***************************************************************** * News in WRAP 4.6.

15 WRAP 2015 6 April 2010 * ***************************************************************** This file describes the news in WRAP 4.6 compared to the previous version WRAP 4 .5, 8 May 2008. Many of the listed functions have been released to selected user s in test versions and updates of the software during the period June 2008 to De cember 2009. Broadcast ********* - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - Sometimes the interference result as displayed on the FQA tab was not in agree ment with the result displayed on the Interference tab. This has been corrected. - First and second times of performing the same blocking calculation in frequenc y assignment sometimes did not give identical results. This has been fixed. Collocation Interference ************************ - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and allow saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - The resulting list of frequencies after running Minimise Interference can now be sorted by clicking on the column heads. - Memory leak and error in presented number of results after adding a frequency are fixed. - All listed frequencies can now be removed in a single operation. - The Minimised Interference list can now be sorted. - Consideration is taken to time validity of frequency assignments. Coverage ******** - Crash resolved when editing an extremely large coverage result. - The mobile height reference can now be set to "Mobile height above ground leve l and buildings" for all relevant calculation modes. - Error when uplink signal-to-interference calculations returned 0-values has be en fixed. - Default contour colour has been set to black for post-processed results. - Areas that are shown in the map viewer are now always used as the default cove rage area when opening the Coverage tool. There was an error in the behaviour wh en setting the calculation area from a previously calculated result. - Error resulting in message Invalid calculation type when making a second calcula tion of Transmission Loss, Clearance, Required Antenna Height, Terrain Clearance Angle has been fixed. - Worst Interferer calculation is now available in single-station calculations als o. - Coverage results can now also be exported in Google Earth file format (KML), M apInfo TAB and ArcView Shapefile (SHP). - Capability to make post-processing Best Server/Composite/Number of Servers on Line and Point results has been implemented. - Simultaneous import of multiple Anonymous coverage results is now possible. - RAM memory limit for post-processing Best Server/Composite/Number of Servers h as been increased to allow better resolution of the result. - Crash resolved when deleting an on-going Neighbour Cells calculation. - Incorrect information in the result on the selected spherical earth method of Detvag90 has been corrected. - Consideration is taken to time validity of frequency assignments for calculati

ons where interference is involved. - Search of coverage results added. - Composite coverage calculations are now faster. Cost and Coverage Optimiser *************************** - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - When generating stations from a result it is now possible to choose between re taining the station template used during the calculation, select a new station t emplate, a new base station template or a multipoint station template. - Slow calculation when using station template with multiple antennas is resolve d. - Capability added to handle directional antennas on the mobile. - The calculation has been significantly speeded up. Coverage Comparison and Measured Data Import ******************************************** - Settings of colours for a coverage comparison result presentation are now the same as for the previously made settings for a coverage comparison result, not t he settings for the imported result. - Imported results and comparison results can be saved in files and opened separ ately from the project file. Earth Station Coordination ************************** - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - Crash situation corrected when calculating on incompletely defined earth stati on. Frequency Assignment ******************** - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - Changes have been implemented to reduce memory consumption and calculation tim e. These are in particular effective for base stations and multipoint stations w ith directional antennas. The maximum server range can be set as a parameter. - The x-axis of the margin diagram can now be expanded to allow visually resolvi ng the individual frequencies in all situations. - A parameter Planning level margin is implemented. It sets the required wanted si gnal level above the receiver sensitivity for the assignment (previously the lev el was set at the receiver sensitivity). - Errors resulting in inconsistent display in margin diagram and the detailed in terference values have been corrected. - When performing multiple-frequency assignments all stations that can be assign ed frequencies are assigned (previously the assignment was aborted if all statio ns could not be assigned the required number of frequencies). - Two identified crash situations have been resolved. - No frequencies were listed in FQA printout for multipoint stations without lin ked clients. This has been corrected. - The wanted signal level is now calculated based on the test point placement of the mobile. This was not the case before, resulting in too low wanted signal le vel in cases where Best Server, service area limit or maximum server range place ment was defined. - The genetic algorithm reported too few assigned frequencies with non-fulfilled

assignment criteria. This has been corrected. - Consideration is taken to time validity of frequency assignments. - Channel numbers are also set at the stations when the assignment is saved. Interference ************ - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - Crash situation when using associated transmitter or receiver fixed. - Crash when printing without having calculated first fixed. - Consideration is taken to time validity of frequency assignments. Spectrum Viewer *************** - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - Bearing displays are now shown only to stations within the limit set by the ra dius (for Count Stations mode) - User-definable y-scale interval has been implemented. The Auto-scale feature i s still available. - A symbol is displayed to indicate the position of the cursor (the virtual rece iving point). - The defined circle (for Count Stations mode) is displayed in the map. - Consideration is taken to time validity of frequency assignments. Traffic Map, Traffic Capacity ***************************** - No changes. Radio Link Performance ********************** - The direction of a stored terrain profile (a manually generated profile) is no w correctly handled when selecting the Reverse direction of the calculation. - Incorrect information in the result on the selected spherical earth method of Detvag90 has been corrected. Radar Coverage ************** - Tool Settings is implemented to retain parameter settings when repeating calcu lations and saving of parameter settings in the tool settings file. - Multiple single-station calculations can now be performed by marking several r adar stations at the same time. - The default setting for the contour colour is set to black. - Coverage results can be saved in files and opened separately from the project file. - Crash when calculation area was outside validity boundaries of defined coordin ate system has been fixed. - Target height is now presented in the Edit Result window. - Radar search sectors that are defined in Edit Station can be used to define th e calculation area. Map Viewer/Profile Viewer ************************* - Marking several stations in the station list and selecting

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wer automatically centres and scales the map to allow viewing of all marked stati ons. Marking a group containing a number of objects performs the same operation based on the locations of the objects in the group. - The number of points along the path in the profile display has been increased from 200 to 400. - Interpolation issues when using DEM data (object height above ground level, or the terrain code height addition) have been corrected to avoid strange terrain profile displays where a flat area was displayed as rising towards an adjacent h igher area. - The selected width of vector lines are now considered in the 3D texture map di splay. - Coordinates, result value, height and terrain code are now shown in the map vi ewer for the location clicked in the profile viewer. - Clicking in the profile viewer gives an indication in the map viewer at the co rresponding position. - Clicking on a profile line in the map viewer gives an indication in the profil e viewer at the corresponding position. - Setting Grey scale as the colour display mode for image maps (in the Geo-setting s dialogue) now works properly to set new project map displays to the selected s etting. - Dynamic terrain profile viewing is now possible. The profile view can be autom atically updated while moving the cursor in the map viewer. When a link station is moved the profile is also automatically updated while moving the station. - A Profile Viewer window is opened automatically when double-clicking on a link path shown in the map. - Profile Viewer window is opened automatically when marking a link in the stati on list and selecting the Profile icon. - The Measure icon gives a function to measure the bearing and distance from one p osition to the moving cursor position (previously only available when drawing a line). - Incorrect scale factor when running Windows Vista and Windows 7 has been corre cted by a user-entry of the exact screen dimensions. - Editing a station from the Profile Viewer now updates the project view and oth er map viewers. Satellite Network Coordination ****************************** - Crash when deleting a satellite network fixed. - Disappearing of satellite networks when adding new networks has been fixed. HF Planning *********** - ICEAREA in versions of the ITSHFBC software between about 2007 and January 200 9 did not work with WRAP due to a change in the ITSHFBC/ICEAREA input data file format. The custodian of the ITSHFBC software has now corrected the file format such that it works again. This is corrected in versions from 4 March 2009 and on wards. Point-to-Multipoint ******************* - Clients can be linked automatically to sectors based on a best server calculat ion. - The window Edit Multipoint Station Clients tab can now be adjusted in size and maximised. Obstruction Manager

******************* - Influence of wind power stations to radar coverage areas can be displayed grap hically in the map viewer. - Many changes and enhancements have been made. Allotments ********** - A Free frequency search function has been implemented in the Edit Station Freque ncies From Allotment command. Non-assigned (or assigned/allotted) frequencies ca n be searched within a selectable map area, considering existing assignments and allotments. - An Allotment Search Engine function has been added to allow searching the data base for allotments fulfilling certain criteria. Calculators *********** - Geo-calculator: The total length of a drawn polyline is now given. Network Management ****************** - When using the Quick FQA function it is now possible to define the number of o rdinary and the number or reserve frequencies that should be assigned to all net works. - The window Edit Group Networks tab can now be adjusted in size and maximised. Edit Station ************ - Search sectors can be defined for radar stations. - Frequency table is changed to accommodate time-limited frequency assignments. - Error corrected where projects in format wpe use antenna from the database ins tead of the internally stored antennas in the project file. Now the antennas sto red in the wpe project are used. - Crash when saving earth stations with terrain clearance in the database fixed. Edit Antenna ************ - Import of some files from the Andrew Antennas website did not work due to form atting issues. This has been corrected. Edit Transmitter **************** - No changes. Edit Receiver ************* - No changes. Edit Cable ********** - No changes.

Edit Group ********** - Error in handling of ground height for stations in groups has been corrected. Station ground height above sea level is defined as group reference position hei ght above sea plus editable height offset (z-offset). - Crash when editing a copied group has been corrected. Propagation calculations ************************ - Propagation model ITU-R P.1546-3 has been implemented. - Propagation model SUI has been implemented. - A tab Parameters has been added to the Detvag90 settings to allow setting of the distance from the transmitter/receiver where to add the full clutter height. - Capability to Add Terrain Loss by using clutter-defined dB values for Clutter los s and Indoor loss has been added. This can be selected for all propagation models. - Bug in propagation model advisor corrected. (Appeared only for Detvag-90 High) WRAPDB ****** - Structure updates as required for new features. Other databases *************** - Transfer of data from BRIFIC FXM and LFMF (from about October 2008) to WRAPdB format failed due to changes in the BRIFIC format. Corresponding changes have be en made to the ChangeDB function to fix this. Station list import ******************* - It is now possible to import stations with several transmitter and receiver an tennas, respectively. - It is now possible to import cables and filters. - Column selections re-used when imporitng the same file once again. Geographical data ***************** - The IDWM version has been updated to 7.4. - Datum KKJ, SWEREF 99 and ETRS89 added. Reports ******* - No changes. Administrative system ********************* - No changes. Map Data Manager **************** - Capability to crop geodata within map sheets has been implemented to allow the joining of map data from different sources where both sets have valid data in o verlapping area. - Failure in re-projection between some coordinate systems has been corrected.

Licence Manager *************** - No changes. Spectrum Allocation Manager (SAM) ********************************* - The SAM database has been updated to ITU Radio Regulations 2008. - A new plan can be created from filtered results in a source plan. - Services were not copied when copying a plan. This has been corrected. - Crash situation which could occur when deleting a plan has been corrected. - SMADEF-XML function to import and export allocations has been implemented. Licence Authorisation Function ****************************** - Updated to latest version of the licence protection software. - Capability to generate keys on a special USB memory has been implemented ( Dongl e licensing). Documentation and Help function updates *************************************** - All documentation and the Help function have been updated to reflect most of t he new functions of version 4.6. Miscellaneous ************* - SMADEF-XML messages have been implemented (version 1.2.2c of the standard) - Integration with spectrum monitoring systems from Grintek Ewation has been imp lemented. - API functions using socket XML techniques have been implemented for some tools . - It is possible to set a start project which is used when opening WRAP. - The Tools Settings file now saves and restores parameter settings of all the t ools (except the calculators). - Crash when using the 14-point message on receiver-only stations has been fixed . - Some import issues on SFAF messages have been fixed. - Default width of Name column in Select Equipment dialogue has been increased t o allow visibility of longer names. - Changes of focus to other projects when making selections in the active projec t have been corrected. - Template stations selected as mobiles in calculations are now saved in the too ls settings. - WRAP 4.6 installs properly on Windows XP/Vista/7 operating systems. - More efficient utilisation of the available RAM such that higher-resolution an d larger area calculations are possible without forcing a reduction in the reso lution. - At exit of WRAP a splash screen is displayed until all processes is completely closed. *** EOF ***