ZTE

RF OPTIMIZATION
GUIDE
Prepared for MTN CONGO
DRAFT VERSION

Prepared by Raphael OBAFEMI

TD, NPM
2023

Copyright Reserved 2023 1

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RF OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK
Consolidated Activities
PREPARATORY
ACTIVITIES

DRIVE TEST DESIGN & COLLECTION OPERATIONAL CHECKS

 Validated DT Route Design; covering Major roads, Highways & Streets  Check that All CELLS in the Cluster are ON AIR and UNLOCK
 Number of Sites per Cluster = 25 - 30;  Check Service Impacting TX ALARMS that may BLOCK Calls
 Prepare Call Scripts & Report Templates  Define Basic Neighbor relations

AIR INTERFACE POST PROCESSING [ DT ANALYSIS]

 Perform Logfile analysis to investigate Coverage, Quality, Interference, Call Drop, and Handover Optimization.

ME
 Generate Radio Maps, DT Statistics and Events Maps.

RG
 Analyze Layer 3 signaling Messages
ACTIVITIES
PRIMARY

E
VIRTUAL DRIVE TEST [VDT]
 Export VDT Maps & Stats for coverage and pollution
 Compare and Analyze variations

NEIGHBOUR LIST OPTIMIZATION

 Export Neighbor relations from System

E
RG
 Export Missing Neighbor relations from DT Analysis software
 Compare Missing Neighbors by Top count

ME
PROPAGATION DELAY TIMING ADVANCE POWER INBALANCE
ACTIVITIES

INTER-SITE DISTANCE
SUPPORT

Calculate Average Inter-site Distance

Analyze the distribution of traffic across Analyze the distribution of traffic Compare the Power difference between
(ISD) to analyze the impact of high
site coverage distance to check island across site coverage distance to check MAX TX Power & PCPICH Power in
Propagation Delay and Timing
effect in 3G island effect in 4G 3G.
Advance
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RF OPTIMIZATION FLOW

START Cell should be monitored as

NO a candidate for Optimization

Export 1st List of Cell is TOP

Do DT Logfile Do Neighbor List Cell is in 1st Priority for
Analyze VDT Optimization
Analysis Checks & 2nd List? Optimization
Actions
YES

Do Propagation Do Timing Export 2nd List of

Check TX Power Check Power2In-
Delay & ISD Advance & ISD Decision
Optimization
In-balance balance
Analysis Analysis Actions

END

End

ISD = Inter-site Distance

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Air Interface Post Processing
D T L O G F I L E A N A LY S I S

COVERAGE INTERFERENCE HANDOVER

 Check Lack of dominance Check Pilot Pollution, Co-  Check delayed
 Check Overlapping coverage BCCH, PSC conflicts (3G), handover and events
 Check Overshooting coverage PCI conflicts (4G)  Activate ANR (4G)

2 4
1 3 5
QUALITY CALL DROP
 Check Missing Neighbor Relations
 Check Call drop events
 Check CELL Load on UL & DL.
 Check Traffic In-balance between
layers and PRB Utilization
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Compare ISD with Max Cell footprint & traffic

Start
Export Propagation Delay Calculate Inter-Site Cell Has its HIGHEST YES No Action.
Data and express in Distance (ISD) of the distribution of Propagation
percentages of ROW
ISD is >= X? Monitor the Cell
Cells Delay at distance X

NO
Inter-site distance (ISD)
YES
CELL is already identified in Cell is TOP Priority for
DT Analysis? Optimization

NO
Is the variable densely
sampled?
Step 1: Export Source and Target Neighbor relations Cell is TOP Priority for
Cell should be monitored as End
Step 2: Fill in the table (Columns A to F) as above Optimization
a candidate for Optimization
Step 3: Use the formula =RADIANS(C2), (D2), (E2) and (F2) as above to fill columns G to J.
Step 4: For Column K, Unique Inter Site Distance (source-target only)
=6371.012*ACOS(COS(H)*COS(J)*COS(G-I)+SIN(H)*SIN(J))
Step 5: Do Pivot table to get the AVERAGE of all the unique ISDs.

ISD = Inter-site Distance

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Compare ISD with Max Cell footprint & traffic

Start
Export Timing Advance Calculate Inter-Site Cell Has its HIGHEST YES No Action.
Data and express in Distance (ISD) of the distribution of Timing
percentages of ROW
ISD is >= X? Monitor the Cell
Cells Advance at distance X

NO
Inter-site distance (ISD)
YES
CELL is already identified in Cell is TOP Priority for
DT Analysis? Optimization

NO
Is the variable densely
sampled?
Step 1: Export Source and Target Neighbor relations Cell is TOP Priority for
Cell should be monitored as End
Step 2: Fill in the table (Columns A to F) as above Optimization
a candidate for Optimization
Step 3: Use the formula =RADIANS(C2), (D2), (E2) and (F2) as above to fill columns G to J.
Step 4: For Column K, Unique Inter Site Distance (source-target only)
=6371.012*ACOS(COS(H)*COS(J)*COS(G-I)+SIN(H)*SIN(J))
Step 5: Do Pivot table to get the AVERAGE of all the unique ISDs.

ISD = Inter-site Distance

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TX POWER
Check TX Power In-balance

Check Max TX
Start
Power. CELL

No
Check PCPICH (TX Power – PCPICH) No Action. End
=> 10 Monitor the Cell

Yes

Yes Cell is TOP Priority for

CELL is already identified in Optimization
DT Analysis?
Restore
recommended
Power Valuue
RF OPTIMIZATION FLOW

TILT
AZIMUTH
H EIGHT
L OCATION
TYPE
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BZV CLUSTER DEMOGRAPHICS
BZV NORTH BZV CENTER
Class: Sub-Urban Class: Urban
Function: Political , Commercial and Administrative Function: Commercial, Markets and Administrative
Site Density: 50 Site Density: 87
AVE Inter-Site Distance: 3.3KM (High) AVE Inter-Site Distance: 2.5KM (Low)
AVE HBA: 25 - 50m AVE HBA: 25 - 30m
AVE Noise Level: -89Bm AVE Noise Level: -89Bm

Comments: Comments:
Undulating and mountainous terrain Highest site density
Irregular Antenna Heights High Buildings and Reflections
High Number of trees Big Markets
RET limitations RET limitations
Capacity requirements Capacity requirements

BZV LITTORAL BZV SOUTH

Class: Urban Class: Urban

Function: Commercial and Administrative Function: Commercial and Administrative
Site Density: 48 Site Density: 87
AVE Inter-Site Distance: 2.3KM (Lowest) AVE Inter-Site Distance: 4KM (Highest)
AVE HBA: 25 - 30m AVE HBA: 25 - 30m
AVE Noise Level: -89Bm AVE Noise Level: -89Bm

Comments: Comments:
High Number of Rooftops High Interference levels
High Buildings and Reflections High Buildings and Reflections
RET limitations RET limitations
Capacity requirements Capacity requirements
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PNR CLUSTER DEMOGRAPHICS (Not
updated)
PNR NORTH PNR CENTER

Class: Sub-Urban Class: Urban

Function: Political , Commercial and Administrative Function: Commercial, Markets and Administrative
Site Density: 50 Site Density: 87
AVE Inter-Site Distance: 3.3KM (High) AVE Inter-Site Distance: 2.5KM (Low)
AVE HBA: 25 - 50m AVE HBA: 25 - 30m

Comments: Comments:
Undulating and mountainous terrain Highest site density
Irregular Antenna Heights High Buildings and Reflections
High Number of trees Big Markets
RET limitations RET limitations
Capacity requirements Capacity requirements

PNR LITTORAL PNR SOUTH

Class: Urban Class: Urban

Function: Commercial and Administrative Function: Commercial and Administrative
Site Density: 48 Site Density: 87
AVE Inter-Site Distance: 2.3KM (Lowest) AVE Inter-Site Distance: 4KM (Highest)
AVE HBA: 25 - 30m AVE HBA: 25 - 30m

Comments: Comments:
High Number of Rooftops High Interference levels
High Buildings and Reflections High Buildings and Reflections
RET limitations RET limitations
Capacity requirements Capacity requirements
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RF OPTIMIZATION LIMITS
AZIMUTH MECH TILT E TILT CELL PWR HBA …

BZV NORTH 20 deg D2/U4 D2/U4 10dB 4m …

BZV LITTORAL 20 deg D2/U2 D2/U2 10dB 2m …

BZV SOUTH 20 deg D2/U4 D2/U4 10dB 4m …

BZV CENTER 20 deg D2/U2 D2/U2 10dB 4m …

PNR NORTH

PNR LITTORAL

PNR SOUTH

PNR CENTER

UPCOUNTRY
These settings are the maximum allowable adjustment per optimization action per sector in the specific cluster
Brazzaville scenarios have been captured.
Point-Noire scenarios will be summarized after PNR Cluster optimization
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PRE-PROCESSING COMPLAINT POST PROCESSING

PROCESSING
H
CC assessment:
E MTN VIP
L
Known/New
P MTN Agencies VIP/ High Profile/Normal No

Call Centre
D Open ticket with SLA Customer
Other Sources &Transfer to relevant domain happy?
Yes Close ticket
E
S Deep investigation
K
Health Check No
Transferred Unusual cases Engage RnD
N
complaints
P Pre cc- Define procedure Visit & RF & Soft update
Approval
Solved? Yes Final
M (MTN) Yes
optimization
analysis Set date for visit Report Report tracker
& Send to MTN

No
B No
Update
O Change
Database
T Take into account
E MTN inputs
A
M
Provide new
S
set of actions

Pre CC-analysis checks: Actions during the field visit: Report per template should contain: SLA
1. Complaint location 1. Assess the indoor/Outdoor network experience 1. General Customer Complaint details VIP: 6 hrs
2. Is it a known or new complaint (Coverage & Quality) 2. Findings for the field and Office Assessment. High Profile: 24 hrs
3. Any activities/ Event in the area in recent 2. Identify serving and neighboring cells. 3. General Radio Conditions Normal : 48 hrs
days 3. Check physical parameters (HBA, Tilt, Azimuth) of 4. Recommended actions (short term and long terms)
4. General OSS/Netmax KPIs in the area the cells involved 5. Any other important information
5. Any other important information 4. Check the power settings on the cells involved
5. Any other important information on the ground
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