& & # Ha * RB Plan PCI at (05) easy steps with Atoll !! Published on January 31, 2020 Rachid Lamali " Solution Architect at Ericsson & RF planning tools expert 10 articles You are looking to plan PCI for your LTE cluster ? do not get in panic and here is the (05) steps to do that in Atoll !Jobs objective of PCI planning is to ensure that all cells are correctly identified. >There are 504 physical cell identities. >These are made up of -168 cell identity groups with 3 identities each -168x3=504 physical cell identities ~PCI =Sub Cell ID + 3 x Cell ID Group 1, Create your LTE project In simple two click paste your site / Transmitter data into Atoll. It should include basic information like Site latitude, longitude, antenna, Azimuth, tilts, antenna height and power. At least make sure that the site coordinate, Azimuths and antenna height are correct. KA OL MaRRR TAOS TH) tte BS sa fi Ea] Oy Breit ks) alfa sone reve Tex sO mm me eon BE wee rc.0m0 ent oat 2. Core area defi Create the focus zone (core area) which is the area we want to plan PCI or change the existing PCI Plan ! it is showing in "green color" polygon. Make sure that buffer area (remaining cells) are having an existing PCI plan. 3. Neighbor list planning To avoid assigning the same PCI plan within neighbors of the cells, it is recommended to create your neighbor plan prior running the PCI Plan! Below figures illustrate the steps to create the neighbor plan.Ha : Home MyNetwork Jobs 7 a 7-100, acvate eancninare 199 esti aneiters | ; Cen) en taee : Fes ; eae ; | MP vor =—=—| An Example of recommended setting is showing below. Hit the button "Calculate" .. the neighbor are calculated as shown in below figure. If happy then, commit the change. os — = Cansei oa oa Conta Dagens Dssretgen sine econo Dermat Tieng itt ce as ete Deemer (Cone netsMa fone Wye 2 cok - TE LTEFCL Dee x OF Ac RRALGHAL >I 4, Run PCI Planning Before running the PCI, need to set PSS & SSS ID Status to "Not Allocated". "Not Allocated" : Any PCI can be modified without any cost. "Allocated" : the PCI is modifiable only if absolutely necessary. "Locked" : The PCI not modifiable.Astoria arate Aan pane 7 open Table eae >on pata ee eases 7 | careers ONetAloese Not Aloe DNotAtoete Not Aloe Time to run the PCI Plan. Following figure is showing how to do that ! 69 Acvate ansmiters Ae a me Tene Simian] DsscivateTansmiters Mult open Table Interfere (2 Properties cwtteg = Prere Ure Driq@ Rename fe kPls alls » (i ve Trace Chm Heage] Remote Antennas » Repeaters > Secondary antennae » Calculations > Neighbours > Transmiter Usts Mainly and depends on site to site distance, the reuse distance can be set accordingly. In Rural area the PCI reuse distance can be set to higher value. As the reference Signal (RS) position in the Resource Block (RB) is decided by the output of PCI mod 6, it is good to put some wight for PCI mod 6 and for PCI Mod 30 (UL DMRS).Home MyNetwork Jobs Also, it is important to check what is the current PCI step used by the operator and if it is fresh PCI planning , I recommend to use PCI Step 8 There are two type of Pci planning steps: Non-shifted: PCli mod 6 same for all cells within the site Shifted: PCli mod 6 different for all cells within the site Below are some example of RS shifted and no shifted scenario: STEP 1: shifted + same PCI group within site Example: CI (PSS) = 0,1,2; PCI Group (SSS) = 10 10x3 +0 =30fs tome Aye be 10x3 +2 = 32 STEP 6: non-shifted + different PCI group within site Example: CI (PSS) = 1; PCI Group (SSS)= 3,5,7 3x3+1=10 5x3+1=16 7x3 +1=22 STEP 8: shifted + different PCI group within site Example: CI (PSS) = 1,0,2; PCI Group (SSS) = 3,6,8 3x3+1=10 6x3 +0=18 8x3 +2=26 In PCI Step 1 & 8, the PCI mod 6 is different for all cells within a site. Basically in non-shifted RS, the RS in adjacent cells will cause the situation that the RSs will interfere only each other and in shifted RS, the RS will causeMa ; Home — MyNetwork Jobs £UOUM resuurce eLentent. Once all is set, hit the "start" button.. the PCI plan will run and changes are showing in blue color. Once completed , "Commit" the change. -iGGggecisaaecaeea TT t 5. PCI Plan output check Use Atoll Audit module to calculate the different collision reuses and the main reuses to be checked is "Physical Cell ID Collision" and the "PCI Mod 6 Collision" with small reuse distance.Home — MyNetwork Jobs bel |S S, alee 2) Gi) ER OF ORB TTEUban =D | | Network Oxf, Acivate Tansriners x0 Deactivate Transmitters Multipoint EY Open Table (i TE tntrterence If opens a} rename kets Te ve Traces Fis Hexagonal Cells Remote Antennas Repeaters Secondary anten' Calculations vwvwyyy Neighbours Transmitter Lists ‘Configure Weights Centre in Map Window Below figure is showing an audit report calculated for the same cluster. For example some cases with PCI Mod 6 collision within 138 m which need to be checked if the sectors are looking to same direction !Home — MyNetwork Jobs deserve SEREGERET = Ga= Thanks for reading ! 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