x-ACP

GSM
Training course Motorola
Istanbul, October 7th-12th, 2007

x-ACP overview: day 1

Overview
The core of the RF design process
Motivation and Scope
Cost/objective function
Data Compatibility
Data Import
Steps (Import physical data, Antenna Import, Import Network Data, Import
elevation data, Import clutter, Import pathloss / RSSI or Drive test
measurements, Import traffic demand grid, Antenna type and electrical tilt)
Functional modules
Improving propagation data: smoothing
Traffic map creation
Optimization
Configuration
Running the optimizer
Site Selection
Configuration
Running site selection
Reports; analysis of results
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x-ACP specific process Motorola Turkey: day 2

ACP process for Motorola Turkey

Atoll input data for xACP
Workflow
Smoothing process
Clutter types definition
Definition based on polygons used for acceptance (coverage
criteria)
Editing polygons using imported DT data
Editing polygons using market specific landmarks

Practical exercise
Build xACP project using actual phase II data

x-ACP practical exercise: day 3

Practical exercise
Full validation of data imported
Site selection scenarios: all candidates, nominal candidates,
ideal capacity scenario
ACP optimization: before SS, after SS
Analysis of results
xACP environment
Atoll environment

x-ACP Overview
The core of the RF design process
Business plan

Capacity

Coverage

Quality

CAPEX

Trade-off
guidelines

Optimi
x-ACP

Site
locations

Antenna
Tilt

Antenna
Azimuth

Antenna
Height

Antenna
Type

TDMA / GSM / WCDMA / iDEN (planned)

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Site physical data

Propagation data
Terrain, clutter, pops
Financial data
Traffic forecast
Legacy configuration

Output
Power

x-ACP Overview
Motivation and Scope

Increased complexity and density of cellular

infrastructure makes manual optimization inefficient
Goal: Automatic configuration of cellular parameters to
optimize chosen performance metrics
General performance metrics
Coverage
Capacity
Quality of Service (QoS)
RF Parameters to optimize:
ERP
Antenna type
Radiation center, orientation and tilt
Site location
other
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x-ACP Overview
Cost/objective function

Maps each point in a configuration space to a nonnegative number

Cost is the measure of configuration point fitness
towards the objective
Contribution to the cost are penalties
Typical penalties assigned for:
Insufficient coverage
Significant interference
Low QoS
Cost function evaluated from drive data or prediction,
Optimi X ACP supports both

x-ACP Overview
Inputs
Site
Sitedata
data
- - lat/long
lat/long
- -antenna
antennadata
data
- -type
type
- orientation
- orientation
- -tilttilt
- -height
height
- -txtxpower
power

Business
BusinessLogic
Logic
- -anchor
network
anchor networkselection
selection
- -special
specialpurpose
purposesites
sitesthat
that
cannot
be
removed
cannot be removed
- sites that must be
- sites that must be
removed
removed

Site Data
Business Logic
Coverage & capacity
requirements

GIS
GISdata
data
- -Terrain
Terrainelevation
elevationgrid
grid
- -Clutter
Cluttertype
typegrid
grid

Financial Information
Site Remove
List

Traffic map grid

x-ACP
Traffic map grid
Measured signal
level grid

Site
Site Selection
Selection
Iterative
process
ACP
ACP

Signal level grid

RF Config

Coverage
Coverage&&Capacity
CapacityRequirements
Requirements
- -clutter
type
specific
coverage
clutter type specific coveragethresholds
thresholds
- -coverage
coveragecriteria
criteriatarget:
target:
- -%%ofofbins
binswith
withlost/acquired
lost/acquiredcoverage
coverage
- -defined
separately
for
VF
defined separately for VF&&Orange
Orange
- traffic forecast for the planning target date
- traffic forecast for the planning target date
(cutover
(cutoverdate
dateororaalater
laterdate)
date)
- - capacity
capacityconstraints
constraints
- -GSM:
GSM: max
maxcell
cellblocking
blockingprobability
probability
max
TRXs/cell
max TRXs/cell
max
maxNb
Nbcabinets/site
cabinets/site
max
Nb
TRXs/cabinet
max Nb TRXs/cabinet
max
maxErl/site
Erl/site
- -UMTS:
max
allowed
UMTS: max allowedcapacity
capacityloading
loading%%
Financial
FinancialInformation
Information
- -anchor
anchornetwork
networkselection
selection
- -special
purpose
sites
special purpose sitesthat
thatcannot
cannotbe
beremoved
removed
- -sites
sitesthat
thatmust
mustbe
beremoved
removed
- -OPEX
OPEXfor
foreach
eachsite
site
- -lease
leasecosts
costs
- -utility
utilitycosts
costs
- -transmission
transmissioncosts
costs
- -other
otherrunning
runningcosts
costs
- -CAPEX
for
each
site
CAPEX for each site
- -lease
leasetermination
terminationcosts
costs
++value
of
decommissioned
value of decommissionedequipment
equipment

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Software functional modules

Automatic Cell Planning module: Used to automatically select parameters

leading to the optimal RF performance of GSM and/or UMTS wireless
networks. Optimal performance is defined in terms of a cost function. Cost
function is driven by user-tunable weights and penalizes lack of coverage,
interference, excessive capacity and uplink/downlink traffic quality (UMTS
only). Optimized parameters include:
Transmitted power
Antenna model
Electrical antenna tilt
Mechanical antenna tilt
Antenna radiation direction (azimuth)
Antenna radiation center height
Site Selection module: Used to identify sites that are redundant in the
current network. Redundancy can be evaluated based on two criteria:
Allowed degradation from the baseline network: Flag sites for removal
as long as percent of area or traffic that would lose coverage as a result
of site removal is below allowed degradation.
Target percentage service level: Flag sites for removal as long as
percent of area or traffic covered is above target after site removal.
Target percentage can be set globally or enforced per clutter type.
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Data Compatibility

Site physical information from Wizard, Planet, Asset,

CelPlan, Access, Atoll etc.
Predictions from Wizard, PlanetEV, CelPlan, Asset, etc
Drive measurements from Wider, TEMS, Clarify, DTI,
XTel and Comarco
Other data
Traffic/sector
Population/pixel
Clutter information/pixel
Terrain height information/pixel

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x-ACP
GSM
DATA IMPORT

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x-ACP - Data Import

Steps

Import physical data

Import Antenna Patterns
Import Network Data
Create grid
Fixed grid or Drive Routes via MapInfo MIF
Import elevation data
Import clutter
Set Gain Calculation Method (MUST do before RSSI Import)
Set Technology and Band (if not set on Physical Import)
Import pathloss / RSSI or Drive test measurements
Mapping file between cell names and pathloss file names
required
Import traffic demand grid
Antenna type and electrical tilt
Antenna Sharing (List of Sectors Sharing Antennas)

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Atoll

Single Entry Point Import of All Data (1 step import)

File > Import > Project > Atoll
Specify Project Path/Name
Physical Data
MS Access .mdb file Exported from Atoll
Band/Tech Read from FBAND Field in Transmitters table
MUST be GSM 850, GSM 1900, etc. for Proper Import
(Forsk Spec.)
Pixel Data
Clutter
Elevation
Pathloss
.dbf Mapping File Exported from Atoll
Pathloss (for maximum accuracy) Imported.
RSSI Files Created.

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Atoll

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x-ACP - Data Import

Importing Clutter data

A ma pping file ne ed to be created to map Planning Tool Clutte r Types to ACP pre define d Clutter Types
The foll owing cl utte r typ es are avai la ble i n ACP:
Dense Urb an
Urban
Hi ghDensityResi den ti al
LowDensi tyReside ntial
Ope n
Wa te r
Deci du ous
Coni ferous
Commercia lAndIndustri al
CoreUrban
Ai rpo rts
Transporta ti on
NoClu tterData

The first val ue c orrespo nd to the clu tter type in the Pl anni ng To ol, the seco nd valu e i s the cl utter type i n x-ACP.

The clutter names must

match exactly!

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x-ACP - Data Import

RF data

Drive data or predictions needed to run OptimiX ACP

Set Gain Calculation Method BEFORE RSSI Import (Tools-Options).
Pathloss is recommended over RSSI for enhanced accuracy
Set Technology and Band BEFORE ANY RSSI is Imported.
Predictions:
From Wizard, PlaNet EV, CelPlan, Asset, Atoll, etc: (Two options)
Import RSSI files for all the sectors from a propagation modeling
tool
Import pathloss files containing vertical and horizontal angle
information for all sectors
Drive data:
From Wider, TEMS, Clarify, DTI, XTel and Comarco
Import drive measurements of the underlying GSM system.

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RF data Drive test

If the Market doesn't have the TXT files (.FMT extension) from TEMS, It
has to be exported.
Clicking on Setup, then you have to choose all parameters and move to
the right window.
Mandatory Parameters: Latitude, Longitude, Scanned Channels No
Of, Scanned ARFCN, Scanned BSIC, Scanned RxLev (dBm)

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RF data Drive test

Drive data: From TEMS.

Import drive measurements of the underlying GSM
system.

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RF data Drive test

Choose the Switch File

Format (1), for Instance:
Nokia.
Specify the Rule 1 and 2
Select the Reading file
and Add Reading file
(.FMT).
Select the Switch File
and Add Switch File
(OPTIMI in our case)

Finally

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x-ACP - Data Import

RF data Prediction Smoothing

Target: Improving predictions in non-driven bins using

drive data
Interpolate the error between drive and prediction
Interpolation must be practical
Mathematical interpolation is not enough
Driven bins averaged with different weights depending on
the distance to the bin which is being smoothed

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Prediction Smoothing

x-Propagation > Combine RSSI

Underlay Predictions
Drive Measurements Moved to Top
Regardless of RSSI
Smooth Predictions
Corrects for Erroneous Model, Obstructions, etc
Based on Drive Test Data.
Use Defaults Thoroughly Validated
View Difference in Measurements & Predictions GIS Display
Model Tuning
Adjusts the Intercept of the propagation model

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TRAFFIC Grid

Traffic Grid/Map: distribution of traffic, contains information at pixel level

(millierlags, nr of users or Kbps). It is possible to work with different traffic
grids in the same project (for different services)

Importing traffic grid from Atoll

Select File > Import > Traffic > Demand > Atoll.
Specify the Atoll Traffic header file *.hdr corresponding to the *.bil
formatted Traffic file and Set UTM zone

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TRAFFIC Grid Generation

Generating Traffic Grid within OptimiXACP

Select Tools > Generate Demand Grid
Generate the demand grid based on
three different Traffic Distribution
Method options
Polygon
By Band/Technology
Weight by clutter if desired

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Data Verification - Predictions

Now that we have all the Prediction loaded into the X-ACP
application, lets display the RSSI and see how it looks:

Select GSM 1900 BAND

from the Measured /
Predictions Data Filter

In the View Mode Tree select

RF>Predictions Only>RSSI
to view the RSSI

Look for sector(s) that do not

have RSSI, if so check & see
if the predictions are there,
perhaps the PL mapping file
is missing few sectors.

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Data Verification - Traffic

Check traffic distribution looks reasonable and correlates with the

input data (forecast data used to generated the demand grid, Atoll
traffic map)

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x-ACP - Optimization
Data Verification Drive Test Data

Now that we have all the Drive test loaded into the X-ACP
application, lets display the RSSI and see how it looks:

Select GSM 1900 BAND

from the Measured /
Predictions Data Filter

Look for sector(s) that do not

have Drive test data, if so
check & see if the Drive test
are there, perhaps the BSIC
mapping between the project
and the drive test data file is
missing or wrong.

In the View Mode Tree select

RF>Drive Measurements /
Predictions > Measurements
Only>RSSI to view the RSSI

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Data Verification Using Pivot Tables

Imported project data can also be viewed using Pivot Tables

Pivot Tables are very flexible and powerful, the user can customize these
as needed (The data can be sorted in many different ways)
These tables can be exported and saved in csv, Excel, Word and html
file formats

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Data Verification Pixel confidence report

This analysis creates a set of text files containing statistics of the

predictions/measurements comparison at sector and pixel levels.
Four files are created as part of the pixel confidence calculation:
List of sectors with no associated predictions
List of sectors with no associated measurements
Difference between prediction and measurement per pixel (Pixel
confidence)
Mean difference between predictions and measurements and standard
deviation per sector (Sector confidence)

Within the Pixel Confidence reports, users

should look for large differences (more than
5dB may be suspicious) between predictions
and measurements and large standard
deviation (more than 10dB indicates a large
spread).

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x-ACP
GSM
CONFIGURING PROJECT

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x-ACP - Optimization
Configuration - Clutter Attributes
Select the band, then update the values of: (those values depend on
local Market decisions)
Clutter type weight
Coverage Threshold
Capacity Layer Coverage Threshold (For Capacity Layer ACP
Optimizations Only)
Target Coverage Service Level (For Site Selection Only)
Target C2I Service Level (For Site Selection Only)

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Configuration - Clutter Attributes

Setting Clutter Attributes

Use OLAP Coverage View to Assess Percentages of Each
Clutter Type.
Carefully Consider Clutter Weights and Thresholds According to
These Percentages and Market Specifics.

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Configuration - Clutter Attributes
Setting Clutter Attributes
If Traffic per Sector Imported via Import-Network Consolidation Data-Traffic
Forecast is Used, Clutter Weights are Used to Distribute Traffic Amongst BestServed Pixels for Each Sector.
Higher Weighted Pixels are Assigned a Larger Percentage of the Traffic.
Pixels Are Considered to Be Covered if Best Server >= Threshold Setting for
That Clutter Type
Clutter Weights Should NOT Differ by More Than One Order of Magnitude
Clutter Types That Comprise 25% or More of the Total Should Be One Value
Less than Low Density Residential
Clutter Types That Comprise 30% or More of the Total Should Match the Weight
of Low Density Residential
The weights are relative values (unit less).
A value of 1 for all is the same as a value
of 1 for all. What is important is the relative
difference between these weights.

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Configuration - Parameters
Parameters that can be optimized are available in the Physical tab:
1. Each optimizable parameter has a
button next to it.
2. In this window, the user can set optimizable parameter on a per sector basis.

By default, all the optimizable

parameters are set to be optimized
for all the sectors. The Optimize this
variable is checked

As a first step, select all the sectors in the network.

Next, go to each optimizable parameter and uncheck the Optimize this variable box.
Click on Apply when done. This will ensure that none of sectors in the project can be
optimized (next slide shows how to set optimizable parameters on a per group basis)

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Configuration - Parameters
In this example, these sites selected the Antenna type and Azimuth are
optimizables. It means, each sector can be optimizable with different
parameters.
Only these three antenna
types will be considered
during the optimization
process for the selected
sites

The increment is
vendor specific

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Configuration - Parameters

After setting all the optimizable parameters, use the

View Mode Tree to verify your settings.

Select the desired

Optimizable Parameter
from the drop-down list

Sectors with the selected Optimize this

variable box checked should turn blue
(in our example it is the Optimizable PA
Power)

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x-ACP
GSM
OPTIMIZATION

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x-ACP - Optimization
Running the Optimizer - ACP Tab
After configuring the optimizable parameters on a per sector basis, we are now ready to set
these parameters on a network wide basis. (In the ACP Tab as shown below)

- RF Parameters to optimize:
Antenna Type, Mechanical Tilt,
Azimuth, and Power
In addition to RF parameters, the
optimizer considers the available budget
and costs of various modifications
Objective function is a combination of RF
and budget costs
Budget may be overwritten by entering
large budget limit and uniform individual
budget items

More iterations for statistical validity

(for initial testing use lower numbers to get a
feeling of how long it takes)
Click on Apply and go to
the Objective Tab next
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100% sampling will analyze all the

pixels. Reducing this to a smaller %
will speed up the optimization;
however, it may compromise the
optimization results

x-ACP - Optimization
Running the Optimizer - Objective Tab
Allows weighting among relative importance given to coverage, capacity and quality
Facilitates inclusion of population, clutter and traffic data

Checking on the Clutter box allows the

optimizer to prioritize pixels in different clutter
types based on the Clutter weightings (as set
in Edit\Clutter Attributes)
Checking on the Traffic box allows the
optimizer to prioritize pixels based on the
traffic distribution. Pick the correct traffic
grid from the drop-down list

The weights are relative values (unit less). A

value of 100 for all is the same as a value of
10 for all. What is important is the relative
difference between these weights.
Click OK when ready

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Running the Optimizer - Summary

The optimizer provides the following summary of the current

scenario

(Please, verify this info with your desired optimization goals)

Does the count match

with what it should be?

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Running the Optimizer - Status

Here, the user can monitor changes in RF costs, monetary

costs, and the percentage of covered and good quality pixels.

While the optimizer is running, compare the following:

1.

Initial Cost with the Current Cost and the Best Cost.
The lower the cost the better it is.

2.

Percentages: Improvement from Initial values to the

current values.

3.

Dollar Cost: Current dollar cost should be zero for all

parameters. This cost will increase with each change in
parameter values
(as set in the RF Tab of the optimization window)

Click on Start to initiate the optimization process

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Running the Optimizer - Progress
The optimizer stops after finishing the user-defined number of iterations,
alternatively the user also has the option to click on Pause to stop the
optimizer at any time.
Q: How many iterations should I run? (when can I stop the optimizer)
The number of iterations needed for each project will vary depending on
many factors (# of parameters to be optimized, # and location of sectors,
etc.). Initially, you can start with a relatively lower number such as 5 or
10. When the optimizer is running, try to look at the relative
improvement from one iteration to the next.
The idea is to note the improvement as the optimization proceeds. At
some point, you will start seeing that more iterations are not helping in
providing more improvement. At that point, you may choose to stop the
optimizer. So, even if you have started the optimizer with 100 iteration to
be done, no worries, just stop it as needed.
Clicking on Pause stops the optimizer and gives the following three options:

Resume: Start optimization from where it was paused.

Commit Changes: Accept, save the optimization results, and exit the
optimizer.
Cancel: Ignore the optimization results and exit the optimizer.
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x-ACP - Optimization
Running the Optimizer - Progress
Please, note the following regarding clicking on Pause in the
ACP Optimization Window
1.

2.

It may take a little while before the optimizer actually stops. The
optimizer needs some time to finish the iteration it is in at that
moment.
You may get a Not Responding message in the top portion your
window. Many times, this is just a temporary stage. If you wait for
some time, the application should respond.

Upon completion of the Optimization run (either by completing all

iterations or when pausing and clicking on OK), the optimizer
saves all the changes in the appropriate project files. Depending
on the number of changes, it may take a little time to save these
changes. Again, the user may get a Not Responding
message if multiple mouse-clicks are utilized in the due process.

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Running the Optimizer - Progress
Make sure to Save your project after accepting the optimization results.
In summary, follow these steps once the optimization stops:

Step1
NOTE: The user may not get this window if the optimizer was
manually stopped (by clicking on Pause) before finishing all of the
iterations. In that case, skip Step1 and proceed to Step2.

and x-Site Selection

NOTE: You may
need to wait for
some time for
Step2 to finish.

Step2

Step3

Save the project.

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x-ACP
GSM
SITE SELECTION

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Site selection process overview

The site selection process is executed simultaneously for GSM and UMTS
Step 1. Maximize the coverage of all sectors (ACP)

Step 2. Evaluate removal of the site with the lowest cost

Remove site
Step 3. Check if coverage & capacity criteria are satisfied
yes

no
Step 4. Optimize the RF design of the new network (ACP)

Step 5. Verification of the new design by simulation

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Site selection process step by step

Step 2. Evaluate removal of the site with the lowest cost
- -The cost is defined by a cost function that considers both the coverage and capacity
The cost is defined by a cost function that considers both the coverage and capacity
criteria
criteria

Total cost = Lost_coverage_cost + Financial_cost

Lost_coverage_cost = SUM( bins_that_lost_coverage * clutter_weight)
Financial_cost = (Site_financial_cost / Ave_financial_cost) * Financial_weight

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component is
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release to take
interference
penalties into
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Site selection process step by step

Step 3. Check if coverage & capacity criteria are satisfied
- -Coverage criteria is defined in terms of bins that have the best server signal level
Coverage criteria is defined in terms of bins that have the best server signal level
below
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- -UMTS:
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Running the Optimizer Site Selection

Site Selection can be run concurrently

or separately from ACP
Used to identify sites that are
redundant in the current network.
Redundancy can be evaluated based
on two criteria:
Allowed degradation from the baseline
network (Network Change option): Flag
sites for removal as long as percent of
area or traffic that would lose coverage as
a result of site removal is below allowed
degradation.
Target percentage service level (Network
Service Level option ): Flag sites for
removal as long as percent of area or
traffic covered is above target after site
removal. Target percentage can be set
globally or enforced per clutter type.
*Available for UMTS; will be available for GSM in 5.0 release

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Running the Optimizer Site Selection

Pressing Start in the

Select Sites Optimization
Status dialog will initiate
Site Selection analysis,
resulting in identifying
sites estimated as
redundant and proposed
to be killed. After Site
Selection completes, Edit
Sector dialog will identify
killed sites in the
Keep/Remove group
filter.

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GSM
Analyzing RESULTS

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x-ACP optimization reports

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x-ACP Analysis of Results

Optimization Reports

Optimization results are available in Excel Like Reports

within the ACP
The reports are:
Schedule of Changes Report (AcpChangesScheduleAgg)
Optimization Status Report (AcpOptimizationReportTechBand)
Optimized Network Coverage & Quality
Histograms(pixelReportTechBand BAND_optimized)
Un-Optimized Network Coverage & Qulaity Histograms
pixelReportTechBand BAND_unoptimized
Changes Report (AcpChangesReportTechBand)

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x-ACP Analysis of Results

Optimization Reports

The AcpChangesReportTechBand report provides the

Original and Optimized values for all of the optimizable
parameters on a per sector basis:

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x-ACP Analysis of Results

Optimization Reports
The AcpChangesScheduleAgg aggregate report provides the individual
and cumulative contribution that can be achieved by utilizing the optimized
values. This report prioritizes the changes in terms of their effect on the
network; aditionally, the changes are organized in user-defined Milestones.

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ACP results analysis

ACP reports:
ACP
ACPoptimization
optimizationreport
report
ACP optimization started at 08:56:01
ACP optimization started at 08:56:01
Technology UMTS
Technology UMTS
Band 850 BAND
Band 850 BAND
Optimization for Mechanical_Tilt Azimuth
Optimization for Mechanical_Tilt Azimuth
Iterations 5
Iterations 5
Coverage weight 10
Coverage weight 10
Capacity Uplink weight 10
Capacity Uplink weight 10
Quality weight 10
Quality weight 10
Traffic Quality 10
Traffic Quality 10
Downlink Load Balance weight 0
Downlink Load Balance weight 0
Traffic Uplink Quality 10
Traffic Uplink Quality 10
Downlink Capacity weight 10
Downlink Capacity weight 10
Uplink Capacity weight 10
Uplink Capacity weight 10
Budget 1e+08
Budget 1e+08
Sampling Percentage 100
Sampling Percentage 100
Interpolation method ATG
Interpolation method ATG

ACP
ACPchange
changereport
report

ACP
ACPchange
changeschedule
schedule

Project scaled by traffic

Project scaled by traffic
Project scaled by clutter
Project scaled by clutter
Polygon POLYGON_1_3LATLON.MIF
Polygon POLYGON_1_3LATLON.MIF
Initial total ACP cost 135558
Initial total ACP cost 135558
Initial percent pixels with good coverage 95.6155
Initial percent pixels with good coverage 95.6155
Initial percent pixels with good pilot Ec/Io 26.0804
Initial percent pixels with good pilot Ec/Io 26.0804
Initial percent pixels with good traffic quality 100
Initial percent pixels with good traffic quality 100
Initial percent pixels with good uplink quality 99.9937
Initial percent pixels with good uplink quality 99.9937
Initial percent good downlink capacity 95.4246
Initial percent good downlink capacity 95.4246
Initial percent good uplink capacity 94.8576
Initial percent good uplink capacity 94.8576
Final total ACP cost 77357.3
Final total ACP cost 77357.3
Final percent pixels with good coverage 96.951
Final percent pixels with good coverage 96.951
Final percent pixels with good pilot Ec/Io 52.3876
Final percent pixels with good pilot Ec/Io 52.3876
Final percent pixels with good traffic quality 100
Final percent pixels with good traffic quality 100
Final percent pixels with good uplink quality 99.8488
Final percent pixels with good uplink quality 99.8488
Final percent good downlink capacity 99.119
Final percent good downlink capacity 99.119
Final percent good uplink capacity 99.4385
Final percent good uplink capacity 99.4385
ACP optimization finished at 09:58:17
ACP optimization finished at 09:58:17

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Optimization Reports

The AcpOptimizationReportTechBand file provides

details regarding the optimization including the
optimization settings and the initial and final overall pixel
quality and coverage percentages.

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x-ACP Site Selection reports

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Site selection results analysis

Site selection results can be analyzed using the available reports

Scenario_1.OffLoads.umts850
Scenario_1.OffLoads.umts850

Scenario_1.SelectSiteReport.umts850
Scenario_1.SelectSiteReport.umts850

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Site Selection Reports
Once Site Selection is run, a new folder is created containing specific reports for the different SS
scenarios
Scenario_name.InfoReport.TechBand.csv - This file contains information regarding the
optimization settings. These include:
Percentage Coverage Change or Service Level defined by the user.
Coverage Weight (hard coded)
Anchor Weight
Weight by Clutter Setting
Weight by Traffic Setting
Weight by Population Setting
Traffic Used (This will be blank if a demand grid is employed)
Scenario_name.Offloads.TechBand.csv - This file contains information regarding traffic
offloading. There are three columns:
New Relief Sector - The sector which absorbed the traffic.
Existing Offloaded Sector - The sector from which the traffic was offloaded.
Offloaded Erlang Percentage - The % of the starting erlangs that were offloaded from the
Existing Offloaded Sector to the New Relief Sector

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Site Selection Reports
Scenario_name.Relief.TechBand.csv - This file contains information to be used by Optimi's VCF
Forecasting Tool.
Scenario_name.SelectSiteReport.TechBand.csv - This file contains information regarding the
sites that were selected for decommission. The columns include:
Cell ID - The ID of the site selected for decommission.
Erlang - The number of erlangs the site was serving.
Number of Pixels Served - The number of pixels the site served at or above the threshold used
for prediction/drive measured data import (typically -105 dBm).
Number of Pixels Covered - The number of pixels the site covered at or above the coverage
threshold defined for the clutter type.
Number of Pixels Lost Coverage - The number of pixels whose best server fell below the
coverage threshold (within the default polygon defined in Tools-Options) defined by the user for
the clutter type as a result of the site's decommissioning.
Percentage of Coverage Lost - The percentage of this sites coverage that was lost. This is
NOT and indicator of network coverage lost.
Decommission Erlang - The number of erlangs that are no longer served as a result of this
site's decommissioning (erlangs on pixels no longer served at all).
Coverage Score - The coverage score for the site. This is the total number of pixels that lost
coverage (within the entire project) divided by the total number of pixels covered in the project.

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Site Selection Reports
After SS, and once the sectors proposed for removal have been
deleted, the distribution of traffic has changed. This has to be
analyzed carefully in order to make sure that every existing site can
accomplish with the new distribution. There is one utility Update
Traffic Erlangs which updates traffic per sector according to the
new scenario

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x-ACP RF reports

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RF Reports
Detailed Reports for Analysis by Clutter Type
x-ACP > Reports > RF > GSM/UMTS Statistics
Requires a Traffic Demand Grid
Run for Each Band
Results Can Be Displayed in Tabular or Graphic Format

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RF Reports
RF Reports in GIS
Display
Tied to Measured
/ Predictions Data
Filter
Coverage RSSI
Dominance
Coverage All
(Must meet RSSI
AND Quality
Thresholds)

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RF Baseline Delta
Detailed RF Statistics For Baseline and Current Project
x-ACP > Reports > RF Baseline Delta > GSM/UMTS-850/1900 Statistics
Define Baseline Project (Tools > Options)
Requires RF Reports for Both Baseline and Current Project
Run for Each Band
Results Can Be Displayed in Tabular or Graphic Format

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RF Baseline Delta
RF Baseline Delta in
GIS Display
Physical (Antenna,
ETilt, MTilt, Azimuth
Changes
Tied to Measured /
Predictions Data
Filter
Coverage RSSI
Dominance
(interference)
Coverage All (Must
meet RSSI AND
Quality Thresholds)

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