Asif Haider

Habib Awan

OPTIMIZATION
Optimization is intended to provide the
best network quality using available
resources as efficiently as possible

INTRODUCTION TO TEMS
Drive testing is the most common and
maybe the best way to analyze Network
performance.
Drive testing is basically recording
measurement data which can also be
analyzed afterwards.
It gives idea about whats happening with
a subscriber point of view.

CONTENTS
The information provided by TEMS is displayed
in status windows. This information includes
cell identity, base station identity code, BCCH
carrier ARFCN, mobile country code, mobile
network code and the location area code of the
serving cell.
There is also information about RxLev, BSIC and
ARFCN for up to six neighboring cells;

CONTENTS
channel number(s), timeslot number, channel type
hopping channel indication, mobile allocation index offset
and hopping sequence
RxLev, RxQual, FER, DTX down link, TEMS Speech
Quality Index (SQI), timing advance (TA), TX Power,
radio link timeout counter and C/A
parameters for the radio environment.
The signal strength, RxQual, C/A, TA, TX Power, TEMS
SQI and FER of the serving cell and signal strength for
two of the neighboring cells can also be displayed
graphically in a window.

USING SOFTWARE

Tailored settings
Default tabs
Basic windows
Mapsgst
Recording properties
Exporting log files
Report generation

ANALYSIS OF LOG FILES

Analysis is the most important part. Lets
look at some of the cases.
Dropped call - Nbr not defined
Dropped call RL Timer expires
HO Failure

Lack of Dominant Server

Signals of more than one cell can be
reaching a spot with low level causing ping
pong handovers. This might happen
because the MS is located on the cell
borders and there is no any best server to
keep the call.

Drop Call due to Bad Coverage

Call is dropped because of poor coverage.
The signal level goes down below the
minimum signal level that system could
carry on

Bad Quality due to Signal

Strength
FER is Bad
FER is good implies no obviuos
interference in the area.

LAYER 3 MESSAGES

Layer 3 Messages

SYS INFO
Measurement Reports
Sync Messages
Paging Messages
Handover
Call Setup
etc

IDLE

DEDIC

Measurement Reports

SYNC CHANNEL INFO

Paging Request Message

QUESTIONS

REFERENCES
TEMS Log File Analysis
ARI-Nortel
Nokia BSS parameters