Getting GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE Exported TEMS Data into Actix Solutions

Updated on 14 April 2004

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Introduction
The TEMS Investigation text export1 provides a means for obtaining TEMS2 drive-test data in spreadsheet format for ad-hoc data analysis. Due to changes Ericsson has made to the TEMS format, this text export method must be used in order to load the following TEMS Investigation files into Actix Analyzer post processing software: Investigation GPRS 4.0.x and 4.1 Investigation EDGE 1.0.1 and 1.1

The following sections provide detailed instructions for exporting TEMS drive test data for analysis in Actix Analyzer. Updating Analyzer Software to Support the TEMS Export File Format Analyzer must be updated to the latest release to ensure close compatibility with the TEMS Export File format. If you are unsure of the software version you are running, or if you do not have these updates, please contact Actix Support through the information listed below. http://support.actix.com/ support@actix.com

Actually, in addition to the TEMS Text Export, TEMS supports several other export formats (including MapInfo and ArcView), but these are more restricted than the text export and are not discussed here. 2 TEMS is a trade mark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

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Exporting the Logfile From TEMS Investigation Export the logfile from TEMS Investigation for analysis in Actix Analyzer using the following procedure: 1) Open TEMS Investigation. It is not necessary to open the logfile in TEMS. 2) From the main menu, select Logfile Export Logfile. 3) Select the Add Order button. 4) Set the file format to Text File. 5) Specify the input logfile, and the output file location of the exported file (leaving the destination as default will place the exported file into an export folder in the same location as the original log file). To export multiple logfiles to a single output file, select the Merge output check box. If you intend to simultaneously load data from multiple contiguous files with the same devices into Analyzer, Actix suggests using this Merge option as it will improve analysis and visualization performance by using less memory. 6) Set the file extension to *.FMT. 7) Choose the Setup button to specify the Information Elements to export. Use the Load button on this tab to import a template file (See Appendix A) a. If you are a GPRS user, be aware that templates from TEMS GPRS 4.0.x do not work with TEMS GPRS 4.1 and vice versa. We have provided GPRS 4.0.x/EDGE 1.x and GPRS 4.1 templates for your use. For best results, Actix strongly recommends using the DataPlus template provided (see Appendix A). 8) If adding parameters manually, array-based parameters must be added once for each array element desired in the final output. For example, the Neighbor RxLev (dBm) (Sorted) parameter must be added to the attribute list 6 separate times to make RxLev of the first 6 neighbors available as parameters in Analyzer. The tables in Appendix B of this document provide the mapping of each TEMS Investigation parameter to the Actix equivalent. 9) For GPRS and EDGE users, the correct export options must be selected to ensure valid data display within Actix software. The correct options are selected in the latest pre-configured templates. If alternate templates or parameter lists are used, use the following table to determine which options must be selected on the Options tab in order to ensure correct importation.

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TEMS Version
GPRS 4.0.3, EDGE 1.0.1, EDGE 1.1 GPRS 4.1

Correct Options
Full message information, and all messages shown (Enabled) Message Name (Enabled) Message Index (Disabled) Message hex string (Enabled) Message with no new info. excluded (Disabled) Message Type (Enabled) Message ID (Disabled) Message hexadecimal string (Enabled) Show changed IE values only (Disabled)

Full message information, and all messages shown (Enabled)

10) After specifying the parameters for import, return to the primary Export Logfile dialog and start the conversion process. Note that as the exported file does not include a date reference, Analyzer will take the following steps to determine the correct date: a. If the original raw log file is found in the current folder, Analyzer will extract the correct date from that file. b. If the original binary log file is found in the parent directory and the current directory is named export, Analyzer will extract the correct date from that file. c. If neither of the above is true, Analyzer will use the last modified date of the export file. 11) Open the exported file (.FMT) into Actix Analyzer.

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Opening the Exported Data in Actix Analyzer Once the export process is complete, the exported logfile may be opened in Actix Analyzer using the Open Logfile button. All exported parameters will be available for each data stream in the logfile. The exported parameters will either be available as standard Actix attributes (see Appendix B) or set as vendor specific Tems attributes under the workspace tree E icon.

Wherever possible, Actix provides parameters based on standard layer 3 messaging. These parameters will either supersede Tems specific attributes or supplement them. For further assistance, please contact Actix Support: Phone: o Asia +65 633 22 351 o Europe, Middle East, Africa +44 208 735 6303 o Americas +1 703-740-2244 or +1 877 72 ACTIX E-mail: support@actix.com

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Appendix A Available pre-built templates

Template
AtxTex_DataPlus_4.1.tex AtxTex_Scan_4.1.tex AtxTex_AlmostAll_4.1.tex

Contains
GSM,GPRS, C/A, AMR, idle mode measurements C/I analysis, interference, and scanner analysis A template including almost all exportable GSM/GPRS columns GSM, GPRS, EGPRS, C/A, AMR, idle mode measurements * C/I analysis, interference, and scanner analysis A template including almost all exportable GSM/GPRS/EGPRS columns *

Applicable Versions
GPRS 4.1 GPRS 4.1 GPRS 4.1 GPRS 4.0.x, EDGE 1.0.1, EDGE 1.1 GPRS 4.0.x, EDGE 1.0.1, EDGE 1.1 GPRS 4.0.x, EDGE 1.0.1, EDGE 1.1

AtxTex_DataPlus.tex

AtxTex_Scan.tex

AtxTex_AlmostAll.tex

* Note that EGPRS attributes are only available when using TEMS EDGE versions

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Appendix B GSM/GPRS Field Mappings

TEMS column
Time MS Frame Number Direction Message Type Hexadecimal String Latitude Longitude Hardware IMEI Adjacent RxLev (dBm)[1] Adjacent RxLev (dBm)[2] Adjacent RxLev (dBm)[3] Adjacent RxLev (dBm)[4] Altitude (m) AMR Active Set DL AMR Active Set UL App. Throughput DL (kbit/s) App. Throughput UL (kbit/s) AMR Codec Call DL (%)[0] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[1] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[2] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[3] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[4] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[5] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[6] AMR Codec Call DL (%)[7] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[0] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[1] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[2] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[3] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[4] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[5] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[6] AMR Codec Call UL (%)[7] ARFCN TCH Attach Time (ms) BER/Timeslot (%) BSIC C/A +1 C/A +2 C/A +3

Actix equivalent
Time <Actix products split files into streams> GSM_FrameNumber TemsExp_Direction TemsExp_MessageType TemsExp_HexadecimalString Latitude Longitude TemsExp_Hardware MsIMEI Tems_AdjSigLev_Minus2 Tems_AdjSigLev_Minus1 Tems_AdjSigLev_Plus1 Tems_AdjSigLev_Plus2 Altitude AMR_ActiveSet_DL AMR_ActiveSet_UL App_Throughput_DL App_Throughput_UL TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_12200bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_10200bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_7950bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_7400bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_6700bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_5900bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_5150bps TEMS_DL_AMR_Usage_4750bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_12200bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_10200bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_7950bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_7400bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_6700bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_5900bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_5150bps TEMS_UL_AMR_Usage_4750bps ServTCH GPRS_MM_ATTACH_TIME TEMS_BER_per_TS_Exp ServBSIC Tems_C2A_Plus1_Exp Tems_C2A_Plus2_Exp Tems_C2A_Plus3_Exp

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TEMS column
C/A -1 C/A -2 C/A -3 C/I Absolute C/I Best C/I Best: ARFCN C/I Best: Timeslot C/I For Worst C/I Worst C/I Worst: ARFCN C/I Worst: Timeslot C1 C2 Cell GPRS Support Cell EGPRS Support Cell Id Cell Id (Hex) Channel Mode Channel Type Coding Scheme DL Coding Scheme DL Usage (Own Data) (%)[1] Coding Scheme DL Usage (Own Data) (%)[2] Coding Scheme DL Usage (Own Data) (%)[3] Coding Scheme DL Usage (Own data) (%)[4] Coding Scheme Downlink Usage (%)[1] Coding Scheme Downlink Usage (%)[2] Coding Scheme Downlink Usage (%)[3] Coding Scheme Downlink Usage (%)[4] Coding Scheme UL Data Mode DTX Rate Downlink EGPRS BEP (Mean) EGPRS BEP (Variance) EGPRS Link Quality Control UL FER Actual (%) FER Full (%) FER Sub (%) FER/Timeslot (%) GMM State Heading (deg) Hopping HSN

Actix equivalent
Tems_C2A_Minus1_Exp Tems_C2A_Minus2_Exp Tems_C2A_Minus3_Exp Tems_CI_Worst_ARFCN_Exp TEMS_C2I_Value TEMS_C2I_Channel TEMS_C2I_Timeslot Tems_CI_Worst_ARFCN_Exp Tems_C2I_Sorted_Value_Exp Tems_C2I_Sorted_Channel_Exp Tems_C2I_Sorted_Timeslot_Exp ServC1 ServC2 ServCellHasGPRSSupport ServCellHasEGPRSSupport ServCI ServCI TemsExp_ChannelMode TemsExp_ChannelType RMAC_DL_CS_Actual DL_CS1_Usage DL_CS2_Usage DL_CS3_Usage DL_CS4_Usage DL_CS1_Usage DL_CS2_Usage DL_CS3_Usage DL_CS4_Usage RMAC_UL_CS_Actual Data_Mode TemsExp_DTXRateDownlink EGPRS_BEP_Mean * EGPRS_BEP_Variance * EGPRS_Link_Quality_Control_UL ServFERActual ServFERFull ServFERSub TEMS_FER_per_TS_Exp TEMS_GMMState Heading ServIsHopping GSM_SERVHSN

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TEMS column
IP Address LAC LLC BLER DL (%) LLC BLER UL (%) LLC Decode Errors DL (%) LLC Retransmissions UL (%) LLC Throughput DL (kbit/s) LLC Throughput UL (kbit/s) MAIO MCC MNC Mode Modulation DL Modulation UL MS Power Control Level MS TxPower (dBm) Multiband Reporting Neighbor ARFCN Neighbor ARFCN (Sorted) Neighbor BSIC (Num) (Sorted) Neighbor C1 (Sorted) Neighbor C2 (Sorted) Neighbor C31 (Sorted) Neighbor C32 (Sorted) Neighbor Cell Id (Sorted) Neighbor LAC (Sorted) Neighbor RxLev (dBm) (Sorted) Number Of Used Timeslots (DL) Number Of Used Timeslots (UL) Network Control Order PDP Access Point Name PDP Address PDP Context Time (ms) PDP Delay Class PDP LLC SAPI PDP Mean Throughput PDP NSAPI PDP Peak Throughput PDP Precedence Class PDP Radio Priority PDP Reliability Class Ping Delay (ms) Ping Size (bytes) RAC Radio Link Timeout Current

Actix equivalent
Task_Server_IP_Address GSM_SERVLAC LLC_DL_BLER LLC_UL_BLER TEMS_LLC_DL_DecodeErrors LLC_UL_Retransmissions LLC_Throughput_DL LLC_Throughput_UL GSM_SERVMAIO GSM_SERVMCC GSM_SERVMNC TemsExp_Mode Modulation_DL Modulation_UL ServMsTxPowStepActual ServMsTxPowerActual MultibandReporting CellBAList NborBCCH NborBSIC NborC1 NborC2 TemsExp_Neighbor_C31_Sorted TemsExp_Neighbor_C32_Sorted TemsExp_Neighbor_Cell_Id_Sorted TemsExp_Neighbor_LAC_Sorted NborRxLev TemsExp_NumberOfUsedTimeslots(DL) TemsExp_NumberOfUsedTimeslots(UL) Network_Control_Order GPRS_SM_Access_Point_Name Connection_IP_Address PDP_Context_Time GPRS_SM_QoS_Delay_Class GPRS_SM_LLC_Sapi GPRS_SM_QoS_Mean_Throughput SNDCP_NSAPI GPRS_SM_QoS_Peak_Throughput GPRS_SM_QoS_Precedence_Class GPRS_SM_RadioPriority GPRS_SM_QoS_Reliability_Class Ping_RTT Ping_Packet_Size TEMS_RAC_Exp ServRadioLinkTimeoutCur

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TEMS column
Radio Link Timeout Max RLC BLER DL (%) RLC BLER UL (%) RLC Decode Errors DL (%) RLC Retransmissions UL (%) RLC Throughput DL (kbit/s) RLC Throughput UL (kbit/s) RLP Throughput DL (kbit/s) RLP Throughput UL (kbit/s) RxLev Full (dBm) RxLev Sub (dBm) RxQual Full RxQual Sub Scanned ARFCN ** Scanned Channels No Of Scanned RxLev (dBm) ** Scanned Signal Strength (dBm) Session App. Bytes Received Session App. Bytes Sent Session App. Mean Throughput DL (kbit/s) Session App. Mean Throughput UL (kbit/s) Session Duration Session Information Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) SQI Strongest Scanned ARFCN Strongest Scanned RxLev (dBm) Sub Channel Number TA TFI (DL) TFI (UL) Timeslot Timeslot Channel Type (DL) Timeslot Channel Type (UL) Timeslot Used (DL) Timeslot Used (UL) TLLI Training Sequence Code USF

Actix equivalent
CellRadioLinkTimeoutMax RLC_DL_BLER RLC_UL_BLER TEMS_RLC_DL_DecodeErrors RLC_UL_Retransmissions RLC_Throughput_DL RLC_Throughput_UL RLP_Throughput_DL RLP_Throughput_UL ServRxLevFull ServRxLevSub ServRxQualFull ServRxQualSub Scan_Signal_Level ** ScanNumFrequencies Scan_Signal_Level ** Scan_Signal_Level Task_App_Bytes_DL Task_App_Bytes_UL App_Throughput_DL_Mean App_Throughput_UL_Mean Task_Time_Elapsed Task_Id SpeedKph LOCATION_SPEED_MPH TEMS_SQI_Exp ScanSortChannelNo_by_SigLevel ScanSortSigLevel_by_SigLevel ServSubChannelNo ServTimingAdvanceActual RMAC_DL_TFI RMAC_UL_TFI ServTimeslot TemsExp_TimeslotChannelType(DL) TemsExp_TimeslotChannelType(UL) GPRS_DL_Timeslot_Numbers GPRS_UL_Timeslot_Numbers TEMS_PacketFlowReport_TLLI ServTrainingSeq RMAC_USF_TN

* Tems does not differentiate EDGE BEP and CV based on modulation type. Actix decodes BEP and CV values based on the presence of layer 3 messaging into the following attributes:

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RMAC_8PSK_CV_BEP RMAC_8PSK_MEAN_BEP RMAC_GMSK_CV_BEP RMAC_GMSK_Mean_BEP

The Tems EDGE BEP and CV are included as Actix vendor specific attributes.

** The single Actix array attribute is created from the combination of these two
attributes.