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TEMS Discovery Device 10 0 Technical Product Description
TEMS Discovery Device 10 0 Technical Product Description
1 Introduction 6
1.1 Who Is TEMS Discovery Device Intended For? ................................................................ 8
1.2 Capabilities........................................................................................................................ 8
1.2.1 Drive Test Data Import ...................................................................................................8
1.2.2 Call Trace Import ...........................................................................................................8
1.2.3 IP Trace Import ..............................................................................................................8
1.2.4 Network Configuration Import.........................................................................................9
1.2.5 GIS Data Import .............................................................................................................9
1.2.6 Antenna Data Import ......................................................................................................9
1.2.7 Coverage Map Import ....................................................................................................9
1.2.8 Handover Matrix Import..................................................................................................9
1.2.9 Import API......................................................................................................................9
1.2.10 Operating Systems ........................................................................................................9
1.3 Functionality Levels......................................................................................................... 10
1.3.1 Replay feature set ........................................................................................................10
1.3.2 Standard feature set1 ...................................................................................................10
1.3.3 Professional feature set ...............................................................................................10
1.4 Where to Find Out More .................................................................................................. 10
2 Overview 11
2.1 Easy and Extensive Customization Capabilities.............................................................. 11
2.1.1 Network Data Integration ............................................................................................. 12
2.1.2 Scripting Capabilities ...................................................................................................13
2.1.3 Reporting Capabilities .................................................................................................. 14
2.1.4 Problem Set Capability................................................................................................. 15
2.1.5 Analysis Set .................................................................................................................15
2.1.6 Efficient Way of Working ..............................................................................................15
2.2 Low Total Cost of Ownership .......................................................................................... 16
2.2.1 Free Access to GIS Databases ....................................................................................16
2.2.2 Multivendor Logfile Support .........................................................................................17
3 Key Features 18
3.1 Flexible Deployment With Instant Access to Data ........................................................... 18
3.1.1 Data Organization and Management ............................................................................19
3.1.2 Full Access to Information Elements ............................................................................20
3.1.3 Message Flow Diagram ...............................................................................................21
3.1.4 Automatic Data Processing ..........................................................................................22
3.1.5 Versatile Data Binning ................................................................................................. 24
3.1.6 Powerful Data Filtering ................................................................................................. 25
3.1.7 Diagnostics ..................................................................................................................25
3.1.8 Extensive Data Sharing Across the Organization ......................................................... 26
3.2 Analysis Views ................................................................................................................ 27
3.2.1 Map View .....................................................................................................................27
3.2.2 Time-series Chart View ................................................................................................29
3.2.3 Message View .............................................................................................................30
3.2.4 Table View ...................................................................................................................31
5 Appendices 47
5.1 Supported Operating Systems ........................................................................................ 47
5.2 Logfile Support ................................................................................................................ 47
5.3 Supported Technologies ................................................................................................. 47
5.4 Data Processing.............................................................................................................. 48
5.5 Cell Configuration Support .............................................................................................. 48
5.6 Handover Matrix.............................................................................................................. 49
5.7 GIS.................................................................................................................................. 49
5.8 Reporting ........................................................................................................................ 49
5.9 Analysis Views ................................................................................................................ 50
5.10 Map Support ................................................................................................................... 50
5.11 Reporting and Scripting .................................................................................................. 51
5.12 Export ............................................................................................................................. 51
5.13 Data Organization and Data Sharing .............................................................................. 51
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The TEMS Discovery Device portfolio is easy to configure according to your post-processing
needs, starting from single logfile analysis in TEMS Discovery Device Replay, up to a fully
automated centralized post-processing solution based on TEMS Discovery Device Enterprise.
With TEMS Discovery Device, you will increase your efficiency and profit via:
Easy and extensive customization capabilities: The various views and Data Explorers can be
arranged in countless combinations. Multiple sub-views for easy side-by-side comparison or the
more conventional views with maps (including Google Maps and Microsoft Bing Maps, through
license agreements), time series, messages, tables, histograms, or reports – the choice is yours. In
addition, TEMS Discovery Device includes a completely customizable report template builder, key
information settings, analysis sets, point detail configuration, and more.
Figure 1. Example of the highly configurable user interface of TEMS Discovery Device
Low total cost of ownership: The software can be deployed with minimal IT system requirements
and with minimal dependence on third-party software. Large volumes of data are handled with low
memory demand, and the intuitive interface provides a fast learning curve and reduced analysis
time. There is also integrated online access to free or low-cost GIS data sources.
Flexible deployment architecture: Network configuration is easy to set up with minimal platform
requirements and allows for collaboration of engineers across functional roles and geographies.
The processed data is instantly accessible across the organization and provides highly organized
information, with an unlimited number of composite data sets.
Multivendor capabilities. TEMS Discovery Device handles a variety of drive test tools and is thus
the only post-processing tool you need to learn, maintain, and upgrade.
1.2 Capabilities
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1.2.4 Network Configuration Import
Site data can be imported as network configuration files. TEMS Discovery Device supports import
of cell configuration data from multiple network planning tool and drive test tool vendors. Network
configuration data can also be imported from Ericsson OSS (Bulk CM), as shown in Appendix 5.4.
With the generic network configuration import, any text-based (.tab or .csv) file format can be
imported to TEMS Discovery Device. It is easy to define an import schema by dragging and
dropping.
Network configurations imported into TEMS Discovery Device can be exported to Ascom Network
Testing’s TEMS XML cell file format.
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TEMS Discovery Device with Standard feature set bundled with TEMS Investigation supports only logfiles
collected with TEMS Investigation.
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2 Overview
2.1 Easy and Extensive Customization Capabilities
With TEMS Discovery Device, you have the flexibility to configure a wide range of items, from
simple view layouts and key information settings to sophisticated report templates. You can embed
your company’s preferences, expertise, and knowledge into the tool and thereby define your sets
of preferences or templates.
Post-processing with TEMS Discovery Device fulfills a full range of needs:
• Initial tuning: Find missing neighbors, evaluate your coverage, and review your
services, among other tasks.
• Network monitoring: Key performance indicators (KPIs) for voice, data services,
streaming video, and video telephony help you to keep track of the quality of your
network. They also serve as good decision support for your improvements.
• Network optimization: The tool assists in pinpointing network problems, including root
cause analysis.
• Benchmarking: Find out if you are best or worst or somewhere between, and identify
the differences between you and your competitors.
• Coverage analysis: Coverage is not only about measuring your signal strength values,
but also accessibility of different services, limited service plots, and no-coverage plots.
With various drive test tools you can perform measurements on your roaming partners
to find out if they are fulfilling their requirements. TEMS Discovery Device coverage
plots can also be used in your planning tool.
• Troubleshooting: With TEMS Discovery Device, the troubleshooting of tricky problems
that need multiple data sources (drive test data, call trace data, IP trace data, etc.) can
be done in one tool with full synchronization.
• Indoor: TEMS Discovery Device can import indoor measurements including RF data,
pinpoints, and maps in a single operation, if the indoor map is not positioned; the map
can be geolocated with a few clicks.
Some of the useful functions that enable you to find what you are looking for are listed below:
• Integration of imported network configuration data, parameters, and neighbor lists
• Color coding or labeling of all parameters
• Grouping and searching by one or multiple parameters
• Linking of drive test data points to sectors
• Graphical neighbor list display and editing
• Organization of data in projects
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2.1.2 Scripting Capabilities
The Script Builder provides an advanced function to extract data from messages and apply
customized algorithms to generate new metrics and events. It offers rule-based classification of
events and automated analysis, and thus considerable time savings.
Figure 3. The Script Builder assists in customizing algorithms and extracting specific data
With the Report Builder, all you need to do is drag and drop data objects to generate a final report.
Here are the advantages of the tool:
• Access to all TEMS Discovery Device events and metrics
Full array of statistical attributes
The ability to drag and drop into any desired cell
• Access to all Excel functions
Formulas and equations
Styles
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Charting
• Data filtering per any file/device attributes
Operators: for benchmarking
Date: for trending
• Ability to use universal templates or specific data
Reports can be sent via email directly to specific recipients or to predefined groups of recipients.
Users can define any combination of problem sets from predefined or user-defined events.
Since the tool has an exceptional number of rich features and supports all possible technologies, it
is a complete choice for your post-processing needs.
The user interface and the way of working are the same in the PC-based analysis tools and the
Web-based tool.
Figure 7. Free GIS data made instantly accessible by TEMS Discovery Device
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• Web links to popular websites for free or low-cost GIS data sources
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3.1.1 Data Organization and Management
To be able to find specific information with little effort and analyze it smoothly, the collected data
has to be very well-organized and cleverly managed.
Figure 8. Organized and well-managed data enables easy access and fast analysis
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3.1.3 Message Flow Diagram
The message flow diagram enhances the ability to analyze the radio signaling or IP signaling by
presenting the uplink and downlink signaling as a flow chart including time delays and response
times.
One of the major reasons why TEMS Discovery Device is so powerful and yet so easy to use is
that the processing of data is fast and efficient, due to the following features:
• Handling of large volumes of data with low memory demand
• Multithread, background data processing, while additional logfiles are being
processed simultaneously
• Distributed computing with automatic task dispatcher and load balancing
• Easy and flexible configuration
• Multiple projects can be processed in parallel
• Options for selective data import
• Flexible processing, where the user selects IEs of interest and whether to perform
geolocation binning directly or later on
• Possibility to adjust antenna gain during import
• Other valuable features:
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Smart merge of “fragmented” files
Group attribute editing during import
Indoor positioning of TEMS Pocket master-slave data
• Automatic creation of multiple projects and data sets according to the user’s
configuration
• Automatic creation of KPI plots and reports
• Automatic email notifications to multiple recipients
• Automatic rule-based device attribute assignment
For utmost flexibility, there are several options available for data binning as shown below:
• Time binning during data import
• Frame level resolution
• Smart selection
No binning for event-triggered messages
Binning for periodic messages
• Geo-binning
• Distance binning
• Grid binning
• Per-region mixed resolution (for example, fine resolution in dense urban areas and
coarse resolution in rural areas)
• Holes can be defined in regions, for additional binning (and filtering) options
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3.1.6 Powerful Data Filtering
In order to find specific information among the collected data, no matter how well organized it is,
you need a filtering function that assists you in this complex task.
You have several filtering options that, whether used individually or combined, bring out the wanted
information. Those filtering options are:
• Geographical regions
• Network sector groups
• User-defined metric-based conditions
• User-defined problem set
• Data collection date
• Data processing date
• User-defined event set
3.1.7 Diagnostics
Diagnostics (intelligent rule-based analysis) is a supremely powerful feature that will help you to
pinpoint existing or potential problem areas that are often difficult and tedious to locate manually.
The diagnostics are designed to reveal weaknesses related to cell configuration, tuning and
optimization, accessibility, retainability, and integrity. Diagnostics are also used for classification of
problem events like drop, block, etc.
Examples of diagnostics included in TEMS Discovery Device
• Speech quality due to radio or core network issues
• Low PESQ categorization on WCDMA (due to missing neighbor, pilot pollution, etc.)
• Dropped call categorization for GSM and WCDMA
• Dropped call diagnostics based on 3GPP recommendations, indicating radio link
failure caused by too-early handover or by handover to the wrong cell
Figure 6. TEMS Discovery Device document and configuration sharing across the organization. Contents of red-
colored configurations can be further set to read-only or hidden for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection
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3.2 Analysis Views
This section highlights some of the views that will assist you in analyzing your network. The
intention is not to provide a comprehensive description of all details but to give you a taste of the
capabilities of TEMS Discovery Device.
Figure 7. Map View presenting multiple types of data (drive tests, GIS, indoor floor print, cell configuration) in
multiple synchronized or nonsynchronized subviews, multimetrics displayed with offset, and floating legends
TEMS Discovery Device supports terrain elevation data, raster image data, vector files as well as
Google or Bing for online maps. You can download free high-resolution aerial images and terrain
elevation data directly from several GIS servers worldwide.
Multiple synchronized subviews can easily be created for extensive geographical comparison and
analysis.
Figure 8. Indoor drive test data can also be displayed with high-resolution satellite images as background
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3.2.2 Time-series Chart View
The Time-series Chart displays how the values of radio parameters evolve over time. Several
parameters can be plotted in the same chart to enable quick inspection of correlation. Important
time chart features include:
• Zooming and panning
• Events shown
• Multiple (up to 6 x 5) synchronized subviews in each chart
Figure 9. Time-series Chart displaying multiple metrics and events. Coloring indicates changes in active set
membership.
Figure 10. Message View listing filtered messages and detailed information
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3.2.4 Table View
Table View provides a tabular display of multiple metrics and events, and the data can be exported
to Excel or MapInfo MID/MIF.
The Table View can also display a statistical report of the metrics.
Figure 13. The Point Details View displays detailed information about a specific measurement sample or message
You control what to display by selecting a specific user-configurable metric group from the
configuration combo box. You can also edit or sort the displayed metric group.
The Point Details View can also be displayed in the Map View as tool tip information.
Figure 14. The tool tip displays detailed information about a specific measurement
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3.2.6 Instant Chart View
The Instant Chart View is a user-configurable view for graphical display of a set of array data.
Features include:
• Multiple configurations
• Instant bar chart view with optional Table View
• Multiple chart space and multiple metrics
• Fixed or metric-based coloring
Examples of usage:
• Scanner or phone data: Ec/Io and RSCP for all pilots on one or multiple UARFCNs
• Transport channel information: Configuration, state, and throughput of concurrent channels
• Adjacent channel analysis: Graphic visualization of the channel strength of adjacent
channels
Figure 16. Metric Correlation View showing relation between metrics, multiple comparison
Figure 17. Problem Summary View enabling easy analysis of devices with problems
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3.2.9 Histogram View
The Histogram View is for graphical display of metric data showing the proportion of data that falls
into each specific plot band. The graphical display of metric data can be shown as a bar graph, a
2D pie chart, or a 3D pie chart. All options can be freely converted from one to the other.
Figure 18. The Histogram View displaying metric data in various charts
The Multidimension Statistic View also provides a chart presentation of the selected data in the
table.
To drill down to the details behind the statistical data, you can click on a cell in the grid and a list of
files will be generated in the spreadsheet. You can save the list to file, create a composite data set
from the list, or generate a report from the list. All data can be exported to external files.
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3.2.11 Sector Statistic View
The Sector Statistic View displays a metric per sector binning; its functions are similar to those of
the Table View. To display data in the Sector Statistic View, drag the metric data object from the
Data Explorer and drop it into the Sector Statistic View.
Figure 22. This script calculates the RRC setup time as the time between RRC Connection Request and RRC
Connection Setup Complete
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3.3.2 Reporting
The Report View shows a particular mobile device or data set based on a predefined report
template. Simply right-click on a mobile device or data set, select “Send to Report View,” and
TEMS Discovery Device will generate a report based on the selected report template from the
target data.
You also have the option to define your own report template or to specify what you want to include
in a report, with the help of the very flexible Report Builder.
This eliminates the need to request customized report generation from other tool vendors, or to
manipulate data manually.
The Report Builder:
• Provides drag-and-drop access to all metrics and events – absolutely no SQL, Macro, or
VB script knowledge required.
• Can create very demanding and advanced report templates with complicated device
filtering criteria.
• Supports all frequently used statistical parameters.
• Supports per-file and per-sector statistics.
• Supports multidimension statistic reporting.
Figure 23. With the Report Builder you can create your own templates and define how to display your data
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4 TEMS Discovery Device: Drilling Down to
Measurement Data
TEMS Discovery Device is designed for in-depth study of your measurement data. It gives fast and
full access to already processed data. A generous set of data presentation views helps you
visualize the quality and performance of the network. TEMS Discovery Device uses a high-
performance geographic information system (GIS), supporting approximately 100 different map
formats.
TEMS Discovery Device uses synchronizable views such as maps, time charts, messages, tables,
and point details to display data collected at the same time (for drive test data playback). There are
also data summary views such as histograms, metric correlation, reports, batch PDF views, and
problem summary views to present statistic data in various formats. The Problem Summary View,
for example, provides an easy way to pinpoint problems and drill down among user-configurable
analysis sets, to find the cause. Some usage examples are found in section 4.2, “Further Examples
of How to Use TEMS Discovery Device.”
Figure 26. In this example, the reason behind a dropped call is analyzed. It appears that the SIR target cannot be
reached because of weak signal power. With the help of Google Maps, the user can conclude that the call was
dropped inside a building.
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4.2.2 Analyzing TEMS Pocket Indoor Measurement
TEMS Discovery Device has a number of features that make the analysis of TEMS Pocket indoor
measurements simpler and more efficient.
TEMS Pocket logfiles including an indoor map can be imported directly into TEMS Discovery
Device and displayed in the Map View with the indoor map as background. To get a complete
picture of indoor and outdoor measurements, TEMS Discovery Device provides an easy way of
geopositioning the data, as described in section 4.2.2.1.
To make indoor data collection efficient, multiple TEMS Pocket units can be used in parallel.
Employing one unit as the master, the user collects data and sets the pinpoints. The slave TEMS
Pocket will only run test scripts and collect data, so the logfiles from the master device will include
measurement data, map image, and pinpoints, and the logfiles from the slave device will include
measurement data only.
When the data is imported into TEMS Discovery Device, all logfiles will be positioned automatically
as the master device (see section 4.2.2.2).
Figure 27. Indoor measurements from TEMS Pocket, for example, can be positioned within the building where the
measurements are performed. The TEMS Pocket *.zip file containing the indoor measurements and the floor
plan is imported as a regular drive test data file. When any data is dragged and dropped into the Map View, the
floor plan appears with the selected data samples plotted. To position these measurements in relation to the
actual building, you right-click the floor plan in the explorer and GIS/coverage map tab and select “Floor Print
Rectifier.” Then you simply mark the corners of the floor plan and the corresponding corners of the building, and
the positioning is done. The result is displayed in the next figure.
Figure 28. After geo-rectification, the indoor measurement data can be displayed like normal outdoor drive test
data along with other GIS and cell configuration data
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4.2.2.2 Import of TEMS Pocket Multidevice Measurements (Master-Slave)
To import master and slave indoor files into TEMS Discovery Device, select the master and slave
logfiles and enable the “All TEMS Indoor files share the same floor print and way points” option.
By using automatic data processing, TEMS Pocket master-slave logfiles can be imported and
positioned automatically.
Figure 30. Statistics easily generated per sector, clearly displaying the selected KPIs
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5 Appendices
5.1 Supported Operating Systems
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5.6 Handover Matrix
5.7 GIS
5.8 Reporting
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explorer and cell icons on Map View
Display of neighbor relations
Antenna pattern viewer
Co- and adjacent channel highlighter
3D Map View
Terrain profile tool
5.12 Export