Microwave Network planning

and design process

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Reference datum

 Microwave planning and design process

 Microwave network plan and design
guide

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 After learning this course，you will,
 Know microwave network plan process
 Know work scope of each phase
 Strengthen the process availability and
make it under control

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Composing of Microwave plan
 According to network lifecycle, microwave plan is consist of two parts, biding
network plan, rollout network plan
 Microwave plan run though all network lifecycle, it include, biding network
plan （route, capacity, frequency plan, output bidding document etc), rollout
network plan （ site survey, route, capacity, frequency plan, interference
analysis, detailed network plan etc）

biding rollout
network network
plan plan

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Key point of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
Overall Bidding Contract
Feasibility Win the Project
Preparing solution documents negotiating
Analysis tender hand over
output preparing and signing

Project Preliminary Output Bidding Contract Document s

Feasibility
survey microwave clarify negotiating handover
Initiation analysis
technical
proposal Solution End
Designate Feasibility Microwave Win the
plan engineer analysis planning tender adjust
review Microwave
Read RFP and Output technical Quotation
get customer Draw up microwave proposal adjust
requirement bidding solution and review
plan BoQ Contract
Information Quotation review
Collection RFQ Microwave and SOC
Clarify solution reply Contract
review (product signing
Bidding
manager)
strategy
making

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Project prepare

Input
1, RFP or other customer requirement

Content：
1.RFP issue or formal requirement from customer
(such as Email) is the condition of project
a. Project Initiation initiation.
b. Designate plan 2.NTS manager designate microwave plan
engineer engineer, build microwave plan team.
c. Read RFP
3.Microwave planner read RFP and get the
d. Information
Collection customer requirement.
4.Collect existing transmission information, it
Output： include network structure, capacity, existing
1. Existing transmission microwave frequency band, T-R spacing,
information collection available frequency resource etc.
2. Available frequency resource
(Frequency band, sub frequency
band, T-R spacing)

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Feasibility Analysis 1
Input
1. Microwave requirement from
RFP
2. Existing network microwave
related information (route direction,
in use frequency） Content
3. Existing microwave resource 1. Reading RFP, make SOW clear, output
feasibility analysis report；
Feasibility Analysis
2. The department for project establish
Feasibility Analysis check the report
checking 3. According to project schedule make
Make bidding plan microwave plan
RFP clarify 4. Make RFP clarify, the clarify model
format is provided by project biding
Output
1,《Turnkey project feasibility manager.
analysis report—microwave
plan》
2. Bidding plan
3. RFP clarify

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Feasibility Analysis 2

Content
Input
1. Push biding manager organize biding
1. RFP
strategy review.
2. Feasibility Analysis
2. Microwave plan strategy under different
conclusion review
business mode：total price, unit price
contract with fixed total price, unit price.
3. Decision for key technical point: KPI，high
capacity microwave transmission mode and
Bidding equipment model, network compose mode,
strategy review protection, antenna, with existing network or
not etc.
4. Strategy for existing equipment: use existing
transmission, use existing site, use other
Output accessorial equipments.
1. Biding strategy meeting 5. Huawei contract quotient target and
minutes manpower plan: microwave survey strategy,
manpower devotion strategy.

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Microwave solution 1 Content:
1. According to RFP and actually condition,
Input： make a decision if preliminary survey is required
1. RFP or not, it could be done with RF team together.
2. Make microwave plan with high precision
2. Site coordinates, capacity and
digital map, it include：network structure, link
attribution Radio Network capacity, protection, frequency plan, typical link
Planning Output Site List reliability calculation etc. Required input：
3. Existing information (site,  RFP or customer formal requirement.
transmission etc)  Survey result or the transmission
4. Biding strategy meeting minutes information obtained after investigations.
 Site coordinates, BSC location and site
attribution etc, or site coordinates, capacity
requirement, network topology etc which
provide by customer.
Preliminary  Site capacity requirement from wireless
survey product sales manager.
Microwave  High-precision digital terrain map
plan provided by the Network Planning Dept
of the Wireless Network.
 Pathloss software and SRTM3 map.
Output:  According to customer requirement and
1. 《site preliminary survey report》 project strategy, microwave sales manager
2. 《Microwave design solution》 make a decision for product model (both
equipment and antenna), microwave plan
（with microwave route map and engineer get related equipment parameters
frequency band) for pathloss use.

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Microwave solution 2

Input： Content ：
1. Microwave plan solution 1. Submit the Microwave Solution to the supervisor,
after get approve：
 Output microwave plan BOQ and provide it
to transmission product manager to make
the equipment configuration and quotation.
 Output tower height information to site
Microwave design department to prepare civil work
plan solution quoted pricing.
review  Output solution and BOQ to service bidding
manager and project manager to make
service bidding and the project execution
Output： plan.
1. 《review form in microwave 2. The reviewer make the solution review and output
bidding 》 review conclusion, it can be done by refer to
2. 《tower information
《review form in microwave bidding》
collection form》

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Key point control of microwave plan process
 Preparing bidding documents
Input：
1. Microwave plan solution (it
include MW route plan,
frequency plan, capacity
plan) and BOQ
Prepare technical proposal
Review technical proposal
Quote and provide SOC
Output：
1. 《Microwave plan
technical proposal》
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－biding network plan
Content：
1. Prepare the Technical Proposal for Microwave
Transmission Planning according to the Overall
Microwave Solution that passes the review.
2. The reviewers review the Technical Proposal for
Microwave Transmission Planning, The review
elements are as follows:：
• Whether the proposal is compiled according
to the template.
• Whether the risk mitigation measures are
specified in the proposal.
3. The product sales engineer quote a price and
provide SOC for the technical part of the
microwave equipment in t h e R F P, provide the
technical proposal for the equipment part.
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Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Win the tender

Input：
1. 《Microwave plan solution》
2. 《Microwave technical
proposal》
3. Clarify requirement from
customer

Content：
Bidding 1. Pay attention to the customer’s doubt of microwave
clarify plan solution, provide related clarify.
Win the 2. Win the tender and receive LOI.
tender

Output：
1. Microwave plan solution
clarify (with word or ppt
format)

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Commercial pricing and negotiation

Input：
1. 《microwave plan solution》
2. 《microwave plan technical
proposal》
Content：
1. Assist the bidding manager to contract
•Contract negotiation.
negotiation 2. Adjust the Microwave Solution according to the
•Solution adjust customer requirements and provide Microwave
•Quotation adjust Equipment Requirement List.
•Contract review 3. Review the renewed microwave solution, output
•Contract signature 《review form for Microwave bidding》. Review
related contract documents.
4. Sign the contract.
Output：
1. Adjusted microwave plan
solution；
2. 《Review form for MW
Bidding》

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－biding network plan
 Project handover

Input：
1. Contract documents Content：
2. Bidding documents (RFP、 1. After sign the contract, hand over the project
microwave plan solution、 documents to the assigned microwave plan
related clarify documents engineer.
etc.)  RFP and the related clarify documents
from customer
 Microwave solution and CMT
Project  Contract without commercial confidential
documents （ technical proposal, equipment
handover configuration, Pathloss plan result,
Bidding end gr4/pl4 and specification about site
legend or link layer etc.
 Handover report ： it include but not
Output： limited to plan principle, the oral promise
1. 《microwave plan handover to customer etc, which will take some
checking list》 influence to project delivery.
2. Biding network plan end.

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
Telecom Integration
Project Network Detail Design
Survey equipment and
initiation optimization design approval
Installation acceptance test

Designate the Survey and Optimization Detailed design Submit the Equipment Network
of overall documents to the Installation commissioning
person- in-charge frequency
scan solution Review design operator or
of MW planning
documents concerned Commission Acceptance test
Equipment departments
Compile guideline Analyze the
route configuration Link Project
for microwave
solution to configuration Design approval evaluation
planning
each single Review the
hop overall Design joint Design handover Handover
Pre-planning of review
solution and
proposal
equipment Purchase MW
Frequency equipment
application
Transportation,
Prepare the customs
engineering clearance and
project planning storage
report or compile
the RFQ
Attention: The last two modules are not the scope of MW network

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Project initiation 1

Input：
1. contract Content：
2. Microwave equipment, antenna 1. After the procurement of contract, it is
datum and the latest parameters necessary to determine the person in
etc.( discuss with product sales
charge of microwave planning, In urgent
manager）
3. KPI, the principle of equipment case, the project manager need to star the
setting and the rules of equipment microwave planning in the phase of contract
configuration (Discuss with customer) negotiation.
2. Confirm related product, antenna type with
microwave sales manager, get related
Determine datum and equipment parameters for
responsible microwave plan.
engineer 3. Confirm the KPI, the principle of equipment
for the guideline
setting and the rules of equipment
making
configuration with customer etc.
4. Write the guideline for microwave network
Output： planning, and submit it to customer for
1. Guidelines For Microwave Network review and get approval.
Planning

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Key point control of microwave plan process
 Project initiation 2 －rollout network plan
Input：
1. Guidelines of Microwave Network
Planning
Content：
2. Site information from RFP team
1. Prepare a preliminary Microwave Solution
3. Site acquisition information
4. Civil work information according to the requirements in the Guide.
2. Output site PRI list to PM, SA and CW engineer,
backbone and hub sites should be regarded as the
first PRI site for site survey and acquisition.
Preliminary plan 3. Submit the planning result to the frequency
Frequency acquisition manager according to the pre-planning
application result by using the frequency application form
Compile microwave template. The frequency acquisition manager
guide report applies for frequencies.
4. Prepare the planning report for a single
Output：
microwave engineering project and determine the
1. Preliminary plan solution（Files of
outsourcing strategies for the microwave survey
GR4，PL4）
2. Microwave Transmission Frequency and design service. If the team outsource the
Application service, the team should compile the RFQ and the
3. PRI list for site acquisition and civil subcontractor procurement department should
work invite bids for the service, which can be carried out
4. Project guide report after the contract is signed.
5. Microwave Survey & Design Service
RFQ（Whether need outsourcing）

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Survey

Input： Content：
1. Preliminary solution 1. According to the site acquisition
2. wireless, civil work, site acquisition progress make microwave site survey,
information The primary work is to check whether
LOS available. In addition, assist the
site survey engineers to prepare the
LOS survey microwave part of the Site Survey
Frequency scan Report and to scan frequencies,
Route analysis for Provide the report three days after
each single hop the completion of the survey and
frequency scanning. The Site Survey
Output： Report template is provided by the
1. Microwave Line of Sight Survey Report site engineer.
2. Microwave Frequency Scanning Report 2. Provide the Design Document of a
3. Design Document of a Single Hop for
Single Hop for Microwave Link one
Microwave Link
4. Microwave electromagnetism measure week after the completion of the
report survey.

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Network optimization 1

Input：
1. Nominal plan solution
2. Survey report for each
single hop Content：
According to the result from single route survey,
optimizing the overall solution, it including:
Optimize the 1. Optimize frequency, analyze interference
overall 2. Optimize capacity
solution 3. Optimize route
4. Optimize the index of every link
Output Nominal Plan Template after optimizing
Output：
1. Nominal Plan Template after
optimize

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Network optimization 2

Input：
1. Optimized Nominal Plan Template
2. Equipment configuration and version
number Content：
1. According to the optimized overall solution,
provide the Implementation Phase
Microwave Equipment Requirement List.
Equipment
configuration 2.According to the bidding solution, contract,
Solution nominal plan, and guideline, review the
review overall solution. When review the
subcontractor design, Microwave Design
Quality Evaluation Form need to be
Output： provided.
1. Microwave Equipment Requirement
List of implementation phase
2. Implementation Phase Microwave
Design Quality Evaluation

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Detailed design

Input： Content：
1. General proposal 1.Complete the detailed design in the
2. Survey report for each signal hop, implementation phase according to the
tower height, site information, it overall solution.
include address, coordinates etc. 2.Review the design document and provide
the review comments.
3.Link configuration, complete Microwave Link
Detailed design Configuration List
Design file review 4.The microwave planning manager organizes
Link configuration the project manager, acquisition manager,
Design joint review wireless network planning engineers, and
engineering manager to review the detailed
engineering design. The microwave
Output：
planning manager modifies the design
1. Microwave Network Planning
Detailed Design Document according to the review comments and
2. Microwave Link Configuration List submits the final design to the customer for
3. Microwave Site And Link approval
Information Form

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Design approval

Input： Content：
1. Detail design documents 1. Submit the documents to the operator or
concerned government departments for
approval
2. After the acquisition manager obtains the approval
of the operator, the project manager organizes
submit design the product sales manager, acquisition manager,
documents implementation manager, and TK network
design approval, planning manager to clarify the detailed design
equipment stock, documents.
transport, customs
3. The product sales department prepare the detailed
clearance, store
microwave equipment configuration according
to the design. The supply chain department
organizes equipments preparation and delivery
by the related workflows.
Output： 4. Microwave equipment transport, complete the
1.The approval design customs clearance, and microwave equipment
documents store in warehouses.

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Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Telecom equipment Installation

Input：
1.The approval detail design
documents

Content：
Installation
1. Install the Microwave equipment
Commissioning
2. Site commissioning of Microwave equipment

Output：
1. Equipment installation report
2. Equipment installation
completion report

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 Key point control of microwave plan process
－rollout network plan
 Integration and acceptance test

Input：
1. Pre-acceptance test report

Content：
1. On air after commissioning and cutover
Network 2. The customers do the acceptance test
commissioning
3. Evaluate the project and subcontractor by the
Acceptance test
On air project team
Project evaluation 4. Handover
Handover

Output：
1. Acceptance test report of project

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