Acknowledgement: Document On RF Optimization of GSM Radio Network

Acknowledgement
DocumentonRFOptimizationofGSMRadioNetwork
Dearfriends
ThisdocumentiscreatedforRFOptimizationofGSMRadioNetworkmainlyfocusedon
reportstudyofNokiaSystem.
DedicatedtooneofthemostrespectfulpersonformeandmyIdolMr.CPDixit.
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Knowledgewhichhelpedmelotinlearningandinspiredtocreatethisdocument.
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Prepared by: - Shailendra Gairola

INDEX
OverviewonGSMLogicalChannels
OverviewonGeneralKPIstobemaintainedintheNetwork
BSSReportandTrafficMonitor
PreparingConsolidatedSheetandfindingHardwareIssues
NDReport208
ZEOL(MMLCommand)
HardwareCheckfromNDReport208andZEOL
PreparingReportonHardwareIssues
FindingoutTargetedCellsforOptimization
HandoverSuccessRate(HSR)
TCH(DropinTrafficChannel)
SDCCH(DropinStandaloneDedicatedControlChannel)
NetworkOptimization(StudyofSystemReports/NDReports)
NDReport153
WorkingonNB(NeighborList)MakerTool
NDReport074
CorrectingtheNeighborsintheNetworkandpreparingthereportforOMC
NDReport196
NDReport111
UsingMIPTtoolforcorrectingBCCHFrequencyPlanningandBSIC
NDReport232
NDReport204andpreparingKPIPresentationandStatistics
NDReport023
NDReport166
NDReport060
NDReport061
NDReport022
NDReport073
NDReport076
NDReport150
NDReport154
ZEAP(MMLCommand)
NDReport070
ZAHP(MMLCommand)
NDReport163

WorkingonGoogleEarthforNetworkOptimizationandPlanning

LogicalChannelsinGSMNetwork
BeforebeingworkingonReportStudy(BSSReportsandNDReports),ParameterPlanning
andNetworkOptimizationfirsthaveabrieflookontheLogicalchannelsinGSMNetwork.
LogicalChannels:
TrafficChannels(TCH) :BidirectionalChannels
FullrateTCH(TCH/F) :22.8kbit/s
HalfrateTCH(TCH/H) :11.4kbit/s
ControlChannels(CCH):
BroadcastChannels(BCH) :UnidirectionalDownlink
BroadcastControlChannel (BCCH)
FrequencyCorrectionChannel (FCCH)
SynchronizationChannel (SCH)
CommonControlChannel(CCCH):UnidirectionalDownlinkorUplink
RandomAccessChannel (RACH)
AccessGrantChannel (AGCH)
PagingChannel (PCH)
Dedicated/AssociatedControlChannel(DCCH/ACCH):Bidirectional
StandAloneDEDICATEDControlChannel (SDCCH)
SlowAssociatedControlChannel (SACCH)
FastAssociatedControlChannel (FACCH)
GSMSignaling:TherearetwotypesofSignalingChannels
Signalingassociatedwithacall
Signalingoutsideacall
SignalingAssociatedwithaCall
SlowAssociatedControlChannel(SACCH)
UsedforsendingRadioMeasurementsforHandoverdecisionsandfor
othernonurgentprocedures.
About2messages/seccanbesentineachdirection
FastAssociatedControlChannel(FACCH)
UsedforCallEstablishment,AuthenticationofSIM,Handover
commandsandotherhighurgencymessages.
UsestheTrafficchannelitselfbeforethecallissetupandafteritis
completed.

Whilecallisinprogress,FACCHstealsbitsfromvoiceordatatrafficto
performfunctionssuchasHandovercommands.
SignalingOutsideaCall:Basestationsendsynchronizationburstsperiodicallyto
themobileto
PerformFrameSynchronization
Finetunethefrequency
BasestationsendsitsIDandparametersperiodicallyona(BCCH).
Authenticationandothercallsetupsignalsaresenton(SDCCH).
Arequestforachannelbyamobileissenton(RACH).
Anaccessgrantofachannelissenttomobileon(AGCH).
SysteminitiatesacalltoamobileonaPagingChannel(PCH).
About2messages/seccanbesentineachdirection
GSMCommonControlChannel(CCH)
RandomAccessChannel(RACH):
Occursonlyatuplink.
AllowsMobileStationusingSALOHAtorequestchannelcapacityfrom
BaseStationtoestablishaconnection.
AccessGrantChannel(AGCH)
Occursonlyatdownlink.
UsedbyBasestationtorespondtoamessagereceivedoverRACH.
TellsMobilestationthatitcanuseaTCHorSDCCHforfurtherconnection
setup.
PagingChannel(PCH)
Occursonlyatdownlink.
UsedforselectiveaddressingofacalledMobilestationduringaconnect
requestfromthenetwork(IncomingCall).
MaybeusedtoprovideCellbroadcasttextmessagetoallsubscriberswith
inaCell.
GSMBroadcastChannel(BCC)
BroadcastControlChannel(BCCH):
UsedbyaBTStosignalinformationtoallMobilestationswithinaCell.
CellIdentifier.
OptionsavailablewithinthisCell
FrequencyavailablenthisCellandinNeighboringCells.
SynchronizationChannel(SCH)
UsedfortransmittingsynchronizationburststoaMobileStationtoallowit
totimesynchronization.
FrequencyCorrectionChannel(FCCH)
UsedfortransmittingafrequencycorrectionbursttotheMobilestationfor
possiblecorrectionoftransmittingfrequency.

Dedicated/AssociatedControlChannel(D/ACCH)
StandAloneDedicatedControlChannel(SDCCH):
Usedwhenatrafficchannelhasnotbeenassigned.
Lowdatarate(782bit/s).
Authentication,RegistrationorotherdataneededforsettingupaTCH
SlowAssociatedDedicatedControlChannel(SACCH)
AlwaysallocatedparalleltoaTCHoranSDCCH.
Datarate:383bit/s.
UsedtotransmitsysteminformationfromthenetworktoaMobilestation
andmeasurementdataonsignalstrengthandreceivedqualityfrom
Mobilestation.
FastAssociatedDedicatedControlChannel(FACCH)
UsestimeslotwhichareotherwiseusedbyTCH.
Datarate:4600or9200bit/s.
Usedforurgentmessages(e.g.Handoverrequest).

OverviewongeneralKPIswhicharetobemaintainedintheNetwork.
FromtheBSSTrafficreportyoucanfindoutwhicharetheCellswhicharehavingKPIless
thenthethresholdlimit
ThemainParameterswhichwefollowforKPIsare
TCHDrop:DropinTrafficChannel
Traffic Channels are logical channels (bidirectional channel) that transfer user
speechordata.
Threshold:generally<3%
SDCCHDrop:DropinStandaloneDedicatedControlChannel(SDCCH)
UsedwhenaTrafficChannelhasnotbeenassigned
Lowdatarate(782bits/s)
Requiredforauthentication,registrationorotherdataneededforsettingupaTraffic
Channel
Threshold:generally<2%
IncomingHOSuccess%(IncomingHandOFFSuccesspercentage)
HandOFF attempts percentage that are successful, done with corresponding to the
NeighboringSectorsdefinedintheNeighborListofthatCell(Sector)
Threshold:generally>90%
Threshold depend on the KPI Standards defined by the Operator for there Network, these
aretheNormalKPIValue.
Alsowelookfor
TCHBlocking
SDCCHBlocking
OutgoingHOSuccess%(OutgoingHandOFFSuccesspercentage)
AsshownintheFigure.

BSS Report (TRAFFIC MONITOR): You can put the BSS report and can maintain a Traffic Monitor, can copy the day to day
Traffic reports in one file, so that you can easily find out which are the Cells which are continuously giving the bad performance
andyoucantargetthemfortheimprovement.

BSSReport(TRAFFICMONITOR)

Filtering the Cells (Sectors) that are continuously performing bad: From the traffic monitor the Optimization engineer can find
outthesectorswhicharebehavingcontinuouslybadandcanworkaccordinglytoimprovetheperformance.

Preparing the Consolidated sheet and Finding out the Hardware Issues: First prepare a consolidated sheet from the BSS report
andfindouttheHardwareissuesintheCells(Sectors),asshowninthefigure

ConsolidatedBSSReportsforallCell(TCH+HardwareIssues)

SimilarlyConsolidatedreportscanbepreparedforTCHDropandSDCCHDropfromtheBSSReport

FindingtheHardwareIssues:HardwareIssuescanbefoundoutfrom(ND)NetworkDoctorReport.
ND Report 208: ThisreportcountsthepowerlossbalancebetweenULandDLforeachTRXofeachcelloftheselectedarea.In

thisreportitisassumedthatthemaximumBSpoweris44.7dBm.
TheValueTakenintoaccountforVSWRHighinthisexampleis(DLUL)>=3,3,asshowninthefigure.


NDREPORT208

ZEOL(MMLCommand):ItgivestheinformationabouttheHardwareIssues,thisalsogivestheAlarmnumberonthe
correspondingTRxifanyHardwareissueisthere
Command: ZEOL;
Like:BCFOperationdegraded:AlarmNumber(7604)
LAPDFailure:AbisInterface(BTStoBSC)
BTSwithnoTransaction,etcasshowinthefigure
REPORTZEOL

HardwareCheckfromND208andZEOL:fromND208andZEOLwecanfindoutthehardwareissuesintheBTSonparticular
sectorandTRxandcansendthereporttotheBTSmaintenancedepartment.

ND208&ZEOLReport(HardwareIssues)

HardwareIssues:FromND208andZEOLReportwecanfindouttheCellshavingHardwareIssuesandcanfilteritoutfrom
theconsolidatedReportandsenditfortheBTSMaintenancedepartment,asshowninthefigure.

HardwareIssuesReport

TargetedCells:AfterremovingtheHardwareIssuesfromtheconsolidatedreportwecanfilteroutthecellswhichare
continuouslyperformingbadlyandwhichwehavetotargetformaintainingtheKPIsintheNetwork.
TargetedParameter Threshold(Example)
HandOverSuccessRate >90%
TCH(TrafficChannel)Drop <3%
SDCCH(StandaloneDedicatedControlChannel)Drop <2%

HandOverSuccessRate(HSR)

DropinTrafficChannel(TCH)

DropinStandaloneDedicatedControlChannel(SDCCH)

NetworkOptimization(StudyofSystemReports/NDReports)
NDReport153:ThisreportgivesalistofadjacenciesfortheHOtypeyouhaveselected,eitheralloronlythosebetweendifferent
bands,andboththeHOfailureratioandthenumberofHOattemptsthatequalorexceedthegiventhresholds.
Theratioiscountedovertheselectedperiodofdays.
AlsoIntracellHandOverarenotshownbutonlyHandOverto/fromthedefinedadjacentcells
NDReport153
Asshowninthefigure:TakeanexampleofthecolumnmarkedinOrangecolor
WhengoingfromLeftHandsidetoRightHandsideofthereport
From BTS Name (NUEADP1ALL005A) {A stands for sector A} there are 1089 Attempts to Targeted BTS NUEADP4ALL082C {C
standsforsectorC}whichisdefinedAdjacenttoBTSNUEADP1ALL005AintheNeighborList
Outofthisthereare0%AttemptswhichareBlockedand16%Attemptswhicharefailed.
SimilarlywhenlookingfromtheRighthandside
FromBTSNameNUEADP4ALL082Cthereare5051AttemptstoBTSNameNUEADP1ALL005A(astheNeighboraredefinedtwo
waysinNeighborList)
Outofthisthereare14%AttemptswhichareBlockedand5%Attemptswhicharefailed.

FromtheTargetedCellsHSRReport,meansthecellswhichwehavetargetedforimprovingtheHandoverSuccessRatewecanfindout
thecellsandFilterthoseoutinreport153andcanfindoutthere
NeighbordefinedintheNeighborList,
NeighborsonwhichHandOverAttemptfailureismore
Neighbors on which Hand Over Attempt is Less and Failure is more (We can delete those Neighbors from the Neighbor
Listaftercheckingthem)
TochecktheNeighborListwecanusedifferentToolslikeNBMaker.
HowtocheckNeighborsonNBMaker?
FirstcreatetheSiteFilefromtheNetworkDataBaseAvailablewithus,asshowninthefigure
SITEFILEFORNBMaker

CreatingtheExistingNeighborListintheNetwork
NeighborListcanbecreatedfromReport153orReport74.
NDReport074:GivestheinformationabouttheadjacentcellsdefinedintheNeighborListfortheSourceBTS.
Foreachadjacencythefollowingparametersaregivenastheoutput.
LAC Locationareacodeofthetargetcell.
CI Cellidentificationofthetargetcell.
BCC Basestationcolorcodeofthetargetcell.
FREQ BCCHfrequencyofthetargetcell.
NDReport074

NeighborListforNBMaker
ThisNeighborlististheactualNeighborListwhichisbeingdefinedintheNetworkatpresent,becauseitisbeingformedfromtheND
Report074orNDReport153,whichgivestheinformationabouttheadjacentcellsdefinedintheNetwork.
NowthisSiteFilecanbeopenedintheNBMakerandNeighborListcanbeimportedintheToolasshowninthefigure.
AlsotheMapInfoData(VectorMap)canbeopenedinNBMakerwhichcanhelpusinbeingdefiningthecorrectNeighborsforthe
Network.

FirstOpentheNBMaker(IconShownintheFigure)
OpentheSiteFileinNBMakerandImporttheNeighborListintheTool,asshowninthefigure

OpeningtheSiteFileinNBMaker ImportingtheNeighborList

TheNeighborListisopenedintheTool,byclickingonanyparticularsectoryouwillgettheNeighborListforthatsectorwhichisdefined
intheNetwork,asshowninthefigure
YoucansearchtheanyparticularsectorfromthesearchBox andcancrosscheckifits
NeighborsifdefinedcorrectlyintheNeighborList
CheckingtheNeighborsforCells

FromthetoolyoucaneasilyfindoutwhichcouldbethepossibleNeighborswhicharetobedefinedintheNetworkorwhichcouldbe
deleted,beforedeletionfirstchecktheNDreport153tofindouthowmanyattemptsthatsectorismakingtotheTargetsector
AddingtheNeighbors DeletingtheNeighbors
WhileAddingorDeletingtheNeighborsrememberthatitmustbeoneitherside,thatmeansdefinetwowayNeighbors(Addition)and
DeleteNeighborsTwoway.

PrepareareportandsendittoOMCforNeighborAdditionandDeletion.
ReportforOMCforNeighborDeletionandAddition

NDReport196:
ThequalityclassesareasdefinedinGSMrecommendationGSM05.08(8.2).
Thecallsaresampledevery480msforthequalityclass.Qualityclassinfoisusedon
AbisbutBSCconvertsthequalityclassesintoBER%figuresusingthedefaultvalues.
(PowercontrolmeasurementshowsBERfigures).

ClassBER(GSM05.08)
qua0 (BER<0.2%)
qua1 (BER0.20.4%)
qua2 (BER0.40.8%)
qua3 (BER0.81.6%)
qua4 (BER1.63.2%)
qua5 (BER3.26.4%)
qua6 (BER6.412.8%)
qua7 (BER>12.8%)
Theruleofthumbisthatinqualityclasses05theMSuserdoesnotyetfeelthatthe
qualityisbad.
BandindicatestheaverageinterferencebandofTCH(idle).Ifthereisnointerference
(uplink),averagebandshouldbe1.Thebandlimitsaredefinedincellparametersby
settingtheboundariesintheinterferenceaveragingparameterset.
Boundary0(valuefixed:110dBm)
Band1
Boundary1(valuee.g.:105dBm)
Band2
Band3
Band4
Band5
Boundary5(valuefixed:47dBm)

ThegeneralThresholdwhichiskeptforQualityis98%onQualityIndex5.
IfInterferenceValueis>1.2thenthereisinterferenceonthatparticularFrequency
onparticularsector,asshowninthefigure.
Timeinpercentage(%)thattheCellhasbeenoutifBand1(Class0),e.g.3%ormore
onTimeoutofBand1isconsideredInterference{usercandefinehisownlimits}
NDReport196
ToreducetheInterferenceLevelwehavetocheckfortheFrequencyPlanning,wecanhavetheinformationabouttheFrequencyPlanfrom
NDReport111

NDReport111:ThisreportshowsfrequencyplanrelatedinformationaboutaBTS.
DatagivenforeachTRx(TransreceiverUnit)
TRXfreq TRXfrequency(initial)
TRXuse
.
.
BCCH=BCCHusedinTRX
TCH=BCCHnotusedinTRX

BCCHtsl0 Channeltypeoftimeslot0ofBCCHTRX
BCCHtsl1 Channeltypeoftimeslot1ofBCCHTRX

LAC Locationareacode
RAC Routingareacode
CI Cellidentifier
BCC Basestationcolorcode
NCC Networkcolorcode

BCF,BTS,TRXstates
.
.
.
.
.N=Nostate
.U=Unlocked
.S=Shuttingdown
.L=Locked

Hopping Hoppingmode(None,baseband,rf)
HSN1 Hoppingsequencenumber
MAlistid MAlistreferenceid(listsshownattheend
ofthereport)
MAIOoffset
MAIOstep
ThisreportstellsusthecorrectfrequencyPlanthatisimplementedintheNetwork,if
thereisanyInterferenceduetotheFrequencyPlanningwecanfinditoutandrectifythat
fromOMC(OperationandMaintenanceControl)
NDReport111


CarrierfrequenciesoftheMAlistidforRFhopping
BSCName MAlistid Frequency
1 63
64
66
67
68
69
115
116
117
118
119
120
122
123
124
2 63
64
65
66
67
68
69
115
116
117
118
119
120
122
123
BALN1
3 63
64
66
67
68
69
115
116
117
118
119
120
122
123
124

WecanfindouttheInterferenceinBCCHFrequencybyMIPToranyofthe
similartoolslikethat.
FirstPreparetheDataBase(SiteFileforMIPTTool)asshowninthefigure.
SiteFileforMIPT
TheFrequencyrelateddetailslikeasdescribedcanbeobtainedfromNDReport111
BCCH(TRxFrequency):BroadCastChannelFrequency
BSIC:BaseStationIdentificationCode:NetworkColorcode(NCC)+Base
StationColorcode(BCC)
BCC:0to7,i.e.after8SiteswehavetoreuseBSCIsamemustnot
beNeighbortoeachother.
MALID(MobileAllocationListID)
MALFrequencies
MAIO_Offset
MAIOStep
TRPValue,etc..
TRPValue:ThisValueissetforthepreferenceofcalloneitherofTRx(BCCHoron
TCH).
0:NoPriority
1:BCCHishavingaPriority
2:TCHishavingaPriority
Generallythisvaluecanbesetas2,asgenerallyacallremainsonHopingTRx
ratherthentheBCCHTRx
OtherInformationslikeBTSNameitsLongitudeandLatitude,HeightandAzimuth
canbepreparedfromtheSitedatabaseavailable.

ImportingSiteFILEonMIPTTool
ImportingSiteFileonMIPTTool
ImporttheSiteFileasshowninthefigure.ClickonMIPT2G>ImportDatabase.andthenBrowsthe.txtfile

CreatingandUpdatingtheSiteTable
CreatingandUpdatingthesites

CreatetheSitesclickonMIPT2G>CreateandUpdateSites
MatchtheParametersasshowninthefigure(XCoordinates,YCoordinates,Direction,BroadcastChanneletc)
FrequencySearch:doesthefrequencysearchbyselectingonthefrequencysearchoptionasshowninthefigure.
YoucanalsosearchtheBSIC,incasethereissomeprobleminBSICallocation.

Frequency/BSICSearch

E.g.asshowninfigurewehavesearchFrequencyChannel77
REDColorsectorsarehavingBCCHFrequency77,
BlueColorSectorshavingAdjacentFrequencyoneHigheri.e.78and
GreenColorsectorsarehavingAdjacentFrequencyoneLoweri.e.76
In this manner we can easily find out if there is any problem in Frequency allocation for
BCCH(CoChannelorAdjacentChannel).
Similarly we can find out the BSIC allocation and if there is any problem we can
rectifythat.
PrepareareportandsendittoOMCforchangeinfrequencyorBSIC
ReportforOMCforFrequencyChangeorBSICChange

NDReport232:Inthisreportthecellsarelistedwiththedistancerange.
NDReport232
ItgivestheNumberofSamplesparticularsectoriscollectingandinthedistancerange,alsoshowsitsshareinpercentage,asshowninthe
figure.

After considering this report and Matching it from the MapInfo, we can find out that which sectors are overshooting and creating
interferenceforothersectorsignals,sothatwecantakedecisionsontheheightreductionordowntilttobeprovidedonparticularsectors.
Alsowecaneasilyfindoutwhicharethesectorswhicharenotcoveringproperlyorwhichrequiredtheheightincrease,asshowninthe
figure.
DistanceCalculationonthebasisofND232

NDReport204:ThisreportprovidesversatileinformationabouttheselectedBTS
area.
objects
Keyparameters
KeyPerformanceIndicators
Forexample
SDCCHDrop:
TCHSuccessRate:
TCHBlocking:
TCHDrop:
TCHDrop=TCHRadioFail(C1013)+HODrop(C1014)
HandOverFailureduetoBlocking:
TotalHandOverFailure:

KPIPresentationandStatistics

Likethisotherinformationslike
CELLBARRED(BAR)
BTSHOPPING(HOP)
DRinuse(DR)
TrunkReservationUsed(TR)
CallReestablishmentAllowed(RE)
DTXmode(DTX)
RxLevAccessMin(RXP)
RadioLinkTimeout(RTL)
MaxNumberofRepetition(NY1)
NumberofMultiframes(MFR)
GPRSenabled(GENA)
EtccanbefindoutfromReport204


NDReport023: ThisreportgivestheAlarmSpecificStatisticsforeachBTS.
GivestheinformationabouttheDowntimeofBTS,StartingtimefromwhenBTSwasonHold,EndingTimewhen
itwasOnAir,asshowninthefigure.
NDReport023

NDReport166:
ItgivestheinformationaboutSDCCHDropRatioperCell
Thedetailedreportgivesthefollowingfigures
Dropstotal RatioofSDCCHdrops/SDCCHbids
SDCCHBids SDCCHassignmentsandSDCCHHOseizures
SDCCHGhosts GhostrequestsrejectedbyBSCduetoanillegal
Ghost(%) SDCCHghostrequestsinratiotoSDCCHbids
SDCCHDropratio
Rf(%)call DropsduetoRadiofailureduringcall
Rf(%)old DropsduetoRadiofailureinHO
Abis(%)call DropsduetoAbisfailureduringcall
Abis(%)old DropsduetoAbisfailureinHO
Aif(%)call DropsduetoAiffailureduringcall
Aif(%)old DropsduetoAiffailureinHO
Lapd(%) DropsduetoLapdproblems
BTS(%) DropsduetoBTSproblems
User(%) Dropsduetouseractions
BCSU(%) DropsduetoBCSUreset
Cnfgact(%) Dropsduetoradionetworkconfiguration
T3101Expiry(%) DropsduetoT3101expiry

SDCCHbidsarenotonlycallsbutalsoLUs,SMSs,IMSIdetaches,etc.

NDReport166

NDReport060:ThisreporttellaboutADJACENCYDISCREPANCIES
It lists the discrepancies of various parameters between the source cell
adjacencyparametersandtargetcellparameters.
WhatistheimpactofdiscrepanciesontheNetwork?
Any difference between two identical parameters of the target BTS
and the same parameter of adjacency usually results in handover
failuresbetweenthesourceandthetargetBTSs.
Thecheckedparametersare:
LocationAreaCode(LAC),
CellIdentity(CI),
BCCHfrequency(FREQ),
MaximumpowerofMSforGSMband(PMAX1),
MaximumpowerofMSforGSM1800/1900band(PMAX2),
NetworkColorCode(NCC)and
BaseStationColorCode(BCC).

NDReport060
AsshowninthefiguretheBCCHandCIaresameinSourceandTargetCells,wecan
correcttheseparameterstoremovetheAdjacencydiscrepancies.
Change the BCCH Frequency accordingly of any one of the sector and defining the
correctCIforcorrespondingsectors

NDReport061:ThisreporttellsaboutNONSYMMETRICALADJACENCIES.
Thisreportshowsallmissingadjacenciesassumingthatalladjacenciesshouldbe
symmetrical(bidirectional).

NDReport061
AsshowninthefiguretheseNeighborsarenotdefinedbothways(i.e.onlyonewayHand
overwillbethere),wecancheckthesefromtheNetworkandcandefinetheseNeighbors
correctlyintheNetwork(i.e.defineNeighborsbothways)


NDReport022:ThisreportsTellsabouttheACTIVEBSALARMSintheNetwork.

I.e.allactivealarms(alarmwhichhavenotbeencanceled)arelistedforallBSinthe
network.
NDReport022
AsshowninthefigureAlarmNameisbeingdefinedwiththedateandtimewhenitwas
generatedandstillnotcleared.


NDReport073:ThisreportgivestheinformationaboutUndefinedAdjacentCells
I.e.ThisreportgivesallundefinedadjacentcellsUAC(cellsmeasuredby
MSbutnotdefinedasneighboroftheservingcell)forallBTSsintheselected
area.
NDReport073
WiththisinformationwecancheckourNetworkPlanforadjacencies(Neighbor
ListwehavedefinedintheNetworkforthesourcecell)andcanupdateit
accordinglyorcantakethecorrectivemeasuresforthesame(LikeOrientation
change,DownTiltetc)ifwedontwantthatsectortoservetothatplacesothatour
MobileStationdoesnotmeasurethosecells.


NDReport076:ThisreportgivestellabouttheADJACENTCELLSOFACELL
HAVINGTHESAMENCC,BCCANDFREQUENCY
Thisreportshowspairsofcellsthatareadjacentcellsofthesamesourcecell
andhavethesameNCC,BCCandBCCHfrequencyasshowninthefigure.

NDReport076

NDReport150:ThisreporttellsabouttheCELLSHAVINGHIGHHOFAILURERATIO
ThisreportshowsHOfailureratesforallcellssortedoutbyfailurerate.//HOfailuredoesnotyetmeanadroppedcallbecause
inmostcasesthecallissuccessfullyreturnedtotheoldchannel
TargetedKPIforanacceptableHOfailurerateisusetobesetbytheoperatorbutgenerallyitshouldstayunder10%for
normalsites.
MainreasonforahighHOfailurepercentageisinterference.
Anotherpossiblereasonarethediscrepanciesinadjacencies
NDReport150

NDReport154:ThisreportgivesInformationaboutHOATTEMPTCAUSE
DISTRIBUTIONBYCELLS
AsdefinedinfigureValue0inallcolumnsmeansthattherehasbeenno
handovers
Thedistribution(%)ofHOattemptsbycausesareshownforeachcell
ULqua ULquality
ULlev ULlevel
ULitf Uplinkinterference
DLqua Downlinkquality
DLlevq Downlinklevel
DLitf Downlinkinterference
Disthigh Distanceexceedslimit
Distlow Lowdistance
MSC MSCinvocation(trafficreason)
Umbr Umbrella
OMC Operationandmaintenance
Pbgt PowerBudget
DR Directedretry
RFD Rapidfielddrop
ERFD EnhancedRapidfielddrop
SMM SlowMovingMS
PrEm Preemption
CIBad BadC/Iratio
CIGood GoodC/Iratio
MSspeeslow SlowspeedofMS
MSspeehigh HighspeedofMS
TRHO BSCcontrolledTRHO
DADL DADLB
GPRS HOtoenableGPRSterritoryupgrade
CTC HOtochangeAifcircuittype
HSCSD IntracellHOattemptforasingleslotcall
NbrofHOatt NumberofHOattempts

NDReport154


ZEAP(MMLCommand):ThisreportgivestheinformationabouttheNeighborListdefinedintheNetworkforthesourceCelland
givestheParameterInformationabouttheAdjacentCellswhicharedefinedasNeighborasshowninthefigure.
ZEAP


NDReport070:Thisreportshowsthenumberofadjacenciesforeachcellinthenetworkwherethisnumberexceedsthethreshold.
WecanchecktheseCells,becauseifnumbersofadjacenciesaredefinedmorethentherecanbeapossibilitythatsome
adjacenciesarenotrequired,thiswillhaveaneffectinour(HSR)HandoverSuccessRateresults.

NDReport070


ZAHP(MMLCommand):ThisisanMMLcommand
commandis: ZAHP::NR=2993
ThisreportshowsAlarmatTimeslotlevel
ThesearethecurrentAlarmsanddoesnotcomesinZEOL
Command: ZUSI:COMP
Itgivescompleteconfiguration.
Asshowninthefigure
BTS=BTSID AND=TRXID TC=TimeSlot
36d 10d 03
36d 10d 06
**:meansAlarmgenerated
..:meansAlarmgone
WhenAlarmiscomingandgoingfromtimetotimethenthereisa
probleminthattimeslot,optionistoLockthattimeslotandsend
reporttoOMCforrepairingit
ZAHP
AlsoseeBSSKPIIDforTRAUdropforcheckingthemismatchingcasein
TimeSlot
NowchecktheReport163,ifthereisaDROPinTRAU(TranscodingRate
AdaptationUnit),thenthereisTimeSlotmismatchingbetweenNMSand
valuesetinBTSatfield
ThroughTNMS(TransmissionNetworkManagementSystem)ByRemote
LogintoparticularBTStheproblemcanbecheckedattimeslot

NDReport163:Thereportgivesthefollowingfiguressortedoutbytheselectedcolumnforallcellsmeetingthethresholds
Bids:
Call SuccessfulnormalTCHcallseizures(notDRnorFCS)
DR Callsstartedasdirectedretryhandover
FCS TCHseizuresduetoFACCHcallsetup
TTHO TCHseizuresinMSCandBSCcontrolledincoming
Rees:
SDCCH SDCCHassignmentsforreestablishment
TCH TCHassignmentsforreestablishment
Differentdropratioin%(means0divisor):
Rfcall Radiofailures
Rfold RadiofailuresonoldchannelinHO
TCfail Transcoderfailures
TCold TranscoderfailuresofoldchannelinHO
Abiscall Abisfailures
Abisold AbisfailuresonoldchannelinHO
Aifcall Aiffailures
Aifold AiffailuresonoldchannelinHO
Lapd Lapdfailures
BTS BTSfailures
Usr Failuresduetouseractions
BCSU FailuresduetoBCSUreset
Cfg Failuresduetoradionetwork
Act Failuresduetochannelactivationnack(NegativeAck)
Measurementsused:Traffic,Handover,Service,Res.Avail.
ThisreportcoversthecallsafterasuccessfulTCHseizureattempt
NDReport163

ZEAT(MMLCommand):ThisisanMMLcommand
commandis: ZEAT;
ThisreportgivestheDUPLICATENCC+BCC+FREQwhicharefoundbetweenSourceandTargetCell
AlsotellsabouttheAdjacentcellswhichareNeighborstoeachotherandhavingsameBCCHfrequency
Thisreportmustbeclearatregularinterval

ZEAT


WorkingonGoogleEarthforNetworkOptimizationandNetworkPlanning
GoogleEarthcanbeveryusefultoolforRFPlanningandOptimization.
FromGoogleEarthwecanhaveaclearpictureofthepresentClutter.
WecanimportMapInfositedataorcanPlanSitesonGoogleEarthwiththehelpoftoolMapinfo2Google
CEB(CoverageEffectiveBoundary)canbeeasilypreparedwithGoogleEarth
ThePlannedNominalandsearchringforthesiteoptioncaneasilydecidedaccordingtotheClutter
CorrectOrientationcanbeeasilydecidedforthePlannedsitesandexistingsite
SectorCoverageAreaDescriptionandCoverageClutterDescriptioncanbeidentifiedeasily
Decision on defining the Neighbor list can be taken easily, also could be helpful in defining the Frequency Planning for
GSMNetworkandPNPlanningforCDMAnetwork
One of the most important decision we can easily with the help of Network Planning in Google Earth is defining the
GeographicalBoundaryforLAC(LocationAreaCode)distribution,aswehavetodecidetheGeographicalBoundaryfor
LAClikethisthatwecanhavelessLocationAreaupdatesintheNetwork.
Also we can easily distribute the BSC boundary with Google Earth so that we can easily define the Inter BSC Hand
Over/OFF.
TransmissionPlanningcanbeeasilydonethroughGoogleEarth
PredictionPlotsfromourplanningtoolcanbeimportedinGoogleEarth
Drive Test routs can easily be planned with the help of Google Earth and also the drive test data (Plots) can be easily
importedinit.
LandmarksandimportantplaceswhichareimportantforthecoveragepointofViewcanbeeasilyplaced
GoogleEarthisafreewaresoftwareandClutterinitisregularlyupdatedsowecanalwayshavethecorrect
pictureabouttheclutterchangesanditcouldbehelpfulforustodotherequiredchangesinourplanning

FirstOpentheMapInfowithMapinfo2Googletoolasshowninthefigure
OpentheSitedata(.tabfile)

OpenSiteFileinMapinfo2Google

OncethesitefilesisopenRightClickonthescreenandselectViewEntireLayersothatallsitescanbeexported.
Note:dontZoominorZoomoutthesitesotherwiseitwillshowanerrorwhileexportingtheMapInfodatatoGoogleEarth.

ViewEntireLayerinMapInfo

ConvertMapWindowtoKMPfilesothatitcanbeopenedinGoogleEarth,selecttheOutputdirectoryandfilename.

MapWindowtoKMLfile

OpenthesavedKMLfile,ifopeningitfirsttimeensurethesystemisconnectedtoInternet

GoogleEarth(opening.KMLFile)

SiteswillbeplacedinGoogleEarthaccordingtotheplannedparametersasshowninthefigure

SitesPlacedinGoogleEarth

Decisiononcorrectnominalplanning,orientationplanning,LACdistribution,BSCdistribution,DriveTestroutplanningetccanbe
easilytakenaccordingtotheclutter.

ClutterinGoogleEarth

ThesitedataisopenedinTemporaryPlaces,CopyorCuttheMapInfoImportdatafromTemporaryPlacestofolderinMyPlaces,
sothatitcanbesavedinthememory.

TemporaryPlacetoMyPlace

DefiningthesearchringfortheProposedNominal
AsshowninthefigureSearchringismeasuredtobeas200meter
GoTOTool>selectMeasure,tomeasurethedistanceforthesearchring

Definingthesearchring

AddingtheLandMark/SiteOptions
ImportantLandmarkandSiteoptionscanbeeasilyplacedasshowninthefigure
GotoAdd>Placemark,Style,LocationandViewcanbeeditedeasily.

AddingLandMark/SiteOption

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