RADIO NETWORK ENGINEERING PROCESS

Alcatel Mobile Communication

Radio Network Engineering

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 GSM NETWORK LIFE CYCLE
t GSM
t GSMnetwork
networklife
lifecycle
cycle
Mobile Radio Radio
Network Network Network
Design Planning Operation & Optimisation
(MND) (RNP) (RNO)

Operator Supplier Network Equipment Verif Tuning (RNT)

Time
Application Selection Planning Installation Accept. & Management (RNM)

Commercial
launch

Commercial To Project

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 MOBILE NETWORK DESIGN (MND)

Customer requirements Country data

- Traffic forecast - Fixed network architecture
- Coverage objectives - Frequency availability
- Quality of Service objectives - Cartography data

MND

Preliminary Network Design (PND)

- Number and configuration of BTS

- Frequency requirement
- Expected quality of service
- BSS topology
- NSS topology
- Transmission network
- Network evolution plan
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 RADIO NETWORK PLANNING (RNP) - Step 1

Preliminary Network Design

Customer answer to RNP questionaire
- Traffic forecast
- Coverage objectives maps
- Available frequency bands Preliminary Network Survey
- Quality of Service objectives
- Fixed network architecture
- Recommended cell sites
- Scheduling requirements

RNP : Step 1
Terrain data base
- Topography
Analog Field Measurements - Morphostructure
Radio Model Calibration - Building database

Initial Network Design (IND)

- BSS architecture : BSC, BTS, transmission

- Configuration of BTS and antenna system
- Identification of site search area
- Preliminary frequency allocation
- Predicted quality of service
- BSS evolution plan

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 RADIO NETWORK PLANNING (RNP) - Step 2

Initial Network Design

RNP : Step 2 Sites evaluation

Analog Field Measurements
Specific Sites validation

Detailed BSS Plan

- Radio site and BTS details Installation & Commissioning requirements

- BSC and transmission details

- Initial frequency plan

- Neighbouring cell relationship BSS data population (DLS)
- Initial system parameters

- Coverage maps
Predicted quality of service
- Interference probability
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 RADIO NETWORK PLANNING (RNP) - Step 3

Detailed BSS Plan Digital Field Measurements (trace mobile)

A & Abis interface data

Installation
Installation&&
Commissioning
Commissioning
RNP : Step 3
OMC-R information

Radio Network Verification

- Cellular verification & parameter tuning

- Preparation of network acceptance

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 RADIO NW OPERATION & OPTIMISATION (RNO)
Digital Field Measurements
Radio Network Verification - Mobile trace data

OMC-R information
- BSS configuration data
- BSS fault management data
RNO

Radio Network Management (RNM) Network performance data

- Traffic counters = BSS, NSS
- Performance indicators

Quality of Service Monitoring

Network Evaluation (Audit) Radio Network Tuning (RNT)

- Quality of Service Performance Report
- Quality of Service Performance Reports - BSS configuration optimisation (parameters, frequency plan,
- Network Evaluation Reports extension requirements, ...)

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 RADIO NETWORK TUNING (RNT)
Digital Field Measurements (trace mobile) OMC-R information

A & Abis interface data

Detailed BSS Plan Quality of Service NSS Counters
Performancce Report
Customers

- Evaluation of the Quality of Service (Call Drop, Call Establishment

success rate, Handover Failure rate ...)
- Establishment of the list of Radio Problems
- Analysis of measurements of traffic and event rates (e.g Handover,
Location Update ...)
- Analysis of Call Mix, Congestion

BSS
BSSPerformance
PerformanceOptimisation
Optimisation

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 RADIO NETWORK TUNING (RNT)

Quality Of Service
Performance ReportBSS Plan BSS
BSSPerformance
Detailed
Performance
Optimisation
Optimisation

- Modification of antenna positionning: azimuth, downtilt

- Modification of frequency plan
- Tuning of BSS parameters: power, timers ...
- Optimisation of the BSS configuration
- Hardware extensions (transmission links, DTC ...)
- Introduce GSM facilities : Power Control, DTX, Frequency Hopping, Handover stategy
...

OMC RNP
RNPTeam
OMC: :Operation
OperationTeam
Team Installation
InstallationTeam
Team Team

Modification of BSS Parameters Hardware Extension Antenna Positionning

Antenna Positionning Interferers

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 RNP/RNO MILESTONES & DELIVERABLES

MND
MND RNP
RNP RNO
RNO = RNT + RNM

time
PND
PND IND
IND DBP
DBP RNV
RNV QSP
QSP RNS
RNS BCO
BCO

CONTRACT PHASES
Offer
Offer TRANSFER
TRANSFER INITIALISATION
INITIALISATION REALISATION
REALISATION CLOSING
CLOSING After
AfterSales
Sales

TRANSFER PROJECT
PROJECT CLOSING
TRANSFER CLOSING
To REVIEW LAUNCH
LAUNCH REVIEW
REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW
REVIEW
PND = Preliminary Network Design
IND = Initial Network Design (Report)
DBP = Detailed BSS Plan (Report + data file)
RNV = Radio Network Verification (Report)
QSP = Quality of Service Performance (Report)
RNS = Radio Network Status (Report)
BCO = BSS Configuration Optimisation (Report + data file)
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 RADIO NETWORK ENGINEERING (RNE)

RNE

RNP
Projects
RNO

Make propagation
Expertise
Cellular system

Prediction (A955 RNP)

Tools CS Developments
Measurements(A954 WA WD ...)
Optimisation (A956 RNO)
Operation (OMC-R, Peri -OMC) ITD Developments

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 RNE ACTIVITIES

Projects
Projects Tools
Expertise Tools
Expertise Development
RNP RNO Development
RNP RNO

Radio
RadioGSM
GSM
Stuttgart
Stuttgart ** ** A955
A955RNP
RNP
** RNP Methodology
RNP Methodology

Radio
RadioPMR,
PMR,DECT
DECT A954
A954Measures
Measures
Paris
Paris ** **
** RNO Methodology
RNO Methodology A956 RNO
A956 RNO

Local
Local(export)
(export) ** **

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