Mentor 3G

UMTS Network Analysis and

Optimization
Course Book
 Mentor 3G UMTS Network Analysis and Optimization

TEOCO Corp - Company Profile ............................................................................1

1. Mentor Introduction.........................................................................................5

2. Network Environment and Model Import .....................................................17

3. Mentor Workspace ........................................................................................39

4. Network Analysis Tools ................................................................................55

5. Running the Network Analysis Wizard.........................................................81

6. SC Plan Optimization ....................................................................................95

7. Neighbors List Optimization .......................................................................117

8. Manual Neighbors List Editing ...................................................................139

9. IRAT Neighbors List Optimization.............................................................149

10. Tilt and Power Optimization .......................................................................159

11. Overshooter Resolution Optimization.........................................................181

12. Parameters Plan Optimization .....................................................................187

13. Optimization Plans Provisioning.................................................................195

1 Mentor 3G: UMTS Network Analysis and
Optimization
1.1. General Information

Duration 3 Days

Target Audience RF and Optimization Engineers

Course Level Entry

Max # of Participants 15

Training Method Classroom, Instructor-led, Hands-on

Material Handout Presentations & Workbook

1.2. Course Prerequisites

 Experience in optimizing RANs.
 Experience in working in Window OS environment.

1.3. Course Description

Mentor 3G: UMTS Network Analysis and Optimization is a course targeted for RF and
optimization engineers who need to analyze and optimize their UMTS network. In this course
we will discuss the process for creating a network in Mentor, and explore the tools for network
analysis, as well as the workflow for network optimization.

1.4. Main Goals & Objectives

By the end of the course the student will be able to:
 Describe the process for creating a network environment and model in Mentor.
 Analyze the network using KPIs and performance maps and reports.
 Use the Call DB to perform call trace analysis and drive tests.
 Generate optimizations SC, Neighbor list and Sectors antennas optimization plans.
 Create optimization scripts ready for implementation.
 Validate and analyze optimization plans’ implementation results.
1.5. Classroom Requirements
 PCs for course participants – up to 2 students per PC.
 Mentor Installation on all Class PCs.
 LAN connectivity to the Schema server.
 Data projector.
 Marker board / Flip charts.

1.6. Course Outline

Following is the suggested course outline:

Day M a in To p ic s
 Mentor Introduction
1  Network Environment and Model Import
 Network Performance and Quality Analysis

 Scrambling Code Optimization Plan

2
 Neighbor List Optimization Plans

 Antenna Sectors Optimization Plans

3  Other Optimization Plans
 Optimization Plans Provisioning
1.7. Course Lessons
Day 1

# L es son N ame Co nte nt

Mentor Introduction

 Introduce Mentor and Key Features

 Describe analysis tools and optimization plans
1 Mentor Introduction  Review the optimization workflow
 Review examples of Mentor modules
 Discuss Mentor clients and server architecture

Network Environment and Model Import

 Describe network environment and model in Mentor

 Review environment and model creation
Network  Introduce the Network Import Wizard
2 Environment and
Model Import  Discuss optional import methods
 Explore the workflow for importing from the server
 Add planned sectors and sites

 Introduce the main client window and structure

 Review the main panes
3 Mentor Workspace  Explore general map activities
 Create sectors selection sets
 Describe main customization features

Network Performance and Quality Analysis

 Describe the available tools for analysis

Network Analysis  Explore the process for creating geo-positioning maps
4
Tools  Analyze call trace events
 Analyze network statistics

 Introduce the Analysis Wizard and its benefits

Running the  Discuss types of analysis calculations
5 Network Analysis
Wizard  Create new detailed reports and map layers
 Define aggregated KPIs reports and layers

Day 2

# L es son N ame Co nte nt

Scrambling Code Optimization Plan

 Describe SC optimization objectives

 Introduce the SC optimization Wizard
SC Plan
6  Explore the workflow for running SC optimization
Optimization
 Review SC optimization layers and report
 Display potential Co-SC conflicts
Neighbor List Optimization Plans

 Describe the Neighbor List optimization process

 Introduce the NL optimization Wizard
Neighbors List
7  Describe NL types
Optimization
 Explore the workflow for running NL optimization
 Review NL optimization layers and reports

 Explore the Neighbor List Editor

Manual Neighbors  Add / remove neighbors
8
List Editing  Change neighbor priority
 Enforce constraints on the network

 Describe IRAT NL optimization objectives

IRAT Neighbor List
9  Review the optimization workflow
Optimization
 Explore the UMTS / GSM measurement plan

Day 3

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Antenna Sectors Optimization Plans

 Describe Antenna Sectors optimization plan

 Review predefined goals and sub-goals
Tilt and Power  Explore the workflow for running optimization
10
Optimization  Monitor and analyze the optimization progress
 Review optimization reports
 Discuss RAB Power optimization

Other Optimization Plans

 Describe the Overshooter Resolution plan

Overshooter
11 Resolution  Explore the Overshooter Resolution Wizard
Optimization  Review the Overshooter Resolution report

 Describe vendor-specific optimization parameters

Parameters Plan
12  Explore the parameters optimization Wizard
Optimization
 Review the parameters optimization report

Optimization Plans Provisioning

 Describe the optimization plan implementation workflow

Optimization Plans  Explore optimization plans export
13
Provisioning  Update network environments
 Validate optimization plan implementation

 Course feedback
- Course Summary
 Evaluation forms
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Mentor Introduction

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

describe Mentor network performance
analysis tools and optimization workflow

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Mentor Introduction

Main Topics
 Introduce Mentor and Key Features
 Describe analysis tools and optimization plans
 Review the optimization workflow
 Review examples of Mentor modules
 Discuss Mentor clients and server architecture

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Mentor
Mentor is an analysis, troubleshooting and optimization
product for wireless networks.

 It optimizes a wide range of key network configuration parameters

(such as neighbor list, antenna, etc.) to maximize network quality,
capacity and coverage.

 Using advanced analysis tools, engineers can accurately identify

network problems.

 Mentor uses configuration, logs and KPIs data collected from the
network (OSS, RNC, NodeB, Probes).

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Mentor Introduction

Key Features
 Data Collection – scalable, distributed and automatic data collection.

 Step-by-step Wizards – guiding wizard tools for network modeling,

analysis calculations and optimizations.

 GeoPositioning & Visualization – advanced positioning techniques

and algorithms to accurately locate and correlate network and subscriber
data into a real-time, integrative geo-display.

 Virtual Drive Tests – visualization of all call flow events associated with
specific sectors and terminal handsets.

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Key Features (cont’)

 Reports – Excel-based detailed reports for analysis and
troubleshooting.

 Recurring Scheduling – automate analysis and optimization

tasks to run on a recurring basis.

 Google Earth Integration – Display map and calculation layers

in Google Earth.

 Sites and Sectors Planning – New scrambling code plans for

planned sites or sectors can be used in optimization.

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Mentor Introduction

Mentor Optimization Plans

Mentor supports the following optimizations:

 Scrambling Code Plan.

 Neighbor List Plan (including IRAT).
 Antenna Sectors Plan.
 Overshooting Resolution Plan.
 Network Parameters Plan.

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Input Data – Sources and Types

 Mentor uses the following data to enable analysis and optimization:
 Network Configuration – sites, sectors, antennas,
neighbor list, etc.
 Network Logs / Call Traces.
 Performance KPIs.
 Mobile Measurements.

 Data Sources
 Planning tool.
 Switch dump.
 User manual changes.

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Mentor Introduction

Mentor General Workflow

Configuration
Files

Network Env
Construction

Log and KPIs Network Env

Collection Update

Network Network Implementation

Optimization
Modeling Analysis and Validation

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Optimization Workflow

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Mentor Introduction

Mentor Examples

Analysis – GeoPositioning, KPIs, HSPA

Ec/Io Map in Mentor™ Drop Map in Mentor™

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Mentor Introduction

Capacity Optimization & CapEx Deferral

OVSF Voice Codes and power distribution indicates optimization potential.

Codes distribution before/after optimization

HO factor map

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Case Study – Capacity Improvement

Power Efficiency
increase

25 %

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Mentor Introduction

Overall Network Analysis

Voice Drops

HS Drops

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Top Dropping Voice Mobiles

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Mentor Introduction

Sub. Drops Correlated with EcIo, RSCP & KPIs

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Top Droppers Classifications

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Mentor Introduction

Mentor Architecture
 Mentor Servers
 Automate all data collection and preparation activities
for Mentor clients.
 Enable easy, GUI-based administration of the
data preparation process.
 Manage users, networks and security.

 Mentor Clients
 User-friendly, wizard-driven interface.
 Deliver full functionality: extensive analysis and
best of breed optimization.

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Mentor Server Benefits

 Eliminates time spent by engineers defining and running a model and
optimization process.

 Increased Mentor application availability by providing all required data

in a timely and orderly manner.

 Provides a single data source for all engineers within a single market.

 Shortens the time required to integrate new network elements into the
data collection process.

 Provides visibility into the data collection process through a GUI

based administration application.

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Mentor Introduction

Mentor Client
 By default, when launching Mentor, the application automatically
opens the last network on which you were working.

 When launching Mentor for the first time:

 Define the path in which the data files are to be stored.
 Import a Network.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 List the optimization plans supported by Mentor.
 Describe the generic optimization workflow.
 Which tasks are performed by the server?

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Mentor

Network Environment and

Model Import

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

import a network environment and model
from the server

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Network Environment and Model Import

Main Topics
 Describe network environment and model in Mentor
 Review environment and model creation
 Introduce the Network Import Wizard
 Discuss optional import methods
 Explore the workflow for importing from the server
 Add planned sectors and sites

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Mentor Network Environment

The network environment is a representation of the real network,
including all the relevant information required by Mentor to perform
analysis and optimization tasks:

 Hierarchy of network elements (sites, sectors, and antennas).

 Geographical information.
 Network definitions from various sources (updated according to the
latest switch-dump export files).

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Network Modeling
Mentor analysis and optimization phases are based on the
mobile-measurement logs collected before each phase.

 Mentor uses mobile measurements and network statistics logs to:

 Create an accurate model of the network behavior, for example,
traffic location, noise level, detected neighbors, and so on.
 Analyze the network performance.

 As these mobile measurements take up a large amount of disk space

while they are being collected, they are typically stored on a special
directory within the file server.

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Network and Model Import

 Network environment and model can be created both locally on your
desktop or on Mentor server.

 As part of the project installation, both the environment and the model
are being created on Mentor server by TEOCO experts.
 The network is partitioned into Clusters according to the project
definitions (per customer, per market).

 Each engineer is usually only required to import from the server the
environment and model of the relevant cluster.

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Network Environment and Model

Creation Overview

Network Environment Creation and Import

The Mentor network environment is created by gathering and importing
the required configuration data into Mentor.

 Configuration data files include physical configuration of the

network, general environment data, and the latest switch-dump files.

 This data is organized according to specific Mentor file formats

recognized by the application.

 The creation of a full network environment is required only once

per cluster.
 Network changes can be updated when required.

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Network Configuration Data Collection

The required files and instructions for collection are detailed at the
Required Data Inputs document delivered by TEOCO according to
the relevant vendor.

 All required data should be organized in one folder.

 It should contain daily sub-folders for
mobile measurements.

 It is recommended that the latest switch dump

export be used to update the format files and to
locate any inconsistencies, including missing
or unnecessary sectors.

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Configuration Files – Mandatory Files

 Profiles – directory containing the files defining the RF characteristics
of the profile of each antenna model in the network.

 Antennas – defines the physical configuration of the network,

including antennas, sites, sectors, RNCs.

 Carriers – defines the carriers in the network.

 Sector Carriers – defines the sector carriers in the network.

 Handovers – defines the current neighbor list setting for the network.

 Network Properties – network-specific parameters of the environment.

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Configuration Files – Optional Files

 Selections (folder).
 Antenna Constraints.
 SC Constraints.
 Handover Constraints.
 Sector Carrier Constraints.
 RAB_HHO_CLASSES.
 RAB_POWER_CLASSES.
 RAB-SHO-Classes.
 Neighbor.
 Neighbor List Locking.
 Terrain.

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Mobile Measurements
 Mobiles constantly communicate with sectors and relay pertinent
information, in the form of logs, including the following information:
 Ec/Io reports.
 Neighboring sector information.
 RSCP information (according to vendor).

 RNC logs maintain information concerning the mobile’s state in terms

of location (RTD messages) and quality characteristics of a call.

 Power measurements and events-based messages, such as

change of handover state, call attempts, and dropped call logs are
also collected.

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Mobile Measurements – Collection

 The mobile-measurement data must be collected from all network
sectors for a period of time based on the required analysis and/or
planned optimization phases.

 Different vendors require different collection methods.

 The specific detailed requirements for collecting these logs are

described in the "Required Data Inputs for <Vendor> Infrastructure"
documents.

 Mentor needs two types of logs:

 GPEH logs (Ericsson) or CHRs/IOS trace logs (Huawei).
 Counters file (XML), which contain all the parameters of the RNC.

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Network Project File

Existing network environment can be exported or saved into a
project file – *.opr or *mpr.

 The file includes references to mandatory and optional

configuration files.

 The project file can be shared and used when importing a new
network into the Mentor client (instead of creating from scratch
using the configuration files).

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Network Environment
and Model Import

The Import Wizard

The Import Wizard is used to import a network environment
into Mentor.

In this lesson we will review the workflow for importing an

environment from the server.

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Import Wizard – General

In the General step, select the method by which to import the
network data, as well as the location of the data.

 Choose the import Method:

 OPR / MPR – Existing Mentor network file.
 Configuration Files – New network.
 Server – Retrieve configuration files from the server.

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General – Import from Server

 Select the cluster that represents the segment you want to work
with (clusters are defined during the server setup).
 By default, the date of the latest data is displayed in the Date field,
but you can select to import data from a different day.

 Choose whether to import

a model (you can also import
a model at a later time).

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Import from Server – Process Flow

 Upon request for import from the server, the server builds the
environment in Mentor format, including the switch dump and model,
in a folder on the server.

 The Mentor format environment is then sent to the local desktop

client, and the import continues as with an *.opr project file.

 Once the import completes, the Mentor format environment is deleted

from the local desktop client.

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General – Import from OPR / MPR

 Browse and choose the Project file (.opr or .mpr) in which the
network data is saved.

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Import – Data Completion

 Mentor matches the switch dump data to the antennas.txt data to
guarantee each sector in the switch dump has physical data.

 Sectors which appear in the switch dump but can’t be found or have
missing data in the antennas file will be marked as missing data,
and will be locked for optimization.

 Sectors which appear in the switch dump without physical data in

Mentor format prompts the user to complete their data, or to skip
their import.

 Neighbor relations to non-imported sectors will be marked as

unknown.

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Import – Data Completion (cont’)

Following the initial import, if there are sectors with missing data,
you can proceed to these steps:

 Sector Initialization – export the data, update the files and reload
the updated *.opr file.
 This step is displayed only if more than 10 sectors (default) are
missing data or require configuration changes.

 Data Completion – update sectors’ data manually in the GUI.

 This step is displayed only if less than 10 sectors (default) are
missing data or require configuration changes.

The number of sectors for displaying the steps is defined in the

Advanced tab of Mentor Preferences.
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Import Wizard – Sectors Initialization

 Check which files should be updated and click Save.
 The network files are saved in Mentor format, as tab-delimited
text, and can be modified using Microsoft Excel.

 After you have modified all the files

according to the list of required
updates, click Load and select the
updated *.opr (mpr) file.

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Import Wizard – Data Completion

The Data Completion step displays the following errors:

 Missing mandatory sectors data (appears in the left pane).

 Missing sectors’ antenna profiles data (appears in the right pane).

 These sectors will be included in the import process with an
automatically assigned default profile, unless you enter the
correct data.

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Completing the Network Data

 You must complete mandatory data before you can proceed
to the next step.

 In the left pane, select the sectors you would like to include in the
import process and move them to the right pane.

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Completing the Network Data (Cont’)

 In the right pane, double-click a sector whose data you want to edit,
and enter the missing information.
 You can also select multiple sectors and click Edit, to the
properties of multiple sectors simultaneously.

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Completing the Network Data (Cont’)

 Edited sectors are displayed in black, signifying that it contains
all the required data.

 After you’ve finished editing the sectors’ data, click Finish

to complete the data import process.

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Import Validation
Once the import has finished, the Import Completed
dialog box is displayed:

 Details – warning logs.

 Layers – view layers showing any sectors that are missing data or
that have co-SC conflicts between neighbors.
 Reports – detailed reports of the import process.

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Import Validation – Network Layers

After importing a network or updating the switch dump, you can
display network-related layers on the map.

 The available layers depend on the network that has been imported,
and whether it includes a model.

 Select the layers you want to load, and click Load.

 (available layers list appear in the next slide).

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Available Network Layers List

 Locked Sectors – The sectors are marked as locked.
 Locked Sectors - Low Traffic – The sectors have been locked
because of low traffic.
 Missing Data - Carrier <ID> – The sectors are missing mandatory
data from the switch dump, and will not be optimized.

 NL Co-SCs – Two target sectors have the same SC.

 Tier1-Co-SCs – The source and target sector have the same SC.
 Tier2-Co-SCs – The source sector has the same SC as a target's
neighbor.
 Tier3-Co-SCs – The source sector has the same SC as a target's
neighbor's neighbor.

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Import Validation – Network Reports

The import reports show the results of the import process
in excel format. Available reports:

 Import Messages – summary of information and warning messages.

 Import – details of the import process, including warnings.

 GSM related reports (generated if you have a dual-technology network):

 GSM Network Import Details.
 GSM Network Import Summary.
 UMTS-GSM Discrepancy Report – all discrepancies between the
GSM and the UMTS configuration databases.
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Import Validation – Model Reports

 Model Reports
 Model Errors and Warning.
 Model Parsing Details – log parsing details.

 You should view all model reports to validate the current model.
 If you decide that the model is inaccurate, you can update the log
files with the required data and recreate the model.

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Import Reports (Cont’)

 The import and model reports are saved and can be accessed at any
time through the Network Reports.

 You can Open the reports for viewing or

Save it locally to your desktop.

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Network Management
Mentor networks can be managed in two ways:

 Through the File menu.

 Open one or multiple networks simultaneously.
 Save networks or save with a new name.
 Save versions of the current network (can be used for comparison
purposes in the future).
 Export the network, terrain file, model, and saved
calculations, for support purposes.

 Through the Network Manager.

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The Network Manager

You can use the Network Manager to easily manage and organize
your networks in an efficient and convenient way:

 Open networks.
 Manage folders.
 Find networks.
 Rename networks.
 Delete network.
 Compare networks.

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Planned Sites and Sectors

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Planned Sites and Sectors

Mentor enables you to add new planned sites and sectors to the
map area, which allows you to visualize their affect by including
them in analyses and optimizations.

 Planned sites can be added by:

 Importing a predefined text file.
 Manually adding the sites to the map.
 You can export the planned sites to a file for backup.

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Adding Planned Sites – Import

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Adding Planned Sites – Manually

Change the cursor to and click on the relevant location on the
map to launch the New Site wizard:

 General – define general properties for the site.

 Sectors – define the sectors that belong to the site.

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Adding Planned Sectors

Adding manually planned sectors to existing sites
can be done in two ways:

 From the Network menu.

 Right-clicking the relevant site on the map.

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Submitting Network Changes to the Server

 When you submit data to the server, Mentor analyzes the data, and
makes a list of discrepancies between the submitted data and the
data currently on the server.

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Submitting Network Changes (cont’)

 You are required to accept or reject the discrepancies.
 The accepted changes to the server network are sent to the server
and divided up according to the clusters to which they belong.
 All the users assigned to the relevant clusters will receive
notification of the submission.

 After you click OK to submit the changes, you can view a report
showing details of the requested changes, including the old values
and the new values after the changes were submitted.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 Describe the configuration files required by Mentor for
network environment import.
 What are the optional import methods.
 Describe the main network and model reports.
 What is the objective of adding planned sites?

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Mentor

Mentor Workspace

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

operate Mentor’s workspace and navigate
within the main application window

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Main Topics
 Introduce the main client window and structure
 Review the main panes
 Explore general map activities
 Create sectors selection sets
 Describe main customization features

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Mentor Main Window

Menu and Toolbars
Panes

Status Map Area

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Main Window – Panes

By default, the Mentor window displays two panes on the
left of the main window:

 Layers – enables you to display or hide various layers on the map.

 Calculations – lists the calculations in the network, and their status.

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Panes – Layers
The Layers pane enables you to display or hide various layers
on the map, as required, according to the following categories:

 Annotations – lines, shapes, and text boxes, insert callouts, pictures,

and text annotations.
 Network – sites, sectors and antennas.
 Calculation Results – calculation layers that are
loaded through the Calculations pane.
 GIS
 Web Maps – display a Web map layer as a background
to visualize the location of the affected area.

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Panes – Legend
The Legend pane enables you to view the legend of the
currently displayed layer.

 Once the legend is displayed, you can edit it as required,

as well as set the transparency level of the layer.

 Use the Layer Properties to configure the

color settings Legend pane.

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Panes – Calculations
The Calculations pane displayed previous and currently
running analysis and optimization calculations.

 While a calculation is running, its progress is displayed.

 As soon as it has successfully completed running, its status changes
to Valid.
 If a calculation is stopped, its status is displayed as Stopped.

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Main Window – Additional Panes

 Sector Property Viewer – lists the properties of a selected UMTS
sector on the map.
 Neighbor List Viewer – lists the sectors in the neighbor list of the
selected sector.
 Statistics Viewer – displays a histogram showing KPI statistics of the
sector or area selection.
 Event Viewer – lists the events of selected dropped calls.
 Detailed Table – displays the properties of a selected layer.

Some of these panes will be

explained in-depth in other lessons.
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Map Area
The map area displays a two-dimensional map of the network,
according to your selection in the Layers pane.

 By default, the size and shape of the sectors is based on the

beamwidth.
 If required, you can change the appearance of the network
elements when defining the layer properties.

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Viewing Network Element Information

 When hovering over a sector, a tooltip
appears with additional information.

 In addition, when selecting a sector, you can

view its details and neighbor list in the relevant
panes on the left side.

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Viewing Network Element Information (Cont’)

 You can also right-click network elements to display network related
data (e.g. neighbors, properties, etc.).

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Detailed Table
The Detailed Table pane enables you to view the properties of
selected network, GIS and calculation layers.

 The Detailed Table appears below the map area.

 You can choose which columns to display.

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Detailed Table – Main Operations

 Select Sectors on Map.
 Save Selection as Layer – save the selected rows as a layer, under
the GIS category in the Layers pane.
 Filter – filter items in the table.
 Find – search for selected text in the table.
 Export – export the selected items to a .txt file.

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Map Operations
You can perform the following operations on the map:

 Zoom (In / Out / Fit).

 Map fitting options.
 Panning.
 Resize sector / symbol display.
 Measure distances and azimuth.
 Remove lines connecting associated sectors.
 Display GIS layers.
 Show neighbors and neighbor list.
 Print.

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Map Operations – Zoom Options

 Zoom In.
 Zoom Out.
 Fit to Network (the entire network is visible).
 Fit to Selection (area or sector selection).
 Fit to Layer (display a selected layer). View Menu

 Selected Scale Factor.

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Viewing Sectors in Google Earth

You can view a sector or selection of sectors, and their azimuth,
on a topographical map in the Google Earth application (must
be installed locally).

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Creating Sector Selection Sets

A selection set is a group of sectors that you have selected on
which to create a model, or run an analysis or optimization.

 Based on the selection set, Mentor automatically creates the

calculation set, which contains all the sectors in the selection set
and their neighbors.

 Methods for creating a sector selection set:

 Using Pointer to draw a rectangle around the sectors in the map.
 Using Sector Lasso to select the sectors.
 Pasting the required sectors on the map (using Ctrl+Alt+V).

You can use Shift / Ctrl keypads to add additional sectors

to the selection.
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Saving Sectors Selection

 File – save a selection as a *.txt file,
which can be loaded in future sessions
(through the Selection menu).

Layer – save a selection as a GIS layer

so that it can be used it in future
calculations or sessions.

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Calculation Set
After creating the selection set, Mentor automatically calculates
a wider cluster, based on the neighbor list of the selection set,
called the calculation set.

 The calculation set is usually two to three tiers beyond

the boundary of the selection set.

 The optimization sub-goals are checked for the entire calculation set,
as it contains all the sectors that are affected by the planned antenna
sectors optimization.

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Displaying Selections on the Map

 You can display the selection set of a selected calculation or one or
more selected GIS layers on the map, which enables you to use the
same selection set for additional calculations.

 You can also display the calculation set of selected antenna sectors
optimizations, as well as the area selection of selected analyses or
map layers.

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Analysis and Optimization

Once you have a validated network and model, you can perform
analysis and optimizations as required.

 Optimizations and advanced analysis calculations are executed by

using a step-by-step dedicated wizards.
 Use the workflow toolbar to launch the relevant wizard.

 Executed analysis and optimizations can be viewed and managed

from the Calculations pane.

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Analysis and Optimization – Sub-set Selection

 By default, analysis and optimization are carried out on the
selection set used in the model.
 You can change this by selecting a sub-set of the original
selection set, or selecting an area.

 Selecting an area is similar to sectors selection set

(explained in a previous lesson):
 Area Selection.
 Area Lasso.

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Automatic Updates
The Automatic Updates feature automatically downloads updates from
the sever to your desktop, for the currently open and active network.

 These updates include only the new and changed data of new model
days, switch dump updates, physical configuration updates and so.

 As soon as the updates have been copied to your computer, a dialog

box is displayed, enabling you to import them and synchronize your
network with the latest changes on the server.

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Enabling Automatic Updates

 Enabling automatic network updates from the server is done via the
Network Properties.

 You can view the status of this feature on the status bar, and control
it using the right-click menu.

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Main Window Display Customization

You can customize the application display to:

 Panes
 Show / hide.
 Collapse / expand.
 Minimize / maximize.
 Dock / float.
 Resize.

 Show and move toolbars.

 Show or hide the status bar.

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Setting Mentor Preferences

You can set various GUI preferences (e.g. information displayed
in the status bar, how the legends are displayed, etc.).

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Setting Mentor Preferences

 General – measurements units, status bar displayed fields…
 Default Legends – map layers default legend configuration.
 RABs – customize the groups into which the RABs are divided.
 Directories – select the location of the Mentor database and files.
 External Tools – paths to external applications (e.g. comparing
networks, planning tool, etc.).
 Web Maps – define the way Web maps are displayed on the map
area (e.g. quality, transparency).
 Advanced – import settings, server connection settings, multi-carrier
network settings, dual-technology network settings.

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Optimization Parameters
If required, you can configure advanced parameters that control the
optimizations, through the Advanced tab of the Network Properties.

It is recommended to consult TEOCO experts before making

changes to these parameters.
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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 What are the main categories in the Layers pane?
 List the general activities you can perform in the map area.
 Explain what are selection and calculation sets.

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Mentor
Network Analysis Tools

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

analyze the network performance and quality
based on the network model

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Main Topics
 Describe the available tools for analysis
 Explore the process for creating geo-positioning maps
 Analyze call trace events
 Analyze network statistics

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Analyzing the Network

 Mentor analysis tools are used for daily analysis of network
parameters, KPIs, quality and performance, such as:
 Overloaded sectors.
 Low handover rates.
 High drop rates.
 Areas with pilot pollution.

 Only sectors for which there is a model can be included

in the analysis.

 Mentor supports both manual ‘ad-hoc’ analysis and advanced

wizard-based analysis, which can be executed at the client or at the
server (explained in the next lesson).

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Analysis Tools
The following tools can be used for the network analysis:

 Bin Histograms.
 Positioning-based KPIs, RF and Call Trace maps.
 Events Viewer.
 Statistics Viewer.

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Displaying Bin Histograms

You can display a bin histogram of the map layers in order to
view a graphical display of the values in the layer.

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Displaying Bin Histograms (cont’)

 The bin histogram displays the values for 100% of the data in the
selected layer.

 You can run a query to calculate the

percentage of items between a range
of values, as well as set the range of
values to be displayed in the bin
histogram.

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Positioning-based Maps
Mentor uses mobile measurements and special algorithms to
generate positioning-based KPI map layers.

 Mentor supports the following map types:

 KPIs Maps.
 RF-based Maps.
 Call Trace-based Event Maps.

 Positioning-based maps can be created at any time from the toolbar

or by right-clicking an area or sector selection.

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KPIs Maps
KPIs map layers are based on selected KPIs, showing aggregated
data for a time resolution ranging from 1 hour up to all the dates
included in the model.

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KPIs Maps – KPIs and Aggregation

 Select the required KPIs (the available KPIs appear according
to the network vendor).
 Each selected KPI will be saved as a separate layer.

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Commonly Used KPIs – Sample

 Bad Call Rate.
 Call Attempts.
 Soft HO Factor.
 Softer HO Factor.
 Primary Traffic.
 Code Traffic.
 Access Failure Rate (%).
 Dropped Call Rate.
 Average Power.

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KPIs Maps – Time Filter

 Time Filter
 Filter the Hours by selecting one of the available options:
24 hours, Hours (from/to), Busy hour.
 In the Dates field, select all dates or specific date range.

 By default, the layers are saved to a default KPIs folder under the GIS
category (folder can be edited).
 If you do not choose to save the layers they can be displayed only in
the Detailed Table.

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KPIs Maps – Display

 Once the KPIs map is ready, a dialog box is displayed:
 Details – warnings generated during the map creation.
 Detailed Table – view all the selected KPIs for each sector in the
selection in the Detailed Table.

 Each selected KPI layer is displayed in the Layers pane, in the

specified folder under the GIS category.

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KPIs Map – Example

 Use the sector’s tooltip to view KPIs summary for selected layers.
 In the detailed table you can view individual element values.

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RF-based Maps
The following RF-based maps are available:

 Performance
 Drop
 Traffic
 Server and Polluter
 Arc
 Combined

Most filtering options for creating the maps

are similar across all map types.

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Performance Maps
Performance Maps display selected performance layers
based on the busy-hour logs.

 Choose the Data Type:

 Busy Hour – taken from the network model.
 Rich Data – taken from the call database in the server.

 If you choose to use the call database additional filtering options will
be prompted (explained later in the virtual drive test maps).

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Performance Maps – Map Type

You can choose one of the following performance maps:

 Downlink Throughput / Throughput Peak / Volume.

 Uplink Throughput / Throughput Peak / Volume.
 Ec/Io Best Server / Coverage / Coverage Peak.
 Number of Polluting Pilots.
 Pilot Dominance.
 RSCP Best Server / Coverage / Coverage Peak.
 Soft HO Factor.
 Softer HO Factor.
 UE TX Power.

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Performance Maps (cont’)

 In the RAB group field, you can select a single, multiple or all RABs.
 For Performance Maps of Ericsson networks, in the Access Point
field, select whether to display the map for all the results, unknown
APNs only, or a specific APN.
 In the Profile field, select whether to display the map for calls made
both indoors and outdoors calls, or only indoor or outdoor calls.

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Performance Maps – Example

Ec/Io Best Server Map

Pilot Dominance Map

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Drop Maps
Drop Maps display the geographical distribution
of the drop calls.

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Drop Maps – Example

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Traffic Maps
Traffic Maps display the distribution of the busy-hour traffic
layer for the best server.

 Map type:
 Busy Hour Average Number of Users.
 Busy Hour Call Origination.
 Busy Hour Minutes of Use.
 Busy Hour Total Number of Users.
 Busy Hour Traffic.

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Traffic Maps – Example

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Server and Polluter Maps

Server and Polluter Maps display the coverage area of
selected best and worse sectors.

 Map type:
 Best Server.
 Second Strongest Leg.
 Third Strongest Leg.
 Fourth Strongest Leg.
 Fifth Strongest Leg.
 Worst Polluter.

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Arc Maps
Arc Maps display selected KPIs at either predefined distance
increments from selected sectors, or according to predefined
percentages on the map area.

 Map type:
 Ec/Io.
 Fixed Distance Busy Hour Traffic.
 Fixed Distance Drop Call.
 Fixed Percentage Busy Hour Traffic.
 Pilot Dominance.
 Pilot Pollution.
 Soft HO Factor.
 Softer HO Factor.
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Combined Maps
Combined Maps are used for correlating different maps and
KPIs based on defined thresholds.

 Combined Maps provide powerful analysis and are

recommended for daily use.

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Combined Maps (cont’)

 KPI threshold can not be changed after map creation.
 Map threshold can be changed using the ‘threshold slider’.

 Examples
 Coverage quality for top dropping cells.

 Problematic coverage quality areas for top dropping cells.

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Call Trace-based Maps

Use Event Maps to create call trace-based maps for events, which
display a positioned visual indication, per mobile handset:

 Virtual Drive Test Maps

 Mobile Drop Maps
 Access Failure Maps
 Mobile IRAT Maps

Most filtering options for creating the maps

are similar across all map types.

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Virtual Drive Test Maps

The virtual drive test map enables you to display an immediate
visualization of all call flow events associated with specific sectors
and terminal handsets, according to a specific time.

 Data for the virtual drive test is usually

taken from the Call DB on the server.

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Virtual Drive Test – Call DB Filtering

 Using the Select mobiles field you can choose to filter specific
mobiles, based on IMEI or IMSI.
 You can use a file containing a list of the required numbers or
simply enter numbers expressions.

 You can select whether to display the

map for all terminals or to filter the
terminals according to a list, a file,
or an expression.

 In the Release cause field, you can filter the reasons

for the call release (single or multiple).

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Virtual Drive Test – Map Layer

You can view the virtual drive test on the map area, or display its
details in the Event Viewer.

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Virtual Drive Test – Event Viewer

You can use the Event Viewer to view the details of any of the calls
that took place in the virtual drive test (right-click the virtual drive test
layer to display the Event Viewer).

 The Calls pane displays the phone numbers of all mobiles that took
part in the virtual drive test and their type:

Normal Drop Access Failure

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Event Viewer – Example

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Event Viewer and Map

Right-clicking on each point in the map displays a menu
enabling you to:

 Show Servers – displays the serving sectors for each point.

 A solid line represents active sectors, and a dashed line
represents candidate sectors.

 Show in Event Viewer – selects the relevant call and event

in the Event Viewer.

You can save one or more calls in the left pane as a separate layer by
right-clicking, enabling you to investigate these calls at a later stage.

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Virtual Drive Tests for GSM

If your network includes a GSM environment, you can display a
Virtual Drive Test Map layer for GSM calls.

 Select GSM Call Trace Files as the data source, and in the File
Location field, enter the path or browse to the file containing the call
traces you want to analyze.

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Event Viewer – Main Operations

 Filter events or list of calls.
 Search for selected text.
 Export and Import events.
 Display the actual contents of the selected event.
 Display all the mobiles associated with the selected calls
at maximum zoom.

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Drop and Access Failure Maps

 Drop Maps display all drops (except for drops caused by access
failure) reported in the network or in an area or sector selection.

 Access Failure Maps display

drops caused by access failure.

Currently Mentor supports maps

for layers of up to 250,00 drops.

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Mobile Drops Maps – Example

All Mobiles

Selected Terminals

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Mobile IRAT Maps

Mobile IRAT Maps display IRAT handover events indicating a
shift from the UMTS network to the GSM network.

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Sector and Area Selection Statistics

If your model contains positioning, Mentor enables you to analyze
an area or sector selection by displaying the relevant RF and traffic
statistics for the busy hour in the Statistics Viewer.

 Mentor supports analyzing statistics for:

 Mobile Drops
 Performance
 Server and Polluters

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Statistics Viewer – Mobile Drops

You can display mobile drop statistics for the entire network, or only
for an area or sector selection for the busy hour.

 Create an area or sector selection

and open the Show Mobile Drop
Statistics dialog box.

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Opening the Statistics Viewer

 Populate the criteria to display the statistics and click OK.

 Once the statistics are created, the

number of serving sectors and their
statistics are displayed in graph format.

If there are more than 100 serving

sectors, only the top 100 statistics
will be displayed.
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Statistics Viewer – Graph

You can right-click any sector on the graph,
and from the pop-up menu:

 Select or flag the sector on the map.

 Reset the Y-axis range.
 Copy the statistics as an image.
 Save the statistics as an image file.
 Print the statistics.

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Statistics Viewer – Statistics

Click the Statistics tab to view the statistics for the entire selection,
and if relevant, for a current selection, in text format.

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Statistics Viewer – Options Menu

From the Options menu, you can perform the following actions, depending
on whether the statistics are based on an area or sector selection:

 Rename statistics.
 Select / Display serving sectors on map.
 Select / Display sectors selection on map.
 Select / Display area selection on map.
 Add additional statistics.
 Delete statistics.
 Set the range of values for the y-axis.
 Export / Import statistics.

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Statistics Viewer – Adding Statistics

 When adding additional statistics, these will be displayed within the
same Statistics Viewer.

 Choose which statistic to display.

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Statistics Viewer – Performance Statistics

 Downlink Throughput
 Downlink Volume
 Ec/Io Best
 Ec/Io Coverage
 RSCP Best
 RSCP Coverage
 Uplink Throughput
 Uplink Volume

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Statistics Viewer – Server and Polluter

 Best Server
 Number of Reported Legs – the percentage of time that calls had
the specific active set size in the selected.
 Polluter Sectors
 Serving Leg Number

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 What types of performance maps can you create?
 Describe the main statistics available in Statistics Viewer?
 What is the purpose of the Event Viewer? What information
can you display in it?

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Running the Network
Analysis Wizard

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

run network analysis calculations using the
Analysis Wizard

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Main Topics
 Introduce the Analysis Wizard and its benefits
 Discuss types of analysis calculations
 Create new detailed reports and map layers
 Define aggregated KPIs reports and layers
 Set a recurring scheduled task

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The Analysis Wizard

The Analysis wizard provides the following benefits:

 Create various excel-based detailed reports.

 Create multiple KPIs, RF and Event maps simultaneously in the
background.
 Save analysis templates for recurring schedule.

Make sub-set
selections prior to
opening the wizard.

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Analysis Wizard – General

The General step enables you to define general properties for
the network analysis and select the mode of analysis to perform.

 Enter a Name for the new analysis calculation.

 If required and available, you can select a predefined

Template.

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General – Time Filter

If required, you can filter the network model logs to include
or exclude specific dates or days only.

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Time Filter
 You can choose to filter specific dates and weekdays.
 In the Exclude area, select the dates to exclude from the model.
 If you enter a reason for excluding
these dates, it can be viewed in
the calculation properties.

 Saved time filters can be used in future analysis

and in other optimization wizards.

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General – Analysis Mode

You can perform two types of network analysis:

 Current Network – regular analysis for the current selection-set

(sub-set).

 Multi-Network Comparison – compare the optimized network to

a network that has not undergone optimization, in order to receive
a before and after status of the network.

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Analysis Wizard – Reports

In the Reports step, you can define the reports and layers that
will be generated as a result of the analysis.

 Mentor supports different types of reports and layers

(described in the next slide).

 This step includes a default report – Mobile Drops – dropped calls

recorded in the selection set, for all mobiles or filtered for specific
mobiles, drop reason or RAB group.

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New Analysis Reports and Layers

If required, you can create additional analysis reports and layers
of different types:

 Detailed Analysis Report

 KPI Analysis Report / Layer
 Map Analysis Layer
 Event Map Analysis Layer

Defining KPIs, RF and Event reports and layers is similar to creating

each map separately from the main window as explained before.
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Defining New Detailed Report

Detailed Analysis Report shows the detailed data derived
from the logs (not KPI based).

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Detailed Report – Types

 Mobile Drop (default reports).
 Access Failure – number of calls that dropped due to access failures.
 Carrier Statistics – statistics for each of the carriers in the network
before the optimization.
 Data Performance – effect of each sector on user experience and
network statistics.
 HSDPA Histograms – various histograms relating to HSDPA and
other RBS-based statistics.
 Swapped Sectors – all sectors that are suspected of having been
swapped with other sectors, as well as the co-located sectors they are
suspected of having been swapped with.

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Detailed Report Types – Vendor Specific

 Ericsson
 APN Histograms – details of the APNs found in the network data.
 Access Distance Histograms – number of calls initiated at
specified distances from the access sector.
 Power Histograms – distribution of various power
measurements.

 Ericsson and Huawei

 IRAT Handover Events – details of the IRAT (UMTS to GSM)
handovers for voice calls and data sessions in the UMTS network.

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KPIs Reports – Aggregation

KPIs reports and layers can be created for aggregated
resolutions other than sector-based.

 In the Time field, select the resolution level, which also determines
the level of detail that will be displayed (defines the X axis for graphs):
 Hour – hourly analysis, per hour.
 Day – average daily analysis, per day.
 Week – average daily analysis, per week.
 Model dates – average daily analysis, for the entire modeling period.
 Useful for multi-network comparison and overall summary.
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Analysis Reports and Layers – Operations

 Save as Template.
 You can save selected analysis reports and layers as a template,
to be used for future analyses (*.rep file).

 Load.

 Duplicate (and edit values).

 Edit.

 Remove.

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Analysis Wizard – Summary

The Summary step enables you to view a summary of the
analysis, including the data consistency checks.

 In case of data inconsistencies:

 Error – go back and correct the parameters set
in the General step.
 Warning – approve the warnings before you can run the model.

 You can Save the analysis

as a template for future use.

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Running the Analysis

Once you have defined all the fields in the Analysis wizard,
you can run the analysis calculation.

 The status of the analysis is displayed at the Calculation pane.

 You can stop a running analysis by right-clicking it

and choosing Stop.

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Analysis Validation
As soon as the analysis run has completed, its status changes to Valid,
and the Analysis Completed dialog box is displayed:

 Details – error and warning messages.

 Layers / Reports – view reports and layers created during the

analysis according to your definitions.
 Load the relevant layers to the map
(will appear in the Layers pane).

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Analysis Calculations – Operations

From the Right-click menu of the relevant analysis
calculation you can:

 Load created layers.

 Open created reports.
 Display on the map the area / sectors chosen for the calculation.
 Duplicate and edit the calculation.
 Schedule a recurring task.
 Save the calculation as a template.
 Delete.
 View the calculation’s properties.

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Scheduling Recurring Analysis Tasks

After you have run an analysis, you can use the same template
to schedule additional analysis tasks in the server.

 If required, you can schedule multiple analysis tasks simultaneously

by adding one or more templates from other analyses.

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New Analysis Task Wizard – General

 You can schedule the analysis to run on all sectors in the cluster or
only on a previously saved sector selection.

 If required, add additional analysis template(s).

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Analysis Task – Modeling Data and Schedule

 The Modeling Data step enables you to define the modeling period
for the task, and the modeling days that will be included in the task.

 In the Schedule step you can define the recurrence of the task.

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Task Recurrence

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Viewing Server Tasks Status

 On the Status bar, you can view the status and number of tasks
that are currently running in the server.

 If required, you can access the relevant task occurrence dialog

box to edit and manage tasks.

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Analysis Task Occurrences

You can view a list of analysis task occurrences affecting the
clusters to which you are assigned:

 Delete task occurrences.

 Run a pending task.
 Import a task occurrence.
 View and Edit task.

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Task Occurrence Properties

From the task occurrence properties, you can perform the
following activities:

 Edit the task – selection-set, template, modeling data and schedule.

 Deactivate / activate the task.
 View history.
 Open reports (from the History tab).

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 What types of analysis can you perform using the Analysis
Wizard?
 List the types of reports and network layers you can create.

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Mentor

SC Plan Optimization

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

perform SC optimization to resolve co-SC
conflicts and to reserve SCs for new sites

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Main Topics
 Describe SC optimization objectives
 Introduce the SC optimization Wizard
 Explore the workflow for running SC optimization
 Review SC optimization layers and report
 Display potential Co-SC conflicts

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SC Plan Optimization
Mentor provides an automatic solution for SC optimization in all
wide-band technologies, to resolve co-SC conflicts before running
any other optimization.

 The optimization plan takes into consideration the physical array of

cell sites and antennas, the neighbor list definition, and various
constraints and planning rules.

 SC planning is required in the following cases:

 Optimizing existing sites – resolving co-SC conflicts or reserving
SCs for future sites.
 New site planning – selecting the best SCs for new sites.
 Redefining pilots for large clusters, which can be the result of
reserving SCs for new sites.

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Pre-Conditions
 Use the updated setting of the network in terms of physical sites and
antenna array (especially location, azimuth and antenna profiles).

 Include non-active sites and sites with missing data (e.g. planned sites).

 Update Mentor with the latest switch dump, including an accurate and
current SC plan and NL.

 It is recommended to conduct a “basic” NL optimization before

optimizing the SCs.
 Using the current NL, Mentor can detect 1st or 2nd tier Co-SCs and
Co-SC in the NL.
 Thorough NL optimization can be repeated after Co-SC conflicts are
resolved.
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SC Selection Set
 Only sectors in the selection set can be changed.

 Mentor will consider both inner selection Co-SC conflicts and conflicts
between the selection and sectors outside the selection set.

 The selection set can include also non-active cells or cells with
missing data.

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SC Optimization Wizard
After you have imported the network, you can launch the SC Optimization
wizard, which guides you through the process of planning the SCs.

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SC Optimization Wizard – General

The General step of the SC Optimization wizard enables you to
define general properties for the SC plan.

 Enter a Name for the new SC plan.

 If required and available, you can select a predefined optimization
Template.

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General – SC Optimization Goal

 Recreate global SC plan (within the selection) – global Co-SC
solution, enabling you to plan as well as reserve SCs for new sites.
 Resolve severe co-SCs for active sites (within the selection) –
detect conflicts and assign new SCs.
 Plan SCs for new sites – detect sectors that are missing data, or
were listed as inactive, and assign them new SCs.
 Plan SCs for new sites and resolve severe co-SCs for active sites
– assign different SCs to new sites and solve co-SC conflicts for
active sites.

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Goal – Recreate global SC plan

 Global SC solution for the entire selection.
 Also resolves all geographical based impacts up to the maximum
range (50km as default) for all cells.
 All kind of impacts.

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Goal – Resolve severe co-SCs for active sites

 Resolving the severe Co-SC cases in the selection.
 Only active sectors can be changed.
 This scenario is resolved using the minimal changes approach.
 Severe cases are:
 Co-located SCs (same site).
 Nearby sectors – below a certain range.
 Tier 1 CoSC neighbor (source SC = target SC).
 Tier 2 CoSC neighbor (source SC = 2nd tier target SC).
 CoSC in the NL (2 targets with the same SC).
 Other impacts are ignored.
 Sectors with irregular SCs not matching
the SC allocation policy can be fixed too.

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Goal – Plan SCs for new sites

 Setting SC for new sites in order to avoid CoSC with neighboring cells
(both new and existing).
 New sites are:
 Sectors marked as missing data (even without SC or NL).
 Sectors marked as non-active.
 Impacts between any active sectors are ignored.

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Goal – Plan new & resolve co-SCs for active

 Combined solution for both severe active CoSC impacts and new sites.
 Does not resolve geographical based impacts for active cells.

 Highest priority is given to impacts with higher severity:

(Co located (2 sectors with the same SC below 200m)-> near by
(below CoSC distance) & 1st tier (Source and Target with the same
SC) & NL CoSC -> 2nd tier)

 Sectors with irregular SCs not matching

the SC allocation policy can be fixed.

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Goal Selection – Guidelines

 Recreate Global SC plan – recommended in most cases.
 Fixes all sorts of impacts for distances below MaxCoSCDistance
(50km).
 Select all Co-SCs identified in import or NL reports and fix them
along with new sectors.
 Only valid option for global SC redraw: A wide selection would
also fix other found geo-impacts.

 Active site co-SC solution – recommended when minimal amount of

changes are required.
 Mentor will ignore the regular SCs if their distance is above
MinCoSCDistance (5km) and not involved in NL based impact
(tier1 & tier2&NL CoSC).

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Goal Selection – Guidelines (cont’)

 New site SC planning – recommended for setting SCs for new sites
only.
 Considers all possible impacts.

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Non Active Cells – Guidelines

 Mentor always considers non-active cells.
 If you don’t want to consider them – they must be removed from
the network.

 Mentor will consider non-active cell’s NL in tier 1 or tier 2 Co-SC

or NL Co-SC as active cells.
 Without NL, Mentor will consider only distance based impacts,
like other cells.

 These rules also apply to active cells

with missing NL data.

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Greenfield SC Planning – Guidelines

 When conducting Greenfield SC planning select Recreate Global
SC plan.

 Build the environment with all possible sites.

 Including sites that are not activated immediately – best option.
 Optional – keep SCs for later activated sites.

 Consider adding neighboring systems (at least ones with soft HO).

 Use base carrier covering all the cells.

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New Sites Optimization – Guidelines

 Export the current environment to Mentor format.

 Add the relevant sectors in Mentor format.

 In antennas.txt with expected location, azimuth and antenna
profile.
 In sectorcarriers.txt as sectors with the relevant base carrier –
use a random SC or any SC currently selected for these new
sectors.
 Option: add basic NL of neighbor list file.

 Import the new environment with all new sites.

 Run SC plan for the new sectors alone.

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SC Optimization Wizard – Constraints

The Constraints step enables you to define global and sector-level
constraints for the SC optimization.

 Select the method for SC allocation policy

(the parameters are discussed later):
 Sector Wise – SC range is divided into groups according to the
SECTOR_WISE_SC_DELTA parameter, and then allocated
accordingly to the sectors in a site.
 Site Wise – allocated sequentially per site, with the delta based
on the SITE_WISE_SC_STEP parameter.
 Best Available – randomly from within the range of valid SCs.

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Global SC Allocation – Sector Wise

 Sector wise FGA means Fixed SC Group Assignment per site
based on fixed SC range per sector where the range defined by
SECTOR_WISE_SC_DELTA.

 Rules
 Alpha sector receives the 1st range, Beta sectors receive the 2nd
range, etc.
 Sectors 4,5,6 are handled like sectors 1,2,3, respectively.
 Sectors 4…6 are considered as independent sites.

 An Alpha sector is identified as the sector with the azimuth

nearest to 0°.

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Global SC Allocation – Site Wise

 Site wise FGA = fixed SC group assignment per site
based on these rules:
 Sequential SC numbers starting at Sector 1.
 Fixed steps between sectors (X, X+SITE_WISE_SC_STEP,
X+SITE_WISE_SC_STEP*2).
 SC assignment is done in sets – for example if
SITE_WISE_SC_STEP=8 then 0-7 would be assigned to alpha
sector, 8-15 to Beta and 16-23 to Gamma. Next set would be 24-31;
32-39; 40-47 etc.

 Additional Rules
 Sectors 4,5,6 are handled like Sectors 1,2,3, respectively
 As default, sectors 4…6 would be considered as independent sites.

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Global SC Allocation – Best Available

 Any SC combination is allowed.

 No dependencies between sectors.

 Most flexible solution for special cases such as single sectors or

cases that cannot be optimized well with FGA.

 Global SC range and NL constraints are always considered.

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Global Allowed SCs – Range

 If required, enter the global allowed SC range in the SCs field.
 This enables you to reserve SCs for new sectors, or for future sites.
 Example:
 0-500: keeping SC 501-511 for new cells.

 0-200,205-511: keeping SCs 201-204 for Femto cells.

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SC Constrain File
The SC constraint file is used for:

 Locking sectors for optimization.

 Setting local range of SCs – using either forbidden or allowed set of
SCs per sector.
 Smart local FGAs when global policy is Best Available.

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Constraints Analysis
Generate a report showing the number of sectors that can be
optimized, and the sectors that are locked for optimization.

 Result of the intersection of 4 groups of SCs: Global SC range, FGA,

Constraint file: allowed & forbidden SCs.

 If Sector-Wise or Site-Wise FGA are used, the analysis is done per

site, ex: locking one sector would lock the whole site.

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Running the Optimization

 Use the Summary step to view a summary of the optimization,
including the data consistency checks.

 Click Finish to run the optimization and

use the Calculation pane to review
its status.

 As soon as the optimization run has completed, its status changes to

Valid, and the SC Optimization Completed dialog box is displayed

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Co-SC Impacts – Overview

The Algorithm Orientation

 Resolve Co-SC problems in the network with the minimal SC
changes.
 Identify the most critical Co-SC pairs and find the better allocation
with lower Co-SC weight.
 Each pair receives a weight reflecting its severity.
 Try to reduce the overall weight of the selection set by correcting
Co-SC pairs.
 Pairs with higher weight have a greater chance to be solved.

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Type of Co-SC Weights

 Co-SC Impacts
 Distance and angle based weight – reflecting the Co-SCs
geographic relationship
 NL Co-SC Based weight – reflecting 1st tier and 2nd tier and NL
Co-SC – higher weight than the geographic impact above
 Minimal Distance Based Weight – Co-SCs are below minimal
allowed distance (MinCoSCDistance) – Same weight than as tier
1 NL based Co-SC
 Co-Located Sectors – Co-SCs sharing the same site (distance is
below 200 meters) – highest weight.

 The impact of every pair is reflected as the severity of the Co-Sc pair
in the reports.

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NL Based Weights
 Tier 1 HO
 B is a neighbor of A and SC(A)=SC(B).
 Higher weight is given to tier 1 HO (1,000,000).
 Tier 2 HO
 C is a neighbor of A and D is a neighbor of C and SC(A)=SC(D).
 The weight of this case is high (1000).
 NL CoSC
 B & D are neighbors of A and SC(A)=SC(D).
 The weight of this case is same as tier1(1,000,000).

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Distance Based Weights

 Co-located Site
 Highest weight is given to Co-SCs that are less than 200m away
(score of 1-E09)

 Nearby Site
 High weight (same as tier 1 HO) is given to Co-SCs with a
distance lower than MinCoSCDistance (5 Km as default)
 All cases with distances between MinCoSCDistance and 200 m,
get the same weight
 Consider when using Active site co-SC solution.

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Distance and Angle Based Weight

 Every co-SC pair receives weight that reflects:
 The distance between the sectors.
 The relative gain of the antennas on the line of sight.

 The formula is:

Weight=1000*Loss /Dist^SC_DISTANCE_WEIGHT

Where:
Loss = Average(10^-LossA/10, 10^-LossB/10)
Dist = the distance between the sectors in Km
SC_DISTANCE_WEIGHT is equal to 2 as default.

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Distance and Angle Based Weight (cont’)

 Examples:
 A & B: - 2 face to face, 10 km away (gain loss is 0 dB, loss
value is 1):
 weight (A B)= 1000 * 1 / 10^2 = 10

 B & C: 2 back to back, 10 km away (gain loss is 20 dB, loss

value is 0.01):
 weight (B C)= 1000 * 0.01 / 10^2 = 0.1

 Note – Reducing the distance by X increases the weight by X2

since the weight of the distance is squared.

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SC Optimization Layers
Mentor creates two layers for each SC Optimization plan, showing
SC-reuse pairs, connected by a line whose color reflects the severity
of the reuse:

 Scrambling Code Reuse Before (the optimization).

 Scrambling Code Reuse After.

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SC Optimization Layers

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SC Optimization Layers (Cont’)

Depending on the severity of the SC reuse, the following can be
displayed in the layers:

 Co-located sectors – two sectors that probably share the same site,
or the distance between the antennas is 200 meters or less.
 Nearby sectors – distance between the SC-reuse pair is below the
distance defined by the MIN_CO_SC_DISTANCE parameter.
 Tier 1 HO – SC-reuse pair are 1st tier neighbors, meaning the source
and the target sectors have the same SC.
 Tier 2 HO – SC-reuse pair are defined as 2nd tier neighbors in at least
one direction.
 <number> – calculated severity of the SC-reuse before optimization,
based on the angle, antenna profile, and distance between the
sectors in the SC-reuse pair.

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Displaying Potential Co-SC Conflicts

You can display potential co-SC conflicts by highlighting and displaying
links to all sectors sharing the same SC as the selected sector.

 To limit the number of possible conflicts, Mentor will show potential

co-SC conflicts only within the range specified by the
MAX_CO_SC_DISTANCE parameter or within a range 4-times the
average neighbor distance.

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Displaying Potential Co-SC Conflicts (Cont’)

 Save the layer under the GIS category in the Layers pane.

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Scrambling Code Report

The SC report shows details of the SC changes, as well as of
the SC reuses before and after the optimization.

 Report tabs:
 Summary
 SC Changes
 SC Reuses Before
 SC Reuses After
 Carrier Summary
 Network Properties
 Details

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SC Solution Evaluation
 Compare the worst Co-SCs in the “after” vs. “before” report and
check if they improved.

 Count the number of severe cases before and after optimization

 Make sure that worst cases are less critical in the “after”.
 Check the worst Co-SC pairs (old and new) on the map layers.

 Compare the sum of numerical weights.

 Compare the average distances for top cases or all cases.

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SC Key Parameters – Summary

Parameter Default Value Remarks

MIN_CO_SC_DISTANCE 5 km [0..100] Can be increased to distance CoSCs

MAX_CO_SC_DISTANCE 50 km [0..1000] Impacts beyond this range are ignored

Controls the delta between sectors in the

SECTOR_WISE_SC_DELTA 168 [1..171] sector wise FGA option (Example:
3,171,339)
Controls the way SC is assigned to Omni
OMNI_SC_POLICY FREE [SECTOR1] cells
Minimal geographical impact to be shown
MIN_CO_SC_SCORE_FOR_LAYER 1 [0…1000] on the map layers. Higher value would
show more severe cases.
SC_DISTANCE_WEIGHT 2 [0..4] 2 is the optimal value since impact 
1/R2

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 Describe the steps to perform a SC optimization.
 What are the available SC optimizations goals?
 List the layers and reports created by the SC optimization
wizard.

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Mentor

Neighbors List Optimization

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of the individual to whom it is addressed and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material
in error, please destroy it immediately.

Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

perform Neighbor List optimization to
improve the network’s RF model accuracy

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Main Topics
 Describe the Neighbor List optimization process
 Introduce the NL optimization Wizard
 Describe NL types
 Explore the workflow for running NL optimization
 Review NL optimization layers and reports

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Neighbor List Optimization

The neighbor list optimization helps ensure that the neighbor list
is as accurate as possible, so that mobiles can identify all pilots.

 There are two types of neighbor lists:

 Original Neighbor List – currently implemented, imported from
the switch dump.
 Optimized Neighbor List – planned neighbor list according to the
optimization process.

 In addition to the automatic optimization process, Mentor enables you

to manually fine tune the neighbor list by adding or removing
neighbors, or by changing the priority of existing neighbors.

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Predictions/DT Based NL Optimization

Optimize NL according to known converge patterns.

NL SC#6
1. 2
2. 4
3. 34
4. 24
5. 32
6. 26

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Predictions/DT Based NL Optimization

Optimize NL according to realistic traffic trends.

NL SC#6
1. 26
2. 2
3. 4
4. 24
5. 32
6. 34

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Neighbor List Optimization Workflow

 The neighbor list optimization should be performed before and after
every Antenna Sectors optimization if necessary, based on the
HO-rate change, which shows the number of neighbor list problems.

 Before each optimization, you should collect new logs and update the
environment with the latest parameter settings.

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Neighbor List Optimization and Data Source

 For every measurement message:
 Mentor identifies the reference sector as the source sector.
 Search for its neighbors (where their Ec/Io >= MinEcIo) and prioritize
them according to handoff counts.
 The current Neighbor List is taken from the latest switch dump files.

 Logs source – CHRs (Huawei), GPEH (Ericsson), KPIs and Megamon

logs (NSN).
 5 weekdays / 24 hours should be enough for most scenarios.

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Neighbor List Optimization Process

 Mentor sorts the neighbor list according to handover count, which is
the main basis for the neighbor list optimization.

 Source sectors with an absolute low handover count are removed

from the optimization plan, as their statistical significance is low.

 Target neighboring sectors with absolute or relative low handover

counts are removed from the neighbor list for the same reason, giving
higher priority to neighbors with higher handover counts.

 Neighbors with a high interaction level with the source sector are
candidates for higher priorities.

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Neighbor List Optimization Process (cont’)

Special optimization rules to keep neighbors in the list, or to give
them a higher priority than they would normally be assigned, can
be used in the following cases:

 Missing neighbors – sectors that don’t appear in the original list.

 Locked neighbors – you can give minimal priority to special sectors or
temporary sectors and they will not be removed from the neighbor list.
 Co-SC neighbors – source sectors with two possible neighbors with
the same SC.
 Mentor decides whether to optimize these sectors, and which
sectors to use as the neighbor.
 Softer neighbors – target sectors sharing the same site usually receive
the highest priority, no matter what their handover count.

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Main NL Flow Steps

NL Optimization Process

Symmetry Support

Co‐SC Handling

Import Current NL Filter Low Count

Locked/Forbidden

Create HO Count Overshooting

Based NL Model
Softer Handling
Reports & Layers
Tiers & Overshooting Tier 1 Handling
Identification
Minimize Deletion

Unknown Neighbor
Export NL Plan

Long Distance

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Current Neighbor List

 Use the Neighbor List Viewer pane to view
the current neighbor list of a selected sector.

 You can also use the Sector Properties

Neighbor List tab.

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Original Neighbor List Modifications

 Before running the neighbor list optimization you can add
constraints to the optimization by performing the following:
 Locking neighbors.
 Adding / removing new neighbors from list.
 Adding forbidden neighbors.

 Constraints to specific sectors are performed from the Neighbor List

tab of source sector’s properties.

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Locking Neighbors
 You can lock the incoming and outgoing priorities to ensure that
specific neighbors are included in the optimization, and that their
priority will not be changed to below the locked priority level.

 You can also lock a neighbor without assigning a specific priority to

ensure that the neighbor will be included in the optimization, and the
priority will be defined by Mentor.

If the incoming priority of a sector is locked for a certain neighbor,

then the neighbor's outgoing priority for that sector is also
automatically locked, and vice versa.

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Locking Neighbors – Cases

You should lock the neighbors in the following cases:

 Important target neighbors that may be deleted due to a low rate of

handover attempts should be locked.

 Neighbors that are defined as hard-handover only neighbors

should be manually locked for optimization so that Mentor can keep
their current priority in the neighbor list.

 Temporary sites or sectors that are only occasionally activated.

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Locking Neighbors – Methods

You can lock neighbors in the following ways:

 Locking specific target sectors in the neighbor list of a selected carrier.

 Locking multiple selected sectors.
 Locking priorities using the Neighbor List Recommendation file.

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Locking Specific Target Sectors

 You can lock specific target sectors.

 If required, you can change the locked priority of the selected

neighbor.

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Locking Multiple Target Sectors

 Choose the required sectors (by creating a selection set) and open
the selection set properties (use the View menu).

 Select the check boxes to lock or unlock the

outgoing or incoming neighbor list priority.

 If required, add constraints that prevent the selected sectors from

being added to or removed from the neighbor list.

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Adding New / Forbidden Neighbors

You can manually add new neighbors to the neighbor list to:

 Lock their priorities to ensure that they are included in the optimizations
 Define them as forbidden, which means that they will not take part in the
optimization.

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Neighbor List Optimization Wizard

The Neighbor List Optimization wizard guides you through the
process of planning and optimizing the neighbor list.

 If the selection set for the optimization

includes planned sectors, you will be
promoted in accordance.

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NL Optimization Wizard – General

 Enter a Name for the new neighbor list plan.
 If required and available, you can select a predefined Template.

 You can use the Time Filter to filter the network model logs to
specific dates or days.

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General – Neighbor List Type

Select the type of neighbor list to optimize (options will appear
depending on your network environment):

 UMTS Intra-frequency – sectors belonging to the same carrier.

 UMTS Inter-frequency – sectors belonging to different carriers.
 UMTS/GSM – 3G to 2G sectors, based on the trace logs and PM
counters.

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Running the Optimization

 Use the Summary step to view a summary of the optimization,
including the data consistency checks.

 Click Finish to run the optimization and

use the Calculation pane to review
its status.

 As soon as the optimization run has completed, its status changes to

Valid, and the NL Optimization Completed dialog box is displayed

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Neighbors Selection & Prioritization

Following are the basic rules explaining how Mentor selects and
prioritizes the neighbors for each sector:

 First priority is given to locked neighbors.

 2nd priority to required reciprocity (if defined).
 3rd priority is for special rules for keeping the current neighbors.
 4th priority for regular HO rate/count.
 Last priority for recommended reciprocity (if defined).

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Phase 1 – Neighbor Selection Rules

Priority Criteria Description Controlled By
Give priority to locking in the highest User manual constraints
1 User Locks
desired priority (File / GUI)

2 Softer Lock Give priority to 2 softer neighbors SOFTER_NEIGHBOR

Prefer targets with a symmetry lock.

3 Reciprocity lock A symmetry lock from A to B exists when Reciprocity Level is required
B is locked (or not optimized) and it has
an existing neighbor to A.
If one candidate is tier 1 and is in the
4 Keep Tier 1 original network, and the other is not, Keep1stTier
prefer the first one.

5 Avoid delete Candidate is in the original NL Minimize Deletions

6 Prefer the candidate with the higher HO Min_N_count/

HO count/rate
count/rate. MINIMAL_NEIGHBOR_RATE

7 Recommended Reciprocity Level is

Add outgoing neighbor if incoming exist
Reciprocity recommended

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Phase 2 – Selected Neighbor Prioritization Rules

 Which selected neighbor will be sorted first.
 Only applied to the neighbors that were selected by the criteria in
Phase 1.
 After considering the maximal NL length as well.

Priority Criteria Description Controlled By

User locks (GUI/ NL
1 User Locks Priority of user manual lock
constraint file)
2 Softer Lock Give priority to 2 softer neighbors SOFTER_NEIGHBOR

Prefer the candidate with the highest

3 HO count
count
Prefer the candidate with the highest
4 Original Priority
original priority
5 Sector Name Alphabetic order

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Neighbor List Reports

There are four available reports:

 Neighbor List Errors and Warning – errors and warnings, including

co-SC conflicts.
 Neighbor List Reciprocity Report – the level of non-reciprocal
handover cases per source sector.
 Neighbor List Report – new neighbor list for all sectors.
 Neighbor List Summary Report.

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Neighbor List Errors and Warning

 Overshooting Sectors
 Identifies overshooting sectors affecting the selection.
 Softer Neighbors Low Counts
 Softer neighbors with relatively low HO count (could have been
removed if soft are not locked).
 Unidentified Legs
 Unknown legs in the NL model.
 Critical if there are active sectors affecting the selection & missing
in Mentor format.
 Potential Co-SC Targets
 Reporting severe Co-SC identified during optimization.

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Summary Report – HO Rate Change

Mentor calculates the HO-rate difference (in %) between the
original and optimized neighbor lists.

 A high positive HO-rate change can indicate a neighbor list with

missing neighbors that have a significant amount of potential
handovers.

 A negative HO-rate change can indicate a neighbor list with

overshooting neighbors, or with removed neighbors, usually because
they are unnecessary or because they were manually forbidden.

 HO count (new NL) –  HO count(current NL)

HORateChange 
 HO count

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Summary Report – HO Rate Change (cont’)

 The HO-rate change summarizes all the problems into one indicator,
simplifying the process of examining the need to change the neighbor
list per sector-carrier.

 This enables you to select the sectors that require NL optimization the
most, and ignore sectors whose score is low (and therefore are not in
need of having their NL optimized).

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HO Rate Change Calculation

 HO Rate Change is displayed as a percentage between
–100% to +100%.

 Example
 Original NL total HO rate is 70%
 New NL adds a missing neighbor that has 20% HO rate
 New NL total HO rate is 90%
 HO rate change = (90% - 70%) = +20%

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HO Rate Change Values

 +10% - +100%
 Missing neighbors with high HO rate are critical for performance.
 Significant improvement is expected.

 +5% - +10%
 Added neighbors have significant amount of potential HO.
 Some improvement in performance.

 0% - +5%
 Neighbors were added usually with low HO rate.
 No need to run optimization – low improvement is expected unless
reciprocity is enabled.

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HO Rate Change Values (cont’)

Negative HO rate = New NL has less HO counts than the current NL.

 -5% - 0%
 Some neighbors are deleted but usually they are not necessary
(low HO rate per target).
 Can improve performance in some cases:
 Reduced NL length  increased SC scanning efficiency in the mobile’s
receiver “searcher” finger.
 Much more effective NL in access state, can reduce AF rate.

 100% - -5%
 Important neighbors are deleted = High damage potential!
 Probably caused by forbidden NL constraints / Co-SC/ required
reciprocity – need to validate the necessity to delete those neighbors.

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NL Optimization Layers
Depending on your environment, you can display the following
neighbor list layers created by Mentor:

 HO Rate Change – difference in the HO rate.

 HO Count Change – difference in the number of HO counts.
 Source Co-SCs – cases where two sectors with a common neighbor
have the same SC.
 Target Co-SCs – cases where a single sector has two neighbors with
the same SC.
 Impact Rate Change – difference in
the impact rate.

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HO-Rate Change Layer and Detailed Table

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NL Optimization Layers – Target Co-SCs

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Calculating the Overshooting Score

Overshooting sectors are badly configured sectors, which create
high noise levels, and pollute vast areas, even very far from their
natural service area.

 Mentor can identify potential overshooting sectors, and weights them

based on 3 main arguments:
 Relative distance from potential neighbors.
 Number of affected sectors.
 Number of affected HO counts.

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Viewing Neighbor List Changes

Mentor displays lines connecting a selected sector to all its
neighbors, and colors these lines and the neighbors according to
the recommended changes.

 In the map area, click the sector whose recommended neighbor list
changes you want to view.

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Viewing Neighbor List Changes (Cont’)

 Select the Neighbor plan for which to display the relevant
recommended changes (in case there is more than one).

 Select the Save as layer check box to

save the temporary layer to your disk.

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Showing Neighbor List Tier Numbers

The neighbor list tier numbers are used to show the relationship
between the source and target sectors, where the most natural
neighbors are considered Tier1 neighbors.

 The neighbor list tier numbers are calculated using the

Tier Identification Algorithm.
 Mentor determines the tier numbers
based on arguments such as HO rate
and distance from neighboring sectors.

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Showing Neighbor List Tier Numbers (Cont’)

 Save the layer under the GIS category in the Layers pane.

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NL Key Parameters – Summary

Parameter Description Default Value
Neighbors with a HO rate less than
MINIMAL_NEIGHBOR_RATE 0.5%
this parameter are deleted from NL
Neighbors with HO count less than
MIN_HO_COUNT 10
this parameter will not be added to NL
Defines the max number of neighbor
UMTS_MAX_NEIGHBORS
in sector’s NL
Defines the maximum allowed
MAXIMUM_TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_ number of neighbors (Intra-frequency,
NEIGHBORS Inter-frequency, and IRAT) for the NL
optimization
Reserves the highest priorities for the
SOFTER_HANDOVERS Yes
2 softer neighbors
KEEP_FIRST_TIER Locks the neighbors selected as 1st
tier
MINIMIZE_DELETIONS Minimizes the deletion of existing
neighbors due to changes resulting
from the NL optimization
MAX_NEIGHBOR_RANGE Controls the max range of a neighbor

MIN_TOTAL_HO_COUNT Defines minimum total HOs for all 500

possible neighbors, per source sector

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 Describe the process workflow for neighbor list
optimization.
 List the types of reports you can use to analyze the
optimization.

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Mentor
Manual Neighbors List
Editing

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

manually edit the original or optimized
Neighbor List

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Main Topics
 Explore the Neighbor List Editor
 Add / remove neighbors
 Change neighbor priority
 Enforce constraints on the network

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Manual Neighbor List Optimization

If required, you can manually fine-tune a neighbor list plan:

 The original plan from the switch.

 The optimized plan created by Mentor.

 You should duplicate the plan and then edit it.

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Neighbor List Editor Map

Neighbor
List Viewer

Summary
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Neighbor List Viewer Pane

The Neighbor List Viewer pane enables you to view details about the
neighbor list of the sector that is currently selected on the map.

 The pane contains two tabs:

 Final List – final neighbor list for this plan.
 Detailed List – details of all the neighbors that are/were relevant
for the selected sector (based on the original, old and new lists).

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Neighbor List Viewer Pane – Operations

 Display the neighbor list of one of the current neighbors.
 Flag a neighboring sector on the map by double-clicking the neighbor.
 Move between the previously selected sectors and their neighbor
lists.
 Add a previously removed neighbor.
 Change Priority.

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Summary Pane
The Summary pane enables you to view all sectors in the selection
that were worked on during both the regular and the manual neighbor
list optimization.

 The sector that is currently being edited is marked with in the first
column, and all other sectors that are affected by this change are
marked with .

 Any sectors that were edited during the manual neighbor list
optimization are listed as such in the Manually Changed column.

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Summary Pane – Operations

 Save manual changes as constraints on the network.
 Enforce network constraints in the current plan.
 Revert selected sectors to the original neighbor list plan or the
baseline plan.

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Viewing the Manual Neighbor List

You can display graphically on the map the manually edited
neighbor list of a selected sector.

 select the relevant sector.

 The connecting lines are colored according to their priority.

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Adding Neighbors
 To add a neighbor, click the sector to whose neighbor list you
want to add a neighbor and click the Add Neighbor icon.

 Using the changed cursor click each sector

you wish to add as a neighbor.

 By default, the new neighbor will be given

the lowest available priority.

If the sector cannot be added to the neighbor list, the reason is

displayed in the status bar at the bottom.
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Removing Neighbors
 Any neighbors that are removed are marked as manually
removed in the Neighbor List Viewer pane and in the
Final Changes legend, if displayed.

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Changing the Neighbor Priority

 Use the Neighbor List Viewer pane to change the incoming and/or
outgoing priority of a selected sector.

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Adding and Using Network Constraints

Any neighbor list constraints that were added during the manual
neighbor list optimization can be saved as constraints in the
network to be used in all further optimization runs.

 Use the Options menu in the Summary pane.

 You can then choose to use the network constraints

in the current plan.

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Reverting to the Original or Baseline NL Plan

You can cancel the proposed neighbor list changes
for specific sectors by reverting to:

 The original neighbor lists from the switch.

 The baseline plan calculated by Mentor
(if manual changes were made).

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Manual Neighbor List Report

The Manual Neighbor List report enables you to view the changes
made to the neighbor list, both by the Neighbor List optimization
wizard and manually in the Neighbor List Editor.

 The report is generated as soon as you save your manual changes to

the neighbor list.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 Which operations can you perform to manually edit the
neighbor list plan?

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Mentor
IRAT Neighbors List
Optimization

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

perform IRAT NL optimization to improve the
transition from UMTS to GSM networks

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Main Topics
 Describe IRAT NL optimization objectives
 Review the optimization workflow
 Explore the UMTS / GSM measurement plan

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IRAT Neighbor List Optimization

An IRAT neighbor list is needed for a smooth transition to
GSM, allowing subscribers to move between UMTS (3G) and
GSM (2G) radio access networks without losing service.

 IRAT Optimization Goals:

 Improving voice drop rate.
 Optimizing number of IRAT neighbors.
 Improving IRAT HO success rate.

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IRAT Neighbor List Optimization (cont’)

IRAT neighbor list optimization handles different aspects than
intra-frequency neighbor list optimization:

 Two different, independent systems.

 Two different switch dumps.
 Two different antenna physical data files.
 GSM cell parameters (LAC-CI and BCCH-BSIC) are not
automatically updated in the UMTS system
 Discrepancies may occur.
 No missing neighbor information.
 Measurement plan is needed.

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IRAT Neighbor List Optimizer Workflow

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IRAT Neighbor List Optimizer Workflow

 Importing Configuration Data
 Topology of both networks.
 Sectors’ azimuths and coordinates for both networks.

 Measurement Collection Planning

 Create a candidate neighbor list for each sector according to
distance and expected attenuation based on the sector’s angle.

 Collecting Measurements
 Collect measurements about existing and potential neighbors:
 Handover attempt counters.
 GPEH events.

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IRAT Neighbor List Optimizer Workflow (cont’)

 Creating an Optimized Neighbor List
 Determine optimal neighbor lists for the selected sectors:
 Add missing neighbors.
 Remove redundant neighbors.
 Prioritize neighbors.

 Provisioning Results
 Create scripts for automatic implementation of the optimization
plan in both networks.

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Import GSM Environment

When importing the network environment, make sure to import
the GSM network configuration.

 Data source – GSM configuration (depends on GSM vendor).

 Coordinates File – Simple text file with cell names and coordinates.
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GSM Environment – Coordinates File Example

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Measurement Plan
Neighbors candidates for measurement plan are chosen
according to distance/angles of sources / targets.

 Inputs
 UMTS configuration file (topology).
 Number of days.
 Maximum neighbors per source.

 Outputs
 Daily Scripts.
 Reports.

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UMTS/GSM Measurement Plan

The Measurement Plan tool functionality ensures that reliable
mobile-measurement data is collected for the network modeling.

 It you to generate an optimized plan for Ericsson UMTS systems to

record mobile measurements for selected UMTS sectors in
neighboring GSM networks.

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Measurement Plan Output

During the measurement plan execution, a provisioning script
is generated for implementation at the switch.

 Mentor creates a separate file for each recording day under a

specified user location.

 Each file contains the IRAT Neighbor List updates for all relevant
sectors in the selection.

 An additional file for IRAT Neighbor List updates is created in order to

clean-up the temporary neighbors.
 This file contains the original IRAT Neighbor List.

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Measurement Plan Reports

 Measurement Plan Co-BCCH-BSIC – GSM sectors that were not
included in the measurement plan in order to prevent Co-BCCH-BSIC
clashes.
 Measurement Plan Details – details of the measurement plan.
 Measurement Plan IRAT NL Plan Summary – summary of the IRAT
neighbor list plan.
 Measurement Plan Summary – summary of the measurement plan.
 Measurement Plan UMTS-GSM Discrepancy.

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Measurement Plan UMTS-GSM Discrepancy

This report shows the way the GSM network is listed in the IRAT
adjacency definition in the UMTS network, and the actual values,
as defined in the GSM network.

 Discrepancy can result from:

 Neighbor does not exist in GSM environment.
 BCCH/ BSIC are wrong.

 Mentor can generate a script that automatically resolves all

UMTS/GSM discrepancies in the switch.

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Measurement Plan Key Parameters

Parameter Description Default Value
Maximum weight of an existing neighbor in relation to
MAX_PERCENT_FOR_REMOVAL all the other neighbors of a source sector, below which
1.0
(%) it will be considered for deletion in order to make room
for potential neighbors to be measured
Radius within which potential neighbors will be
MAX_RADIUS (Meters/Feet) 25,000/82,025
measured
Minimum number of model days required, per source
MIN_DAYS_FOR_IRAT_REMOVAL sector, in order to remove low-rate targets during the 3
measurement plan
Minimum number of potential neighbors to be recorded
MIN_NBRS_TO_RECORD 48
in a measurement plan, for each source sector
Minimum percentage of hours in the day required in
MIN_PART_DAY_FOR_IRAT_
order to consider the removal of low-rated targets for 75
REMOVAL (%)
that day

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IRAT Neighbor List Optimization

Based on the statistics (HO counts to GSM) collected for all
neighbors during model period you can run the NL optimization.

 Model should include the entire measurement plan period.

 Model for analysis only is required (quick model).

 HO Counts are normalized to represent the time they were active and
defined as neighbors.

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IRAT Neighbor List Key Parameters

Parameter Description Default Value
whether to fix Co-BCCH/BSIC problems by adding
IRAT_CANCEL_CO_BCCH_BSIC the neighbor with the higher handover count to the No
neighbor list
whether to lock the IRAT neighbor to a co-located
IRAT_FORCE_CO_LOCATED GSM sector in the neighbor list, even if they do not Yes
have enough handover counts
whether in-building sectors should be locked for
IRAT_IN_BUILDING_LOCK_NL Yes
neighbor-list optimization
minimum number of handovers from source to target,
IRAT_LOW_COUNT 5
for a GSM sector to be in the IRAT neighbor list
IRAT_MAXIMAL_NEIGHBOR_RANG maximum distance within which GSM sectors can be
15,000/49,215
E (Meters/Feet) included in the IRAT neighbor list
IRAT_MAX_DISTANCE_FOR_CO_ maximum distance between UMTS and GSM sectors
150/492
LOCATED_NBRS for them to be defined as being co-located
maximum number of neighbors in an IRAT neighbor
IRAT_MAX_NEIGHBORS 18
list
IRAT_MINIMAL_NEIGHBOR_RATE minimum handover rate from source to target, for a
1.0
(%) GSM sector to be in the IRAT neighbor list
minimum total IRAT handover counts for all possible
IRAT_MIN_TOTAL_HO_COUNT 50
neighbors, per UMTS source sector
maximum allowed number of GSM to UMTS
MAX_GSM_TO_UMTS_RELATIONS 18
neighbors

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 Describe the workflow for performing IRAT NL optimization.
 What is the purpose of the measurements plan?

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Mentor

Tilt and Power Optimization

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

perform Antenna power and tilt optimization
to reduce noise and interference, and to
improve the power consumption in the cluster

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Main Topics
 Describe Antenna Sectors optimization plan
 Review predefined goals and sub-goals
 Explore the workflow for running optimization
 Monitor and analyze the optimization progress
 Review optimization reports
 Discuss RAB Power optimization

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Antenna Sectors Optimization

The network antenna sectors plan is optimized within Mentor, based
on a model consisting of data retrieved from RNC logs and KPIs.

 The optimization objective is to:

 Improve network coverage and quality by improving
the Ec/Io and pilot dominance.
 Improve network coverage by balancing traffic.

 Mentor uses the Genetic Algorithm (GA) to find the best solution,
according to predefined goals.

 It is very important that the neighbor list is well optimized across the
entire network before running the antenna sectors plan optimization.

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Power Optimization Algorithm

Mentor predicts how power changes affect the model:

 Pilot power changes influence:

 Ec/Io of each pilot.
 Pilots in active set.
 Service area (traffic distribution).

 The optimization is based on small changes, since their impact can be

forecasted more accurately by the model.

 Once the optimization can forecast the network behavior for every
possible solution, the Genetic Algorithm finds the optimal solution.

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Optimization Process Overview

 Optimizer – responsible for suggesting different network
configurations based on Genetic Algorithms.

 Evaluator – Evaluates each suggested network configuration and

grades it according to the sub-goal configuration.

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Optimization Process Overview (cont’)

 Optimizer – uses advanced Genetic Algorithms, modified with
cellular operators.
 Multi Sub-Goal optimization is translated to
a single ‘fitness’ function.
 Optimizer suggests configuration changes for:
 Power changes.
 Antenna configuration changes: tilt.

 Evaluator – uses RF messages (Mentor model), which reflect the

current network status.
 It predicts the changes in network behavior as a consequence
of the optimizer’s proposed configuration changes.

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Goals and Sub-goals

Optimization goals “guides” the Optimizer engine to optimize the
network in a certain direction, to help you locate the best solutions for
solving specific network issues and achieving specific targets.

 Optimization goals include sub-goals (e.g. Improve Ec/Io),

which represent the KPIs in the network.
 Each sub-goal has its own threshold level.
 Mentor can optimize more than one sub-goal
simultaneously.

 Mentor lets you to customize your own goals, and set the
thresholds for the selected sub-goals.

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Predefined Goals
Mentor includes two predefined goals:

 Coverage and Quality – minimize the number of UEs that will not be
able to initiate or sustain a conversation.
 This goal uses messages from the RF Message Model (messages
with a leg to a sector in the calculation set).

 Capacity – reduce the network-resource utilization (Code usage

and/or power usage) while maintaining quality of service, thereby
freeing up capacity for more traffic, especially HSDPA traffic.
 This goal uses sector-based sub-goals, which consider the sectors
in the calculation set.

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Predefined Sub-Goals
 Coverage and Quality
 Improve RSCP (dBm) – default threshold -100.
 Improve Ec/Io (dB) – default threshold -10.

 Capacity
 Improve RSCP (dBm) – default threshold -100.
 Improve Ec/Io (dB) – default threshold -10.
 Reduce Power Usage (%) – default threshold 70%.
 Reduce Code Usage (%) – default threshold 70%.

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Measurements Report Based Optimization

 Strengths
 Based on real measurement values.
 Measured mobiles are distributed according to real traffic, both in
and out of buildings.

 Limitations
 Access Measurements do not contain Ec measurements.
 Measurements are sent when a HO state change is requested,
therefore they do not reflect precise traffic distribution.
 The content of each measurement is limited (usually up to 6 legs) -
does not fully show all potential servers and interferers.
 As a consequence, we can only estimate the effect of relatively
small changes: 1,2 dB power, 1,2 degree tilt.

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Antenna Configuration Change Impact

 Antenna configuration changes result in changes in antenna gains in
different directions, shifting the power each mobile receives.
 These gain changes are translated to changes in sector carrier
received pilot power (Ec).
 Ec changes also occur when changing transmitted pilot power, as
in power optimization.
 Pilot Power change: Increase/decrease of pilot power by 1 dB =
gain/loss of 1db (all mobiles have exact same gain/loss).
 No geographical modeling required, Positioning is not required
 Antenna Configuration change: Change of antenna by 1 degree tilt
= each mobile experiences a different gain or loss according to its
position relative to the antenna
 Geographical modeling is required, Positioning is required.

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Optimization – Locks and Constraints

 Environment problems which prevent cells from being optimized:
 Inactive sector, missing data, in-building antenna, multi-antenna
sector carrier optimization is not supported.

 User locks (in Mentor format or Sector Properties):

 Do not optimize power, electrical tilt, mechanical tilt, beam width,
azimuth.

 Definitions on cell level and constraints file.

 User Constraints
 Limiting constraints, current values do not comply to constraints,
other locked sector carriers prevent applying same power per sector.

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Optimization – Locks and Constraints (cont’)

 Profile Issues
 No unique profiles in antenna model, constant electrical tilt,
constant beam width.

 Statistical issues (missing logs and/or KPI’s)

 Low message count, low message duration, no traffic statistics,
no power statistics, low traffic reliability, low interaction rate,
surrounded by sector carriers with low statistics.

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Tuning RF Optimization Strategy

Mentor optimization parameters are preconfigured using the
most common RF optimization strategy.

 Evaluate the following key parameters to consider whether they need

adjustment for your specific environment:
 Total Power.
 OVSF Usage.
 Network-wide CPICH Power Change Range.
 Local Power Limitations.

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Validating the Network Configuration Data

Since the quality of the tilt optimization is dependent on the
accuracy of the network configuration data, it is critical that you
validate this data before running the tilt optimization.

 Survey the network configuration in your data source planning

tool and in Mentor.

 Ensure sites are positioned in their correct location.

 Evaluate the accuracy of traffic, drop, Ec/Io, pilot pollution, arc,

and pilot dominance maps for the network.

 Run a site survey to ensure that the sector's parameters.

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Antenna Sectors Optimization Wizard

The Antenna Sectors Optimization wizard guides you through
the process of optimizing the network power and antenna tilt.

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AS Optimization Wizard – General

 Enter a Name for the new neighbor list plan.
 If required and available, you can select a predefined Template.

 You can use the Time Filter to filter the network model logs to
specific dates or days.

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AS Optimization Wizard – Goals

The Goals step enables you to define the major objectives for
the plan, which are comprised of several sub-goals.

 Use the predefined goals or add your own customized sub-goals.

 From the Sub-Goals

area you can edit,
remove, save or load
sub-goals.

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Optimization Goals – Guidelines

 As there is always a trade-off between network performance,
quality, and capacity, defining very aggressive targets for some
metrics may result in the degradation of others.

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AS Optimization Wizard – Constraints

The Constraints step enables you to define the permitted constraints
for all the sectors included in the selection set.
(RAB Power optimization is explained in detail in the next lesson)

 Specific restrictions can be defined for sectors and antennas that do

not conform to the global settings.

 By default, Mentor applies the

same relative power changes
to all the carriers being
optimized, both underlay and
overlay.

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Constraints Analysis
You can generate a constraints report that shows the aggregated
constraints that Mentor will consider during the optimization process.

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AS Optimization Wizard – Budget

In the Budget step you can define whether to set a budget for the
tilt optimization, and if so, the factors by which it is determined.

 This step is enabled only if you have selected to optimize

the tilt in the previous step.

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Budget (cont’)
 If Limit budget is checked, solutions that exceed the budget limit
are ruled out by the GA.
 One Access to site is taken into account for each site.
 An additional special site cost can be defined in Site Properties.
 Costs of mechanical changes are summed up.
 One Electrical tilt change is taken into account for each site.
 Power changes are not limited by the Cost budget.
 The amount of power changes can be limited
using advanced parameters.

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Running the Optimization

 Use the Summary step to view a summary of the optimization,
including the data consistency checks.

 Click Finish to run the optimization.

 The status of the optimization is displayed at the Calculation pane and

in the Optimization Progress dialog.

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Optimization Progress – Operations

 Stop and restart the optimization.
 View the optimization properties.
 View the recommended changes and their optimized values.
 Display a list of available reports.
 Display additional information about the optimization progress:
 Best Solution.
 Improvement Progress.

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Best Solutions and Improvement Progress

You can view the best solution reached so far, as well as the
percentage of improvement, for each of the sub-goals you selected.

 Each sub-goal is color-coded, so that you can follow the improvement

progress on the graph in the
Improvement Progress tab.

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Optimized Changes
You can view a list of sectors recommended for optimization and their
optimized values and after the changes recommended in the current
best solution.

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Antenna Sectors Optimization Reports

There are four available reports:

 Carrier <ID> Calculation Set Statistics.

 Carrier <ID> Selection Set Statistics.
 Constraints Analysis (same as in the wizard).
 Summary – summary of the optimization including the changes in the
power and tilt.

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Power Optimization Layer

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RAB Power Optimization

RAB Power Optimization

RAB Power optimization is used to:

 Improve network performance by allowing more power

for mobiles in problem areas.

 Improve network capacity by reducing sector power.

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RAB Power Optimization – Ericsson

 Ericsson uses 7 parameters to limit the DCH RAB power.
 These parameters influence both capacity and quality.

 Mentor optimizes the power settings on a sector level

(by optimizing two parameters).

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RAB Power Optimization – Huawei

Huawei uses 30 parameters to limit the DCH RAB power.

CELLRLPWR

CELLID CNDOMAINID DLSF MAXBITRATE RLMAXDLPWR RLMINDLPWR

40008 CS_DOMAIN D128 12200 0 -150

40008 CS_DOMAIN D64 28800 -20 -170

40008 CS_DOMAIN D64 32000 -20 -170

40008 CS_DOMAIN D32 56000 0 -150

40008 CS_DOMAIN D32 57600 -10 -160

40008 CS_DOMAIN D32 64000 30 -120

40008 PS_DOMAIN D256 0 -20 -170

40008 PS_DOMAIN D128 8000 -40 -230

40008 PS_DOMAIN D128 16000 -20 -210

40008 PS_DOMAIN D64 32000 0 -190

40008 PS_DOMAIN D32 64000 20 -170

40008 PS_DOMAIN D16 128000 20 -150

40008 PS_DOMAIN D16 144000 20 -150

40008 PS_DOMAIN D8 256000 40 -130

40008 PS_DOMAIN D8 384000 40 -110

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Vendor Parameters
 Ericsson  Huawei
 minPwrRl  RLMAXDLPWR
 minPwrMax  RLMINDLPWR
 InterPwrMax
 MaxPwrMax
 minimumrate
 interrate
 maxrate

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RAB Optimization Trigger

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RAB Power Optimization – Wizard

RAB Power optimization is performed as part of the
Antenna Sectors Optimization wizard.

 To Optimize RAB Power the following goals should be set:

 Improve Ec/Io.
 Reduce Power Usage.

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RAB Power Optimization – Wizard (cont’)

 In the Constraints step, select the Optimize checkbox to optimize
the RAB power settings for the sectors in the selection set.

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RAB Power Key Parameters

Parameter Description Default Value
Defines the maximum offset for Voice power, relative -3 dB
MAX_POWER_LOWER_LIMIT_FOR_VOICE
to the CPICH power (0 recommended)
Defines the maximum offset for Voice power, relative
MAX_POWER_UPPER_LIMIT_FOR_VOICE 3 dB
to the CPICH power
Defines the difference in power that should be 15 dB
DYNAMIC_RAB
preserved between the Max and Min power (18 recommended)
Defines the threshold below which sectors should be
MIN_DL_CODE_POWER_MEASUREMENT 2000
locked for RAB optimization
Defines the maximum average power that can be
AVERAGE_POWER_LIMIT 40 dBm
used by a sector during the busy hour
MINIMUM_POWER_THRESH Defines the minimum allowed power 11 dBm

HIGH_POWER_THRESHOLD Defines the threshold (below the current max RAB 2 dB

power) above which a power reading counts towards
a change in the max RAB power
MAX_POWER_LIMIT_FACTOR Defines the multiplier of the percentage of readings 0.5
above HIGH_POWER_THRESHOLD to determine
change in max RAB power
RAB_POWER_SIGMA Defines the number of standard deviations to open 2
the range of RAB power settings

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RAB Power Changes – Report

The Summary report includes the RAB Power Changes tab, which
summarizes the maximum RAB power before and after the optimization.

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RAB Power Changes – Layers

 Min / Max Power RAB Changes.
 Min / Max Power RAB New Values.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 What are the predefined goals you can use?
 List the types of reports you can use to analyze the
optimization.
 What are the objectives of RAB Power optimization?
 Which goals should be optimized for RAB Power?

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Overshooter Resolution Optimization

Mentor
Overshooter Resolution
Optimization

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

perform Overshooter Resolution
optimization to conduct tilt changes of
overshooting and undershooting sectors

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Main Topics
 Describe the Overshooter Resolution plan
 Review the Overshooter Resolution Wizard
 Review the Overshooter Resolution report

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Overshooter Resolution Optimization

The Overshooter Resolution Plan features a specialized algorithm
that identifies overshooting and undershooting sectors, and suggests
appropriate tilt changes to improve their RF footprint.

 In order to run the overshooter resolution plan, a regular model

without GeoPositioning data can be used.
 A 5-day model is recommended.

 Per sector undershooter/overshooter classification and resolution

is based on:
 NL impact – relation between incoming and outgoing neighbors.
 Identifying sectors that deviate from the "normal" noise rise
in the cluster.

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Overshooter Resolution Wizard

The Overshooter Resolution wizard guides you through the process
of planning and optimizing overshooting and undershooting sectors.

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Overshooter Optimization Wizard – General

 Enter a Name for the new overshooter resolution plan.

 You can use the Time Filter to filter the network model logs to
specific dates or days.

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Running the Optimization

 Use the Summary step to view a summary of the optimization,
including the data consistency checks.

 Click Finish to run the optimization and

use the Calculation pane to review
its status.

 As soon as the optimization run has completed, its status changes to

Valid, and the Overshooter Resolution Completed dialog box is
displayed.

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Overshooter Resolution Report

The Overshooter Resolution shows the sectors that were
optimized, and Mentor's suggested changes.

 It also displays the sectors that were not optimized.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 What is the purpose of the Overshooting Resolution
optimization?
 Describe the Overshooting Resolution report.

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Parameters Plan Optimization

Mentor
Parameters Plan
Optimization

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

perform parameters optimization to
improve the network

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Main Topics
 Describe vendor-specific optimization parameters
 Explore the parameters optimization Wizard
 Review the parameters optimization report

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Parameters Plan Optimization

Depending on your network vendor, Mentor enables you to optimize
certain parameters to improve the network:

 Ericsson – CQI.
 Optimize this parameter statically or dynamically to improve its
precision and utilize its entire range, in order to improve the
feedback the HSDPA UE gives the sector to which it is connected.

 Huawei – SHO Quality Threshold.

 Mentor reduces the number of unacknowledged handover
requests by preventing links with bad quality from being added or
requesting to be added to the active set.

Parameters optimization can be run at any time during the

network optimization phase.
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Ericsson Parameters
The parameters plan optimization enables you to optimize the
following Ericsson HSDPA parameters:

 hsMeasurementPower – CQI correction based on HS-DSCH power

resources.

 CqiAdjustmentOn – Dynamic CQI correction based on ACK/NACK.

 deltaCqi1 – CQI Tx power offset with uplink DPCCH in single or softer

handover.
 deltaCqi2 – CQI Tx power offset with uplink DPCCH in soft handover.

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Huawei Parameters
The parameters plan optimization enables you to optimize the
Huawei minimum and maximum range for the SHOQualMin
parameter threshold:

 Min. SHO quality threshold.

 Max. SHO quality threshold.

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Parameters Optimization Wizard

The Parameters Optimization wizard guides you through the
process of planning and optimizing the parameters.

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Parameters Optimization Wizard – General

 Enter a Name for the new neighbor list plan.
 If required and available, you can select a predefined Template.

 You can use the Time Filter to filter the network model logs to
specific dates or days.

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Parameters Optimization Wizard – Ericsson

The Parameters page enables you to select the
parameters to be optimized.

 CQI offset – correct the CQI reading and use the entire range of CQI
values (hsMeasurementPowerOffset).

 CQI dynamic adjustment – dynamically correct the CQI, based on the

NACK_TARGET_RATIO_THRESHOLD parameter (CqiAdjustmentOn).

 CQI transmission power – define the power at which to transmit the

CQI, relative to the pilot (deltaCqi1 and deltaCqi2).

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Parameters Optimization Wizard – Huawei

 Min. SHO quality threshold – minimum Ec/Io value for the threshold.
 Max. SHO quality threshold – maximum value for the threshold.

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Running the Optimization

 Use the Summary step to view a summary of the optimization,
including the data consistency checks.

 Click Finish to run the optimization and

use the Calculation pane to review
its status.

 As soon as the optimization run has completed, its status changes to

Valid, and the Parameters Optimization Completed dialog box is
displayed.

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Parameters Optimization Report

The Parameters Optimization report provides details regarding
the optimization, based on your network vendor.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 List the parameters Mentor optimizes per each vendor.

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Mentor

Optimization Plans
Provisioning

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

Export and validate optimizations plans
implementation

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Main Topics
 Describe the optimization plan implementation workflow
 Explore optimization plans export
 Update network environments
 Validate optimization plan implementation

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Optimization Plan Implementation

After you have run an optimization plan, you should do the
following to implement it:

 Prior to the Implementation

 Review and validate the optimization plan.
 Export the optimized plan.

 Following the Implementation

 Validate plan implementation.
 Collect new data following the implementation.
 Analyze the new data.

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Optimization Plan – Validation

As soon as the optimization run has completed you should review
and validate its results using the generated layers and reports.

 Layers – once you will load the required layers, you can view these
from the Layers pane.

 Reports.

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Optimization Plan – Export

 After you’ve reviewed, validated and fine-tuned the optimization plan,
you can export it to be implemented in the network.

 You can also export all neighbor list or antenna sectors optimization
results to a planning tool, and save them for later use from within the
planning tool.

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Exporting the Neighbor List Changes

You can export the changes to be implemented in the network.

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Exporting the Neighbor List Changes (Cont’)

 In the Location field, select the location of the current switch dump
information (local or from the server).
 This information will be used to ensure that the most recent
parameters are used in the exported neighbor list plan.

 In the Results Directory choose the directory

to which to export the files.

 Optional
 You can limit the number of lists
to export.
 You can exclude specific carriers.

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Neighbor List Implementation – Guidelines

 It is recommended to implement all the changes at the same time to
achieve the maximum improvement.
 If required, you can reduce the number of optimized sectors by selecting
the option to optimize only sectors with the most significant changes.
 In the case of a multi-carrier network:
 By default, Mentor optimizes all the carriers the same way.
 If a single carrier was optimized and all carriers are the same, the
single carrier neighbor list plan can be manually copied to the other
carriers.
 If a single carrier was optimized, but the rest of the carriers are not the
same, meaning they do not share the same antennas and traffic load,
the neighbor list should be implemented for the optimized carrier only,
and you should create a new optimization plan for the other carriers.

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Exporting the Antenna Optimization Plan

After you are satisfied with the antenna sectors plan optimization results,
you can export the power files so that the optimized plan can be
implemented.

 These files include only the sectors that have been changed.

 After the optimized plan has been implemented, you should collect the
logs and then validate plan implementation and re-analyze the network.

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Updating the Network Environment

After each optimization phase where an optimization plan was
provisioned into the network, you should update the network
environment to reflect the new configuration.

 You can update the network environment in the following ways:

 Updating the switch dump files.

 Modifying the project .mpr file to point to a new configuration file,

and then reimporting the network as a new network.

 Enabling automatic updates.

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Updating the Switch Dump Files

 Importing the switch dump files deletes the current model and all
network calculations.
 You can import the files from your desktop or from the server.

 If required, you can save the network with a new name so that it can
be used for comparison purposes in the future.
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Optimization Plan – Implementation Validation

After the switch has executed the scripts, you should validate that
the changes have been fully implemented, as recommended,
using an updated switch dump.

 Review entries that were not implemented to identify the reason for
this, and then re-implement the plan, if required.

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Implementation Validation (Cont’)

 You can use the new switch dump configuration files located locally
on your desktop or from the server.

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Scheduling Recurring Optimization Tasks

After you have run an optimization, you can use the same template to
schedule additional optimization tasks in the server.

 Creating recurring optimization tasks is similar to creating recurring

analysis tasks (explained in other lesson).

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Lesson Summary – Q&A

 Describe the optimizations plans implementation workflow.

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