LTE Planning with ASSET

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LTE Planning

Define Configure Build Analyse

Plan

Equipment definition Traffic Model Node Template Coverage Analysis

(Antennas, Feeders, Creation
MHAs) LTE Frequency Bands Capacity Analysis
eNodeB Configuration
Propagation model LTE Frame Structures Simulator Outputs
specification Traffic Maps
LTE Carriers Simulation Reports
Advanced Antenna
LTE Bearers Interactive Result
Systems (MIMO)
Visualisation
LTE Services

LTE Terminals

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Antennas and Feeders
• Antennas can be stored in different folders
depending on the project, technology,
beamwidth, etc. and multiple patterns
(e.g. different elec. tilt) can be stored
under the same antenna device.
• Antenna mask and gain can be directly
edited by the user and the option of
viewing together the masks of two
different antennas is also available.
• New antenna devices and patterns can be
easily added by the user by specifying
their parameters (e.g. Tilts, gains, etc.) and
masks.
• Feeders can be defined by specifying
appropriate losses.

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Propagation Models
• The Macrocell Models are based on Okumura–
Hata with enhancements for diffraction
calculation and clutter specific losses.
• The MYRIAD Universal model can be used as a
single semi-deterministic model for the whole
network regardless of the environment.
• Full integration of all major ray tracing models:
• Siradel Volcano
• Wavecall Wavesight
• AWE Winprop 3D
• Propagation model assignment per antenna.
• Option of using two different models per
antenna for different distances.

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MIMO Support
• LTE Physical Layer is designed to employ
MIMO (Diversity and Spatial Multiplexing)
techniques for optimum performance
improvements.
• Cyclic Delay Diversity and Pre-coding used by
MIMO systems provide enhanced spectral
efficiency and coverage benefits.
• ASSET supports all Multi User (MU) and Single
User (SU) MIMO configurations.
• Adaptive MIMO switching can also be
modelled.
• Clutter dependent SINR Adjustment and Rate
Gains can accurately predict network
performance.

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Traffic Modelling
• The traffic model is based on a hierarchy of carriers, bearers, services and terminals.
This can be summarised as:
• Carrier represents a Channel Bandwidth with specific # of Resource Blocks
• Bearers represent a specific modulation & coding scheme
• Services defined by the rate of the service and the QoS Class Indicator
• Service can be supported over one or more carriers (Channel Bandwidth) using
multiple bearers
• Terminal able to subscribe to multiple services

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E-UTRA Bands and EARFCN

• LTE will operate in wide range of spectrum with:
• flexible transmission bandwidths
• simultaneous deployment in different E-UTRA bands
• ASSET provides all E-UTRA Frequency Bands.
• Following LTE modes of operation are supported:
• Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)
• Time Division Duplex (TDD)
• Also, the flexibility to define customized frequency
bands\ EARFCN is available.
• Network Planners will be able to model all possible
Co- and Adjacent Carriers (Channel bandwidths)
interference scenarios.

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Frame Structure - FDD

• ASSET provides a generic interface to
define TDD and FDD Frame structures.
• LTE frames are of 10 ms duration; each
frame consists of 20 slots of 0.5ms.
• Two consecutive slots are referred to as a
subframe. In each FDD frame, 10
subframes are available for both UL and
DL transmission.
• Normal\Extended Cyclic prefixes
influence the # of OFDMA symbols per
slot (Resource Block).
• Variable Subcarrier Spacing allows the
users to define # of subcarriers per slot
(Resource Block).

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Frame Structure - TDD

• Type 2-TDD frame consists of two 5 ms
half frames; each half frame consists of 8
slots and 3 special fields (DwPTS, GP,
UpPTS).
• All six TDD frame Configurations which
define the # of UL\DL subframes, are also
supported.
• Subframe 1 (S) in all configurations and
subframe 6 (S) in configurations 0, 1, 2
and 6 consists of DwPTS, GP and UpPTS.

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Carriers (1/2)
Channel Bandwidth [MHz]

• In ASSET, each LTE Carrier represents a Transmission Bandwidth Configuration [RB]

Transmission

Channel Bandwidth with specific # of

Bandwidth [RB]

Channel edge

Channel edge
Resource block
Resource Blocks (Transmission Bandwidth
Configuration). Active Resource Blocks DC carrier (downlink only)

• Support for all LTE specific:

• channel Bandwidths (1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15
and 20MHz)
• respective # of Resource Blocks (6, 15,
25, 50, 75 and 100)
• Flexibility to define users’ specific
Channel Bandwidths and # RB’s.
• Ability to associate each carrier to an E-
UTRA band and its:
• Low\Start and High\End frequencies
• Low\Start and High\End Low and
EARFCN
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Carriers (2/2)
• Modelling of all Physical Channels and
Signals for Coverage and Capacity
analysis is supported.
• Ability to define downlink\Uplink
overheads for different transmit antenna
configuration.
• All 3GPP standards defined
configurations and settings are available
by default.

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Interference Co-ordination (1/3)

• Inter Cell Interference Co-ordination (ICIC) schemes can be enabled on each Carrier.
• Frequency Reuse-1 with Prioritization
• Each sector divides the available Bandwidth into prioritized (one third) and non-
prioritized (two third) sections
• Prioritized spectrum is used more often than non-prioritized by each sector in order to
concentrate the interference that it causes to other sectors

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Interference Co-ordination (2/3)

• Soft Frequency Reuse
• Introduction of Power difference between the prioritized and non-prioritized spectrum
which divides the sector into an inner and an outer region
• User in the inner region can be reached with reduced power, i.e. Cell Centre Users
(CCU) than the users in the outer region i.e. Cell Edge Users (CEU)
• CCU are assigned frequency Reuse-1 while CEU employ Reuse-3

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Interference Co-ordination (3/3)

• Reuse Partitioning
• Similar to Soft Frequency Reuse however it also divides the Channel Bandwidth into
two part; one part using high power than the other
• Low-power part is the same in all sectors while the high-power part is divided between
sectors so that each sector gets one third of the high-power spectrum
• Hence, low-power part employs frequency Reuse-1 while high-power part is
configured with a frequency Reuse-3

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Bearers
• In ASSET, each LTE Bearer represent a
single Modulation format and Channel
coding rate.
• All LTE specific Modulation formats (BPSK,
QPSK, 16QAM and 64 QAM) and Channel
coding Rates are supported.
• Adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) is
supported by defining multiple bearers.
• AMC allows the network to adjust the
modulation and coding scheme based on
channel quality indicators (CQIs).
• Users can define multiple LTE Bearers and
their corresponding SINR requirements.
• Mobility is modelled using SINR
Adjustments for various speed ranges.
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Services
• All Service types, e.g. Voice and data
(VoIP, audio\video streaming, etc.) can
be modelled.
• Each service is associated with a QoS
Class Identifier (QCI) defining the service
priority and influencing radio resource
management.
• Network capacity analysis is performed
by the user defined service rate and
corresponding activity factors.
• Services can be supported over one or
multiple carriers.
• Each carrier can support specific bearers.
• Bearers can be prioritised.

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Terminals
• Terminal types define the geographical
distribution of the terminal over different
clutters, vectors and polygons.
• LTE RF parameters are also defined on
the terminal type e.g.
• TX power, Received Reference Signal
Strength
• Antenna gain, Noise figure, Body loss
• Modulation schemes, CQIs
• MIMO Settings
• Users can also model directional
antennas by associating antenna
patterns to each terminal type.

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eNodeB Templates Creation
• eNodeB templates can be created
for easy addition of configured
nodes.
• Once a template has been
created, the user can easily add
LTE eNodeBs to the network using
the 2D View or the Site Database.
• A user can quickly display a
cell/node configuration in the Site
Database by selecting it in the 2D
View.
• Alternatively, a user can quickly
modify a cell/node parameter
configuration while in the 2D
View using the Site Quick Edit
feature.
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eNodeB Configuration (1/2)
• ASSET’s principle strength is the Site Database which can
present multiple (Logical, Physical, Location and Network)
views of the same network site data.
• Logical view organises the data by PLMN, enabling to
differentiate between the “Shared” and “Unshared”
networks of multi-operators.
• Multiple Technology networks can be created by
Operators and all major network elements can be added
into the site database (e.g. eNodeB, WMSC, RNC, NodeB,
MSC, BSC, Sites).
• In addition to CN\EPC shared networks, ASSET provides
the flexibility to share simply at the Site level (eNodeB,
NodeB, etc.) or even the antenna sharing.

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eNodeB Configuration (2/2)
• In ASSET, each eNodeB (site)
supports multiple sectors.
• Each sector supports a single
carrier (Channel Bandwidth) and a
single frame structure (FDD\TDD).
• Key parameters for each sector
will include:
• Transmit powers and EPREs
for reference signal (Pilot),
shared channel (traffic) and
other channels
• Receiver noise figure and
sensitivity
• PCID Schemas and IDs
• Cell Load parameters-DL
Traffic Load and Mean UL
Noise Rise
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Traffic Spreading
• Traffic density maps can be created
based on clutter, vectors, polygons
and points.
• Live traffic can be imported from
the network.
• Vector traffic maps of population
data can also be imported into the
tool.
• Users can also combine live data
and population data with traffic
data generated from within the
tool.
• Traffic maps are saved in ASSET’s
*.tri/*.trr raster format.

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Monte Carlo Simulator
• Coverage and capacity of the LTE network
can be analyzed by using the Monte Carlo
Simulator.
• Simulator generates a number of network
snapshots and results are averaged across
all snapshots. Each snapshot represents:
• a time averaged picture of the network
and a specific spatial distribution of the
terminals
• Snapshots actually provide a measure of
the system load for the given distribution
of terminals, i.e.
• Total DL TX Power and Total UL
interfering power of each sector
• Total DL and UL throughput on each
sector

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Simulation Output Arrays
• Simulator generates a number of different
outputs in the form of reports and arrays
to analyse the performance and validity of
network.
• Output arrays include:
• UL\DL coverage and interference arrays
• UL \DL bearer coverage arrays
• UL \DL throughput coverage arrays
• Arrays are available for each combination
of terminals, carriers, services and bearers.
• Users can generate statistic for each of
these arrays,
• Compound array functionality allow the
users to create customized arrays based on
simulator output existing arrays.
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Simulation Output Reports
• Output reports provide an overview of the
performance of the network and indicate any
coverage or capacity constraints.
• Individual reports are generated for each service,
e.g.
• Composite report
• Failure report
• Throughput report
• UL\DL performance reports
• Reports can be saved in different file formats.

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Interactive Result Visualisation
• Interactive tools are also available for
the better visualisation of the simulation
results on the 2D View.
• The user can also restrict analysis to a
vector (e.g. Simulate performance on a
road, tunnel or individual points of
interest, etc.).
• Statistical reports can be generated for
the output arrays per cell, clutter or per
population or traffic data and be
restricted to single vectors (e.g.
Polygons, points, etc.).

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Cell ID Planner
• LTE Cell Identities (ID) are grouped into 168
unique ID groups (0-167), each group
containing 3 unique ID codes (0-2).
• ASSET allows the user to automatic plan Cell
IDs with a sophisticated (fixed\automatic)
reuse distance algorithm; using multiple
filters\schemas and Neighbour relations.
• Each filter can be assigned a different Cell ID
schema.
• Neighbour relations (till 4th order) can be
considered during Cell ID planning.
• In addition to fixed reuse distance method,
user can employ automatic distance criteria
which is ideally suited for areas containing
different site densities.
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Automatic Frequency Planner
• ASSET incorporates an Automatic
Frequency Planner (AFP) for the
optimum assignment of carriers
(Channel Bandwidths) to LTE sectors.
• In addition to a simple distance based
algorithm, AFP uses the Interference
matrix for minimizing inter-cell
interference.
• Carrier assignments and conflicts can be
visualized and further analyzed in an
enhanced reporting engine to determine
the quality of produced frequency plan.

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Neighbour Planner
• ASSET incorporates an
Automatic Neighbour Planning
(ANP) tool which allows planner
to create intra and inter
technology neighbours for GSM,
UMTS, WiMAX and LTE.
• Planning can be based on
predictions or measurement
data.
• ANP algorithm is well proven
and being used by numerous
Network Operators.
• Manual Neighbour relationships
can be created through the site
database or the 2D-View.

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