RF Planning Using ASSET

Tai Koon Sun

GSM/UMTS RF Engineering - AP Level 31 Tower 2
Petronas Twin To
wer, KLCC
Kuala Lumpur, Ma
laysia

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 Creating a Project
Add a new project from the “Start Project”
Coordinate System
 Map Projection
 Ellipsoid
 UTM Zone
The information is vital to locate the mapping information on the earth’s surface.
This information is obtained from the data provided.

Mapping data directory

Information relating to the location in the directory structure of where the
particular type of mapping data is held
 Line (vector) data  Scanned Maps
 Heights  Aerial Photo
 Clutter  Building vector data
 Text  Building raster data

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 Creating a Project
User data directory
Directory for storage of the user data types
 User line (vector) data
 User preferences
 Prediction directory
 Colour Palette

Map data extents

Defined the overall area that the user will be able to move around in the 2-D
view

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 Propagation Models
Asset uses the ETSI COST 231 Okumura Hata model. The parameters are :-
 Model name
 General parameters – frequency, mobile RX height, earth radius
 Pathloss – coefficient K1 to K7 is defined
 Effective antenna height
 The absolute algorithm
Simple the height of the base station antenna above the ground
 The slope algorithm
Calculates the effective antenna height as the intersection, of the
extrapolated slope of the mobile ground position height with the
extrapolated position of the base station height
 The relative algorithm
Calculates the effective antenna height as the difference between the
antenna height and the mobile height
 The average algorithm
Calculates the effective antenna height as the height above the average
terrain height between the base station and the mobile
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 Propagation Model
Absolute Algorithm

Heff = Hba

Where:
Hba = BTS antenna height above ground (m)

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 Propagation Model

Average Algorithm

Heff = HAvg

Where:
HAvg = BTS antenna height above average terrain height across
area of calculation

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 Propagation Model
Relative Algorithm

Heff = Hba + Hb - Hm For Hb > Hm

Heff = Hba = Absolute Height For Hb <= Hm

Where:
Hm = Mobile antenna height above ground (m)
Hb = Base Station Height above ground (m)

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 Propagation Model
Slope Algorithm
Heff = h1 - (h2-K.d)
h1 = Ground height at BTS + Height of antenna above ground
h2 = Ground height at Mobile + Mobile antenna height above ground
K = Slope calculated over user specified distance
- User specify distances, a minimum and maximum effective antenna Height
used to clip calculated values

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 Propagation Models
 Diffraction
 The Epstein-Peterson Model
 The Deygout Model
 The Japanese Atlas Model
 The Bullington Model

 Clutter
Different type of clutter have different attenuation and propagation effects on
radio coverage. The user may assign values to the carious clutter classes
 Offset
 Height
 Separation
 Mobile height

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 Propagation Model

Bullington Method

Series obstruction replace by single equivalent obstacle.

Tends to underestimate the pathloss

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 Propagation Model
Epstein-Peterson Method
Assumption that total loss are evaluated as the sum of attenuation respective to
significant obstruction
 T - O1 - O2 (Assuming receiver at second obstruction)
 O1 - O2 - O3 and consider final obstruction O2 - O3 - R

O2 O3
O1

T
R

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 Propagation Model
Japanese Atlas Method
 Same concept as the Epstein-Peterson method adding all the loss but adding
the Millington correction
 Different is when computing the loss due to each obstruction, the effective
source is not the top of preceding obstruction but projection of the horizon ray
through that point on the plane of one of the terminal
 Result, tend to underestimate

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 Propagation Model
Deygout Method
 Calculate a “V-parameter” for each edge
 Largest V is term as the main edge. The Loss is calculated in standard way
 Other obstruction loss are calculated between main edge and the obstructed
terminal
 Total loss is by the sum of all losses calculated
 Sub-main edge at either side of main edge (to extend calculation)
 Best result compare to others for 3 to 4 obstructions. Tends to overestimate
for more than 4 obstructions.

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 Adding Sites

3. Add Sites

2. Add BSC
1. Add MSC
5. Deleting
4. Moving
6. Moving antenna
7. Re-orientating antenna

For a new project, the user will need to firstly lay down MSCs and BSCs in hierarchical
order.
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 Site Database

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 Site Database

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 Site Database

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 Site Database

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 Site Database

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 Site Database

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 Site Database

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 Analysis
Predictions for all sites to be analysed are required before any analysis is done

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 Analysis - Array Creation

Add site to
coverage
array
Display
Add cell to coverage
coverage for a cell
Create Array array

Create/display
Array

Display Cell signal

Coverage coverage
Statistic difference
for a site

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 Analysis - Array Creation

Use to analysis network with frequency

hopping turn-on

Use to analysis network without frequency

hopping turn-on

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 Analysis - Array Creation

Minimum signal level at which a cell

is considered to be a serving cell

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 Analysis - Array Creation

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 Analysis - Array Creation

Use when there are predictions of

different resolution, to interpolate and
smooth all the different resolutions to
the selected one to give a continuous
resolution coverage array

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 Settings
Options - Carriers

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 Settings
Option - Group

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 Settings
Option - Carrier Layers

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 Settings
Option - Cell Layer

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 Settings
Option - Cell Layer

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 Settings
Coverage Thresholds and Types

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 Report

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 Export
The project can be exported to the following format :-

 Coverage (MapInfo bitmap)

 Enterprise
 Coverage (Coversoft/GSM Association V6)
 Coverage (InterGraph)
 Coverage (MapInfo Mif)
 Coverage (MapInfo Tiff)
 Neptune
 NPS/10
 NPS/X
 PlaNet/EET

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 Import
Asset can import data from :-

 Enterprise
 Neptune
 NPS/X
 PlaNet/EET

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