Field measurement tools

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Terminals used in trials

Samsung (B3710)
The most used terminal in trials and FiVe.
Drive test tool interface provides one sample per second (no averaging) for each parameter
2.6GHz band
LG (LD100/G7)
Provides more RF data (more frequent samples and parameters) than Samsung
2.6GHz band
Nokia (RD-3)
Support for 850MHz band
Qualcomm chipset based terminals (QC, Huawei,)
Still not widely used in NSN FiVe and trials (except in US)
Likely to be the most used chip set in short time
Aeroflex TM500
R&D test terminal, sw based
Provides TTI level data
Used for new frequencies and technologies when no other terminals are yet available.
Currently in use for 1800MHz band and for TDD.

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Drive test tools

XCAL
Support for Samsung terminal
Support for LG terminal
Support for PCTel and Rohde&Schwarz scanners

Samsung + XCAL, the most

used drive test combination at
the moment in trials and FiVe.

Nemo Outdoor
Support for LG terminals
Support for Qualcomm chipset
Support for Nokia terminals (RD-3)
Support for PCTel and Rohde&Schwarz scanners
JDSU E6474A (NixT)
Support for LG terminals
Difficult post processing format (in Excel export). Post processing with drive test
tool is difficult (not sync of different views).
Support for Qualcomm chipset (not tested yet)
Support for Samsung terminals coming early 2011 (?)

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Scanner measurement information

Best neighbor cell decoding
sensitivity in NPO scanner
comparison tests

PCTel
Measuring both RS SINR and SCH SINR
Wide band RSSI measurements and spectrum scanning supported
R&S
Measuring only SCH SINR
No support for wide band RSSI measurements and spectrum scanning
Measuring only from Sync channel bandwidth (1.4MHz). Also RSRP and
RSRQ measured only from that bw.
JDSU E6474A
Measuring only RS SINR
Difficult post processing format (in Excel export)
Wide band RSSI measurements and spectrum scanning supported
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Commercial post-processing tools available for

LTE

Actix Analyzer/Spotlight

In theory many LTE drive test tools supported:

Simple failed/dropped LTE analysis in Spotlight only (not customizable)

No LTE report with RF KPIs (only a common data session analysis)

Accuver XCAL, Nemo, TEMS, JDSU and R&S Romes

In practice LTE file format change so quickly that the very latest DT file format is not properly supported (frequent issues with XCAL and with
Nemo)

Customized analysis (for e.g. acceptance reports) possible to do in Analyzer Classic if needed (integration with map plots not handy)

Possible problems with large data sets (days or weeks, depends on DT tool for e.g. TEMS is worst in that sense).
Automation not possible
Can be leased on monthly basis (1980/month)

Nemo Analyze

Supports at the moment (March-2011) only Nemo Outdoor LTE. R&S Romes support coming 1H/2011(?).
Suitable for large data volumes (automation possible)
Built in default report for LTE (customizable MS Excel with map plots)
Customized analysis and KPIs (for e.g. acceptance reports) possible once needed.
Can be leased on monthly basis (1200/month)

Accuver XCAP

Support only for XCAL drive test data (LTE)(?)

No experience in TM Global (not a preferred tool)

TEMS Discovery LTE

Support for TEMS and QVoice LTE (later Nemo too)

Not tested for LTE in TM Global (yet)
Suitable for large data volumes (automation possible)
Customized analysis and KPIs possible in theory (but in practice more complicated than with Actix or Nemo Analyze)
Frame pricing should be available soon (with leasing option)

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