Steps for DT-1

Physical Verification :Physical Verification is carried out by verifying

physical parameter of the New Site with the TSSR (Technical Site Survey Report)
such as Address, Lat, Long, Building Height, Antenna Height, Antenna Type,
Orientation, Tilt.

Alarm Verification :Alarms are generated mainly due to number of reasons,

and these needs to checked before Drive is being carried out for the Site. Alarms
are checked from the NOC (Network Operating Centre) and if found needs to be
verified before drive being carried out.

Frequency Plan Verification :Frequency Plan can be verified from the NOC
(Network Operating Centre) for BCCH and TCH frequencies being implemented
as per the Site Integration Sheet sent to NOC (Network Operating Centre).

Hardware Configuration Verification :Hardware verification is performed

to know the Site type, BTS Type, TRX Configuration, VSWR checking , Power
measurement for each TRX.

Steps for DT-2

Following is the procedure and parameters that need to checked while performing Drive
Test for a New Site.
• CPC (Cell Parameter Check)
• MOC (Mobile Originated Calls)
• MTC (Mobile Terminated Calls – Prepaid to Postpaid)
• SMS (Short Messaging Service)
• GPRS
• Intra Site Handover
• Inter Site Handover
• TRX Test
• Idle Drive (Normal Drive & Frequency Lock Drive)
• Dedicated Drive
Steps for DT-3
• CPC (Cell Parameter Check)
• Given are the parameters that need to be checked while performing CPC.
• CGI (Cell Global Identity) consists if MCC+NCC+LAC+CI
• BCCH Frequency
• BSIC
• GSM Band

Definitions:
• Time: It is system time of computer.
Cell name: It displays the name of the sector which is serving according to the
cellfile that is loaded in TEMS.
• CGI : It stands for the Cell Global Identity which is unique for every sector of the
site. It consists of MCC,MNC,LAC,CI.
• MCC: Mobile Country Code 0 – 999 MNC: Mobile Network Code 0 – 99 LAC :
Location Area Code 0 -65535 CI: Cell Identity 0 – 65535

• Cell GPRS Support: Tells sector is having GPRS or not. Values are Yes or No .
• Band : It tells in which Freq. Band mobile is operating e.g. GSM 900/ 1800.
• BCCH ARFCN: It tells by which BCCH is the mobile station getting served.
• TCH ARFCN: On which Traffic Freq. call is going on.
 • BSIC (Base Station Identity Code) : It is combination of Network Color Code
(NCC) (0 – 7) & Base Station Color Code (BCC) (0 – 7). e.g. 62. It is decoded by
mobile on every Sync. Channel Message.
• Mode: It is shows in which state is mobile operating, Idle, Dedicated & Packet.
• Time slot: On which time slot of current TCH call is going on. Viz. time slot no.
of TRX.
• Channel Type: Type of channel mobile is getting now. Like BCCH /
SDCCH/8 + SACCH/C8 or CBCH / TCH/F +FACCH/F +SACCH/F.
• Channel Mode : Shows mode of coding like Speech Full Rate of
Half Rate.
• Speech Codec: It shows FR for Full Rate, HR for Half Rate & EFR for Enhanced
Full Rate.
• Ciphering Algorithm : It shows ciphering algorithm used by the system to protect
data for privacy. E.g. Cipher by A5/2.
• Sub Channel Number: It is displayed at a time when mobile is on dedicated
mode at time of call setup when it is getting SDCCH at that time it shows which
SDCCH it is getting out of 8 available. E.g. 2.
• Hopping Channel : It shows that current sector is having hopping feature or not.
Values are Yes or No.
• Hopping Frequencies : It displays no. of freq. on which mobile is allowed to hop.
viz. MA List for hopping of that sector.
• Mobile Allocation Index Offset (MAIO): It is the number which tells from which
freq. from given MA list for sector hopping has to be started. E.g. 0 means sector
will start from first freq. to hop.
• Hopping Sequence Number (HSN) : Indicates sequence in which frequencies are
allowed to hop from the MA List. 0- 63. 0 for Cyclic Hopping, 1 – 63 random
hopping sequences.

Steps for DT-4

MOC and MTC

Given are parameter need to be checked while performing MOC and MTC
RX Level (-47 dbm to -110dbm)
RX Quality (0 to 7)
SQI (20 to 30)
DTX
HSN (Hopping Sequence Number) (0 to 63)
MAIO
Hopping Frequency
C/ I Ratio (>15 dbm)
C/ A Ratio (>12 dbm)
Definition of Radio Parameters:
• RxLev : Receiving level in terms of dBm that mobile is receiving from the site.
Range of -30 dBm to -110dBm.
• RxQual : Quality of voice which is measured on basis of BER. Range of RxQual 0
-7.
• FER : Frame Erasure Rate it represents the percentage of frames being dropped
due to high number of non-corrected bit errors in the frame. It is indication of
voice quality in network.
• BER Actual : Ratio of the number of bit errors to the total number of bits
transmitted in a given time interval. BER is a measure for the voice quality in
network.. Depending on BER RxQual is measured. E,g, BER 0 to 0.2 %
corresponds to RxQual 0. Max. BER countable and useful is up to 12.8 % which
corresponds to RxQual of max. 7.
• SQI : SQI is a more sophisticated measure which is dedicated to reflecting the
quality of the speech (as opposed to radio environment conditions). This means
that when optimizing the speech quality in your network, SQI is the best criterion
to use. SQI is updated at 0.5 s intervals. It is computed on basis of BER and FER.
For EFR 30, FR – 21 & HR – 17 are respectively ideal values.
• C/I : The carrier-over-interference ratio is the ratio between the signal strength of
the current serving cell and the signal strength of undesired (interfering) signal
components. It should be atleast > 9 .
• MS Power Control Level : Displays range of power control from 0 to 8 depending
upon network design. E.g. 0 means no power control and 1 means level that is
defined by operator viz. 2 dBm less acc. To airtel.
• DTX : Discontinuous transmission (DTX) is a mechanism allowing the radio
transmitter to be switched off during speech pauses. This feature reduces the
power consumption of the transmitter, which is important for MSs, and
decreases the overall interference level on the radio channels affecting the
capacity of the network..
• TA : Value that the base station calculates from access bursts and sends to the
mobile station (MS) enabling the MS to advance the timing of its transmissions to
the BS so as to compensate for propagation delay. Value of 0 means MS in radius
of 550mt. From BS.
 • RL Timeout Counter (Cur) : This parameter define the maximum value of the
radio link counter expressed in SACCH blocks. Range of 4 – 64 in step size of 4. it
shows current value of RLT. Decrease by 1 but increase by 2. When it reaches zero
it results in normal DROP Call.
• RL Timeout Counter (MAX) : This parameter define the maximum value of the
radio link counter expressed in SACCH blocks. Range of 4 – 64 in step size of 4. it
shows current value of RLT. Normally 16, 20, 24.
• MS Behavior Modified : This window shows current settings for the mobile
station, for instance whether handover is disabled or multiband reporting enabled.

Steps for DT-5

GPRS (General Packet Radio System)

This is performed to check whether GPRS is working on the Site. This is done
by browsing a web page in browser of the phone. For GPRS to be checked it is
necessary to see that the handset is WAP, GPRS enabled.
Steps for DT-6
Intra Site Handover

Intra Handover is performed to check whether handover is taking place both wayson the
Site.Handover is performed among all the Sectors of the Site.

Inter Site Handover

Inter Handover is performed to check whether handover is taking place both ways on
the Site with it’s adjacent neighbor. Handover needs to checked mandatorarilyfor
primary neighbor.Handover is performed with all the defined neighbor's in the
integration sheet.
Step for DT 7
TRX Test

TRX Test is done to check whether calls originated are being handled by all the TRX’s.
Call made during the process is tracked by the MAIO number displayed on the screen
for all the TRX’s.e.g. for Site of configuration 6 TRX per sector the MAIO values for TRX
test shall be 0,1,2,3,4. Call can be originated on the BCCH or the TCH frequencies.
Hence MAIO values will be reflected only for calls on TCH frequency and not on BCCH
frequency.

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