Radio Planning

Surveys

ILAN MATITYAHU
Director, Network Planning

Copyright Alvarion Ltd.

Surveys
Electro-magnetic environment survey (EME)

Site survey

Radio survey

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Electro-Magnetic Environment Survey (EME)
What?
Measures external interference in target frequency range.
When?
Before radio survey.
How?
Measure interference in pre-designated locations.
Why?
Aid in frequency planning.
Other:
In unlicensed frequency bands, this may be required at more locations, and must be
periodically repeated after equipment installation.

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Site Survey
What?
Survey the area in order to get all relevant information for the planning.
When?
Before preliminary design.
Why?
To ensure that preliminary design will accurately reflect reality and to aid in the
selection of propagation algorithms in the preliminary design stage.

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Site Survey (Contd)
Other:
Detailed maps (1:10,000) which contain all streets should be obtained prior to the
survey.
Digital terrain maps (DTM) may reduce the complexity and length of the survey and
improve the accuracy of the preliminary design.

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Radio Survey
What?
Measures RSS in deployment area.
When?
After preliminary design, before finalizing network planning.
How?
Measure RSS in pre-designated locations.
Why?
Aid in propagation modeling.
Other:
Survey length and complexity is a function of deployment area classification.

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Model Calibration
What?
Calibrate propagation models.
When?
After radio survey, before finalizing network planning .
How?
Use linear regression to calculate calibration parameters.
Why?
Model propagation in target area accurately .

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Measurement Points

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LOS & NLOS Points

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LOS Model Calibration

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