RF Vue Standards 2.0

AmericanTowerIDAS
RFVueStandardsManual
May6,2011 Version2.0
September17,2010 TABLEOFCONTENTS
ATCDESIGNSTANDARDS:RFVUE
1. InitialRequirements........................................................................................... 2. Setup................................................................................................................. 3. ImportingandFormattingDrawings.................................................................. 4. ScalingtheDrawing........................................................................................... 5. BTSSetup.......................................................................................................... 6. DesigningtheDAS............................................................................................. 7. OutputPlots..................................................................................................... 8. RecommendedSettings.................................................................................... 9. Deliverables..................................................................................................... 10. SampleTrunkingDiagram................................................................................ 11. ContactInformation.........................................................................................
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September17,2010 InitialRequirements
ThedesignstandardscontainedinthismanualareintendedforthepurposeofpreparingRFprediction modelsonbehalfofAmericanTowerCorporationonly.Allinformationincludedhereisconfidentialand isnottobedisseminatedwithouttheexpressedwrittenconsentofAmericanTower. Designfirmcontractedtoperformthework("Designer")mustberunningiBwaveRFVueVersion5.2.6, andhaveataminimumthePropagationModule.CollectionandOptimizationModulesoptional.Google Earthalsorequired.Basiccompetencewithbothprogramsisrequired. DesignermustbefamiliarwiththebasicprinciplesofinbuildingDASdesign.Thisincludesfamiliarity withlinkbudgets,DASterminology,andDASequipmentarchitecture.Theinformationincludedinthis documentisbasedonAndrew/CommscopeIONBequipment.ThisisadoublestarfiberbasedDAS,and needstobesetuptobeaneutralhostsystem. Thesestandardsaresubjecttochange,andalldeliverablesaresubjecttoreviewandapprovalbyATC DASRFEngineering.
September17,2010 SetUp
1. OpenIBWavesoftware.ProgramshouldopentoabrowserwindowsettoaStartupPage. 2. OntheMenubar,selectProject>New 3. AnotherbrowserWindowshouldopen,titledNewProject.EntertheProjectNameinthe DesignInformationpanel. 4. InthedirectoryontheleftsideoftheNewProjectbrowser,underPreferences,selectCompany Info.PutyournameasDesigner.InsertATClogoifavailable.
5. UnderPreferences,nextselectUnits.UnderGeneral,setfor"AllImperial",andunderRF,set AntennaGaintodBi.
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6. UnderPreferences,nextselectPartID.ClickOFF"Cable"and"Jumper";
SetGenerateOptionsbuttonto"GenerateIDsfornewpartsonly"
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7. UnderPrediction,selectAdvanced.IntheFloorspanel,set"Numberaboveorbelowpredicted floor"to"1".
8. UnderPropagationModels,selectDominantPath,andsetallfrequenciesbeingusedinthe predictionasfollows: LOSExponent:2.5 OLOSExponent:2.6 NLOSExponent:2.7.
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9. UnderPropagationModels,selectPathLossExponent.Setfrequenciesasfollows: 700LTEn=2.4,sigma=9.1 850Cellularn=2.4,sigma=9.6 1700AWSn=2.6,sigma=13.9 1900PCSn=2.6,sigma=14.1
10. UnderPropagationModels,selectFreeSpacePathLoss.Setbuildingmaterialto7.
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Click"OK"atthebottomoftheNewProjectbrowser. Anewtabshouldopentitled"DesignPlan."Thedefaultpagesetupisusuallysetto81/2"x11", Portraitview. OntheMenubar,selectProject>PageSetup. OnthePrintSetuptab,setPaperSizeto11x17.
15. OnthePrintSetuptab,setPaperOrientationtoLandscape. 16. OnthePageSizetab,makesurethat"SameasPrinter"isselectedunderthePageSizeframe.
17. OnthePageSizetab,clickthebuttoninthelowerrightcornermarker"Setcurrentpagesizeas default." 18. Click"OK"atthebottomofthePageSetupbrowser. 19. Atanytime,hittheF6keytoviewpageextents. 8
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20. OntheMenubar,selectPlans>NewLayoutPlan. 21. Anewbrowserwindowwillappear,titledPlanPropertiesfor"ProjectName".EntertheProject NameunderProperties,followedbythefloorthatthelayoutwillshow.(e.g."AmericanTower HQ1").
22. InthePlanPropertiesbrowserwindow,underCustomText,enterthefollowingpassage(if applicable):"Thispredictionhasnotbeenoptimizedwithmeasureddatacollectedfromthe site."BesurethisnoteisaddedtotheCustomTextforLayoutPlan. 23. Repeatsteps20,21,&22foralllevelsofthebuildingtobeincludedintheprediction.
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ImportingandFormattingDrawingFiles 1. OntheMenubar,selectPrediction>ImportWalls 2. Anewbrowserwindowwillappear,titledSelectImportFile.BrowsetofindtheDWGfile preparedfortheproject,selectit,andclick"Open"atthebottomofthebrowserwindow. 3. Anotherbrowserwindowwillopen,titled"WallImporter."Itwillhaveablackbackground.The DWGfilesshouldappearinthecenterofthewindow.
4. Verifythatallthelayersareselectedinthedirectoryframeontheleft. 5. ClicktheImportbuttonatthebottomofthescreen.
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6. Anewbrowserwindertitled"Selectmaterialforlayer'0'"willappear.Selecttheappropriate materialforeachlayer(e.g.WallPartition>Partition[Drywall]forthelayerlabeled"Wall PartitionDrywall.")
7. Whenallofthelayershavebeenassignedamaterialtype,click"OK"atthebottomofthe "Selectmaterial..."browser. 8. Anadditionalpopupwindowwillappearthatwillaskyoutosettheheightofthefloorabove thegroundplane.Forallcommercialandpublicbuildings,setthisfor15feet.Forresidentialand hotelsuse10feet.
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9. Theimportedwallsshouldappearlikebelow:
ScalingtheDrawing MinimizeRFVue. OpenGoogleEarth. Locatethebuildingbeingmodeledintheprediction. SelectaneasilyidentifiablefeatureonthebuildingthatisalsooutlinedintheIBWavemodel (e.g.anAnchorstoreonashoppingmall).Zoominclosetothatfeature. 5. OntheToolbar,selectthe"AddPath"button. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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6. Inthenewbrowserwindowthatpopsup(titled"GoogleEarthNewPath"),typeinthenameof thepropertyorproject.
7. Clickonceononesideofthebuildingfeature,andonlyoncemoreattheotherside. 8. Click"OK"atthebottomoftheNewPlanbrowser. 9. OntheMenubar,selectSave>SavePlaceAs
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10. IntheSaveFilepopupwindowthatappears,namethefileafterthepropertyorproject,and underSaveasType,select"Kml(*.kml).
11. ClickSaveontheSaveFilewindow,savingitinthesamefolderastherestofthefilesforthe project. 12. CloseGoogleEarth. 13. RestoreRFVue. 14. SelecttheRulerbuttonontheToolstoolbar.Inthesameplacethatyoutracedthepathin GoogleEarth,extendtheruleracrossthesamepath.
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15. Clickonceonthebluelinethatappears.Twowhitesquaresshouldappearoneitherendofthe line.
16. Doubleclickonthesameline.Anewpopupwindowshouldappeartitled"LineProperties."
17. Clickthebuttontitled"SetGeolocationfromKML".
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18. Anotherpopupwindowshouldappear,titledImportplacemark'scoordinates.
19. BrowsefortheKMLfilecreatedfortheproject.SelectthefileandclickOpenatthebottomof thewindow. 20. ClickOKontheImportplacemark'scoordinateswindow. 21. ClickOkontheLinepropertieswindow.
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September17,2010 BTSSetup(part1)
1. OntheMenubar,selectProject>AddSystem 2. TheSystemWizardSystemSourcepopupwindowwillappear.UnderSignal,haveeachsetting asfollows: Region/Country:USA Band:(ATCEngineeringwillprovide) Technology:(ATCEngineeringwillprovide) Block:ALL Nb.ofch.:(ATCEngineeringwillprovide) LeaveC/N(min)at10.0dBunlessotherwisedirected.
3. UnderSystemSources,selectBaseStationSector. 4. ClickNext
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5. IFWCDMAorCDMAisselectedunderTechnology,underthe"Propagationcalculationsbased on"frame,selectPilot/CPICH. 6. MakesurethatPilot/CPICHissetfor10%forAT&TUMTSunderWalshcodespowerframe unlessotherwiseinstructed.ForVerizonuse15%,andSprint/Nextel20%. 7. ClickNext.
8. UnderBTSsectorconfigurationframe,setthefollowingunderUplink: RXcomb.losses:10 BTSNF:4.00
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9. Txpower/ch.(overhead+traffic)shouldbeasfollows,pertechnology: GSM:43dBm UMTS:46dBm CDMA:43dBm(orfullpower) LTE:44.9dBm SMR:43dBm(orfullpower) 10. ClickFinish.(NOTE:youwillhavetocomebacktothiswindowtosettheDownlinkafterthe systemissetup.) 11. OntheLayouttabwheretheEquipmentRoomislocated,placetheBTS.
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September17,2010 DesigningtheDAS
1. Forashoppingmall,beginbyplacingadirectionalantennaaimedateachofthe(indoor) entrancestotheanchorstores.Usethefollowingantennamodelforthedirectionals: (CellularSpecialties)CSIAP/806/2.5/710 2. Fortheinterioroftheshoppingmall,orforallotherbuildingtypes,usethefollowing omnidirectionalantenna: (Huber+Suhner)SWA0764/360/6/30/V,alsoknownas1399.17.0085SencityOptima 3. Developanarrayofantennasthatwillcovertheentirecoverageareaat85dBmover95%of thecoveragearea,unlessotherwisedirected.Thisthresholdmeans85dBmforGSMandSMR trafficchannels,butalso85dBmforthePilot/CPICHforCDMA,UMTS,andLTE.Itis recommendedthatinrelativelyopenareas,settheomniantennasabout150'aparttobegin with,andcloserinmoredenseenvironments.Thesecanbeadjustedafterthepredictionsrun. 4. Insertallofthenecessarycabling,splitters,couplers,andjumpersasneededtoconnectthe system.Werecommendthatinmostcases,useonly3antennaperHPRUforbestcoverage results.Othersituationsmayrequiredifferentconfigurations(i.e.corridors,ballrooms,etc.). 5. Oncethesystemiscompletelycabled,clickonPowerperCarrierforeachsysteminthe predictiontoverifyconnectivity.IfthereisnoEiRPoutputfigure,checktheconnections. 6. Atthispoint,wegobacktotheBTSWizardandfinishconfiguringtheBTS.Becausecable footages,attenuators,andheadendcombiningschemesmaychangeatorbefore commissioning,thesafestwaytoapproachthedesignistodeterminewhattheoutputPPC (powerpercarrier)shouldbeattheHPRU.ThiscanbecheckedintheLinkBudgetreport. RequiredoutputvaluesfortheHPRUwillbeprovidedbyATC.AdjusttheDownlinkbyadding inlineattenuatorsuntiltheoutputPPCattheHPRUmatchesthevalueprovidedbyATCfor eachsystemascloseaspossible. 7. SelectthePredictionAreabuttonandtracetheexteriorfootprintforthebuildingateachlevel. 8. OncethecorrectBTSpowerlevelsareset,proceedtoadjustthedesignsothatitmeetsthe 85dBm/95%coveragethresholdforallsystems(seenote#3).
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September17,2010 OutputPlots
Ontheupperrighthandsideofthescreen,selectthePredictiontab.SelecttheAddOutput Mapbutton.Addeachofthefollowingoutputmapsaslistedbelow.HavethelegendsetforRainbow. RSSI/RSCP/RSRP
Thisisthedefaultsetting.Thisoutputmapshouldalreadybepreparedwhentheinitial predictionisrun.BesuretolabelallGSMorSMRplotsasRSSI,CDMA,LTE,orUMTS. SectorIsolation
Youwillneedtoresavethefilewithadifferentname(SiteNameSectors).Basedonthe numberofsectorsthesiteistobedivided(thisfigurewillbeprovidedbyATC),youwillneedto reseteachoftheRFSources(BTS)tothesamefrequencyandtechnology.Besurethatchannelsis setto"ALL"andthateachsectorisgivenadifferentname. DecideuponasensibleandbalanceddivisionofHPRUsacrossthesite.Havetheremotesineach respectivesectorconnecttothesameTFLNcardsconnectsforthatsector'sBTS. SelecttheSoftHandoffplot.UseaGivenValueof75dBmfortheOutdoorSignalifBenchmark Dataisunavailable.MakesurethatunderColorScheme,youselect"SystemColor." Runtheplot.Besuretoselect(checkbox)allsystemsfortheoutputmap. BestServer/BCCHFootprint
SelecttheBestServerPlot.Makesurethateachofthesystemsareassigneddifferentcolors underSystemInfo.UndertheSpecifictaboftheOutputMapConfigurationwindow,select Combinesameprovider.UndertheFilterstab,selectonlytheGSMorSMRsystems.Underthe ColorSchemestab,selectUsesystemcolor.ClickOKandruntheplot. SNIR/EcIo Unlessyouhaveactualmacrodataforthesite,donotselect"Consideroutdoorsignals."Under theFilterstab,selecttheGSMsystemsforSNIRplots,CDMA/UMTSsystemsforEcIoplots. UndertheColorSchemestab,clicktheEditbutton,andclickEditgradient.Besuretoadjustthe legendsothatthecolorgradientisappropriatelycalibratedtotherangeofdata. CoveragePredictionvs.BenchmarkData/CoveragePredictionvs.CWData Thebenchmarklegendneedstomatchthepredictionlegend.ThebenchmarkorCWdataneeds tobeoverlaiduponthepredictionplotonalllevels.DONOTimportBMdataontoaseparate layoutpagefromthepredictions. 21
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ExternalLeakage SimplydeletethepredictionboundaryandreruntheRSSI/RSCPplots.Makesurethatthereis atleast100dBmat100'awayfrommainpointsofegressfromthebuilding.
Whenalloftheplotsarerun,generateaPDFofeachoutputplotforeachsystem.Theseneedtobe submittedtoATCIBWEngineeringforapproval. RECOMMENDEDSETTINGS: 1.PreferredPartslistshouldincludeatleastthefollowingitems(forAndrewIONBdesigns): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. AntennaCellularSpecialtiesCSIAP/806/2.5/710 AntennaHuber+SuhnerSWA0764/360/6/30/V FiberBDAAndrewTFAHUS6B SplitterAndrewS2CPUSLN SplitterAndrewC6CPUSLN SplitterAndrewC10CPUSLN CableAndrewHL4RP50A CableCorning012EB4T3201C20 FiberBDAHubAndrewTFLN2504/4
2.UnderPredictionProperties,runtheResolutionataround3'or1meter.Thiscanbehigherforvery largeproperties,orlowerforsmallproperties,butthisisaboutwherewegetthebestbalancebetween resolutionandprocessingtime. 3.HavetheIndoorPredictionlegendsetforRainbow,Discreet. 4.Renumbertheremotesandantennasaccordingtothefollowingsystem: a) Remotesaretwodigits.Theyruningroupsof4,andgo11,12,13,14.Afterthefourth number,youchangethefirstdigitandstartagain:21,22,23,24,31,32...etc. b) Antennasarethreedigits.Thefirsttwoarealwaysthesameastheremotethatdrivesthem,the thirdnumberisthesequentialidentifierfortheantennasconnectedtotheremote.For example,121,122,123,124,etc.
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September17,2010 DELIVERABLES:
Deliverableswillbespecifiedforeachproject.Designpackagesmayincludeanyorallofthefollowing: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. ATCwillrequireallplotsinPDFformat,pagesizeformattedfor11x17,exceptfortheEMFreportand Materialslist,whichshouldbeformattedfor81/2x11. ATCwillrequireallsourcefilesfortheproject(*.ibwfiles). Onlytheplotsfortherequestedtechnologieswillberequired(i.e.forSprint/Nextel,onlySMR800,SMR 900,andCDMA1900willberequired.UMTS,LTE,andGSMnotapplicable). GSMRSSIplotforeachfrequencyband GSMBCCHFootprintPlotforeachfrequencyband GSMSNIRPlotforeachfrequencyband SMRRSSIplotforeachfrequencyband SMRBCCHFootprintPlotforeachfrequencyband SMRSNIRPlotforeachfrequencyband UMTSRSCPplotforeachfrequencyband UMTSSectorIsolationPlotforeachfrequencyband UMTSExternalleakageplotforeachfrequencyband CDMARSCPplotforeachfrequencyband CDMASectorIsolationPlotforeachfrequencyband CDMAExternalleakageplotforeachfrequencyband LTERSCPplotforeachfrequencyband LTESectorIsolationPlot LTEExternalleakageplot WiMAXRSCPplot WiMAXSectorIsolationPlot WiMAXExternalleakageplot EMFreport MaterialsList TrunkingDiagram
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SAMPLETRUNKINGDIAGRAM
NOTES: 1.Observethatthesectorsaresegregatedintocolorcodedareasonthediagramandlabeled accordingly. 2.AntennasandRUsarelabeledwithIDnumber. 3.Splittersandcouplerslabeledwithcoupledinputtooutputvalue(i.e.6dBcoupler,2:1splitter,etc.) 4.Allcableroutesareshownorthogonal. 5.NoteinlineattenuatorsbetweenBTSandTPOIcards.
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QUESTIONSANDFURTHERINFORMATION: Pleasecontact LudwikWodka DASSolutionsDesignSupervisor 9194665816(desk) 9193493745(mobile) ludwik.wodka@americantower.com SantoshSarikonda RFEngineer 9194665540(desk) santosh.sarikonda@americantower.com AndrewPigney Sr.RFManager 9194665981(desk) andrew.pigney@americantower.com
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8. UnderPropagationModels,selectDominantPath,andsetallfrequenciesbeingusedinthe predictionasfollows: LOSExponent:2.5 OLOSExponent:2.6 NLOSExponent:2.7.

9. UnderPropagationModels,selectPathLossExponent.Setfrequenciesasfollows: 700LTEn=2.4,sigma=9.1 850Cellularn=2.4,sigma=9.6 1700AWSn=2.6,sigma=13.9 1900PCSn=2.6,sigma=14.1

11. 12. 13. 14.

Click"OK"atthebottomoftheNewProjectbrowser. Anewtabshouldopentitled"DesignPlan."Thedefaultpagesetupisusuallysetto81/2"x11", Portraitview. OntheMenubar,selectProject>PageSetup. OnthePrintSetuptab,setPaperSizeto11x17.

15. OnthePrintSetuptab,setPaperOrientationtoLandscape. 16. OnthePageSizetab,makesurethat"SameasPrinter"isselectedunderthePageSizeframe.

17. OnthePageSizetab,clickthebuttoninthelowerrightcornermarker"Setcurrentpagesizeas default." 18. Click"OK"atthebottomofthePageSetupbrowser. 19. Atanytime,hittheF6keytoviewpageextents. 8

20. OntheMenubar,selectPlans>NewLayoutPlan. 21. Anewbrowserwindowwillappear,titledPlanPropertiesfor"ProjectName".EntertheProject NameunderProperties,followedbythefloorthatthelayoutwillshow.(e.g."AmericanTower HQ1").

22. InthePlanPropertiesbrowserwindow,underCustomText,enterthefollowingpassage(if applicable):"Thispredictionhasnotbeenoptimizedwithmeasureddatacollectedfromthe site."BesurethisnoteisaddedtotheCustomTextforLayoutPlan. 23. Repeatsteps20,21,&22foralllevelsofthebuildingtobeincludedintheprediction.

6. Anewbrowserwindertitled"Selectmaterialforlayer'0'"willappear.Selecttheappropriate materialforeachlayer(e.g.WallPartition>Partition[Drywall]forthelayerlabeled"Wall PartitionDrywall.")

7. Whenallofthelayershavebeenassignedamaterialtype,click"OK"atthebottomofthe "Selectmaterial..."browser. 8. Anadditionalpopupwindowwillappearthatwillaskyoutosettheheightofthefloorabove thegroundplane.Forallcommercialandpublicbuildings,setthisfor15feet.Forresidentialand hotelsuse10feet.

ScalingtheDrawing MinimizeRFVue. OpenGoogleEarth. Locatethebuildingbeingmodeledintheprediction. SelectaneasilyidentifiablefeatureonthebuildingthatisalsooutlinedintheIBWavemodel (e.g.anAnchorstoreonashoppingmall).Zoominclosetothatfeature. 5. OntheToolbar,selectthe"AddPath"button. 1. 2. 3. 4.

7. Clickonceononesideofthebuildingfeature,andonlyoncemoreattheotherside. 8. Click"OK"atthebottomoftheNewPlanbrowser. 9. OntheMenubar,selectSave>SavePlaceAs

10. IntheSaveFilepopupwindowthatappears,namethefileafterthepropertyorproject,and underSaveasType,select"Kml(*.kml).

15. Clickonceonthebluelinethatappears.Twowhitesquaresshouldappearoneitherendofthe line.

19. BrowsefortheKMLfilecreatedfortheproject.SelectthefileandclickOpenatthebottomof thewindow. 20. ClickOKontheImportplacemark'scoordinateswindow. 21. ClickOkontheLinepropertieswindow.

5. IFWCDMAorCDMAisselectedunderTechnology,underthe"Propagationcalculationsbased on"frame,selectPilot/CPICH. 6. MakesurethatPilot/CPICHissetfor10%forAT&TUMTSunderWalshcodespowerframe unlessotherwiseinstructed.ForVerizonuse15%,andSprint/Nextel20%. 7. ClickNext.

8. UnderBTSsectorconfigurationframe,setthefollowingunderUplink: RXcomb.losses:10 BTSNF:4.00

Ontheupperrighthandsideofthescreen,selectthePredictiontab.SelecttheAddOutput Mapbutton.Addeachofthefollowingoutputmapsaslistedbelow.HavethelegendsetforRainbow. RSSI/RSCP/RSRP

Thisisthedefaultsetting.Thisoutputmapshouldalreadybepreparedwhentheinitial predictionisrun.BesuretolabelallGSMorSMRplotsasRSSI,CDMA,LTE,orUMTS. SectorIsolation

ExternalLeakage SimplydeletethepredictionboundaryandreruntheRSSI/RSCPplots.Makesurethatthereis atleast100dBmat100'awayfrommainpointsofegressfromthebuilding.

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