WCDMA Planning Process

WCDMA Radio Network Planning Process

Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning Simulation

Propagation Model Test

and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Planning Process - Requirement Analysis
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning Simulation

Propagation Model Test

and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Requirement Analysis
Requirement Analysis

 Learn the customer’s requirement of coverage,

capacity, and QoS.

 Learn the landform and environments of the

planned area.

 Learn the population distribution and average

income per person in the planned area.

 Learn information about the existing network in the

planned area.
Requirement Analysis (Cont.)
Planning Area Sorting
 The purpose to sort the planning area is to refine
network design and layout.
 Different areas have different geographical
environment, vegetation distribution, and building
density.
 Different areas require different number of Node B
to meet the coverage requirement.

Area type Area characters

Central business district, dense shopping
Dense Urban
center, dense residential area
Industrial park, shopping center, residential
Urban
area

Suburban The edge of city, the center of village and town

Rural Farm, the edge of village and town

Requirement Analysis (Cont.)
Coverage Requirements 64 k CS
 Different areas have the different requirements for
the service type coverage rate.
 Different requirements for service type and
coverage rate in the same area will get different
number of Node B
144k PS data

384k PS data
Requirement Analysis (Cont.)
Capacity Requirements
 No. of subscribers and their ‘profile’, traffic model,
service type , forecast, “hot spots”
Requirement Analysis (Cont.)
Cell load
 Load increases, Coverage reduces , System unstable

12

10

8
Noise Rise

0
0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Load
Requirement Analysis (Cont.)
Other information
The important building in the planning area
The information of traffic line, just as highway
The important villages and towns in the planning area
Planning Process – Propagation Model
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning Simulation

Propagation Model Test

and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Propagation Model Test (Cont.)
Site Selection

 Test sites should be selected form

each environment categories.
 To cover enough clutters.
 The testing site shall be free of visible
obstructions around.
 The testing site shall be higher than the
surrounding buildings.
Antenna

Transmitter

Receiver

Laptop
Propagation Model Test (Cont.)
Route Selection

 All directions from the testing site

should be included.
 The vehicle should take a route to or
from the testing site in the shape of “8”,
net, ring, or spiral, with a constant speed.
Propagation Model Calibration (Cont.)
Propagation Model Selection

PathLoss  K1  K 2 log( d )  K 3Hms  K 4 log( Hms )

 K 5 log( Heff )  K 6 log( Heff ) log( d )
 K 7(diffractionloss )  Clutterloss

 K1-Fading Constant
 K2-Distance Fading Coefficient
 K3、K4-Mobile Station Antenna Height calibration
Coefficient
 K5、K6-Base Station Antenna Height calibration
Coefficient
 K7-Diffraction calibration Coefficient
 Clutterloss-Calibration Value of Physiognomy
Fading
 D-Distance between base station and mobile station
(km)
 Hms -Mobile Station Antenna Effective Height (m)
 Heff-Base Station Antenna Effective Height (m)
Planning Process – Network Dimensioning
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning Simulation

Propagation Model Test

and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Network Dimensioning
Network Dimensioning

 Link budget
 Capacity analysis
 Give need analysis report, and estimate the
Number of Node Bs in the planned area.
 Input:system load requirment and

Network Dimensioning (Cont.) coverage requirement

Uplink coverage Downlink coverage Uplink capacity

estimation estimation estimation

Quantity of BSs Quantity of BSs Quantity of BSs

satisfying uplink satisfying downlink satisfying uplink
coverage coverage capacity

Compare the results

and evaluate the
larger one

Based on traffic type Based on power

Downlink capacity
estimation
Quantity A of Quantity B of

Add BSs
channels to be channels availably
provided by every cell provided by every
on the downlink cell on the downlink

No
A<B

Yse

End
Link Budget
Link Budget

Antenna Gain

Feeder loss

PA BS Power

Receiver Sensitivity

Path Loss

Margin
Penetration Loss

Body Loss

UE Power
Receiver Sensitivity
Capacity Analysis
Capacity Analysis

Equivalent voice channels

Amplitude
provided by each cell

Inter mean Inter

variance Capacity Virtual channel of each cell
factor

Syetem Total_virtual_Elr Cell_virtual_Elr

Total _ virtual _ Erl
Cell _ virtual _ Erl

No.Cell
Planning Process – Pre-Planning Simulation
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning Simulation

Propagation Model Test

and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Pre-Planning Simulation
Pre-Planning Simulation
 Verify estimation with simulation
Give suggestions for Node B layout, location, and
area.
Guide site survey work

Existing site’s sources

Propagation model
Traffic model
Planning Process – Sites Survey
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning Simulation

Propagation Model Test

and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Sites Survey
Site Survey
 To get the necessary data needed by network
planning and simulation
 To learn geographical environment and radio
environment of the site
 To learn the condition of building site
 To learn the traffic distribution of planning area
 To provide the candidate sites for planning area
Site Survey
Site Selection Principles

 convenience in traffic, reliability in city power supply, lightning protection and

grounding, small floor space;
 network construction initial stage, ensure the coverage and quality of VIP
subscribers and the area with high user density ；
 under the condition of no effects to the site layout, should choose the currently
existed sites as the candidate sites and utilize their equipment room, power supply,
tower, etc. ；
 avoid the site location which is close to radar, if necessary, for the security
factors, should apply the correspond methods to avoid the mutually interference ；
 avoid to locate the site on the mountain, in the forest ;
 avoid to select the sites which will be affected by the potential constructed
buildings ;
Site Survey
Data Recording

 Site information: site name, site address, latitude,

longitude, building height, tower height
 Radio Parameter: azimuth angle, down-tilt, antenna height
antenna type, diversity type and separation
 Radio environment description
 Interfering source
Planning Process – Network Simulation
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning
Simulation
Propagation Model
Test and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Network Simulation
Simulation

 Input several optional solutions simultaneously.

 Simulate all optional solutions.
 Select the most appropriate solution according to
the simulation result.
Network Simulation

Best server
Simulation result
Network Simulation

CPICH_Ec
Network Simulation

CPICH_Ec/Io
Network Simulation

Handover type
Network Simulation

The number of pilot polluters

Network Simulation

Voice
service
coverage
rate
Network Simulation

Uplink Load
Network Simulation (Cont.)

Simulation Statistics Analysis

WCDMA Radio Network Planning Process
Requirement Analysis

Network Dimensioning

Pre-Planning
Simulation
Propagation Model
Test and Calibration
Sites Survey

Sites Layout

Network Simulation

Output Planning
Report
Planning Report Output

• Report contents
• Networking requirements for the WCDMA network
• Service model and demand analysis
• Radio network scale estimation
• Policy and principle analysis
• Networking proposal and solution to network construction by stages
• Attachment contents
• Propagation model test result
• BS address survey table
• BS engineering parameter table
• Radio parameter configuration table
• Network diagram and site layout diagram
• simulation result report
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