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Contents 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 4 COMBINING DATA FILES........................................................................................... 5 2 USING GPRS ANALYSES ............................................................................... 7 ABOUT ANALYZER GPRS APPLICATIONS..................................................................... 10 DT GPRS MM/SM Procedures and IP Data Summary .......................................... 10 DT GPRS Radio Link Performance Analysis ....................................................... 10 MM/SM AND IP REPORTS....................................................................................... 11 MM Attach Detach report ............................................................................... 11 Other MM Procedures report .......................................................................... 12 PDP Context report ....................................................................................... 13 AA PDP Context report .................................................................................. 15 Other SM Info report ..................................................................................... 17 TCP data summary report .............................................................................. 19 DT RADIO LINK REPORTS ........................................................................................ 20 Coding Schemes and Throughput per TS report ................................................ 20 Timeslot allocation statistics report ................................................................. 21 Level and Quality report ................................................................................ 22 RLC and LLC Throughput Stats report.............................................................. 24

RLC Throughput and Coding Scheme report ..................................................... 26 RLC Throughput and Level report ................................................................... 27 RLC Throughput and Quality report ................................................................. 28 RLC and LLC Throughput per TBF report .......................................................... 29 BLER and Retransmissions report ................................................................... 31 3 U SING GSM ANALYSES ............................................................................... 32 DT Design Validation and Quick Analysis .......................................................... 32 Design Validation report................................................................................ 33 Neighbors within 5 dB from server report........................................................ 34 Handover settings and power control.............................................................. 35 HO Quality report......................................................................................... 35 HO Level report............................................................................................ 36 HO Interval report ........................................................................................ 36 HO Classification report ................................................................................. 37 MS Tx Power Distribution report ..................................................................... 38 MS Tx Power Step distribution ........................................................................ 39 MS Tx Power Step Interval Distribution report.................................................. 39 4 COMBINED ANALYSES................................................................................ 40 USER APPLICATIONS IP PROTOCOLS AND RADIO LINK...................................................... 40

RADIO NETWORK AND IP/APPLICATION LAYERS ............................................................... 42 Example 1 ................................................................................................... 43

1 Introduction This document describes methods for analyzing GSM and GPRS log file data. It assumesthat you have already installed, licensed and configured your Analyzer system as describedin the documents Actix Software Installation Guide and the Getting Started Guide .Analyzer supports the following performance data sources for a wide variety of testequipment vendors:Mobile Stations (Test and Commercial-U m interface)Scanners (U m interface)Call Trace devices for GSMIP Sniffers (supporting the WinPCAP architecture)IP and Application Layer performance data are supported for IP sniffers: powerful datacollection software for recording messaging, events and statistics from IP links, as well asfor vendorspecific data sets, typically integrated with drive-test hardware solutions.Please check the release notes for information on the latestfile formats supported, new analyses and functionality.

IP and Application Layer performance data are supported for IP sniffers: powerful datacollection software for recording messaging, events and statistics from IP links, as well asfor vendor-specific data sets, typically integrated with drive-test hardware solutions.Please check the release notes for information on the latestfile formats supported, new analyses and function Combining data files Data from IP sniffer files can be combined with drive test data collected at the same time.This allows a combined analysis of the attributes referring to different layers (from theradio link to

the TCP/UDP), using tables, charts, queries and reports. Moreover, the GPScoordinates in the drive test data can be matched to the IP sniffer information, so the IPinformation can then be plotted on a map. This process of combining data from differentstreams is called superstreaming The drive test and IP sniffer files are collected on the same portable computer, so the timealignment should match exactly. However, sometimes there is a fixed time shift (forexample, 1 or 2 hours), depending on the time references of the two applications. Thismay also occur if the Time offset setting under Tools/Preferences is not zero.To quantify the time difference, it is sufficient to see the time of the first messages in thetwo files.If the two files are in time alignment, use the Merge Method (see below) Use timestamps ,otherwise select Time offsets and enter the time mismatch in seconds between the twofiles. To superstream the data 1 Open the IP Sniffer file and the Um drive test file to be superstreamed together. 2 From the Tools menu, select Create Superstream to open the superstreamingdialog. The Superstreaming dialog

3 Select the appropriate data streams. 4 Select the appropriate Merge Method settings for synchronizing the data streams. 5 Click OK to begin the superstreaming process. When the process is complete, the superstream is displayed in the Workspace Explorer and may now be examined using the usual Analyzer data displays (for example, maps, charts, tables, analysis reports).

Right-click options for the new superstream

Using GPRS analyses Analyzer provides a top-down approach that allows you to start from high level reports(focused on the content of the drive test and on the high level problems, if any) and to drilldown only if and where it is necessary (time saving for the operators). Data view Technique High level Statistics shown in the Cell Explorer Medium level Drill-down capability the reports included in the modules Queries, charts, customized reports, maps, etc.

The starting point for the Quality of Service Verification and Troubleshooting tasks are themodules: DT GPRS MM/SM Procedures and IP Data Summary DT GPRS Radio Link Performance Analysis These are available under the Analysis menu. As with any of the analyses created by Actix, these consist of a complete set of reports that combine the different key performanceindicators, allowing you to navigate to not only the problems but also the causes andpossible solutions.To i

.The summary view for an analysis called the Cell Explorer shows a statistical summaryof the data and an appropriate set of reports. The data can be broken down by a key dimension, such as "cell", displaying a number of pertinent statistics for each value of thekey dimension that appears in the data, allowing you to focus quickly on only thoseportions of the data that are of interest (for example the cells with the highest BLER,

The Cell Explorer, showing the upper filtering and data display, and the lower report selection panel The dimension (cells) can be sorted by ascending or descending values of a parameter (forexample DL RLC throughput), by clicking on the title of the column.

By selecting a subset of the rows in the Cell Explorer before choosing to run a report, youcan filter the data in the reports to include only data for the selected values of the keydimension (as shown below).

Example of report based on the selected cells

About Analyzer GPRS Applications DT GPRS MM/SM Procedures and IP Data Summary This application allows analysis of the procedures between the Mobile Station and theSGSN (with success rates and causes for failures), and provides a summary of packet data traffic. The mobile contains these reports: MM Attach DetachOther MM Procedures PDP Context AA PDP Context Other SM Info TCP data summary (must be run on a Superstream consisting of an IP sniffer fileand the relevant drive test file).

DT GPRS Radio Link Performance Analysis This application allows analysis of the radio link performances, and contains these reports: Coding Schemes and Throughput per TS Timeslot allocation statistics Level and Quality RLC and LLC Throughput Stats RLC Throughput and Coding Scheme RLC Throughput and Level RLC Throughput and Quality RLC and LLC Throughput per TBF BLER and Retransmissions From the metrics in the Cell Explorer, you can identify any cells that need specific analysis.Then by going through the reports on the selected cells, you can investigate the possiblecauses.For example, if the BLER is showing a bad behavior, it is possible to analyze the signallevel and the quality or of the interference, then see the impact on the throughput, the relation with coding scheme usage, and so on.

MM/SM and IP reports MM Attach Detach report In this report, attach and detach procedures are analyzed. The success rate is provided. It is important to note the difference between "Attach Reject"and "Lost". The first is a failure message received from the network; the second takes intoaccount the requests that receive no response from the network (so they are lost). Onlyafter four unsuccessful retries, the procedure is aborted (see the note in the report). The same apply to the detach procedure. For the detach, no network response is expectedin the case of mobile powering off. The cause breakdown table highlights the causes of reject messages, helping you to findthe reasons for the failures. The Information Element is not mandatory in these messages,but if present, the table also shows the attach accept and detach request causes.

The attach type and attach results are shown here: First two tables of example MM Attach Detach report

Other MM Procedures report The following procedures are shown (giving an indication of the success rate): Routing area updateP-TMSI reallocation (if requested by the network) Authentication and CypheringThe causes for failures are presented, as well as the RA update types

PDP Context report The following procedures are shown (giving an indication of the success rate): PdP Context Activation Network originated PdP Context Activation (if network-originated data calls are enabled, preliminary messages precede PdPContext Activation) PdP Context Deactivation PdP Context Modification (especially with more advanced features for QoS support, this procedure will be

Used to modify the QoS provisioned to the subscribers and negotiated between theMS and the SGSN) For the meaning of "loss", refer to the first report and to the notes below the tables. Example top half of PDP Context report

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