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Gregory Donnard
Tuesday 6th 2012
Agenda
Introduction Mentum Planet 5.3.2 General Features MapInfo 11 Antennas Propagation Radio Access Technologies Data Management Orange Labs Questions & Answers
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Multiple EV-DO revisions within the same Planet project Graphical Neighbour Plan Editor Miscellaneous
New neighbour plan merging algorithm Neighbour priorities defined in site editor
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General Features
Quick access to
Recent projects User guides Project creation, project opening
MapInfo 11
MapInfo 11
Ability to leverage 4 GB of RAM (vs. 2 GB of RAM before)
Big scalability enhancements
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Bing Roads, Bing Aerial, Bing Hybrid and Open Street Map
Antennas
Antennas
Why a new antenna format? New antenna format
.pafx = .paf extended
Impact in Site Editor Antenna queries Antenna server Antenna synchronization Antenna Optimization Constraints
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Mentum hence decided to introduce a new antenna format in Mentum Planet 5.4
Format: .pafx
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Dual-Beam Antenna
A given .pafx antenna file is a compressed version of a .paf version 2.0 file.
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3D Antenna Viewer
3D Antenna Viewer
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Site Editor
Ability to select downlink and uplink ports in site editor Antenna algorithms (e.g. diversity, spatial multiplexing) based on selected downlink and uplink ports
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Antenna Synchronization
Three dual-beam antennas to be used by six sectors Dual-beam antennas physically linked to each other Important to consider such synchronization in Radio Planning and Automatic Cell Planning tool
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Antennas - Miscellaneous
Support for polarization in antenna definition files
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Propagation
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Propagation Signatures
Operators typically tune propagation models periodically based on CW measurements Tuned propagation models are then to be used by RF engineers for accurate predictions The challenge is to assess which propagation model is the most appropriate one This is rather time-consuming process, and also quite often leads to incorrect model assignments Another challenge faced by operators is that measurements are not available in all markets, hence the will to reuse models tuned in one region to another region of similar environment
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Transmitter Configuration
Clutter
Elevation
Clutter Heights
Propagation Signature
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Predict 4
Ability to define output resolution
Planet General Model Editor
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Prediction Cache
Replacement of Prediction View by Prediction Cache for every tool in Mentum Planet Faster creation of the Cache
Cache limited to analysis area Partial update supported
Faster creation of analyses layers and Monte Carlo simulations Smaller disk space required because tiles are compressed Generation of the Cache integrated with processes Support for multi-resolution, split sectors, etc.
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LTE Channels
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PRACH Overhead
PRACH channel multiplexed in time and frequency with PUCCH and PUSCH Users can define
Preamble format, which defines the size of a PRACH resource in time domain Number of resources per frame in the time domain
Preamble format
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Heterogeneous Networks
Different transmission powers for macro and pico cells. Impact on cell selection
The cell that serves a given UE is not always the cell that offers the strongest RSRP
New option in Mentum Planet 5.4 to consider Uplink coverage when selecting server
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PBCH CINR layer Fixed subscriber analyses ability to force server assignments (as opposed to always assuming that the most appropriate cell is the server)
Available for WiMAX TDD as well
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Technology - Miscellaneous
Ability to define larger carrier bandwidth for TDMA/FDMA technology Uplink Eb/No layer for WCDMA and Cdma2000 Support for iDEN
Full port of Mentum Planet 4.5 functionalities
Support for Erlang C table in Traffic Analysis and Dimensioning Tool Generation of up to 40th server for WiMAX
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Data Management
Custom Reports
Ability to quickly create custom reports Multiple report types Possibility to generate reports for multiple templates at once Output formats
MapInfo table Report Preview dialog Excel Csv
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Orange Labs
Universal Model
Multi-processed predictions (as opposed to multithreaded within a single process in Mentum Planet 5.3)
Ability to generate larger predictions Faster predictions
Enhanced modelling with Forest polygon Enhanced Horizontal propagation modelling option available with raster Geodata Support for units defined in imperial system
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Forest Modelling
In Mentum Planet 5.3, Forest and Building polygons are treated in a very similar manner
Diffraction is treated the same way on Buildings or Forest
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Renaissance
Re-introduction of evaluation module
Update o the TDMA API to allow Orange Labs to reintroduce the evaluation module
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