Mobile Network Optimization

OptiMon over GeoProbe

Mobile Network Optimization (MNO) is a suite of OptiMon SW tools that allows mobile network operators to drastically reduce their cost for Radio Network Optimization and Troubleshooting, increase capacity and performance leveraging GeoProbe monitored UTRAN networks. MNO can be the key success factor for a mobile network operator to achieve the contrasting goals of reducing the operating costs while improving the network quality and Capex efficiency.

Increase Effectiveness and Efficiency of 3G Network Optimization, Performance and Monitoring

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OptiMons unique feature set is targeted at making Radio Network Optimization and Troubleshooting of mobile networks more efficient. At the same time, it provides measurements and analysis results that are not provided by other test tools. Key Benefits
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Improve the overall efficiency of the organization for Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting across various network topologies Improve the Quality of Experience as perceived by subscribers Increase network capacity and control costs of upgrades Reduce the use of Drive Test to only those cases that really have an impact and cut the overall operating expenses Reduce the time to trouble resolution with actionable information extracted from all critical network interfaces

Automatic Optimization and Network Performance Reports

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Configurable Alarms
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Highlights potential problems for the optimization or troubleshooting engineer Reports are submitted by email (PDF) or can be browsed by users interactively with instant drilldown capabilities

Notify users immediately by email or SMS in case of threshold violations Overall network and services visibility with configurable KPIs and threshold setting for policy management User plane KPIs for early diagnosis of potential service degradations

Quality of Experience Analysis

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Geographic Localization of problems within a cell I Key to reducing drive test Reduce the need of drive testing
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Scalability and superior User Plane Analysis Capabilities

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Indepth radio analysis combined with geographic position Statistically relevant results Allows for efficient rootcause analysis of identified problems as well as end to end session analysis from core to the access

Real-time filtering in line rate (STM-1, GbEth, etc.) System can grow with increasing traffic or changing requirements by simply adding processing capacity (e.g. a server) Multiple users can concurrently access data and perform their individual analysis

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Instant and seamless drilldown

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Multi-user Capabilities
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One major source of cost reduction comes from OptiMons ability to substitute drive test. Based on its unique feature set, OptiMon allows for a reduction of overall drive test activities by 60 to 80%. Especially in a 3G network, drive test proved to be particularly inefficient and very costly. OptiMon will allow network engineers to achieve better results within a dramatically reduced time. Additional potential for significant cost reductions lies in the efficiency that network engineers gain when using OptiMon instead of other tools. Because of OptiMons advanced network optimization tools and unique analysis features, the average time of trouble ticket resolution is drastically reduced. OptiMons ability to provide traffic and quality analysis on geographic maps allows network planning engineers to determine more precisely where additional sites or equipment upgrades need to be performed. This network planning support by OptiMon can translate into significant savings of capital expenditures while improving network quality. The cumulated cost savings enabled by OptiMon provide network operators who utilize this solution a positive ROI in less than a year.

Feature Descriptions
Automatic Reporting and Decision Support Tools for Radio Network Optimization
OptiMon provides a variety of automated tools that provide specific information that is vital to Radio Optimization engineers. It will enable them to: I more efficiently perform their daily tasks
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focus on the most important issues save time and makes optimization tasks easier

Network KPIs and Dashboards Dashboards for different KPIs and topics are created by OptiMon. Dashboards display the trend of specific KPIs over multiple hours, days or weeks. In contrast to KPIs from OMC/OSS and network monitoring systems (which are usually based on attempt/ success event counters), OptiMon KPIs are based on counting dedicated failure events that allow a classification of problems and point to the root cause much faster. This makes OptiMon the ideal tool for troubleshooting and optimization of network clusters. Drill-down is possible by the click of a button to further analyze any of the KPIs by: I top worst handsets involved
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top worst cells cause distribution top worst roamer geographic distribution

The OptiMon default configuration includes for example dashboards for Iub, Iu, Iur, HSDPA, Handovers, etc. Additional dashboards can be configured by users.

GeoProbe Network-wide 24 x 7 Monitoring, Real-time Multiple Protocol Correlation (MPC), Protocol Analysis and Network Status Map
GeoProbe ensures proactive detection of critical radio Network Problems:
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Network Status Maps Customized network maps deliver at-a-glance link and node status. Full view of the network ability to report and alarm on network and application KPIs: I Leverage existing Tektronix Communications probe investments
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Highly scalable solution capable of monitoring high levels of network traffic Real-time and historical analysis of call data E2E call correlation from Mobile Access to Mobile Core

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Full view of the mobile network ability to report and alarm on network and application KPIs for all monitored nodes and dimensions Reduced applications for different domains (Data Center, Core, Access, Transport) Tailored workflows for faster troubleshooting ability to classify and capture data into quality of service categories

On-demand and historical multiple protocol session/call tracing for customer and links with extensive filtering capabilities

Iris Session Analyzer - Session Summary and Ladder Diagram Element View with KPIs

Iris Session Analyzer - PDU decode

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Over-provisioned and Missing Neighbors Detection and Reporting. OptiMon provides information about cell neighbor relations that are:
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In cases where Pingpong handovers are associated with Serving HSDPA Cell Change, severe throughput problems can occur Can be avoided by reducing pilot pollution areas or by adjusting handover trigger parameters in the RNC

Either missing in the RNC > Missing neighbor Or neighbor relations that are never used by mobiles and hence shall be deleted > overprovisioned neighbors This is essential information for radio network engineers to optimize the cell neighbor lists in the RNC

Sleeping cells Detection and Reporting:

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A sleeping cell is a cell that hosts a lot of active radio links, but initial access to the network is not possible; subscribers will perceive this as a coverage problem The root cause of this problem is that one or more common physical channels (PRACH, AICH or SCCPCH) are out of order The sleeping cell symptom is wellknown from drive test and perceived in areas where drive test handsets send subsequent PRACH preambles without getting a grant from the cell to send a RRC Connection Request message OptiMon's Sleeping Cell Report points immediately to cells with such problems and eliminates the need to use drive test to find such sleeping cells

Pilot pollution Detection and Reporting:

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Areas where too many cells provide strong coverage suffer unnecessary interference OptiMon provides information on situations where such pilot pollution occurred excessively

Ping-pong Handover Detection and Reporting:

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Situations in which softhandover radio link additions and deletions are executed within a very short timeframes (e.g. 1 s) OptiMon will provide automatically a list of cells between excessive Ping-Pong handovers have occur Ping-pong handovers can be an indicator for pilot pollution and can generate a significant unnecessary signaling load in the network

Cell Radio Analysis - Example of Automated Reporting

Access Distance Analysis Report

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Geo-Localization of Call Events and Service Degradation Issues

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Call events of interest for optimization and troubleshooting engineers are displayed on a geographic map A unique algorithm is used to calculate the position based on measurement events reported by UEs This allows optimization engineers to:
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Save cost not having to perform drive tests Reduce time-to-resolution because knowing the location of service issues is a key requirement for efficiently solving them

Ping-Pong Handover Report

Automatic Triggers and Alarms

OptiMon users have the possibility to define thresholds: I Absolute thresholds, e.g. call drop rate exceeds 2%
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Relative thresholds, e.g. a change in call drop rate of 0.5% compared to previous value

Whenever thresholds are exceeded, OptiMon will generate automatic alarms that are submitted to configurable users by email or SMS. Thus, users do not have to observe the network continuously, but will be notified if any configured threshold has been violated.

Dashboard Report

Comprehensive Network and User Throughput Analysis

OptiMon provides comprehensive user plane analysis including Throughput for different interfaces (e.g. Iub, Iu) and different levels (Transport layer, Application layer), Retransmissions and round trip time. The combined analysis of user plane analysis graphs (1sec granularity) with radio parameter graphs and signaling events makes OptiMon an ideal solution to optimize and improve PS services in mobile networks. Additionally, the NodeB throughput analysis in OptiMon allows network engineers to assess which NodeBs require an upgrade of the transport network capacity (e.g. E1/T1 links) or additional processing boards.

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In-depth Radio Analysis of Cells and Calls Includes Numerous HSxPA Measurements
Specific radio chart tools in OptiMon allow users to perform comprehensive radio analysis of individual calls or cells. Radio parameters such as Ec/No, RSCP, BLER, BER, RTWP, etc. can be plotted over time (curve) and correlated with the occurrence of signaling events (symbols). HSxPA specific measurements include Capacity Allocation Credits, HSUPA power control analysis, HS-DSCH Provided Bit Rate, E-DCH HARQ Retransmissions. For cell radio parameters, time graphs or histograms can be selected for display.

The correlation of drive test and protocol test data provides full visibility of Uu, Iub, Iur and Iu interfaces. The call data is plotted on geographical maps while radio measurement parameters are graphically displayed. This allows for concurrent analysis and comparison of uplink and downlink events and measurements which makes this especially valuable for root cause analysis for cases when other methods have failed.

Mobile Network Optimization System

GeoProbe monitoring system in combination with OptiMon suite s/w tools are used to capture and process data from the following network interfaces: 3G: Iub, Iu, Iur (optional Abis within GPRS networks using K18)

Seamless Drill-Down for Root-Cause Analysis

From each KPI or Report it is possible to drill down to call details including detailed message decoding.

DT-Synergy Correlation with Drive Test Data

For cases where drive test is still necessary, the optional SW application DT-Synergy (which is part of the OptiMon suite) allows users to correlate drive test logs with protocol test data recorded with Tektronix Communications Network and Service Analyzer (NSA).

GeoProbe Feeding Optimon

Example of Chart Available for Cell Radio Parameters

The Mobile Network Optimization is enabled by Tektronix GeoProbe 3G mobile network monitoring system probe feed. The benefit that GeoProbe brings to the Optimization solution, OptiMon is the performance improvement to the NSA servers due to GeoProbe based deciphering and combining functionality the overall solution is capable of support upto 750Mbps RNCs.

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Optional applications The Network Management Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) for UTRAN package is an optional feature for real-time network service performance monitoring on GPRS and UMTS. The TrendNavigate Server will collect and aggregate data from NSA and store it in a data base. TrendNavigate GUI clients which access data from the TrendNavigate data base provide the interactive interface to the users. Multiple TrendNavigate GUI clients can concurrently access the same data, hence enabling multiuser operation in OptiMon.

In-depth radio Analysis of Cells and Calls: Time Evaluation Chart

Iris Performance Intelligence Dashboard

Seamless Drill-Down for Root Cause Analysis

GeoProbe will provide the following functionality: I Physical interface and signaling capture from ATM or IP based UMTS and UTRAN
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Iub deciphering Macro diversity combining Iub, Iur, IuCS, and IuPS control plane feeds to NSA server via a set of APIs

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Ordering Information: How to build the Optimon Suite, with mandatory and optional hardware and software elements.

About Tektronix Communications:

Tektronix Communications provides network operators and equipment manufacturers around the world an unparalleled suite of network diagnostics and management solutions for fixed, mobile, IP and converged multi-service networks. This comprehensive set of solutions support a range of architectures and applications such as LTE, fixed mobile convergence, IMS, broadband wireless access, WiMAX, VoIP and triple play, including IPTV.

Additional TN GUI Client: MPTSW-0011

DT-Synergy: MDOSW-0050

Geo-Localization Package: (optional) MPTSW-0012 For Further Information: TrendNavigate Base Package: MPTSW-0010
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License for covering 1xRNC or 10xBSCs Includes one TN GUI Client

Pre-requisite: NSA Processing Unit I GeoProbe UTRAN probe Rel 6.10.2 (type and number of probes and links depends on network configuration) I NSA Troubleshooting Suite (UMTS and/or GERAN) I NSA Performance Analysis Suite/KPIs (UMTS and/or GERAN) I (refer to NSA datasheet for details)

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