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4G LTE Planning Using Software Planning

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RF Planning Tools
Asset Aircomm
Netact
Tornado
Planet Ev / Mentum Planet
Atoll
U-net
TCP (Tems Cell Planner)
ZXPOS CNS
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RF Planning Tools

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Training Program

Atoll Overview
Modelling Lte Network in Atoll
Step by Step to Start the Lte Atoll Project
Make Coverage Prediction
Prediction Analysis
Neighbour Planning
PCI Planning
Capacity Planning
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Atoll General Concepts

Multi-technology tool
2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE), 3G (W-CDMA/UMTS HSPA, CDMA2000 1xRTT 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA), 4G
(LTE), WiMAX 802.16d and 802.16e, microwave links

Open, scalable and flexible architecture

Largest third-party product offering available on the market
Dynamic simulators, propagation models, etc.

Ergonomic and user-friendly GUI

Windows-based tool
Copy/paste and export/import of radio/geo data in/from standard applications

Flexibility in data management

Display, sorts, filters
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Atoll Project
As in any RF tool, the following information is needed to create
a project in Atoll.
Geodata
FDD or TDD
Spectrum: frequency band and channel bandwidth
Propagation Model
Site, Cell, Transmitter info
Bearer info
Other LTE Parameters

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Launch Atool & User Interface

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Intro to Atoll
The Toolbar
Standard toolbar
Map toolbar
Microwave toolbar
Radio toolbar
Find toolbar

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Intro to Atoll
Event Viewer

The workspace

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Intro to Atoll
Explorer Window
Data

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Intro to Atoll
Geo

Modules

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Get Started

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Setting Project Area

Projection use :
WGS 84/UTM zone 49S
Display use:
WGS 84
Degree format:
-xx.xxxxx
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Import Map

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Digital Map

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Import Raster Map

Generally the following data maps need to

be imported in Atoll:
heights (map of the altitude above sea
level), clutter classes (type of land used)
and vectors (vector maps).
The import order is optional.

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Import Clutter Data

Click File->Import, open the index.txt file for clutter data, select
Clutter Classes, click OK.

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If the clutter data is not shown on the window, click Geo tab -> Clutter
Classes -> Clutter -> Centre in the Map Window to display the map.

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Import DTM Data

Click File->Import, open the index.txt file for DTM data, select
Altitudes, click OK.

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Vector index ->

Vectors

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Antenna Patterns
Antenna patterns can be imported into Atoll, or manually added.

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Set Antenna

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Horizontal and Vertical Patern

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Input Lte PARAMETER

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Radio Parameter
Site
Longitude (X) and Latitude (Y)

Transmitter

Activity
Antenna Configuration ( Model, Height, Azimuth, Tilts)
UL&DL Losses / UL Noise Figure
Propagation (Model, Radius, and Resolution)

Cell

Frequency Band and Channel

PCI
Power Definition
Min RSRP
UL & DL Load
Diversity Support
Neighbors

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Import Sites Table

In Atoll, for each eNodeB a site and transmitters are defined. The site info refers to the physical location of the site, and
transmitter info refers to cell configuration including antenna.
In Sites table, the site name, longitude and latitude are given. The following is a site template in .csv format.
Make sure the column for Altitude is blank. When the file is imported into Atoll, the site altitude info will be updated automatically based on
DTM data.

Keep Altitude column blank

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Under Network tab of the Explorer window, double clicking on the Sites folder (or right clicking
on the Sites folder and select Open Table) will open the Sites table, as shown in the following
figure

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Transmitter Parameter

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Transmitters parameters setting

Double click on the Transmitters folder in Network tab (or right click on Transmitters and select
Open Table) to open the Transmitters table, as shown in the following figure.

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Model Propagasi

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Propagasi
Propagasi sinyal perlu dipelajari untuk
kebutuhan power dan menentukan coverage.

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Okumura Hatta

Keterangan :
f : frekuensi dari 150 MHz sampai 1500 Mhz
hte : tinggi efektif dari eNodeB dengan kisaran 30 m sampai 200 m
hre : tinggi efektif antenna UE dari 1 m hingga 10 m
d : jarak antara eNodeB dengan UE (km)
a (hre) : merupakan faktor koreksi untuk tinggi efektif antenna UE.

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Cost 231

f = 1500 MHz sampai 2000 MHz

hte = 30 m sampai 200 m
Hre = 1 m sampai 10 m
d = 1 km sampai 20 km

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SUI
Where :
Range frequency : 2500 2700 Mhz
d = distance between Tx and Rx (m)
do = 100 (m)
Xf = Corection for F above 2Ghz
Xh = Corection for Rx antenna heigh
S = Corection for shadowing
= Pathloss exponen
Terrain Parameter
Model Parameter
a
b (m-1)
c (m)

Terrain A
4.6
0.0075
12.6

Terrain B
4
0.0065
17.1

Terrain C
3.6
0.005
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Model Propagasi di Atoll

Atoll integrates many propagation models including OkurumaHata, Cost-Hata, SPM (Standard Propagation Model), ITU370,
ITU526, ITU 529, Longley-Rice, Erceg-Greenstein (SUI),
Sakagami Extended (3.5 GHz) and WLL models.

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If all transmitters use the same propagation model, then the quickest way is to
define the model in the Transmitters properties dialog box. In the Propagation
tab, select the propagation model.

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Open the Transmitters tab and select the propagation model in pull-down menu of the
Main propagation model field

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Frequency Bands setting

Under Parameters tab, click ->Network Settings-> Bands to open the table for band and channel
definition.
Make sure the required spectrum is defined correctly. If it is not defined, It can be added in the
table manually
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Cell Parameter

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Cells setting
In Atoll, Cell represents a channel/carrier and its property, so
its possible for user to configure a LTE network with
multicarrier.
In an LTE project, cells must also be added to each
transmitter. A cell refers to the characteristics of an RF
channel on a transmitter.

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Cells Table
To open the Cells table, right click on Transmitters in the Network tab and
select Cells->Open Table, as seen in the following figure.
The cells for a site can be added only after the transmitter info is available in Atoll

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MIMO Systems in Atoll LTE

Base stations and user equipment support MIMO systems
Gains graphs available in reception equipment

Numbers of transmission and reception antenna ports at base station and terminal
Antenna diversity modes in Atoll LTE
Multiple Input Multiple Outputs (MIMO) systems
Transmit/Receive Diversity (also called Space-Time Coding (STC) or Matrix A MIMO in other standards)
More than one transmission antenna to send the same data
Improvement of CINR Higher bearer Higher throughput
Usually used in coverage areas with bad CINR conditions

Single-User MIMO (SU-MIMO) or Spatial Multiplexing (SM) (also called Matrix B MIMO in other standards)
More than one transmission antenna to send different data streams on each antenna
Improvement of throughput for a given CINR
Usually used in coverage areas with good CINR conditions

Adaptive MIMO Switch (AMS)

Technique to switch from SM to Tx/Rx Diversity as CINR conditions get worse than a given threshold

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MIMO Settings
Atoll allows users setting parameters related to MIMO according to their
requirement to simulate MIMO technology.
In Parameters-> Network Settings -> Reception Equipment -> Default Cell
Equipment/Default UE Equipment.

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Right click on Transmitter folder in Network tab and select Open Table to set the
number of reception/transmission antennas for MIMO transmitter as seen in
below figure.

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In Parameters -> LTE Parameters ->Terminals to set Antenna Diversity Support
as MIMO for terminal using MIMO,

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LTE UE Categories

All categories support 20 MHz

64QAM mandatory in downlink, but not in uplink (except Class 5)
2x2 MIMO mandatory in other classes except Class 1
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Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

10/5 Mbps

50/25 Mbps

100/50 Mbps

150/50 Mbps

300/75 Mbps

RF bandwidth

20 MHz

20 MHz

20 MHz

20 MHz

20 MHz

Modulation DL

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

64QAM

Modulation UL

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

16QAM

64QAM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

1-4 Tx

1-4 Tx

1-4 Tx

1-4 Tx

1-4 Tx

Optional

2x2

2x2

2x2

4x4

Peak rate DL/UL

Rx diversity
BTS Tx diversity
MIMO DL

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Coverage Predictions

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Create New Prediction

To create a new prediction, click Predictions->New, select the desired prediction study and click OK.
The new study is added in the Predictions folder. Click the new study-> Calculate, the prediction should be
performed. Check the box on the left of the study to show the results.

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Setting the Computation Zone

If there is no computation zone defined, the pathloss matrices for all transmitters
will be calculated, based on the calculation radius and the signal threshold.
If the user wants to calculate the pathloss matrices only for a specific region, a
Computation Zone can either be imported or directly drawn in the Map Window.

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Define Zones
To define a Computation zone, click the zone->Draw, an draw the polygon on the maps. It can also be imported.
The defined zone can be deleted, edited, and exported if desired.

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Neighbours Allocation

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Neighboring Cell Planning

LTE Network require hard handover, so the Neighboring cell Planning is very important
LTE Neighboring cell planning content : Intra-Freq Neighboring cell, Inter-freq neighboring cell, Inter-RAT
neighboring Cell
LTE neighboring cell Planning principle :
Geographically adjacent cell are used as neighboring cell
In common scenario, bidirectional neighboring relationship is configured
The distance between eNB is small (0.3 1km ) in urban areas, and therefore a large number of
neighboring cell are recommended
If the adjacent cell of a cell in front of a lake, sea, or a wide road is also in front of the lake, sea or a
wide road, the adjacent cell is configured as its neighboring cell.

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The method of LTE neighbor cell planning is similar to neighbor planning of GSM/WCDMA/CDMA. Currently,
the planning method and tool for LTE are available.
The configuration is different from GSM/WCDMA/CDMA . There is no BSC/RNC in the LTE system. When an
eNB cell is configured as neighbor cells of other eNBs, external cells must be added first, which is similar to
the scenario where inter-BSC/RNC neighbor cells are configured on the BSC. That is, neighbor cells can be
configured only after the corresponding cell information is added.

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Right click on the Transmitters folder in the Network tab and select
Neighbours-> Intra Technology Neighbours.

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Automatically Allocation
Right click on the Transmitters folder in the Network tab and select
Neighbours-> Intra Neighbours-> Automatically Allocation.

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The automatic allocation results will be displayed in the same dialog box.
According to the results, the user may choose to commit the automatic neighbour
allocation list by clicking on the Commit button.

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In the appeared table, fill with the neighbours list.

Click on the toolbar icon and

the select one transmitter on the Map Window. The neighboring relations of
this transmitter will be displayed graphically, as shown in the following figure.

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Automatic Frequency Allocation

Right click on the Transmitters folder in the Network tab and select AFP>Automatic Freq Allocation.

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Click on Calculate button in the bottom of dialog box to start the frequency
allocation. The allocation result will displayed in the same dialog box, the result
could be committed to the cells table by clicking on Commit button.

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Open the Cells table to check the updated the Channel Allocation Status will be
automatically changed to Allocated

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Physical Cell ID Allocation

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PCI Planning

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Example : PCI Planning

There are 504 PCI available

For Macro eNode B we use 0-443 (148 sites)
For IBS eNode B we reserve 444-503 for PCI Planning (20
sites)

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Manual PCI Allocation

Right click on the Transmitters folder in the Network tab

and select Cells->Open Table, input the PCI in the Physical
Cell ID column as below

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Automatic PCI Allocation

Right click on the Transmitters folder in the Network tab
and select Cells->Physical Cell IDs->Automatic Allocation

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Channel Search Tool

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Physical Cell ID Search Tool

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PCI Allocation Audit

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Thank You !
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