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Contents
MENTUM PRODUCTS CONTACTING MENTUM
LESSON 1 Setting Up and Opening a Project
List of products
Getting technical support Send us your comments Overview Downloading the dataset To download the dataset Defining user preferences To define user preferences Opening a project To open a project To create a legend To access help Overview Specifying project settings To save a workspace To associate a workspace with the project Creating sector groups To create a sector group Working with site sets To create a site subset Overview Defining network settings To define network settings
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LESSON 2 Using a Workspace
LESSON 3 Working with Sectors
LESSON 4 Defining Network Settings
Contents WiMAX Tutorial
LESSON 5 Identifying Sectors
Overview Using flags To create flags and conditions To associate a flag with a sector To view the flagged site on the map To create a sector display scheme Overview Placing new sites To place a site using the Place Site tool Overview Creating a propagation model To create a propagation model Assigning a propagation model to sectors To assign a propagation model to sectors Overview Generating and viewing predictions To generate predictions To view predictions Overview Generating a network analysis To generate a network analysis Overview Using switch statistics to create a traffic map To import network data To create a traffic map using the network data To scale a traffic map
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LESSON 5 Placing New Sites
LESSON 6 Defining a Propagation Model
LESSON 7 Generating and Viewing Predictions LESSON 8 Generating a Network Analysis LESSON 9 Creating a Traffic Map
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LESSON 10 Defining Subscriber Settings LESSON 11 Generating a Monte Carlo Simulation
Overview Modifying a subscriber type profile To modify a subscriber type profile Overview Generating a Monte Carlo simulation To generate a Monte Carlo simulation To display discrete subscriber information Applying cell loads and viewing a sector/channel report To apply cell loads To view a sector/channel report Displaying the WiMAX service status layer To display the WiMAX service status layer Overview Creating a frequency and preamble plan To create a frequency and preamble plan To apply a frequency plan to sectors Overview Exporting site and sector data to Excel To export site and sector data to Excel Importing site data and adding new sites to the project To import site data and add new sites to the project
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LESSON 12 Generating Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Plans LESSON 13 Exporting and Importing Data
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Mentum Products
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Mentum Products WiMAX Tutorial
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Contacting Mentum
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Getting technical support Send us your comments
Contacting Mentum WiMAXTutorial
Getting technical support

You can get technical support by phone or email, or by visiting the SelfService Portal on the Mentum website at http://www.mentum.com/index.php?page=customer-care&hl=en_US.
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When you call for technical support, ensure that you have your product ID number and know which version of the software you are running. You can obtain this information using the About command from the Help menu. When you request technical support outside of regular business hours, a Product Support Specialist will respond the next working day by telephone or email, depending upon the nature of the request.
Send us your comments

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Lesson 1: Setting Up and Opening a Project LESSON1
Setting Up and Opening a Project

In this lesson, you will define user preferences including how Mentum Planet displays when you start the software and how map layers appear in the Map window. You will also open a project, set the heights layer to grayscale, use the Project Explorer to view the project clutter file, and display a legend.
This chapter contains the following sections:

To download the dataset To define user preferences To open a project To create a legend To access help
Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial
Overview
The Mentum Planet interface has been designed to provide easy access to the main workflows you follow as you design and optimize a wireless network. It consists of the following elements:
Project Explorerprovides quick and easy access to Mentum Planet functionality from a central location. By default, it is docked to the left but you can customize the location of the Project Explorer to suit your needs. Mentum Planet Menusprovide an alternate way of accessing Mentum Planet functionality. Toolbarsprovide an alternate way of accessing Mentum Planet functionality. Commonly used toolbars include the Main toolbar, the Site toolbar, the Analysis toolbar, and the Mobile Technology toolbar.
A Mentum Planet project contains and organizes all of the information pertaining to a particular wireless network. It consists of a collection of files and folders. Each project has a project (.planet) file that defines the project structure and references the associated data (planet.dat) file. For more information, see Understanding the Fundamentals of Mentum Planet in the WiMAX User Guide.
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Downloading the dataset

The project you will be working with has been pre-configured to illustrate the steps in the tutorial workflow. You can, however, use it to further explore the features of Mentum Planet. Before you work through the tutorial, you must download and install the data files from the Mentum website.
It is assumed throughout the tutorial that the dataset was installed in the default folder.
In order to complete the tutorial, you require a valid WiMAX license. If you do not have one, contact Customer Care to obtain a temporary license. See Getting technical support on page 4.
To download the dataset

1 2 3 4 Log in to the Customer Care section of the web site at http:// www.mentum.com/index.php?page=customer-care&hl=en_US. From the left-hand menu, choose Product Downloads. In the Password box next to the version of Mentum Planet you use, type the password supplied by Customer Care, and click Submit. In the WiMAX Tutorial Data Installation Files table, click in the Single column and follow the prompts to download the dataset. By default, the tutorial files are installed in the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1 folder.
Defining user preferences

You can specify a variety of default settings and actions for Mentum Planet including:

Startup options Default units Default performance options Default display options Default geodata location (for use whenever new projects are created)
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These defaults are maintained between Mentum Planet sessions and updates. See Defining user preferences in Chapter 2 of the WiMAX User Guide.
If the Project Wizard opens when you start Mentum Planet, click Cancel to close the dialog box. How Mentum Planet first appears when you open the software depends on the preferences you set.
To define user preferences

1 2 Start Mentum Planet. Choose Edit Preferences. The User Preferences dialog box opens.
On the General panel, in the Startup Options section, choose the Open Most Recent Project option. The next time you start Mentum Planet, the most recent project is automatically opened.
In the tree view, choose Project Explorer.
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In the Zoom Automatically section, do the following:
Enable the On Located Site check box and move the associated slider until 15 is displayed next to the slider. Enable the On Viewed Site Selection check box.
When you use the Locate or View shortcut commands to locate or view sites, the Map window will zoom to 15 kilometers. 6 Enable the Apply Translucency to Raster Layers check box and do the following:
Enable the Analysis Layer (Numeric) check box and move the slider to 25%. Enable the Clutter check box and move the slider to 45%.
In Mentum Planet dialog boxes, parameters that you have changed but which have not yet been saved are displayed in blue giving you a quick visual cue as to changes you have made but not applied. 7 Click Apply and then click OK.
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Opening a project
There are several ways to open a project. You can use either the Open Project command or the Recent Projects command accessible from the File menu. Or, you can create a shortcut to the project (.planet) file and then double-click the shortcut to automatically open the project in Mentum Planet.
To open a project
1 2 In Mentum Planet, choose File Open Project. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1 folder or, if you did not save the project to the default folder, to the folder where the project is located. Choose the Tutorial WiMAX 5.1.planet file and click Open. The project opens with the height and site files displayed in the Map window. The Project Explorer is docked at the left edge of the application window and provides quick and easy access to Mentum Planet functionality.
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In the Project Explorer, click the Add a Data Window button to add a third data window. By adding additional data windows, you can more easily work with different types of data. You can resize data windows by dragging the data window borders.
In the top data window, from the Category list, choose Project Data if it is not already chosen.
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Expand the Geodata node.
The Geodata node consists of five sub-folders where you can store different types of geographic data. The Heights folder is mandatory and must contain the project heights file. The Clutter folder is also mandatory but can be empty (i.e., using a clutter file is optional). By default, the heights file is displayed in color; however, this is not optimal and, in order to better see clutter classes on the map, it should be displayed in black and white. 7 8 To display the heights layer in black and white, right-click in the Map window and choose Layer Control. In the Layer Control dialog box, choose Toronto_Heights.
Click the Display button.
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10 In the Display Mode section, enable the Style Override check box and click the Style Override button. 11 In the Conversions section, choose the Grayscale option.
12 Click OK to close the dialog box. 13 In the Display Options dialog box, click OK and, in the Layer Control dialog box, click OK. The heights file is now displayed in black and white.
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14 Expand the Clutter node, right-click Toronto_Clutter (30m) and choose View. A check mark on the shortcut menu next to View indicates that the clutter file is visible in the Map window.
The clutter file is displayed with 45% translucency. This enables you to see height and site information beneath the clutter.
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15 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, expand the Sites node, right-click Site_1, and choose Locate. Site_1 is displayed in the Map window a 15 kilometer zoom as defined in the user preferences.
16 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose View. All sites are displayed in the Map window.
17 On the Main toolbar click the Unselect All button to undo the site selection.
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To create a legend
1 2 Choose View Grid Legend. From the Grids list, choose the Toronto_Clutter.grc. The legend for the project clutter file is displayed in the Grid Legend window.
This legend can not be included in reports but gives you a visual map to follow when examining the grid. 3 Close the grid legend.
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To access help
1 Choose Help Help Topics Planet. The Mentum Planet Help window opens displaying the Resource Roadmap.
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Scroll through the roadmap to view available help resources. Click the Contents tab. All available user documentation is listed on the tab including topics on how to best search and print the Help.
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Close the Help window. Choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project. Proceed to the next lesson.
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Lesson 2: Using a Workspace
Using a Workspace
This lesson covers the following topics:

In this lesson, you will learn about the project settings and specify a workspace (.wor) file for your project. A workspace file contains display settings including a list of the tables you have open, the number, placement, and size of windows as well as the zoom level. For more information on workspaces and project settings, see Understanding the Fundamentals of Mentum Planet in the WiMAX User Guide.
To save a workspace To associate a workspace with the project
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Overview
The MapInfo workspace (.wor) file stores a list of all tables, windows, and settings you are using. Using a workspace, you can ensure a project looks exactly the same every time you open it if you also use the autosave feature. Workspaces enable you to work more efficiently and eliminate the need to open map layers individually each time you view a project. For more information on workspaces, see Understanding the Fundamentals of Mentum Planet in the WiMAX User Guide and The Basics of MapInfo Professional in the MapInfo Professional User Guide.
Specifying project settings

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson.
To save a workspace
1 Choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1 The project opens in the Map window but the clutter file is not displayed.
To preserve the display settings so that the next time the project is opened, it will look exactly as it did when it was last closed, you need to create a workspace.
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Choose GIS Save Workspace. A workspace (.wor) file defines the display settings for a project. In order for the project to open by default with both the heights and clutter files displayed and with the Map window focused on the sites, you need to define and save a workspace.
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In the Save Workspace dialog box, navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1 project folder. In the File Name box, type My_Workspace and click Save.
To associate a workspace with the project

1 Choose Edit Project Settings. The Project Settings dialog box opens.
Press F1. The Help window opens with information specific to the General tab in the Project Settings dialog box. Throughout this tutorial, you can press F1 for additional information on the settings you see in dialog boxes.
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Close the Help window. Click the General tab if it is not already selected. To associate the workspace with the project, click Browse next to the Workspace box.
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Navigate to the Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1 project folder, choose the My_Workspace.wor file and click Open. To save changes to the workspace automatically, enable the Workspace Autosave check box.
An asterisk next to the tab name indicates that changes have been made on the tab but have not yet been applied to the project.
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Click the Geodata tab. Here you can define the path to the folder where geodata is saved. To conserve disk space, you can save geodata on a network server.
The Geodata folder must contain at least two folders: one called Heights, which contains the project elevation file and one called Clutter. The clutter folder is required but can be empty.
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Click the Coordinate System tab. Here you can view the coordinate system used for geodata as well as the site data.
10 Click the Folders tab. Here you can define the project, bin, signal strength and prediction view folders. These files are automatically defined when you create a project. In order to conserve disk space, the path you define for bin files, signal strength files, and prediction view files can be on a network drive.
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11 Click the Advanced Options tab.
Here you can set additional layers, sharing options and specify the clutter grid to use when defining environment settings for network analyses and Monte Carlo simulations. If you are using the Data Manager, you must enable the appropriate check boxes in the Sharing section in order for files to be shared correctly. 12 Click Apply and then click OK. 13 Do one of the following:
If you want to proceed to the next lesson, leave the Map window open. If you want to stop here, choose File Close Project, click Yes to confirm that you want to close the project, and Yes to confirm you want to save the project.
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Lesson 3: Working with Sectors
Working with Sectors

In this lesson, you will create a group of sectors to use throughout this tutorial. Using groups, you can focus your network analysis on a specific collection of sectors and, in this way, work more efficiently. You will also learn about site sets and subsets, which provide an alternative method for grouping sectors.
To create a sector group To create a site subset
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Creating sector groups

Groups bring together sectors with common attributes that are contained within a defined area. Once you have created a group, you can use it to make selections when performing certain operations. For example, you could divide the sites in your project into four groups: North, South, East, and West. You could then choose to generate predictions only for the sectors that are part of the North and East groups. Any sectors that are not part of these two groups would be ignored. Groups are organized in the Project Explorer according to whether or not they are used with Data Manager:
Groups listed under the Shared node are stored in Data Manager and will be available to other users. Groups listed under the Local node are not stored in Data Manager. Even if the project is stored in Data Manager, the groups under the Local node will not be available to other users.
When you add or remove a site or sector from a group, or delete an entire group, the sectors are not removed from the Sites list in the Project Explorer.
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To create a sector group

1 Choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1. The project opens but the Map window.
There are 32 sites with 96 sectors in the tutorial project. In order to focus your work more efficiently, you are going to create a group call Core_cluster with 8 sites and 24 sectors. 2 3 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, right-click the Groups node and choose New Local. In the Add New Local Group dialog box, type Core_cluster as the group name and click OK. The group is added to the Local node within the Groups node.
Expand the Sites node.
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CTRL+Click to select the following sites:

Site_5 Site_7 Site_12 Site_13 Site_15 Site_16 Site_28 Site_29
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Right-click and choose Copy. Right-click the Core_cluster group and choose Paste. The sites are now part of the Core_cluster group and can be used for focused analysis.
The number of sites (8), the number of base stations (8), and the number of sectors (24) is shown after the group name. The last number represents the number of repeaters. As there are no repeaters in the group, the number displayed is zero.
Working with site sets

A site set is a collection of sites. When you create a project, a Master site set is created that will contain all the sites in the project. In order to analyze different site configurations, you can create a subset of the Master site set that only contains certain sites. Like groups, this allows you to focus your efforts
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and work more efficiently. However, unlike groups, you can rollback your changes easily by returning to the Master site set.
To create a site subset

1 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Data category, expand the Site Sets node and then the Local node.
A Master site set is automatically added to a project when you create it. The Master site set encompasses all the sites contained in a project. 2 Right-click the Master site set and choose Copy Subset.
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In the Select Sites dialog box, in the Sector Selection section, choose the Group Selection option and, from the list, choose Core_cluster check box.
Eight sites are displayed in the Selected Sites list. 4 Click OK. Sites in the Core_cluster group are copied to the subset.
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In the Project Explorer, in the Project Data category, right-click Copy Subset of Master and choose Active. A green arrow identifies the active site set. Sites in the Core_cluster group are displayed in the Map window.
When you work on a subset, you are working on site copies and not on the original sites saved in the Master site set. You can undo your changes by making the Master site set active. This can be useful if you want to tweak site parameters and analyze the network without changing the site data. Once you are satisfied with the site parameters you have defined, you can merge the copy back into the Master site set.
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To reset the active site set, right-click the Master site set and make it active. All sites are once again displayed in the Map window.
Do one of the following:
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Lesson 4: Defining Network Settings
Defining Network Settings

In this lesson, you will specify which channels are available across the network, and define a new frame configuration that you can apply to individual sectors.
This lesson covers the following topics
To define network settings
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Overview
When you define the network configuration, you define the technology types, supported modulations and the frame configuration settings for the project. You also define the channels supported, the available downlink and uplink modulations, as well as the frame configuration. These settings are grouped in the Network Settings dialog box.
Defining network settings

This lesson assumes that you are continuing with the same project that you used in the previous lesson. If you closed Mentum Planet between lessons, the project will open automatically based on the user preference settings.
To define network settings

1 If required, choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1 The project opens in a Map window.
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Choose Edit Network Settings. The Network Settings dialog box opens.
Using the arrows, you can specify which technologies are supported in your network. In this project, only WiMAX TDD is supported. 3 In the tree view, choose Spectrum Allocation.
You can add additional bands as required on the Spectrum Allocation tab. In this case, one WiMAX band has been defined with three channels. 4 In the tree view, choose WiMAX TDD.
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Click the Channels tab.
The Channel tab displays the channels that are available in the network based on the settings you defined on the Spectrum Allocation panel. The green check mark in the Availability column next to all channels indicates that all three channels are supported. 6 To specify that Channel 3 is not available in the network, clear the check box next to Channel 3.
Click the Modulations tab to define the amplifier backoff on the downlink. The amplifier backoff is the amount by which power is reduced when this modulation is used. Typically, the higher the spectral efficiency of a
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modulation, the greater the amplifier backoff. This value is used whenever the modulation type is applied in the generation of analyses. 8 Click in the Amplifier Backoff fields for all modulations currently assigned 3 dB of backoff and change the value to 4.
Click the Frame Setup tab.
In a WiMAX system, when subcarriers are divided into subchannels, they are grouped according to a permutation zone. In Mentum Planet, these zones are defined in a frame configuration. Using the Frame
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Configuration Editor, you can define permutation zones, the frame overhead as well as other related frame parameters. Currently, there is only one frame configuration available in the network; however, some of the sectors support both PUSC and FUSC so a second frame configuration is required. 10 Click Add to add a new frame configuration. A new row is added to the Frame Configuration table.
11 Click in the Name box and change Frame_Configuration_1 to PUSCandFUSC, and click Edit. The WiMAX Frame Editor opens. 12 In the WiMAX Frame Editor, in the Permutation Zones section, from the Number of Zones in Downlink Sub-Frame list, choose 2. A new row is added to the Permutation Zones table. 13 In the second row of the Permutation Zones table, in the Permutation column, choose FUSC. 14 In the Overhead section, click in the Transmit Transition Gap box, and type 3.
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15 Change the Number of Uplink Overhead Symbols from 1 to 2.
16 Click OK. The Uplink Ratio displayed in the Frame Configuration for the new configuration is now 25.80. 17 In the Network Settings dialog box, click Apply and then click OK. 18 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, expand the Sites node and double-click Site_5. 19 In the Site Editor, in the tree view, expand the WiMAX TDD node, click sector 1, and then click the Configuration tab.
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20 In the Configuration section, from the Frame Configuration list, choose PUSCandFUSC.
21 Change the frame configuration to PUSCandFUSC for sectors 2 and 3. 22 Click Apply, and then click OK. 23 Do one of the following:
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Lesson 5: Identifying Sectors
Identifying Sectors
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify sector characteristics using flags and how to use sector display schemes to visually identify sector parameters on the map.
To associate a flag with a sector To view the flagged site on the map To create a sector display scheme
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Overview
Flags are properties that you can use to identify sectors as having certain characteristics (conditions). You can create multiple flags, and each flag can have multiple conditions, but you can assign only one condition per flag to a sector. The conditions of a flag should be a set of related but mutually exclusive values. Once you have tagged sectors using flags, you can use the flags filter to generate results on a specific group of sites. In order to quickly create a visual map of sector characteristics, you can create sector display schemes.
Using flags
When you use flags, you first create the flags based on those conditions you want to identify. You then associate the flags with individual sectors in the network. Then, using the flags you have assigned, you can view specific sectors and generate predictions or analyses using these sectors.
To create flags and conditions

1 If required, choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1 The project opens in a Map window.
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In the Project Explorer, choose the Sites category. Right-click the Flags node and choose New.
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In the Add New Flag dialog box, type Status as the flag name and click OK. Expand the Flags node to see the new flag. Right-click the Status flag and choose New Condition. In the Add New Condition dialog box, type Candidate as the condition name, and click OK.
Under_Constr, Planned,
Repeat Step 6 and Step 7 to create the following additional conditions: and Rejected.
Repeat Step 3 to Step 7 to create a flag called Structure with the conditions Monopole, Rooftop and WaterTank.
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To associate a flag with a sector

1 2 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, expand the Groups node, the Local node, and then the Core_cluster group node. Double-click Site 12. When you double-click on a node in the Project Explorer, the default action (shown in bold on the shortcut menu) occurs. In this case, the Site Editor opens.
The Site Editor opens with the WiMAX TDD base station tab displayed. Here you can specify which modulations are available at the base station and define the maximum pooled throughput. 3 Expand the WiMAX TDD node and click Sector 1. In the tree view, the antenna currently assigned to sector_1 is highlighted in blue. 4 5 On the General tab, in the Flags section, choose the Candidate condition for the Status flag and the Rooftop condition for the Structure flag. Repeat Step 4 for sectors 2 and 3.
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Click Apply and then click OK.
To view the flagged site on the map

1 2 3 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, expand the Flags node and then expand the Status node. Enable the Candidate check box. Right-click the Flags node and choose View. Site 12 displays in the Map window.
To assign the Structure flag to all sectors in the Core_cluster group, in the Sites category, right-click the Core_Cluster group and choose Tabular Edit. The Tabular Editor opens where you can make global changes to project data.
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In the Tabular Editor, click the Sectors tab, and scroll to the Flag: Structure column.
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Click the down-arrow in the fourth cell and choose Monopole. Click the Copy to Clipboard button. Drag the pointer to select the next five cells in the Flag: Structure column and click the Paste From Clipboard button.
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Repeat Step 5 to Step 8 to assign the flag WaterTank to the next 6 sectors, Rooftop to the next 6 sectors, and Monopole to the last three sectors.
10 Click Apply and click OK. 11 To view all sites, right-click the Sites node and choose View.
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To create a sector display scheme

To identify the type of structure at each sector, you can create a sector display scheme. 1 2 3 4 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Data category, right-click Sector Display Schemes and choose New. In the New Sector Display Scheme dialog box, type Structure as the sector display scheme name and click OK. In the Sector Display Scheme dialog box, click the Color tab. Choose the Based on Identifier option and, from the associated list, choose Flags.
Click the Add button and, in the Add Value dialog box, choose the Structure flag and click OK.
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Double-click in the Color column and set the colors as shown below.
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Click Apply. In the Select Sectors dialog box, choose the All Sectors option and click OK.
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In the Sector Display Scheme dialog box, click OK. The sector display scheme is applied to all sectors. Monopole sectors are shown in red, Rooftop are displayed in yellow and WaterTank in blue.
Sector display schemes are saved in Data Manager and can be shared. 10 To apply default fonts, in the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose Sector Display Scheme Apply. The Select Scheme dialog box opens.
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11 Choose None and click Apply. Sectors are displayed using the default font.
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Lesson 6: Placing New Sites
Placing New Sites
In this lesson, you will add new sites to your project. Typically, before placing sites, you would specify propagation model settings. In this lesson, however, you will use the default Planet General Model. You will also edit the site properties.
To place a site using the Place Site tool
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Overview
A site is the location where a sector is placed. At the site, there are technology-specific base stations, each with associated sectors. Default site settings are saved in the default site template. You can, however, customize the site configuration and create a custom site template. When you set the template as active, the settings it contains will be used when you place new sites. For more information, see Understanding sites and sectors, Working with Site Sets and Using Site Templates in the WiMAX User Guide.
Placing new sites

To place a site using the Place Site tool

1 Choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1 The project opens in a Map window.
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In the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose New Site. Click in the Map window to place Site 33 above and to the left of Site 18.
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In the Project Explorer, right-click the newly placed Site 33 and choose Create Site Template Local. You can create a site template from any existing site and then use the template to create new sites with the same parameters.
In the Add Local Site Template dialog box, type Site_template.
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Click OK. In the Project Explorer, expand the Sites Templates node, expand the Local node, right-click Site_template and choose New Site. To place the new site, click in the Map window to the left of Site 33. Site_34 is added to the Map window.
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Expand the Sites node, double-click the newly placed Site 33. The Site Editor opens.
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10 To add the new site to the WiMAX group, in the tree view, choose sector 1 and, on the General tab, in the Groups section, enable the WiMAX check box to add the sector to the group.
11 Repeat Step 10 for all sectors, click Apply and then click OK. Site 33 is added to the WiMAX group. A more efficient way to add sites to a group is to use the Tabular Editor.
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12 To add Site_34 to the WiMAX group, right-click Site_34 and choose Tabular Edit. The Tabular Editor opens.
13 Click the Sectors tab and scroll until you see the Group: WiMAX column. 14 In the Group: WiMAX column enable the check box on each row, click Apply and then click OK.
15 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, expand the WiMAX group. Site_33 and Site_34 are now part of this group.
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16 To move Site_34 south, in the Project Explorer, double-click Site_34. The Site Editor opens.
17 In the Location section, click the Get Coordinates From Map button.
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18 Click in the Map window south-east of the current location for Site_34. The Location values are updated and displayed in blue to indicate a change has been made to site data but has not been saved.
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Lesson 7: Defining a Propagation Model
Defining a Propagation Model

In this lesson, you will customize a propagation model to better reflect the environment that is being modeled. A properly configured model is essential to producing good-quality predictions, network analyses, and Monte Carlo simulations.
To create a propagation model To assign a propagation model to sectors
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A propagation model simulates how radio waves travel through the environment from one point to another. To accurately model the environment, you must choose a propagation model that is appropriate to the environment you are modeling. With Mentum Planet, you can select from several different propagation models:
CRC-Predicta general-purpose model intended for macrocell planning. Planet General Modela flexible model that can be used to model many different types of environments Universal Modela high performance deterministic propagation model (for which you must have a license)
Propagation models are organized in the Project Data category of the Project Explorer. The icons of propagation models that have been assigned to a sector are displayed in color. The icons of propagation models that have not been assigned to a sector, but are located in the Model folder of the project, appear dimmed.
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In the Project Explorer, in the Project Data category, right-click Propagation Models and choose New. The Create New Propagation Model dialog box opens.
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From the Propagation Model Type list, choose Planet General Model and click OK. The Propagation Model Editor opens.
For additional information on the parameters on each tab, press the F1 key for online Help. 4 5 In the Propagation Model Editor, on the Settings tab, in the Name box, type PGM_3500MHz. In the Frequency box, type 3500.
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Click the Clutter Properties tab and define the clutter height and clutter separation values as shown below.
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Click the General tab and, in the K Factors section, define the values as shown below.
Click OK. The new model is added to the Propagation Models node. The icon next to the model name is dimmed because the model is not assigned to any sectors.
Assigning a propagation model to sectors

After you have created the propagation model, you need to assign it to the sectors in the project. To do this efficiently, you are going to use the Tabular Editor.
To assign a propagation model to sectors

1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose Tabular Edit. The Tabular Editor opens. 2 3 4 5 Click the Sectors tab. From the first cell in the Propagation Model column, choose PGM_3500MHz.pmf. Click the Copy to Clipboard button. Click in the second cell and drag the pointer to select all cells in the column.
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Click the Paste From Clipboard button. All cells in the column now display the PGM_3500MHz model.
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Lesson 8: Generating and Viewing Predictions
Generating and Viewing Predictions

In this lesson, you will generate predictions for the Core_cluster group. Predictions use the propagation model, terrain and clutter information as well as sector settings (including the power, antenna and azimuth) to predict the signal strength and path loss of a sector.

To generate predictions To view predictions
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Path loss and signal strength are prerequisites to network analyses. You can generate predictions prior to, or as part of a network analysis. By default, prediction files are only generated as required; however, you can choose to generate all predictions files, regardless of their status.
Generating and viewing predictions

To generate predictions
In the Project Explorer, right-click the Sites node and choose Generate Predictions.
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In the Select Sectors dialog box, choose the All Sectors option and click OK. The Prediction Generator dialog box opens.
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To view predictions
1 In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, right-click Site_29 and choose Locate. The Map window zooms in on Site_29. 2 Right-click Site_29 and choose Select in Map.
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Right-click in the Map window and choose View Predictions. The View Predictions dialog box opens.
Click View and click Close. A combined prediction for all sectors at Site_29 is displayed in the Map window. This is a base station prediction where the signal strength distribution is relatively uniform for sectors belonging to the WiMAX TDD base station.
To view a grid legend, choose View Grid Legend.
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From the Grids list, choose CFS_Tutorial WiMAX 5.1_Site_29_1_2_3.grd.
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10 To once again view all sites, in the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose View. 11 Do one of the following:
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Lesson 9: Generating a Network Analysis
Generating a Network Analysis

In this lesson, you will generate a network analysis. To generate a network analysis, you only need define an equipment type. Network analyses are based on fixed loading values defined at the sector level. By generating a Monte Carlo simulation prior to creating a network analysis, you can increase the accuracy of the results you produce.
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A network analysis simplifies the process of setting up a WiMAX analysis. The analysis is based on network loading using either the projected traffic load for a new network or detailed loading as calculated during a Monte Carlo simulation. Downlink loading is defined as the percentage of downlink resources used while uplink loading is the percentage of uplink resources used. Unlike a Monte Carlo simulation, a network analysis does not require multiple iterations and, as a result, takes less time to generate.
Generating a network analysis

To generate a network analysis

1 Choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1. The project opens in a Map window.
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In the WiMAX Analysis dialog box, type Data as the analysis name and click OK. A new Data node is added to the WiMAX Analyses node in the Project Explorer.
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Right-click the Data node and choose Generate. In the Select WiMAX TDD Sectors dialog box, in the Sector Selection section, choose the Group Selection option and, from the list, choose Core_cluster.
Click OK The WiMAX Analysis Settings dialog box opens.
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On the System tab, in the Subscriber section, do the following:

From the Equipment Type list, choose WiMAX_CPE. In the Cell Edge Coverage Probability box, type 50.
Click the Analysis tab.
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11 Click the Analysis Area tab and verify that the CoreCluster_area is displayed in the Use an Area Grid list.
The analysis area is defined by an area grid so as to focus the analysis on a specific region and thus reduce the time it takes to generate the layers.
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12 Click Analyze. The WiMAX Analysis Layers dialog box opens.
Layers are grouped into common layers and channel-specific layers. 13 Ensure the check box next to the Common node is enabled so that all common layers are generated. 14 Click OK. 15 When the analysis generation is finished, in the Analyses Generation dialog box, click Close. 16 In the Project Explorer, in the Network Analyses category, expand the Data network analysis node until it is fully expanded.
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17 Right-click Composite Coverage and choose View. The composite coverage layer displays in the Map window. This layer provides you with a quick overview of the coverage and enables you to quickly access areas where coverage is uplink or downlink limited.
18 Choose View Grid Legend. 19 From the Grids list, choose the composite coverage layer.
20 After you have examined the coverage results, close the grid legend. 21 In the Project Explorer, in the Network Analyses category, right-click Composite Coverage and choose Close. 22 To once again view all sites, in the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose View.
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To import network data To create a traffic map using the network data
Lesson 10: Creating a Traffic Map
Creating a Traffic Map

In this lesson, you will import network data and generate a traffic map. Traffic maps define the distribution of WiMAX subscribers across the network and are an essential input to the Monte Carlo simulation.

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A traffic map provides data about the geographical distribution of subscriber traffic in a network. You can generate it from demographic data, such as population census data, or from network data. For an existing network, you would typically base your traffic map on network data which reflect the actual usage patterns in the network. Before you generate a traffic map using network data, you must generate the path loss and signal strength predictions. These predictions are used to determine the spread of the traffic over the best serving areas. Predictions are available to display or to use with other Mentum Planet tools. Wireless network traffic is not uniform across a region. There are more users in urban and suburban areas than in forests and open land. To obtain a more realistic view of traffic density, you can use clutter weighting. Using relative weighting factors that you specify, the Traffic Map Generator redistributes the amount of traffic within each region according to the underlying clutter types.
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Using switch statistics to create a traffic map

To import network data

1 Choose File Recent Projects Tutorial WiMAX 5.1. The project opens in a Map window.
In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose Operational Data.
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Right-click the Network Data node and choose New. The Network Data Import Wizard opens.
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Read the introduction and click Next. On the Choose the Data File You Want to Use page, choose the Microsoft Excel option.
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Click Browse, navigate to the Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1\Attachments\Local folder, choose Live_traffic.xls and click Open.
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Click Next. On the Choose How You Want The Data Bound page, click in the <Unbound> cell for the Site ID list, choose Site ID.
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Click in the <Unbound> cell for the Sector ID and choose Sector ID.
The green indicator confirms that the data in the Excel file has been correctly bound with data in the project.
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10 Click Finish. The Report Preview dialog box opens displaying the mapped data.
The Mapping Status column indicates that the sites have been mapped. You can click the hyperlink to open the Site Editor and review the site parameters. 11 Click Close. The Live_traffic.xls is added to the Network Data node in the Project Explorer.
To create a traffic map using the network data

1 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Data category, double-click the Traffic Maps node. The Traffic Map Generator General dialog box opens. 2 3 4 In the Name box, type Live_traffic. In the Traffic Data Input Format section, choose the Network Data option. From the Input Data Unit list, choose Erlangs.
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From the Output Data Unit list, choose Subscribers/km2 and accept the default values for the remaining parameters.
Click Next. The Traffic Map Generator Traffic Data dialog box opens. Because you only have one bound network data file and column, these appear as defaults in the Select Prebound Network Data box and the Select Traffic Data Column box.
To create a Best Server Coverage (BSC) grid, enable the Create BSC On-the-Fly check box and accept the default values for the remaining parameters.
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Click Next. The Traffic Map Generator Clutter Weighting dialog box opens.
Enable the Apply Clutter Weighting check box. The Clutter Property Assignment Clutter Relative Weighting dialog box opens. Clutter weighting reduces the traffic data value where the underlying clutter type implies few subscribers, for example, water, open areas, and forest. Values are increased where the underlying clutter is urban or industrial. Only the distribution of traffic is affected. The total amount of traffic is unchanged. You control clutter weighting by defining a relative weighting value for each clutter type.
10 Click Edit next to the Clutter Weighting File label.
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12 Click Save, and then click Close. 13 In the Traffic Map Generator Clutter Weighting dialog box, click Finish.
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14 In the Select Sectors dialog box, choose the All Sectors option and click OK. Once generated, the traffic map is displayed in the Map window and added as a node in the Project Data category of the Project Explorer.
15 To get information about the traffic density for each area, choose View Grid Legend. The Grid Legend dialog box opens. 16 From the Grids list, choose TM_Live_traffic.grd. 17 Choose Options Quick Map Legend.
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18 In the Save Quick Map Legend As dialog box, navigate to the Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1 folder, and click Save.
The legend is displayed in a Map window and creates a MapInfo table (.tab file) and associated files (.id, .map, and .dat). This is useful if you want to use the information from the legend in a report or create a print layout that includes the legend. You can use the MapInfo Select and Drawing tools to modify the appearance of the quick map. 19 Close the legend window. 20 To remove the traffic map from the Map window, in the Project Explorer, in the Windows category, expand the Map Windows node until it is fully expand. 21 Right-click on the TM_Live_traffic layer and choose Remove.
To scale a traffic map

In order to model future traffic projections, you need to scale the traffic map. 1 2 In the Project Explorer, in the Project Data category, expand the Traffic Maps node, right-click the Live_traffic map and choose Scale. In the Scale Traffic Map dialog box, from the Scaling Method list, choose Percentage.
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In the Scaling Factor box, type 200.
Click Scale. The scaled map is added to the Traffic Maps node in the Project Explorer.
Right-click the Live_traffic_Scaled map and choose View. The traffic map is displayed in the Map window. Choose View Grid Legend to display the grid legend for the scaled traffic map.
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To modify a subscriber type profile
Lesson 11: Defining Subscriber Settings
Defining Subscriber Settings

In this lesson, you will modify subscriber settings in order to better model how they use network resources. Network analyses use only the equipment type while the full range of subscriber settings are used in Monte Carlo simulations. Both use the defined environment settings.
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In order to have a more realistic view of your network, you need to take into account the characteristics, placement, and actions of your subscribers. Subscriber types are used in Monte Carlo simulations, while network analyses require only the definition of equipment types. Subscriber settings include:
Equipment Typesinclude the types of mobile equipment that are available in your network as well as the bearers and antenna types available on each equipment type. Servicesrelate to the application that a subscriber uses, the application data rates, and the quality of service required. Subscriber Typesconsolidate the information from the other nodes in the Subscriber Editor into various combinations to represent the different types of subscribers i your network, the mix of services they use, and the traffic density.
For information on subscriber types, see .Defining WiMAX Subscribers in the WiMAX User Guide.
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Choose Edit Subscriber Settings. The Subscriber Settings dialog box opens.
The status bar at the bottom of the dialog box indicates that the traffic map you created in Lesson 10 has not been assigned. 3 4 5 6 7 8 In the tree view, right-click the Equipment Types node and choose Add. Expand the Equipment Types node and choose the newWiMAX_ CPE entry. On the Description tab, in the Name box, type WiMAX Datacard. Click the Antenna tab. In the Antenna section, in the Omnidirectional Antenna Gain box, type 1. In the Multiple Antennas section, in both the Number of Transmit MIMO Antennas box and the Number of Receive Antennas box, type 2
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to model a mobile equipment type that supports MIMO 2x2 configuration.
Click the Bearers tab.
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10 In the Modulation section, in the Uplink column, clear the check boxes next to 64QAM-2/3, 64QAM-3/4, and 64QAM-5/6 modulations.
The WiMAX_Datacard does not support these three high-order modulations on the uplink. 11 In the tree view, right-click the Services node and choose Add. 12 Expand the Services node and choose the new Service_1 entry. 13 On the Description tab, in the Name box, type Data_download.
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14 Click the Load tab and do the following:
In the Input Load section, change the Erlangs per Subscriber value to 0.03 and the Throughput Per Subscriber to 200. In the Activity Factors section, change the Downlink Activity Factor to 80% and the Uplink Activity Factor to 20%.
15 Click the Quality of Service tab and, in the QoS Class section, choose the BE (Best Effort) option. 16 Click in the appropriate box to define the QoS values as shown.
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17 In the tree view, expand the Subscriber Types node and choose Speech_user. 18 Click the Configuration tab and, from the Traffic Map list, choose Live_traffic. 19 In the tree view, right-click the Subscriber Types node and choose Add. 20 In the tree view, choose the newly added subscriber type (i.e., Subscriber Type_1) and, on the Description tab, type Data_user as the name for the subscriber type. 21 Click the Configuration tab and, from the Traffic Map list, choose Live_traffic. The warning shown in the status bar is no longer displayed. 22 Click in the Scaling Factor box and type 0.4. 23 From the Equipment Type list, choose WiMAX_Datacard. 24 In the Usages section, click Add. A new row is added to the table. 25 In the Usages table, click in the Name field and type Data and define the following usage values:

Indoor Weight 2 Deep Indoor Weight 0 Outdoor Weight 1 Vehicular Weight 1
Usage values are weighted values that reflect the use of a particular service within a defined environment. Each weighting is applied to the environment settings defined in the Environment Editor.
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26 From the Services list, choose DataDownload.
27 Click Apply and click OK. 28 To view the environment settings, choose Edit Environments. The Environment Editor opens where you can define environment settings.
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To generate a Monte Carlo simulation To display discrete subscriber information To apply cell loads To view a sector/channel report To display the WiMAX service status layer
Lesson 12: Generating a Monte Carlo Simulation
Generating a Monte Carlo Simulation

In this lesson, you will generate a Monte Carlo simulation, apply cell loads to all sectors, and display the service status layer along with the subscriber table.
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A Monte Carlo analysis uses Monte Carlo simulation techniques to determine the characteristics of your network over repeated runs. A run consists of the distribution of random numbers of subscribers throughout the analysis area in a random pattern, and an analysis of the uplink and downlink. On the last run, operating points and discrete subscriber information are generated. Once the runs are completed, you can view the results including detailed reports, discrete subscriber information, and an optional service layer generated after the Monte Carlo simulation. Monte-Carlo simulation results provide you with detailed sector loadings that you can apply to cells. You could then create a network analysis in order to generate accurate WiMAX layers based on the Monte Carlo simulation results. See Understanding Monte Carlo analyses for WiMAX in the WiMAX User Guide.
Generating a Monte Carlo simulation

To generate a Monte Carlo simulation

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In the Project Explorer, from the Category list, choose the Monte Carlo Simulations. Right-click the WiMAX Simulations node and choose New. In the WiMAX Simulations dialog box, type Data as the simulation name and click OK. A new Data node is added to the WiMAX Simulations node in the Project Explorer.
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Right-click the Data node and choose Generate. In the Select WiMAX TDD Sectors dialog box, in the Sector Selection section, choose the Group Selection option and, from the list, choose Core_cluster and click OK The WiMAX Monte Carlo Simulation Settings dialog box opens.
On the System tab, enable the Data_user check box.
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10 Click the Monte Carlo tab.
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11 In the Convergence section, in the Minimum Number of Runs box, type in 3.
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12 Click the Simulation Area tab, choose the Use an Area Grid option and, from the associated list, choose CoreCluster area.
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13 Click Simulate. The WiMAX Simulation Layers dialog box opens.
14 Verify that the check box next to Common is enabled so that all common layers are created and click OK. Throughout the simulation, the Simulation Generation dialog box displays details of the progress.
In this case, the simulation took 9 runs to reach a convergence factor of 4.96% with 228 served subscribers out of 268. The Convergence Evolution window displays a visual summary of the simulation progress
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(i.e., the evolution of downlink load and convergence criteria over the simulation runs).
15 Close both the Simulation Generation dialog box and the Convergence Evolution window.
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To display discrete subscriber information

1 2 In the Project Explorer, in the Monte Carlo Simulations category, right-click the Data node and choose Display Discrete Subscribers. To zoom in on the core clutter group, in the Sites category, right-click the Core_cluster group and choose View. Discrete subscribers are displayed in the Map window.
The following color codes are used to indicate the connection status (i.e., either served or blocked).
Color Subscriber Status Served subscribers
Blocked (preamble coverage)
Blocked (MAP coverage)
Blocked (number of users)
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Subscriber Status Blocked (uplink power)
Blocked (downlink resources)
Blocked (uplink resources)
Blocked (uplink noise rise)
Blocked (maximum pooled throughput)
Blocked (coverage distance limit)
To display the best server for each subscriber, right-click in the Map window and choose Layer Control.
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In the Layer Control dialog box, choose Data_SubscriberTable and click Label. The Label Options dialog box opens.
From the Label With list, choose BestServer and click OK.
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In the Layer Control dialog box, enable the Auto Label check box next to the Data_SubscriberTable, and click OK. The Best Server labels display in the Map window.
By examining the layer, you can see that some subscribers (in red) are block due to uplink power limitations. You can also see the best server for these blocked subscribers. 7 In the Windows category, right-click the discrete subscriber table (e.g., Data_SubscriberTable) and choose Visible to remove the check mark and hide the layer. In the Sites category, right-click the Sites node and choose View so that all sites are displayed in the Map window.
Applying cell loads and viewing a sector/channel report

In order to generate results based on the exact loads calculated during the Monte Carlo simulation, you can apply cell loads to sector settings. You can then verify that the cell loads have been correctly applied by analyzing the sector/channel report. The sector/channel report contains analysis information sorted by sector and channel including PA power, preamble power, downlink load, and segmentation usage. It is only one of the pre-defined WiMAX reports for Monte Carlo simulations included with Mentum Planet. These reports provide
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important information on how your network is performing. Other pre-defined reports include:
Subscribers report details why subscribers were dropped on a global or per sector/channel basis. Throughput report lists throughput information sorted by subscriber type, service, and environment on a global or per subscriber basis. All Run Sector/Channel report shows analysis information for each run completed for the simulation sorted by sector and channel.
To apply cell loads

1 2 In the Project Explorer, in the Monte Carlo Simulations category, right-click the Data node and choose Apply Cell Loads. In the Planet information dialog box, click OK.
To view a sector/channel report

1 Right-click the Data node and choose Generate Reports Sector/ Channel. The Simulation Report opens.
Note that Site 5, Sector 1 has a downlink load of 86.07407% while the uplink load is 26.89760075%. 2 In the Site column, click Site 5. The Site Editor opens.
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In the tree view, choose Sector 1 and click the Configuration tab.
In the Channels section, the Download Loading (%) value is 86.07 while the uplink loading value is 26.90, which is in line with the results calculated during the Monte Carlo simulation. 4 5 In the Site Editor, click OK. Close the simulation report.
Displaying the WiMAX service status layer

The service status layer provides a quick visual summary of the coverage status for each subscriber type generated as part of the Monte Carlo simulation.
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To display the WiMAX service status layer

1 To view the service status layer, in the Monte Carlo Simulations category, expand the WiMAX Simulations node until it is fully expanded. Right-click the Service Status <Data_user> layer and choose View. To display subscribers on the service status layer, in the Windows category, right-click the Subscriber table and choose View. In the Sites category, right-click Site_12 and choose Locate. Display the grid legend for the service status layer. In the Windows category, right-click the Data_SubscriberTable layer and choose Visible. A check mark next to Visible on the shortcut command indicates the layer is displayed in the Map window. 7 8 To remove the labels, right-click in the Map window and choose Layer Control. In the Layer Control dialog box, clear the Auto Label check box next to the Data_SubscriberTable, and click OK.
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To create a frequency and preamble plan To apply a frequency plan to sectors
Lesson 13: Generating Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Plans
Generating Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Plans

In this lesson, you will create a preamble plan using the WiMAX Automatic Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Planning tool.
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Overview
To increase network capacity, you need to optimize the use of frequencies. Using the Automatic Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Planning (AFPP) Planning tool, you can generate a frequency plan automatically. In addition, you can plan preamble codes as well in order to reduce interference between co-channel (co-subchannel group) sectors. A preamble is a specific pseudorandom (PN) sequence transmitted by the first symbol of a downlink transmission. To achieve an equitable balance, you should plan frequencies and preambles at the same time. See Generating frequency and Preamble plans Automatically in the WiMAX User Guide.
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To create a frequency and preamble plan

As a neighbor list (based on traffic) is a key input for preamble planning, you must first create a new interference matrix and then create a neighbor list before beginning frequency and preamble planning. 2 3 In the Project Explorer, in the RF Tools category, right-click the Interference Matrices node and choose New. In the Select Sectors dialog box, in the Sector Selection section, choose the Group Selection option and, from the list, choose WiMAX and click OK. In the Generate a Histogram Interference Matrix dialog box, in the Name box, type WiMAX_IM_with_traffic. Enable the Use a Traffic Map check box and, from the associated list, choose the Live_traffic traffic map and click Generate to accept the default values for all other parameters and create the interference matrix. The new interference matrix is added to the RF Tools category of the Project Explorer. 6 To create a neighbor list, right-click the Neighbor Lists node, and choose New Single Technology From Interference Matrix.
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In the Select Sectors dialog box, in the Sector Selection section, choose the Group Selection option and, from the list, choose WiMAX and click OK. In the Neighbor List Generator - Interference Matrix Method dialog box, ensure the WiMAX_IM_with_traffic is displayed from the Traffic Based list and the WiMAX_IM is displayed from the Area Based list. Enable the Use Relative Area check box and ensure that 0.50 is displayed in the associated box.
10 Click OK. 11 In the Save As dialog box, in the File Name box, type WiMAX_NL, and click Save. 12 When the neighbor list generation is complete, click Close. The neighbor list is added to the Neighbor List node in the Project Explorer.
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13 To create the frequency and preamble plan, in the RF Tools category, expand the Frequency and Preamble Plans node, right-click WiMAX TDD and choose New The WiMAX Automatic Frequency Preamble and Perm Base Planning dialog box opens. 14 In the Plan Name box, type WiMAX_Plan. 15 From the Groups to Plan list, choose Core_cluster. 16 From the Frame Configuration list, choose PUSC. 17 From the Neighbor List list, choose WiMAX_NL. 18 Ensure the Plan Frequencies check box is enabled. When this check box is cleared, the Frequency tab is not displayed. 19 In the Interference Matrix section, choose the Affected Traffic option and, from the associated list, choose WiMAX_IM_with_traffic. 20 Ensure all other parameters match the image below.
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21 Click the Frequency tab.
Constraints and costs are fundamental elements of frequency planning. The violation cost values you enter in the Interference threshold section for either co-channel or adjacent channel interference are multiplied by the interference defined in the interference matrix. Each cost contributes to the overall cost associated with the assignment of a specific channel to a sector. 22 Accept the default values defined on the remaining tabs and click Generate. 23 When the plan generation is complete, click Save. 24 Click Close. The plan is added to the Frequency and Preamble Plans node.
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25 In the Project Explorer, right-click the WiMAX_Plan and choose Display Report. The report opens in the Report Preview dialog box.
26 Click Close.
To apply a frequency plan to sectors

1 2 3 In the Project Explorer, in the RF Tools category, right-click the frequency plan you just generated and click Apply. In the Network Update dialog box, click Yes. Right-click the WiMAX_Plan and choose View In Map Window Preamble. The assigned Preamble value is displayed in the Map window.
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In the Project Explorer, in the Sites category, right-click Site_16 and choose Locate.
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Click OK to close the Site Editor.
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In the Project Explorer, in the Windows category, right-click the first AF2 layer and choose Visible (to hide the layer and remove the check mark). The icon changes to show that the layer is not visible in the Map window.
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To export site and sector data to Excel
Lesson 14: Exporting and Importing Data
Exporting and Importing Data

In this lesson, you will export the tutorial project data to Excel. When you have many project parameters to modify, using Excel facilitates this task. You will also import a pre-configured Excel worksheet to update the project site data and add new sites to the project. Using the Import/Export Wizard is an efficient way to analyze and update data.
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Overview
Using the Import/Export Wizard, you can view project data in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (.xls). When you export data from your project to a spreadsheet, individual worksheets are created in the .xls file for each category of project data. Once you have modify project data, you can reimport the Excel file and update the project. For more information, see Importing and Exporting Data in the WiMAX User Guide. The Excel worksheets must conform to a specific structure. See Appendix B: Import and Export Tables in the WiMAX User Guide.
Exporting site and sector data to Excel

To export site and sector data to Excel

Choose Data Export. The Export Wizard opens.
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Click Next On the File Location page, choose the Microsoft Excel option. Click the Browse button and navigate to C:\Program Files\Mentum\Sample Data\ Tutorial Dataset WiMAX 5.1\Attachments\Local folder. In the File Name box, type Site_Data and click Save.
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Enable the Open File Upon Export check box. Excel opens with site data displayed on various worksheets.
10 Click Finish.
11 Browse through the worksheets and then close Excel.
Importing site data and adding new sites to the project

Using a pre-configured Excel file, you will import site data and add five new sites to the project.
To import site data and add new sites to the project

1 Choose Data Import Project Data. The Import Wizard opens. 2 3 On the File Location page, choose the Microsoft Excel option. Click Browse and navigate to the Attachments\Local folder within the project folder and choose Five_new_sites_creation.xls and click Open.
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Click Next. The Data Selection page appears where you can select and deselect the data tables you want to import.
Click Finish. The Log window displays indicating that five sites and 15 sectors have been added to the project.
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Close the Log window. In the Sites category, expand the Sites node. Fives new sites have been added.
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To view the new sites in the Map window, in the Sites category, rightclick the Sites node and choose View.
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LESSON 2 Using a Workspace

LESSON 3 Working with Sectors

LESSON 4 Defining Network Settings

Contents WiMAX Tutorial

LESSON 5 Identifying Sectors

LESSON 5 Placing New Sites

LESSON 6 Defining a Propagation Model

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LESSON 10 Defining Subscriber Settings LESSON 11 Generating a Monte Carlo Simulation

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Lesson 1: Setting Up and Opening a Project LESSON1

Setting Up and Opening a Project

This chapter contains the following sections:

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Downloading the dataset

To download the dataset

Defining user preferences

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To define user preferences

In the tree view, choose Project Explorer.

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

In the Zoom Automatically section, do the following:

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Expand the Geodata node.

Click the Display button.

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Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 1 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 2: Using a Workspace

This lesson covers the following topics:

To save a workspace To associate a workspace with the project

Lesson 2 WiMAX Tutorial

Specifying project settings

Lesson 2 WiMAX Tutorial

To associate a workspace with the project

Lesson 2 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 2 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 2 WiMAX Tutorial

Lesson 2 WiMAX Tutorial

11 Click the Advanced Options tab.

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Lesson 3: Working with Sectors

Working with Sectors

This lesson covers the following topics:

To create a sector group To create a site subset

Lesson 3 WiMAX Tutorial

Creating sector groups