Site Survey Documents

for
Radio Network Planning

Description and Instruction


Table of Contents
1.

OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS............................................................................................................3

2.

SEARCH AREA................................................................................................................................................4

3.

RADIO PLANNING EVALUATION .............................................................................................................6

4.

SITE SURVEY REPORT.................................................................................................................................7

5.

SITE SURVEY REPORT PART I (ACQUISITION)....................................................................................8

5.1
5.2

6.

SITE SURVEY REPORT PART II (RADIO PLANNING)........................................................................23

6.1
6.2

7.

OVERVIEW BUILDING DATA ......................................................................................................................10

RADIO PROPAGATION SPECIFIC DATA ...........................................................................................10

ANTENNA CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................................23

UNIT TO BE INSTALLED: .............................................................................................................................23

SITE SURVEY REPORT PART III (CIVIL WORKS) ..............................................................................24

7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.8

ACCESS INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................... 24

OPERATING ROOM DETAILS OR CONTAINER ...............................................................................................25
AIR-CONDITIONING ....................................................................................................................................27
POWER SUPPLY...........................................................................................................................................27
EARTHLING ................................................................................................................................................28
CABLE LAYOUT DETAILS ............................................................................................................................28
ROOF LAYOUT ............................................................................................................................................29
SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR CLIMBING:...........................................................................................................32

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1. OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS
The following diagram shows the different documents in the context of the radio network
survey process:

Document

Sender

Receiver

Radio Network
Planning
Department

Search Area

Acquisition
Team

Acquisition
Team

Site Survey Report Part I

(Acquisition)

Radio Network
Planning
Department

Radio Network
Planning
Department

Radio Planning Evaluation

Acquisition
Team

Contract

Radio Network
Planning
Department

Site Survey Report Part II

(Radio Planning)

Civil Works /
Documentation

Civil Works
Survey
Department

Site Survey Report Part III

(Civil Works)

Civil Works /
Documentation

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2. SEARCH AREA
To be filled by radio planning department:
Network area name will be defined by radio planning department.
If a concrete candidate has been identified then the Site Name can be determined by the radio
planning department. In general the site name should correspond to the address or other
characteristics.
The Site No. (site number) will be defined by the radio planning department
The network Phase will be defined by the radio planning department. Changes of the phase
will be carried out by the network planning department only.
The Cand. (candidate) can be indicated by a letter, i.e. A, but this is not a ranking of the
candidates.
The Priority of the search area will be defined by the radio planning department for the whole
search area (search ring)
Date of issue of search area report (SAR Date)
RF Responsible: Radio planner who issued the search area report
Network Area Name

Site Name:

Site-No::

Phase

Cand.:

Priority:

Address
(street, district)
Map No.:

Scale:

SAR Date:

RF Responsible:

To be filled by radio planning department:

Co-ordinates either of the concrete site or the co-ordinates of the search area (centre of search
ring)
AMSL: total terrain height
Search area range: radius of the search area
Description of the coverage objective per sector
Latitude

Longitude

AMSL:

Search area range

SECTOR 1:

Coverage Objectives

SECTOR 2:
SECTOR 3:

To be filled by radio planning department:

What is the Antenna Height from street level up to the bottom of the antenna in the Nominal
Plan?
Type of site: Building, tower, etc.
Will be a High Power amplifier (HPA) used?
Will be a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) used?
Will be a power splitter used?
How many sectors will be planned?

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Which BTS configuration (i.e. 2/2/2) will be implemented?
Which BTS type will be recommended (i. e. BS-61) ?
Which combiner type will be used (i. e. DUCOM 4:1)?
Antenna Height:
(street level to bottom
antenna)
HPA:

TYPE OF SITE
LNA:

Number of sectors
Recommended BTS type

POWER
SPLITTER:
BTS Configuration
Combiner Type

To be filled by radio planning department:

What are the azimuths in degree of the Nominal Plan?
What are the antenna types used in the Nominal Plan?
How many antennas per sectors will be required?
What is the EIRP per sector in the Nominal Plan?
Sector 1

Sector 2

Sector 3

Azimuth ( deg):
Antenna Type
Number of Antennas
EIRP ( dBm ):

Minimum one photograph per building candidate from street level is required.
A block of buildings count as several candidates in order to able to determine a different
ranking. But additional candidates have to be found in order to increase the possibility for
contracts.

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3. RADIO PLANNING EVALUATION
The whole document have to be filled by radio planning department.
Site specific data Site No. Site Name and Candidate according to Search Area document.
Co ordinates have to be checked and compared with the planning tool.
Search area and deviation have to be checked.
Antenna orientation have to be fixed.
Site No.

Site Name

Candidate

Acquisition Company
Project co-ordinates (Nominal
cell plan from Tornado)

Lat.:

Long.:

Survey report co-ordinates

Lat.:

Long.:

Radio Planning checked coordinates (from Tornado)

Lat.:

Long.:

Search Area (m)

Distance from Search Area (m)

Prediction height (m)

Missing information
Antenna orientation

Sector 1:

Sector 2:

Sector 3:

The phase, priority, rank and Qual. Ind. (quality index) have to be determined
Phase:
Phase of the search area (i. e. 1,2,3)
Priority:
Priority of the search area (i. e. high, medium, low)
Rank:
Ranking of the Candidates in the search area (i. e. 1,2,3, ...)
Qual. Ind. :
Quality of the Candidate (i. e. ++ , + , O , - , -- )
Decision whether the candidate is acceptable or not / Remark also the reasons
Radio Planning Acceptance
Phase:

Priority:

YES
Rank:

NO
Qual. Ind.

Decision whether the candidate is to reject or not / Remark also the reasons
Radio Planning Rejection

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YES

NO

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4. SITE SURVEY REPORT
The site survey report is divided in three parts:
Part I: Site Survey Report (to be filled during first site survey by site acquisition company)
Part II: Radio Planning Part (to be filled during final site survey after site evaluation by radio
planning department)
Part III: General Site Data (to be filled during final site survey after site evaluation by
implementation team)
Part I is required for the radio planning department for the evaluation of the candidate and the
ranking of the candidates.
If a candidate is accepted and ranked by the radio planning department the site acquisition can
negotiate a contract. Is a contract signed by the owner a final site survey will be carried out.
During the final site survey the content of Part I will be checked and Part II and Part III will be
completed.
Photographs:
Using digital cameras will speed up the site survey process (no delay because of developing
several copies) and especially the distribution and filing of the information will be easier.
A zoom of 50 60mm should be used so that the pictures are comparable with the view of a
human eye.
Photographs should be taken as such that buildings and obstacles can be seen. Therefore
pictures should mainly contain the roofs of buildings, not the sky.
To be filled by acquisition company:
Site Name can be defined as site address or as other characteristics.
To be filled by acquisition company:
Site Number is defined in accordance with search area report. A letter will be added to the
search area number to name the Candidate. The letter does not indicate the priority of the
site.
Example: search area number: 1050; site number: 1050A
The site number has to be unique. A site number can only be changed by the radio planning
department.

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5. SITE SURVEY REPORT PART I (ACQUISITION)
To be filled by acquisition company:
Person who carried out the radio site survey. Date when site survey had been done.
To be filled by acquisition company:
Person who performed the site survey documentation. Date when site survey documentation
had been done.
To be filled by acquisition company:
Name of acquisition company which carried out the site survey.
Survey done by:

Date:

Documentation done by:

Date:

Acquisition Company:

To be filled by acquisition company:

Site Number is defined in accordance with search area report. A letter will be added to the
search area number. The letter does not indicate the priority of the site.
Example: search area number: 1050; site number: 1050A
The site number has to be unique. A site number can only be changed by the radio planning
department.
To be filled by acquisition company:
Site Name is defined as site address.
To be filled by radio planning department:
The radio planning department defines a Rank and Quality Index from their radio planning
point of view after the evaluation of several sites. The radio planning department has the right
to change these values afterwards. Available neighbour sites have an influence on the site
ranking and quality index. Both values are also given to the acquisition on the Radio planning
evaluation document.
To be filled by acquisition company:
Co-ordinates should be taken by the GPS with one digit after the comma. The GPS should
register several satellites to be more accurate. The requested co-ordination system is:
(European 1950)
To be filled by acquisition company:
The height of a site is defined as building height in meter.
To be filled by acquisition company:
The number of floors can be distinguished in a ground floor, the other floors and an elevator
box or extra high floor. Example: 1+ 6+ 1 means a house with a bigger ground floor, 6 other
floors and an elevator box.
To be filled by acquisition company:
A description and pictures of other transmitting antennas is required. The frequency band is
also of interest.
Site Specific Data:
Site No.:
Phase:

Site Name:
Priority:

Candidate:
Rank:

Qual. Ind.

Address:

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Contact Person:
Address:
Co-ordinates:

Tel:
Fax:
Longitude:

Latitude:

Height of a site
Site type:

GPS:

MAP:

number of floors:
Tower

Building

Chimney

Other

Roof type:
Comments
Other systems transmitting antennas
(existing or planned)

Description:

To be filled by acquisition company:

Mark the ownership of the property.
Acquisition probability One owner Multi
property

Company

Admin. Building Owned by xxx Others

building

Yes

To be filled by acquisition company:

It is very important to know for the project rollout how long the estimated contract period will be
for the site.
Estimation concerning contract period:
Short
Medium
Long

To be filled by local SIEMENS Acquisition Manager:

Site Survey Documentation checked on completeness
by Acquisition Company Manager : __________________, on ______________
To be filled by radio planning department:
Site Survey Documentation accepted on quality
by Radio Network Planning :
__________________, on ______________
To be filled by radio planning department:
Ranking and Quality Index given
by Radio Network Planning :
__________________, on ______________
To be filled by radio planning department:
Site rejected
by Radio Network Planning :
__________________, on ______________

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To be filled by acquisition company:
This part is important for the installation.

5.1 Overview Building Data

To be filled by site acquisition company:
The following tables contain main building data which should be known right from the
beginning.
Building construction
Staircase dimension
Elevator dimension
Is the Roof top flat?
Roof material
Access to the floor
Roof dimension
2
Available room (>10m )
Room dimension
Drilling allowed

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Heavy truck access

No

Yes

No

If no access with truck or mobile crane. how will we transport equipment to roof

Existing infrastructure
Access to PTTs fiber network
Access to xxxs fiber network
Earthing
Power 220V AC
Electric company
Distance to Power

Yes

No

meters

5.2 RADIO PROPAGATION SPECIFIC DATA

5.2.1 Antenna Specific Data
Proposal to be done by site acquisition company:
Sector no: 1

Sector no: 2

Sector no: 3

Antenna type:

Proposed antenna
Direction:

direction; degrees
on compass

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Proposed
antenna direction;
degrees on
compass

Proposed antenna
direction; degrees
on compass

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Total antenna

Total antenna

Total antenna

height from street

height from street

height from street

level to bottom of

level to bottom of

level to bottom of

antenna

antenna

antenna

Way of installation:

wall

wall

wall

Mark with x appropriate answer

mast

mast

mast

roof

roof

roof

tower reeling

tower reeling

tower reeling

other

other

other

Height of Antenna:

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5.2.2 Site Location map

To be filled by acquisition company:

Use a street map so that the site location can easily be found.
Mark the building.
Use one Map per site/candidate.

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5.2.3 Antenna installation and roof sketch
To be filled by acquisition company:
Do a roof sketch with measured size of roof.
Mark the proposed antenna locations and the proposed antenna directions. Mark alternatives
as well. Measure the distance between the antenna locations and the roof edge in the antenna
direction.
Mark the positions where all photos (panoramic photos, etc.) had been made and indicate the
photo numbers.
Indicate if any restrictions exist for antenna placement.
To be verified by radio planning department during site evaluation.

1.

Approved by Radio:
Signature

Date:

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5.2.4 Layout Building (show the high levels)
To be filled by acquisition company.
To be verified by radio planning department during site evaluation.

Approved by Radio:
Signature

Date:

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5.2.5 Site photos (from ground level)
To be filled by acquisition company:
Make photographs from the site so that the building can be identified. If this is a new candidate
proposed by site acquisition follow the search area guidelines as well.

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5.2.6 Roof Photos
To be filled by acquisition company:
Photograph from the roof access. Indicate if access is problematic.
Photographs of the roof.

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5.2.7 BTS place photos
To be filled by acquisition company:
Photograph of the proposed BTS location. Indicate whether restrictions concerning BTS
placements exist.

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5.2.8 Panorama photos from roof level each 30 deg. Panorama starts from
north direction and then pictures are taken clockwise.

To be filled by acquisition company:

Compass shall be visible on the picture. Therefore mistakes will be avoided. If i.e. two elevator
boxes are on the roof then panoramic photos shall be taken from both boxes. Document which
photos where taken from which box. Mark the position where the panoramic photos had been
taken. Clearly indicate the locations where the panoramic photos had been taken, especially
when several locations were used for panoramic photos. Indicate which photo number had
been made at a location.

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5.2.9 Photos in direction of each antenna at antenna location (three photos
per antenna)
To be filled by acquisition company:
Make photos in proposed antenna directions (app. 90 degrees). Try to make the photos at the
antenna location and at their proposed height. Indicate which pictures belong to an antenna
location.

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To be filled by acquisition company:
Azimuth range in degree; values on the compass;
Distance in meter
Height in meter defined as building height including elevator boxes
Characteristic description of the obstacle so that the obstacle can be identified on the
pictures.

5.2.10 Obstacles: describe all obstructing obstacles (<200m) of height equal

or higher than the site
#

Azimuth

Distance

Height

Description

AGL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

5.2.10.1 Notes:

To be filled by acquisition company:

Any other information

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5.2.10.2 Obstacle map
To be filled by acquisition company:
The distance between two circles correspond to 50m. Mark the positions of the different
obstacles, add the obstacle number and draw the shape of the obstacle. Draw lines from the
centre of the circle via the edges of the obstacles to the biggest circle in order to make the
shadowing effects visible.

Completely free of obstacles. (If there are not any obstacles mark here
with a X)

335

45

270

50m
300

100m 150m

200m 250m

90

135

225

180

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5.2.10.3 Obstacle Pictures:

To be filled by acquisition company:

Make separate pictures of the obstacles and indicate the obstacle number.

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6. SITE SURVEY REPORT PART II (RADIO PLANNING)
6.1 Antenna Configuration
NUMBER OF SECTORS
Sector no: 1

Sector no: 2

Sector no: 3

Antenna type:
Combiner type
HPA
LNA
Power Splitter
EIRP
Direction/Azimuth:
Total Tilt:
Mechanical tilt:
Electrical tilt:
Number of Carriers
Approximate Cable Length
Cable Type
Height of Antenna:
(street level to bottom of antenna)

Way of installation:

wall

wall

wall

Mark with x appropriate answer

mast

mast

mast

roof

roof

roof

tower reeling

tower reeling

tower reeling

other

other

other

6.2 Unit to be installed:

BS-60
BS-61
BS-20
BS-21
BS-11
BS-240
BS-241
Additional microwave

BS-22

Typical values for the attenuation of cables.

Table for cables:
Attenuation [dB / 100 m]
Type
900 MHz
1/2
7,3
7/8
4,1
1 1/4
2,9
1 5/8
2,5

1800 MHz
11,0
6,2
4,5
4,0

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7. SITE SURVEY REPORT PART III (CIVIL WORKS)
7.1 Access information
7.1.1 Access road:

7.1.2 Unloading point, difficulties etc.:

7.1.3 Minimum space in the clear of transport way inside the building:
Width: __________ mm

Height: ___________ mm

7.1.4 Lift available?

YES

NO

7.1.5 Space in the clear of lift:

Length: _________ Width: _________ Height: _________ mm

- Load capacity of lift: __________ kg

7.1.6 Remarks

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7.1.7 Remarks on access

7.2 Operating room details or container

Operation
room

container

7.2.1 Unit to be installed

BS60

BS61

BS20

BS11

BS240

BS241

BS21

BS22

Number of pcs.
Number of pcs.

7.2.2 Dimensions
- Length: __________ in mm
- Width : __________ in mm
- Height: __________ in mm

7.2.3 Restriction in space in the clear of mounting area

YES

NO

7.2.4 If yes, what restrictions:

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7.2.5 Key deposit location

7.2.6 Wall type

Concrete

Brick

Others

Thickness ____________________mm

7.2.7 Remarks

7.2.8 Sketch of BTS room:

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7.3 Air-conditioning
7.3.1 Must be an Air-conditioning system provided?
YES

NO

7.3.2 Remarks

7.4 Power supply

7.4.1 Power supply provided?
YES

NO

Date it will be provided by

__________________________

Will be provided from

__________________________

Distance between power distributor and BTS

_____________

7.4.2 Will be provided a new current supply?

YES

NO

7.4.3 Remarks

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7.4.4 Generator available?
YES

NO

Power:

KW

7.5 Earthling
7.5.1 Is available existing earthling system and also we can use it?
YES

NO

7.5.2 Will be necessary to provide a new earthling system?

YES

NO

7.5.3 Lightning protection

- Antenna feeder cable, mast

7.6 Cable layout details

7.6.1 Cable trays
-Type of cable trays
Min. width of cable trays
Cover of cable trays :

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7.6.2 Remarks

7.6.3 Cable layout details

- 2-Mbit-links available

YES

NO

- Length of Antenna cables

_____________________________

- Type of antenna cable

_____________________________

7.7 Roof layout

7.7.1 Dimensions of the roof for mounting BTS:
- Height: ______________ in mm
- Width: ______________ in mm

7.7.2 Restriction in space in the clear of mounting area

YES

NO

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7.7.3 If yes, what restrictions

7.7.4 Roof characteristics

Roof type

7.7.5 Wall type to hang BTS

Concrete

Brick

Others

Thickness __________________ mm

7.7.6 Remarks

7.7.7 Wall type to hang antenna holders

Concrete

Brick

Others

Thickness __________________ mm

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7.7.8 Remarks

7.7.9 Number of antenna holders for GSM

7.7.10 Number of antenna holders for MW

7.7.11 Access to GSM antennas

7.7.12 Access to MW

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7.7.13 Sketch of the roof (incl. cables, earthling, grounding)

7.8 Safety equipment for climbing:

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