LTE Drive Test Procedure for SSV

Etisalat UAE
 Coverage Test
• The objective of this test is to check if there's swapped feeders and if the
Radio Units and Antennae are radiating as supposed to be.
• - near the site we should receive -70 and the PCI should be as planned.
• - the test is done by driving all the roads around the sites in idle mode (
just plugging in the data card and make sure it is camped on LTE without
doing any kind of browsing or download)
• - on Tems you should monitor the map and the radio levels ( RSRP, RSRQ,
SINR, PCI) >>> windows on Tems : LTE Serving /Neighbor Cell.
• Note: you activate the card and when ur in idle mode n u can see the
signals>> u start logging and then drive and when u finish driving u stop
logging.
Coverage Test radio paramters
 Handover Test
• HO test is done in dedicated mode >> connecting to filezilla and downloading big file and
driving

• The objective is to know if the HO is working between the 3 sectors of the site.
• >> drive clockwise and counterclockwise around the site and near, and monitor that that the
PCI is changing from one sector
• >>> windows on Tems : LTE Serving /Neighbor Cell and another Windows Events.

• Another drive is needed to check the HO to neighbor site.

• Just check one neighbor per cell to conduct a HO test and vice versa.
• Neighbors are chosen based on availability
• If theres huawei and ericsson sites as neighbors two tests should be done

• Note: you activate the card and and u start downloading big file from Filezilla when ur in
connected mode n u can see the signals and download working>> u start logging and then
u drive and when u finish driving u stop logging.
 Throughput test
• For each cell we should do 3 DL test and 3 UL Test >> for a
site >>18 tests >> 18 log files
• The throughput test is a static test>> no drive >> just find a
location in front of the sector where radio conditions are
the best ( SINR>>22/25, RSRP>> -70/-75)
• And do the tests for each sector in the location chosen

• During test you make sure you are always camping on

same PCI ( the one of the sector) >> >>> windows on Tems
: LTE Serving /Neighbor Cell
• And make sure that most of the time that transmission
mode is 3 ( MIMO),
• RI=2, TS01 and TBS02 is 64QAM during DL for PDSCH
Modulation and PUSCH modulation is 16 QAM during UL
test. >> Windows in Tems : LTE radio paramters
 DL & UL Throughput test
• For DL and UL tests, they should be done using Filezilla and connecting to
the FTP server and downloading 10 big files for DL and 10 big files for UL.
• While monitoring the throughput through netpersec and take snapshot
when we reach the target.

• For 2600 sites : target : average throughput DL= 60 Mbps and for UL = 30
Mbps
• For 1800 sites: target : throughput DL= 30 Mbps and for UL = 15 Mbps

• U should do the file transfer and when its stable on the high throughput
start logging for 2 min.
• In total you shuld have 18 log files per site and 18 snapshots.
DL & UL Throughput test graph
 Latency (RTT time) test
• Open command prompt from windows and
ping the ip address of the FTP server on same
location u where doing the throughput test
and take snapshot of the blck window.
• We do it once per sector
• Kindly note that before pinging start logging
and after pinging stop logging