Aexio Xeus 2012 Quick Guide

AexioXeus2012isasoftwarethatprovidesNetworkEngineersasimpleandeasywaytovisualizeandanalyzethe radionetwork.ItsupportsGSM,WCDMAandLTEtechnologies.

Whats New in Xeus 2012?

Xeus2012nowsupports:

o o o o o o o SupportMCOMforversion7.3(GSM,WCDMA&LTE) SupportnewdumpfileversionforHuaweiSingleRAN.Versionsupported:V900r013 NewImportoptionforuserstoCreateReportandImportAdditionalParametersforHuawei (BSC,WCDMAandRAN),EricssonBSCandNokia(BSC&WCDMA)networkparser. SupportMCOMversion7.3textfiles(GSM,WCDMA&LTE) SupportimportandexportforNemoBTS. SupportnewdumpfileversionforZTERNC.Versionsupported:R3.09 SupportImportforActixCellRef.

System Requirements
BeforeyouinstallXeus2012,ensureyoursystemmeetsthefollowingrequirements:
Components Computer and processor Memory Hard disk VGA Card OS Requirements Pentium class PC, 500 megahertz (MHz) or higher 512 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher
(Note: 2 gigabyte (GB) RAM is recommended for optimal Google Earth performance)

Min 500 megabyte (MB) 8Mb and above Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 MapInfo Professional version 7.8 or higher. Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 Google Earth version 4.0 or higher (Download for free at http://earth.google.com/) Google Earth Plugin (Download for free at http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html)

Other Software

Proceed to install Xeus 2012 by doubleclicking on the AexioXeus2012.exe file and follow the instructions on screen. At the end of the installation, click in the check box Run Aexio Xeus Now to launch Xeus 2012 automaticallyafterinstallation.

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Quick Start Wizard

When Xeus 2012 is launched, the Start Page will be visible. To start working with Xeus 2012, you will need to create a new project. The quickest way to do this is via the Start Page. Click on New Project as seen in the figure below.

ThiswilllaunchtheNewProjectwizardwhichwillguideyouthroughtheProjectCreationprocess. Creating a new Project PerformthefollowingstepsintheNewProjectdialogbox. TypeintheProjectNameintotheNewProjectWindow Typeorbrowsethelocationfortheprojectfilepath SelecttherequiredmapdatafromtheMapProjection(Datum)droplist. ClickOKbutton. Data Preparation Before you can use Xeus 2012, ensure that you have the site data in a proper format. Xeus 2010 accepts the followingdatasources: TEMSCelfile ActixTextFile XeusNetworkInterchangeFile EricssonGSMBSC,BSC&TGPrintout(R10R12) EricssonWCDMAOSSBulkCMXMLfile(P4P7andW10) EricssonRNCMOSHELLKGETlogfile EricssonLTEeNodeBKGETDump ZTERNCCONFDATAExcelDump ZTEBSCCONFDATAExcelDump MCOMTextFile(3Gand4.x) MCOMTextFile(7.x) NokiaBSCRAMLXMLfile NokiaWCDMARAMLXMLfileV4.0 NokiaWCDMARAMLXMLfileV3.0 HuaweiWCDMAEXPCFGMMLLog(V6100&V6200) HuaweiBSCXMLExport(BSC6900) HuaweiWimaxprintout HuaweiSingleRAN(GSM&WCDMA)EXPCFGMML SiemensGSMprintout AlcatelGSMBSCPrintout

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NemoBaseStationFile Nortel3GPrintout

SincesomedataformatlikeBSCDumpandKgetdonothavethesiteconfiguration(GPS)information,youwill needtoimportthesiteconfigurationusingotherformatssuchasTEMSCelfilepriortoimportingthosedata. Getting Network Data Aftersuccessfullycreatinganewproject,theuserwillbepromptedtoimportdataintotheproject. SelectasourceforimportfromtheNetworkImportWizardwindow.Thereisanexplanationoneachof thesourcesintheDescriptioncolumn ClicktheNext>button Theuserneedstoprovidethefile(s)andpreferenceoneachdatasourcechosen. ClicktheNext>buttontobeginparsing. ClicktheFinishbuttonaftertheparsingisfinished. Networkwillbedrawnautomatically. Thiswillloadallthenetworkdatainformationintotheprojectdatabaseanddisplayitonthemap window. Redraw Network Userscanchoosetoredrawnetworkinadifferentway. SelectNetwork>RedrawNetworkfromtheXeusMenu

YouwillseeTechBand,CellType,CellStatus,andOptionstabsinRedrawNetworkWindows. BydefaultthecellsaredrawnwithatransparentcolorCellFill. UsercanredrawthecellswithaColorforCellFillbyclickingOptionstabandunchecktheUse TransparentColorforCellFillcheckbox. OptionsarealsoavailablefordrawingCellTextHorizontallyandOmittingSectorIdinCellText. ClickApplytosavechangesmadeforanytabs.

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Technology band ThereareseveralwaystochangeTechnologyBandSettings. SelectNetwork>TechnologyBandsfromXeusMenu(pressCtrl+T)orclickonTechnologybandiconin theToolbar. TechnologybandwindowhasbeensimplifiedtoShowCellandShowText. TherestoftheoptionsarelocatedinRedrawNetworkWindow,underTechBandtab. AddinganotherCarrierLayerinTechnologyBand With default technology bands settings, all of the WCDMA cells will be grouped under WCDMA Techband. If the network contains multiple WCDMA carriers, Xeus can be configured into separate layers for different WCDMA Carrier. CreateaProjectandimportWCDMAnetworkdata.

RightclickatNetworkExplorerdatabaseandselectPropertiesandNetworkPropertydialogboxwill appearonthescreen.

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ClickonAddbuttontointroduceanewWCDMACarrrierLayer.

PerformthefollowingtocreateanewTechnologyband: TypeintheTechnologybandname(e.gWCDMA2) SelecttherequiredTechnologytypefromtheTechnologydropdownlist. IftheselectedTechnologybandisWCDMA,enabletheEnableautosettingonWCDMA UARFCNDL'. SelecttheUARFCNDLthatyouwishtoassigntoWCDMA2andclickonOKbutton. ThenewlycreatedtechnologybandwillappearontheNetworkPropertydialogbox.

ClickonOKbutton.

Network Explorer/properties TheNetworkExplorerdisplaysatreestructureviewofdataandNetworkPropertiesdisplaysinformationofthe selectedCell. NetworkExplorerwillloaddatasuchasSite,CarrierandNeighborafternetworkisimported. UsersalsohavetheoptiontorightclickandLocateCellandShowNeighborinsteadofusingFindCell& NeighborsToolbox. InNetworkProperties,informationofselectedCellscanbeeditedlikeCellType,CellStatusandetc.Click Applytosavechanges. Google Earth Support IntegratedGoogleEarth Bydefault,GoogleEarthislaunchedinaseparatewindow. YoucanalsolaunchGoogleEarthinsideXeusbychangingthesesettings. GotoToolsMenu>Options>GeneralTab. SelectUseGoogleEarthWebandkeyintheAPIKey.YoucangettheAPIkeyonlinebyclickingonthe GetAPIKeyhyperlink. SearchforacellonGoogleEarthmapbyusingtheFindCell&NeighborsfeaturelocatedattheToolbox window.

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Afilewiththeextension*.kmzwillbeautomaticallycreatedintheprojectfolder.Thenameofthisfilewill bethesameastheproject'sname.

Working with Cell Planning Tools YoucanfindthesetoolsintheXeus2012toolbox. 1.FindingaCell IntheToolboxwindow,selecttheFindCell&Neighborstab. EntertheCellIdintheboxprovided.FindCellhasintellisensethatshowsallthepossiblecellsasa dropdownlistwhenyoutypetheCellId. ClicktheFindbutton. Thecellwillbecenteredandhighlightedonthemap. 2.ShowingNeighborsforUserSelectedCell IntheToolboxwindow,selecttheFindCell&Neighbortab. EntertheCellIdandticktheDisplayneighbor(s)checkbox. ClicktheFindbuttontodisplayalltheneighborsforthatparticularcell. TheusercandefinewhichneighbortypetobedisplayedbytickingonthedesiredcheckboxatNeighbor Typecolumn 3.ShowingInterference TheusercanshowinterferenceforagivenSC(WCDMA),BSICandARFCN(GSM). SelecttheChannel&CodePlanningtabontheToolboxwindow. EnterSC(WCDMA),BSICorARFCNintheboxesprovideddependingonthetypeofinterferenceyou wouldliketosee. ClicktheshowbuttonandanycellstextinthemapwiththesameSC,BSICorARFCNwillbehighlighted usingadifferentcolor. STATISTICS Statisticsfeatureallowstheusertoperformactionssuchasediting,viewingandmappingstatisticaldata.Network datain.xifformatneedstobeimportedbeforeimportingStatisticsfiles. TheXeusprovidesuserwithasamplefolderonstatisticswhichincludesademo.xiffileandtwoDemoStatistics .txtfilelocatedbydefaultinthefolderunderC:\ProgramFiles\Aexio\XeusPro\Samples ImportStatisticsfiles SelectFile>ImportandExport>ImportStatisticsFiles. ClickAddFilesbuttonandbrowseforthestatisticsfilesandclickNextbuttontobeginparsing.Usea DemoStatistics.txtfilefromthesamplefolder. Parsingresultwillbedisplayedoncecompleted.ClickFinishbuttontostartloadingStatisticsDatabase. RightclickontheStatisticsdatabasetoselectLoad.

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Nowwearereadytostartplotting. StatisticsPlotting SelectStatisticsPlotsfromtheToolbox.

ClickonAddPlotThemesorDeltaPlotthemesfrom listandclickingon

.Loadplotsbyselectingaplotfromtheplot .

.RemovePlotfromMapbyclickingon

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ChartAnalysis

ChartAnalysisisdoneatStatisticsWorkbook.StatisticsWorkbookislocatednexttotheWorkbench.

Tocreateachart,select fromtheWorkbook.SelectNewCellTrendChartfromthemenu.

Select

fromthehorizontalmenutoopenChartOptions.

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DraganyoftheAvailableKPIstoChartSeriesfieldtocreatethechartandselecttheOKbuttontoloadthe chartontotheWorkbook.

Selectcellfromthedropdownlisttoanalyzedataforeachcell. SMART CLIENT

ThisapplicationisusedtosynchronizeNetworkdatawithXedaserver.Thesearethestepstostart SmartclientinXeus.SeeXeusHelpfileformoreinformation.
SmartClientsettings SelectSmartClientsettingsfromNetwork>SmartClientSettings. EnterXedaPortalURLandclickRefreshbutton.

TickonSynchronizeAllAvailableBSCs/RNCscheckboxandclickOKbutton.

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Synchronize fromtheNetworktoolbar. SynchronizewithXedabyclickingon ViewXedaCellproperties ClickonacellfromNetworkExplorer. SelectXedaWebServicestoviewtheresult.

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