Radio Planning Process

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Radio Planning Process

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Module Objectives
After completing this module, the participant should be able to:
List the main steps of the radio planning process
Review the basic parameters important in the dimensioning phase
Describe the typical actions of the nominal planning and of pre-launch
optimisation

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Radio Planning Process Overview

computation of number of sites required to serve

certain area while fulfilling the coverage & capacity
requirements (Dim Tool)

Nominal Planning

Nominal Coverage Planning (Planning Tool i.e.

Atoll, NetAct Planner)

Detailed Planning

detailed Coverage & Capacity Analysis

getting Sites

Dimensioning

Pre-launch
Optimisation

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Radio Planning Process Overview

Similar process to any other wireless network
Differences:
Parameters
KPIs
Detailed planning

Pre-planning

Optimisation

Model tuning
Pre-planning
information
Site selection

Pre-launch
optimisation

Coverage and
capacity planning
Dimensioning

Configuration
planning

Pre-launch
Post-launch
optimisation
optimsation

Parameter
planning

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Dimensioning
Following planning parameters are already decided in the dimensioning
phase:
Basic spectrum usage
Operating bandwidth
Coding schemes & modulations
BLER
eNodeB basic configurations
RF unit type (feederless, 3-sector RF module)
1+1+1/omni
Antenna types
Capacity license size (e.g. MIMO or no MIMO)
RF features
Scheduler type, extended cell range (if applicable to the release)

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Nominal planning

Target: Create a nominal plan

Typical actions:
Propagation model tuning
Nominal coverage planning with

Link budget & capacity

dimensioning

planning tool
Based on coverage thresholds:

Define thresholds from LiBu (*)

RSRP & CINR

Capacity analysis
Site surveys
Site pre-validation

Create detailed network plan (cells, antennas,

carriers) using LiBu thresholds

(*) still open what will be the LiBu

thresholds used. Atoll uses wideband
received power but it is possible to
convert it to RSRP.

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Perform capacity analysis to check network capacity

against more detailed traffic estimates

RSRP: Reference Signal Received Power

CINR: Carrier to Interference + Noise Ratio
LiBu: Link Budget

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Detailed planning
Typical actions:

Detailed coverage based planning with planning tool

Capacity analysis with planning tool
Site validation
eNodeB Parameter planning
Site data build (with default parameters)

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Pre-launch optimization
Target: to pass the cluster acceptance
can be done as part of the cluster acceptance
Typical actions:
Drive test measurements & analysis
eNodeB data base parameter assessment/cross checking
Antenna tilt & azimuth tuning based on drive test analysis

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