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Designing a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Network

Figure 6.1 depicts the process of planning and creating a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network.

Figure 6.1: Planning a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network - workflow

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6 . 1 .

1. Open an existing radio-planning document or create a new one (

).

- You can open an existing Atoll document by selecting File > Open.
- Creating a new a new Atoll document is explained in Chapter 2: Starting an Atoll Project.
2. Configure the network by adding network elements and changing parameters (

).

You can add and modify the following elements of base stations:
- "Creating or Modifying a Site"
- "Creating or Modifying a Transmitter"
- "Applying a New Cell Type".
You can also add base stations using a base station template (see "Placing a New Station Using a Station Template").
3. Carry out basic coverage predictions (

- "Making a Point Analysis to Study the Profile"

- "Studying Signal Level Coverage" and "Signal Level Coverage Predictions"
4. Allocate neighbours, automatically or manually (

).

- "Planning Neighbours".
5. Estimate the required number of TRXs (

) in one of the following ways:

- You can import or create traffic maps (

) and use them as a basis for dimensioning
) (see "Studying Network Capacity").
- You can define them manually either on the TRXs tab of each transmitters Properties dialogue or in the Subcells table (see "Modifying a
Subcell") (

).

6. Once you have the required number of TRXs, manually or automatically create a frequency plan (

).

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- "Allocating Frequencies and BSICs Manually"

- "Allocating Frequencies and BSICs Using an AFP Module".
7. With the frequency plan, make GSM/GPRS/EDGE-specific coverage predictions (

).

- "Analysing Network Quality".

8. Analyse the frequency plan (

).

- "Auditing a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Frequency Plan"

- "Checking Consistency Between Transmitters and Subcells"
- "Displaying the Frequency Allocation".

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