Data Sources


.one of the remaining challenges. E.g:
o How to complement the shortcomings of the
mobile measurements reports with the
propagation predictions to include new cells.
o How to combine limited measurements with
predictions.

without
o Spoiling good data with bad data.
o Skewing the matrix, e.g. when drive test data is
available for only part of the network.
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Penalties for AFP


A bare necessity approach i.e. set
penalties only when
o it is required by law or
o It is required for feasibility e.g. filter combiner
separation
o it will assist in the improvement of network
quality
o Is penalties to avoid adjacencies required?

The size of the penalties must reflect their


importance and effect on network quality
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Examples of Scaling Factors


Difference in interference introduced
o Traffic load on TCH channels
o Power Control
o Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)
o Over-laid Under-laid - depend on effectiveness
of implementation
o Synthesizer Hopping - dependant on fractional
load

Difference in immunity to interference


o Frequency Diversity Gain of Hopping Networks
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Interference Load
The core questions:
o How much interference will assigning the same
frequency to a carrier in Cell A and Cell B
cause ?
o How much less will that be after DTX?
o How much less will that be after Power Control?

Interference Load
o How much signal or potential interference is
carried on a particular carrier
o Interference Load = Traffic on Cell
8 * #Carriers
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Interference Load Reduction


For BCCH
o Interference Load = 1

For Non-Hopping TCH without DTX and PC


o Interference Load = Traffic on TCH Carriers
o
8 * Number of TCH Carriers

After DTX
o Voice Activity Factor 40% on TCH channels
o Interference Load = 0.4 * Traffic on TCH Carriers
o
8 * Number of TCH Carriers

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Interference Load Reduction


After Power Control ?
o Consider a very simplified model:
 C/I = Server SS / (6* Interferers SS)
 Reducing the signal level of the server and of the
interferers by approximately 10dB:
 C/I = 0.1* Server SS / (6*0.1* Interferers SS)
 Approximately unchanged.

o Practical implementation suggest a definite


interference reduction - by 60%
o Interference Load = 0.6 * Traffic on TCH Carriers
o
8 * Number of TCH Carriers
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Inter-modulation Products
Harmonics or Inter-modulation products
results from non-linearity in the system
May cause a problem if one of these
products fall on a receiving frequency.
IM originate from frequencies in the transmit
band and cause interference in the receive
band

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Inter-modulation Products
GSM
900
Dualband
890MHz

915MHz

935MHz

GSM900 Uplink - MobileTx

960MHz

GSM900 Downlink - BaseTx

GSM1800
1710MHz

1785MHz

1805MHz

GSM1800 Uplink - MobileTx

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1880MHz

GSM1800 Downlink -BaseTx

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A few terms
Frequency Allocation Re-use
o FAR = Total Number of Frequency Channels
Number of Frequencies per Cell

Effective Re-use
Reff= Total Number of Frequency Channels
Average number of TRX per Cell

Fractional Load
o Lfrac=

Number of TRX per Cell


.
Number of Frequencies per Cell

Hardware Load
o LHW= (Busy Hour Traffic) / (TN /TRX)
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A few terms
Frequency Load
o Lfreq= LHW Lfrac

Effective Frequency Load


o EFL =.

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Busy Hour Traffic per Cell


.
(TN per TRX for Traffic).(Total # FreqCH)

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Optimum # carriers to
Hop over = 24/6
Optimum frequency Re-use
40

Erlang per Site

35
30
25
20

6MHz available for TCH

15
10
5
0
1

Frequency Reuse = #TCH carriers / #TCH per cell

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Quality vs Capacity
150
Minute Erlang per Drop (Quality)

145

The challenge: To maximize Quality * Capacity

140
135
130
125
120
115
110
105
100
6

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Average Erlang per Cell (Capacity)


(deduced from Spectrum Utilisation)
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Major Interferers
Effect of reducing major interferers
1 00.00%

90.00%

80.00%

70.00%

60.00%

50.00%

40.00%

Cummulative Contribution

30.00%

With 5 sites' interference removed

20.00%

1 0.00%

0.00%
0.00%

1 0.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

1 00.00%

P e r c e nt a ge of C e l l s c ont r i but i ng t o I nt e r f e r e nc e

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What criteria would you


use for site selection?
Close to traffic most effective Power Control
Contained (high )
o In building
o In valleys rather than on top of mountains

What effect will an unbalanced link have?


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What criteria will you provide an


Automatic Cell Planning tool with?
Propagation Predictions

Effective Frequency load

Traffic distribution - GIS

Hand over areas

Possible sites

Income: Coverage
of potential traffic

Equipment used
Frequency Allocation

Cost: cost of
changes / sites

Interference Matrix
MMR
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Evaluating automatic tools...


Automatic Frequency Planning Tools
o Must Allow various data sources to be imported
o Must model the network accurately (e.g. Model
hopping accurately)
o Must be simple to use, hence most of the
modelling should be integrated

Automatic Network Optimisation


o Must be reliable and accurate enough to allow it to
run free with very little manual input

Automatic Cell Planning


o Cost function is so complex it should come with
the tool... and allow manual changes
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