07 Network Planning v2020

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Altair WinProp Basic, v2020
ALTAIR WINPROP V2020 - BASIC

NETWORK PLANNING
1 Trainer’s Name Month XX, 2020

Chapter 7 - Network Planning
• Network Planning Exercise
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NETWORK PLANNING EXERCISE
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Overview – the Bigger Picture
• Goal is to simulate coverage before network deployment.
• First simulation is always a propagation evaluation.
• Second simulation is a network simulation: uses propagation results in combination with Air Interface,
e.g. OFDM, with many parameters.
• Network simulation provides the best cell assignment, as well as interference levels.
• Two criteria for communication are

• minimum Signal-to-Noise-and-Interference Ratio (SNIR) at the receiver
• minimum required power at the receiver.
• Depending on data rates and modulation schemes, in locations where criteria are met, you can
communicate.
• If you can communicate, it will be at the fixed data rate that belongs to the particular transmission mode.
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Overview – ProMan Simulation
• Many parameters for Air Interface (OFDM in this case), are in pre-defined file.
• We will define locations, powers, carriers of a few base stations.
• Dominant Path Model will be used for simulation.
• Propagation simulation is done first.
• Network simulation is done second.
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Key WinProp ProMan Capabilities Covered
• Network simulation based on pre-defined Air Interface file.
• Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (SNIR)
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Exercise 7A - ProMan Network-Planning
File Name and Location

…\STUDENT-EXERCISE\CH7\
7A_ProMan folder
Exercise Steps
1. Start ProMan 10. Set up project – Propagation Tab 18. Network results: best server
2. Save the project 11. Set up project – Sites Tab 19. Received power for cell assignment
3. Place antennas 12. Set up project – Components and 20. Interference
Database Tab
4. Place antennas – details 21. Ability to use a certain transmission
13. Set up project – Computation Tab mode
5. Edit project parameters
14. Run propagation simulation 22. Statistical information
6. Set up project – Air Interface Tab
15. Inspect propagation results 23. Other results
7. Set up project – Simulation Tab
16. Run network simulation 24. Resource blocks
8. Set up project – Traffic Tab
17. Network results: cell area and 25. Conclusion
9. Set up project – Network Tab
site area
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Exercise 7A - Step 1: Start ProMan

a) Launch ProMan interface
Main window is gray at this stage.
b) File > New Project
• Choose Network Planning based on description file for air interface
• Select …\STUDENT-EXERCISE\CH7\7A_ProMan\LTE_Band1_BW_05MHz_FDD.wst
• Specify Indoor Scenarios
• Select …\STUDENT-EXERCISE\CH7\7A_ProMan\Office.idb
• Select Polarimetric Analysis: Standard (this is suited for the Dominant Path Model) and click OK
c) Accept 1.5 m in the Height field and click OK.
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Exercise 7A - Step 2: Save the project

a) File > Save Project
Select the correct directory and give the project a name, e.g. office.net
b) Two files are written to disk:
• office.net and
• office.nip.
These belong together.
If you need to send a project to somebody else,

e.g. to customer support, you need to send two files:
• One is always the .net file;
• the other is .nip for indoor,

.nup for urban and .nrp for rural scenarios.
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Exercise 7A - Step 3: Place antennas

a) Use the Set Site button to place three omni-directional antennas at the intersections of the corridors.
See next slide for details.
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Exercise 7A - Step 4: Place antennas - details

a) For every antenna, click Edit
b) In the next window, click Assign Carrier
c) A list of available carriers (frequencies) appears.
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Exercise 7A - Step 4: Place antennas - details

d) Assign the same carrier to Site 1 and Site 2 for this exercise (doesn’t matter which carrier).
e) Assign a different carrier to Site 3.
f) Ensure that the power of each antenna be 10 dBm, not 10 W.

g) Once all three sites have been defined,
click the Set Site button on the left once
more to toggle it off
(otherwise you keep adding sites).
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Exercise 7A - Step 5: Edit project parameters

a) Project > Edit Project Parameter
Almost everything will be defined under this menu.
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Exercise 7A - Step 6: Set up project – Air Interface Tab

a) Air Interface was already defined in .wst file.
b) Explore the amazing wealth of settings and options.
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Exercise 7A - Step 7: Set up project – SimulationTab

a) Computational domain and resolution are specified.
b) Static simulation, homogeneous traffic is most-common choice.
• Monte-Carlo allows WinProp to distribute users with different
applications (voice, video, data) according to your specifications
but with a degree of randomness. Not part of this exercise
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Exercise 7A - Step 8: Set up project – Traffic Tab

a) Leave Tx power at 100%. This represents a worst case for interference, where every transmitter operates at full power.
Note: parameters can also be set individually per site if desired.
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Exercise 7A - Step 9: Set up project – Network Tab

a) Specify a name for the output sub-directory.
b) Request many output parameters as shown.
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Exercise 7A - Step 10: Set up project – Propagation Tab

a) Specify a name for the Output Sub-Directory.
b) Request propagation results of interest, e.g.,

LOS Analysis.
• Propagation Paths and Channel Impulse

Response are not necessary for network
planning based on radio coverage.
• Received Power is always computed,

since it’s essential for the network analysis.
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Exercise 7A - Step 11: Set up project – Sites Tab

a) Sites had already been defined.
b) Can be edited or disabled if desired.
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Exercise 7A - Step 12: Set up project – Components and Database Tab

a) Nothing to add under Components
in this exercise.
b) Nothing to change under Database.
Note: the database office.idb,

which had already been created for
you in WallMan, has materials defined
and that these materials are being
taken into account.
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Exercise 7A - Step 13: Set up project – Computation Tab

a) Select Dominant Path Model.
Dominant Path Model is fast
and can be usedfor network planning.
b) Choose Empirical Losses,

not Fresnel coefficients, for this model.
c) Click OK to close the Edit Parameters window.
d) Save.
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Exercise 7A - Step 14: Run propagation simulation

a) Note Settings > Default Settings > Computation Tab
Option to Filter propagation results when computed.
Also note Display Tab: option to Filter results when displayed.
b) Run the Propagation Simulation by clicking,
from the menu bar
Computation > Propagation: Compute All
or, from the toolbar on the left, RUNPRO button.
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Exercise 7A - Step 15: Inspect propagation results

a) Display power for each antenna to ensure results are reasonable.
Note: legend on the right can be modified after right-clicking on it.
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Exercise 7A - Step 16: Run network simulation

a) From the menu bar, Computation > Network: Compute Coverage
or, from toolbar on the left, RUN NET button
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Exercise 7A - Step 17: Network results: cell area and site area
a) Displays which antenna or which site, respectively, is received best, depending on the location and the defined settings
for the cell assignment under the Air Interface Tab.
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Exercise 7A - Step 18: Network results: best server

a) Remember, we gave Site 1 and Site 2 the same carrier.
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Exercise 7A - Step 19: Received power for cell assignment

a) This particular Received Power under
Cell Assignment is based on the power
of the reference channel.
b) This is only a few percent of the total
power.
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Exercise 7A - Step 19: Received power for cell assignment

c) As explained, this plot shows a lower power than the pure propagation result.
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Exercise 7A - Step 20: Interference

a) Note: interference in lower-left quadrant is
high because Site 1 and Site 2 are on the
same carrier. They are in each other’s
way.
b) Signal-to-Noise-and-Interference Ratio
(SNIR) is low in the lower-left quadrant.
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Exercise 7A - Step 20: Interference

c) The interference occurs because both sites emit an individual signal on the same frequency.
d) This can be changed by either assigning different carriers OR by keeping the same carriers but making them transmit the
same signal, so the signal from one is not longer the interference of the other.
e) Site: Edit button  Select a Site graphically  Edit as shown.
f) Watch out: if you click OK once, your results will be gone! Click Cancel if you only want to look.
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Exercise 7A - Step 21: Ability to use a certain transmission mode

a) Note: you need to exceed a certain power and
Signal-to-Noise-and-Interference Ratio (SNIR)
to be able to communicate.
b) In white areas, the chosen transmission mode

cannot be used (a slower one may still work).
c) In non-white areas, you can communicate at the

data-rate of the chosen transmission mode.
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Exercise 7A - Step 22: Statistical information

a) Information icon opens window with additional information.
b) In this case, the minimum SNIR in the plot is 17.2 dB,

because transmission mode 64 QAM, R=4_5 requires
at least 17.2 dB to communicate.
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Exercise 7A - Step 23: Other results

a) Take a few minutes to explore other results. In particular, note the combined plots of maximum data rate and maximum
throughput.
b) Throughput exceeds data rate by a factor 25 because there are 25 resource blocks. See next slide.
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Exercise 7A - Step 24: Resource blocks

a) LTE uses a 5 MB bandwidth in this project.
b) The FFT order is 512, but 211 subcarriers
are guard carriers and one is a DC subcarrier.
c)300 signal carriers remain.
d) One resource block has 12 subcarriers.
e)  25 resource blocks.
f) A transmission mode uses one resource block
(which can be changed).
g) Note: the .wst file had all of this already set up.
You don’t have to be a communication expert.
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Exercise 7A - Step 25: Conclusion

a) Summary:
• *.wst file has many settings predefined.
• A certain transmission mode requires a minimum received power and a minimum SNIR.
If those requirements are satisfied, you communicate at a given datarate;
otherwise you don’t communicate in that mode at all.
b) File > Save Project

c) File > Exit
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Altair WinProp Basic, v2020

ALTAIR WINPROP V2020 - BASIC

1 Trainer’s Name Month XX, 2020

• Network Planning Exercise

NETWORK PLANNING EXERCISE

Overview – the Bigger Picture

• Goal is to simulate coverage before network deployment.

• First simulation is always a propagation evaluation.

• Two criteria for communication are

• minimum required power at the receiver.

Overview – ProMan Simulation

• We will define locations, powers, carriers of a few base stations.

• Dominant Path Model will be used for simulation.

• Propagation simulation is done first.

• Network simulation is done second.

Key WinProp ProMan Capabilities Covered

• Network simulation based on pre-defined Air Interface file.

• Signal-to-Noise and Interference Ratio (SNIR)

Exercise 7A - ProMan Network-Planning

File Name and Location

Exercise 7A - Step 1: Start ProMan

Exercise 7A - Step 2: Save the project

b) Two files are written to disk:

These belong together.

If you need to send a project to somebody else,

• One is always the .net file;

• the other is .nip for indoor,

Exercise 7A - Step 3: Place antennas

Exercise 7A - Step 4: Place antennas - details

b) In the next window, click Assign Carrier

c) A list of available carriers (frequencies) appears.

Exercise 7A - Step 4: Place antennas - details

f) Ensure that the power of each antenna be 10 dBm, not 10 W.

Exercise 7A - Step 5: Edit project parameters

Exercise 7A - Step 6: Set up project – Air Interface Tab

Exercise 7A - Step 7: Set up project – SimulationTab

Exercise 7A - Step 8: Set up project – Traffic Tab

Note: parameters can also be set individually per site if desired.

Exercise 7A - Step 9: Set up project – Network Tab

b) Request many output parameters as shown.

Exercise 7A - Step 10: Set up project – Propagation Tab

b) Request propagation results of interest, e.g.,

• Propagation Paths and Channel Impulse

• Received Power is always computed,

Exercise 7A - Step 11: Set up project – Sites Tab

b) Can be edited or disabled if desired.

Exercise 7A - Step 12: Set up project – Components and Database Tab

b) Nothing to change under Database.

Note: the database office.idb,

Exercise 7A - Step 13: Set up project – Computation Tab

b) Choose Empirical Losses,

c) Click OK to close the Edit Parameters window.

Exercise 7A - Step 14: Run propagation simulation

Exercise 7A - Step 15: Inspect propagation results

Note: legend on the right can be modified after right-clicking on it.

Exercise 7A - Step 16: Run network simulation

Exercise 7A - Step 18: Network results: best server

Exercise 7A - Step 19: Received power for cell assignment

Exercise 7A - Step 19: Received power for cell assignment

Exercise 7A - Step 20: Interference

Exercise 7A - Step 20: Interference