Airtel

BENCHMARK ANALYSIS REPORT

Test Route:

Osogbo
Optimization Report

Ericsson Nigeria
16th July 2014.
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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................ 3
2. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:.....................................................................................3
2.1.1 TEST ROUTE OVERVIEW:.....................................................................................................3
3.1
GSM BAND (SHORT CALL)..................................................................................................4
3.1.1 MS1 RXLEV PLOT:.................................................................................................................4
3.1.2 MS1 RXQUAL PLOT:..............................................................................................................5
3.1.3 MS1 SQI PLOT:....................................................................................................................... 5
3.2
WCDMA BAND (IDLE)...........................................................................................................6
3.2.1 MS1 RSCP PLOT:................................................................................................................... 6
3.2.2 MS1 EC/NO PLOT:.................................................................................................................. 6
4.1
2G NETWORK EVENTS.........................................................................................................7
4.2
DT KPI SUMMARY.................................................................................................................. 8
5.0
2G ANALYSIS........................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 BAD PATCHES................................................................................................................................... 9
5.2 BLOCKED CALL.............................................................................................................................. 10
5.3 DROPPED CALLS........................................................................................................................... 11
6.0
3G ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................... 12
6.1
BAD PATCHES........................................................................................................................ 13
7.0
2G ACTION SUMMARY........................................................................................................17
8.0
3G ACTION SUMMARY........................................................................................................17
9.0
CONCLUSION......................................................................................................................... 18

1. Introduction
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The drive test route covers Osogbo and was driven 4 th July 2014, it covers 130.91KM and
the analysis follows immediately.
In this report, each MS performance is described according to different operators RF
measurements;
MS1 Airtel
MS2 - MTN
MS3 Globacom
MS4 Etisalat.
A grid of square length 1000m is used in this report.

2.Findings and Recommendations:

2.1.1 Test Route Overview:

3.1

GSM BAND (Short Call)

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3.1.1 MS1 RxLev Plot:

3.1.2 MS1 RxQual Plot:

3.1.3 MS1 SQI Plot:

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3.1.4 MS1 BCCH_ARFCN Plot:

3.2

WCDMA BAND (Idle)

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3.2.1 MS1 RSCP Plot:

3.2.2 MS1 Ec/No Plot

3.2.3 MS1 PSC Plot:

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2G Network Events
Event Name
Blocked Call
Call Attempt
Call End
Call Established
Call Setup
Cell Reselection
Dropped Call
Handover
Handover Failure
Location Area Update
Location Area Update
Failure

4.2

Airt
el

MT
N

GL
O

Etisal
at

0
85
81
85
85
25
4
301
9
33

1
57
50
56
56
54
6
189
5
32

6
61
50
55
55
233
0
8
2
17

1
61
60
60
60
71
0
199
3
11

DT KPI Summary
KPI (2G)

Airt
el

GSM Call Setup Success Rate

(CSSR)

100

GSM Call Drop Rate (CDR)

Handover Success Rate
(HOSR)

4.71
97.1
0

MTN

GLO

Etisal
at

98.2
5
10.7
1
96.9
2

90.1
6

98.36

0.00
80.0
0

0.00
98.51
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RxLev_Sub (dbm) >= -95dbm

RxQual_Sub < 5

94.7
5
91.3
9

96.9
1
89.4
2

83.1
1
80.8
3

96.14
94.70

5.0 2G ANALYSIS
BAD PATCHES

Events: Bad patch (PC2)

Cell: OS0001
Causes: New site required
Recommendations: Road coverage site required around Lat: 7.74673 and Long: 4.51909
Bad patch (PQ1 and DC1)

Events: Bad patch (PQ1 and DC1)

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Cell: OS0486A
Causes: Interference
Recommendations: Retune frequency Between OS0486 (ARFCN_BCCH112), OS0047A (ARFCN_
BCCH 113) and OS0002C (ARFCN_ BCCH112) with respect to neighbors

Bad patch (PQ2 and DC2)

Events: Bad patch (PQ2 and DC2)

Cell: OS0002C
Causes: Interference
Recommendations: Retune frequency Between OS0486 (ARFCN_BCCH112), OS0047A (ARFCN_
BCCH 113) and OS0002C (ARFCN_ BCCH112) with respect to neighbors
Bad Patch (PQ3 and DC3)

Events: Bad patch (PQ3 and DC3)

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Cell: LG795A
Causes: Call dragging due to high handover margin
Recommendations: Optimize handover margin_Time between LG0795 and LG0097A

5.1 DROPPED CALL

Events: Dropped Call

Cell: OS0003C
Causes: Swap sector
Recommendations: Cable tracing and correction will be done on OS0003

6.0 3G ANALYSIS
6.1 BAD PATCHES

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Events: Bad patch (PC1 and PQ1)

Cell: LG0061G
Causes: No dominant server
Recommendations: New site required around lat: 7.8381 and Long: 4.6016

Events: Bad patch (PC2 and PQ2)

Cell: OS0005J
Causes: Swap sector
Recommendations: Cable tracing and correction will be done on OS0005

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Events: Bad patch (PC3 and PQ3)

Cell: LG0061G
Causes: No dominant server
Recommendations: New site required around lat: 7.7493 and Long: 4.5199

Events: Bad patch (PC4 and PQ4)

Cell: OS0005G
Causes: No dominant server
Recommendations: New site required around lat: 7.77998 and Long: 4.50112

7.0 2G Action Summary

ACTION

SITE ID

Action

Owner

Time

Stat

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POINT

PC2

New site
required

PQ1 and DC1

OS0486A

PQ2 and DC2

OS0002C

PQ3 and DC3

LG795A

DC4

OS0003C

Line

us

Road coverage site

required around Lat:
7.74673 and Long:
4.51909
Retune frequency
Between OS0486
(ARFCN_BCCH112),
OS0047A (ARFCN_ BCCH
113) and OS0002C
(ARFCN_ BCCH112) with
respect to neighbors
Retune frequency
Between OS0486
(ARFCN_BCCH112),
OS0047A (ARFCN_ BCCH
113) and OS0002C
(ARFCN_ BCCH112) with
respect to neighbors
Optimize handover
margin_Time between
LG0795 and LG0097A

Mahmou
d

TB

Ope
n

Mahmou
d

26/07/20
14

Ope
n

Mahmou
d

26/07/20
14

Ope
n

Mahmou
d

26/07/20
14

Ope
n

Cable tracing and

correction will be done on
OS0003

Opeyem
i

26/07/20
14

Ope
n

7.0 3G Action Summary

ACTION POINT

SITE ID

Action

Owner

Time
Line

Stat
us

PC1 and PQ1

New site

Mahmou
d

TBD

Ope
n

PC2 and PQ2

Swap sector

Opeyem
i

26/07/20
14

Ope
n

PC3 and PQ3

New site

Mahmou
d

TBD

Ope
n

PC4 and PQ4

New site

New site required around

lat: 7.8381 and Long:
4.6016
Cable tracing and
correction will be done on
OS0005
New site required around
lat: 7.7493 and Long:
4.5199
New site required around
lat: 7.77998 and Long:
4.50112

Mahmou
d

TBD

Ope
n

8.0 Conclusion
The 2G and 3G network coverage and quality within the town is good
The netowrk coverage and quality will be improved if the above
recommendations are implemented.

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