Introduction To GENEX Assistant

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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Learn data analysis method of DT Learn how to use GENEX Assistant to analyze drive test data
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Contents
GENEX Assistant Functions & Features

Common features
Specific features for HSDPA
Case study
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Introduction
As a radio network test data post processing software, GENEX Assistant is used to analyze air interface test data of WCDMA/GSM radio network.
Assistant can support UE test data and RNC data, and provide integrated analysis of uplink and downlink data. Assistant provides powerful auto-report function, and supports data display on various display modes such as maps, charts and tables to greatly improve the working efficiency of engineers.
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Main Function
Assistant has the powerful functions, and it can support: WCDMA/GSM dual-mode test. Import of various types of test equipment data Various application analysis items Combined analysis of uplink and downlink data Layer-3 signaling decoding Auto analysis report Replay of test data Multiple data display modes Four types of data binning modes and Three data sampling types Multi-window co-activation. Data filtering by specific parameters Data export in various display modes Flexible extension of drive test data type Word gather function Combination of multi-UE, and multi-scanner data
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Main Function
Import of various types of test equipment data
Support different tpes of test data
Genex Probe Huawei RNC Agilent E6474A
Agilent E7476A
ANT BYUE Mobile Agent
Support WCDMA / HSDPA / HSUPA / GSM / GPRS network analysis

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TSMU
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Main Function
Various application analysis items
Support various application analysis items RSCP
Ec/Io
HO Event HSDPA Throughput
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Workflow
To use Assistant for DT data analysis, perform the following steps
1. 2. 3. 4. Install Assistant Plus the dongle Create a project, set project path and map path Create a dataset, choose the geographic binning mode and the data sampling mode 5. Import test data 6. If there are several log files generated during test, you can choose to combine the devices, so that it will be easy to give a general analysis of all the tests 7. Import configuration parameter (e.g. Engineering parameter, neighbor cell parameter) 8. Import RNC data (if necessary) 9. Display data on map/chart/sheet and analyze data 10. Enable World Collector to export the required data (if necessary) 11. Generate the analysis report 12. Give the final report according to the analysis report and the exported data.
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Dataset Settings
4 geographic binning mode:
No Binning Distance Binning Grid Binning: Sets the parameters of the measurement point in the grid as the one of the grid center. Time Binning: Averages all the test data collected in a time bucket.
3 Data Sampling mode:

Average: Average value of the data of all the points after the geographic binning. Maximum: Maximum value of the data of all the points after the geographic binning. Minimum: Minimum value of the data of all the points after the geographic binning.
Data Disperse:
The dispersing of the drive test data collected in the period of bus stop into the data collected several seconds before the bus start. In the way, the data can be clearly displayed on the map.
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Data Binning
User need choose specific mode according to different scenario. Data binning can reduce the influence on fast fading effectively.
No Binning
Analysis based on original test data. Usually used for events and message synchronous analysis.
Advantage: Locate at each event and message, for detail trouble shooting. Disadvantage: 1. Large data amount; 2. Geographic distribution of original test data maybe not even.
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Data Binning
Distance Binning
Most common used in drive test. Used for post-processing for CW measurements and statistic analysis for coverage area. Advantage1. Get even geographic bin on single direction route. 2. Avoid samples accumulation caused of long time stop, e.g. red traffic light. 3. With high efficiency Disadvantagenot suitable for repeated routes, e.g. bridge. Example Compare before and after effects of 5m binning (Required: drive test speed is not too fast)
5m binning
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Data Binning
Grid Binning
Effective supplement to distance binning, especially for repeated routes. Advantage1. Get geographic bin on repeated route. 2. Avoid samples accumulation caused of long time stop, e.g. red traffic light. 3. With high efficiency Disadvantage 1. lose time stamp for repeated routes 2. grid width not too big Example Compare before and after effects of 5m*5m binning
5m*5m binning
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Data Binning
Time Binning
Time binning requires the drive car with stable speed. It is also used for some specific KPIs analysis within continuous time intervals. Advantage1. Used for test data analysis with stable drive speed. 2. Used for some specific KPIs analysis within continuous time intervals with fixed time span and maximum/minimum data sampling settings. 3. With high efficiency DisadvantageWhen the drive speed is not stable, the distribution of test data is not even.
Example Compare before and after effects of 1 second binning

higher speed
1 second binning
lower speed
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Data Binning
Time Binning (cont.)
For example, we want to know BLER in some continuous intervals, so we set:
1. 4 seconds time binning; 2. Minimum data sampling.
The figure below indicates the minimum BLER within four seconds is greater than 5%, so, the data transmission maybe has some problems.
BLER within 4 seconds is greater than 5%
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Display test data on map

There are many operations you can do on the map window, such as:
set layer offset show config neighbor cells
display the real-time serving cell simulating the single site shutdown test path replay forward/backward show cell/site coverage area display DT track searching for site area memory arranging site color automatically map layer management distance measurement copy/exporting image filter ( such as time filter, area filter)
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Display test data on chart/sheet

Display test data on chart
Assistant support kinds of charts such as:
time mode chart
PDF chart cross double indicator chart
pie chart
Display test data on sheet

If display test data on sheet, we can do operations such as: searching for a specific cell in the sheet; find out the maximum, minimum value in sheet; calculate the average value, standard deviation of the selected data in the sheet, etc.
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Coactivating multiple windows

This function shows the relationship in time between the windows and helps to check the message and the events in a quick way.
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Test data Filter

Filter by time
Used for distinguish repeated route
Filter by a specific area

Choose a group of data on the current map and click Lock Selected Items
before
after
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Test data Filter (cont.)

Show Site/Cell Coverage area
Select the site the cell belongs to on the map Right-click Show Cell Coverage Area Choose the cell you want to see its coverage area
after filter
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Show configured neighbor cells on map
Method:
Select the site on the map Right-click Show Config Neighbor Cell Select the service cell on the left of the dialog box The neighbor cells will be displayed on the right of the dialog box. If one neighbor cell is selected, there will be only one neighbor cell displayed on map. We can select multineighbor cell using SHIFT+click.
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Statistics as Site/Cell
Statistic cell coverage, call dropped, call setup failure and soft handover site by site On call drop and call setup failure, we can acquire the information of 5 seconds average Ec/Io, RSCP, UE Tx Power, SIR before call drop or setup failure.
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Customize legend
Parameter legend customization
Event legend customization
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Word Collector
The user is allowed to open any word document to collect the image from Assistant word collector
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Simulating event by scanner data

Simulated events include:
Soft Handover
Pilot Pollution Used for: Neighbor cells Optimization Pilot Pollution Analysis
Call drop Analysis
Assistant also supports CIO setting to ensure the simulation closes to real network.
Detail information refers to Case1. Analyzing Pilot Pollution Problem and Case2. Handover Event simulation by Scanner Data.
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RF adjustment prediction and optimization scheme valuation

Site Swap/Shutdown Scheme Evaluation
Assistant refers to the planning prediction method used in optimization analysis. It provides site/cell shutdown simulation. The single site shutdown simulation simulates the pilot signal change on the drive test points that the shutdown site covers during the drive test and makes a further judgment on the influence of the shutdown site on its covered drive test points.
The main task in the single site shutdown simulation is to recalculate the RSSI of the drive test point.
For example: Cell SC45 shutdown simulation
Compare the expected results and actual measurement results plus offset value
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Analysis with RNC Data

Uplink and downlink data synchronization analysis
Assistant supports huawei RNC data which can collect the whole messages through UE>NodeB->CN.
By synchronizing the GPS time, Assistant can display the drive test data and the RNC data simultaneously. This enables integrated analysis of uplink and downlink data that includes RNC subscriber tracing signaling.
RNC Data
Uplink data
Drive Test Data

Downlink data
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Analysis with RNC Data

Uplink and downlink data synchronization analysis (cont.)
Two advantages with RNC data: Restore thoroughly the information of wireless interfaces By synchronizing the GPS time, RNC data can also be displayed on the map to locate uplink coverage problem area
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Analysis report
Assistant provides more 20 reports, such as drive test report, scanner neighbor cell analysis, UE CPICH Measurements Analysis before/after Call End or Call Drop, UE SHO performance analysis, etc.
Drive test Report.doc WCDMA ScannerNeighborCell.xls
CPICH Measurements before Call End or Call Drop.xls WCDMA UE InterFreq Hard-Handoff SucRate.xls
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Contents

Common features
Case study
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HSDPA Test Data Analysis
HSDPA KPI includes:

HSDPA Throughput Statistics
HSDPA channel quality HS-DSCH Decoding statistics
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HSDPA KPI Displayed by Assistant

HSDPA throughput statistics & channel quality
Type Name
Scheduled Rate(Delta) Throughput statistics
Explanation
instantaneous velocity of the scheduling on the MAC layer (Unit: in kbps)
Served Rate(Delta)
instantaneous velocity of the transmission on the MAC layer Unit: in kbps instantaneous velocity of the transmission on the MAC layer (excluding the transmission failure and retransmission) (Unit: in kbps)
instantaneous BLER(%) on the MAC layer instantaneous usage(%) of the HS-SCCH channel average CQI in the 200ms in HS-DSCH Value range :0~30 average code count that UE consumes in the 200ms Value range:1~15
MAC Layer Rate(Delta) DSCH SBLERDelta HS-SCCH Success Rate(Delta) Channel quality CQI Number of HS-DPSCH Codes
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HS-DSCH Decoding statistics
There are three group of items:
By drive test files Statistics of All TBS By each TBS
By drive test files
Statistics of all TBS
By each TBS
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HSDPA HS-DSCH Decoding Statistics
Name
TBS QPSK 16QAM SB Fail SB Suc Dup. SB Suc ACKNACK/DTX SBLER Transport block size; unit: bit Number of frames modulated in QPSK mode Number of frames modulated in 16QAM mode Number of TB transmission failures at the MAC layer Number of TB transmission successes at the MAC layer Number of retransmissions of the same TB, that is , the number of NACK messages to which the NodeB translates from the ACK messages provided by the UE upon successful decoding Ratio of retransmissions of correct frames; unit: % BLER at the MAC layer; unit: %
Explanation
1st , SBLER Block Fail

Bolck Suc Res. BLER
BLER of the first frame; unit: %

Number of failed TB transmissions after retransmissions, that is , the number of frames transmitted at the RLC layer after failed retransmissions at the MAC layer Number of TB transmission successes, equal to the value of SB Suc BLER at the RLC layer; unit: %
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HSDPA HS-DSCH Decoding Statistics
Name
All TBS Statistics 1 Times 2 Times 3 Times 4 Times 5 Times >= 6 Times Sum of statistics on channel decoding of each TBS Number of frames successfully transmitted at the first attempt Number of frames successfully transmitted at the second attempt after the first attempt failed Number of frames successfully transmitted at the third attempt after the first two attempts failed Number of frames successfully transmitted at the fourth attempt after the first three attempts failed Number of frames successfully transmitted at the fifth attempt after the first four attempts failed After four retransmissions, the RLC initiates the fifth one, which is set on the Huawei equipment Number of frames successfully transmitted at the sixth or later attempt after all the previous attempts failed
Explanation
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Contents

Common
Case Study
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Contents
Case1. Analyzing Pilot Pollution Problem Case2. Handover Event simulation by Scanner Data Case3. Call Drop due to Handover Failure
Case4. Call Drop due to Weak Coverage Case5. Call Drop due to Missing Neighbor Cell Between 3G and 2G networks
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Case1. Analyzing Pilot Pollution Problem

Pilot Pollution analysis based on scanner data
Pilot pollution causes the following network problems. Ec/Io Deterioration: Multiple strong pilots interferes useful functional signals, so Io increases, Ec/Io decreases, BLER increases, and network quality declines. Call Drop Due to Handover: More than three strong pilots or no primary pilot exists in multiple pilots, frequent handover occurs among these pilots. This might cause call drop. Capacity Decline: The interference of the areas with pilot pollution increases, the system capacity declines.
Using Assistant to analyze Pilot Pollution: 1. Customize Pilot Pollution
Scanner Pilot Pollution KPI:
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2. Locate Pilot Pollution area Pilot Pollution happens near the bridge. Multiple strong pilots include: signals on the thither side of the bridge signals along with the street
Pilot Pollutions Area
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3. Confirm the cells causing Pilot Pollution SC224 (available signals on the thither side of the bridge) SC50, SC176/SC178, SC170 (overshooting on the thither side of the bridge) SC26 (overshooting along with the street) SC1 (available signals) 4. Solutions Antenna down tilt adjustment Reduce antenna down tilt to increase cell coverage range on the thither side of the bridge. e.g. SC224. Increase antenna down tilt to reduce coverage range on the thither side of the bridge. e.g. SC170 and SC176/SC178.
Increase antenna down tilt to reduce coverage range along with the street, e.g. SC26.
After adjustment, pilot pollution here reduced above 90%
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Case2. Handover Event simulation by Scanner Data

Handover Event simulation based on Scanner Data
Purpose: During the test, call drop due to SHO might occur. If it is caused by missing neighbor cell,
by comparing simulated SHO event based on scanner data with the one UE reported, we can detect the problems more easily. 1. Customize Scanner Simulate SHO Parameters
Definitions are same with UE SHO, including Threshold, Hysteresis, Time to Trigger and Active Set Size. * CIO (Cell Independent Offset) setting, make simulation more practical.
Simulated SHO event
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Handover Event simulation based on Scanner Data (cont.)
2. Compare simulated SHO event by scanner data with the one UE reported For example, the feature below indicates a call drop occurred. From UE, the Best Ec/Io in active set became worse (red color). But from scanner, the Best Server Ec/Io is pretty good.
Before call drop, scanner simulated 1A, 1C events.
Scanner
UE (offset)
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Handover Event simulation based on Scanner Data (cont.)
3. Observe Ec/Io change before/after call drop Before call drop, scramble with best Ec/Io in active set recorded by UE is 429. After call drop, it became 337. Meanwhile, best server scramble recorded by scanner before call drop is 337. This call drop is due to missing neighbor cell.
Scanner
UE (offset) 4. Solution Add SC337 to the intra-frequency neighbor cell list of SC429.
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Case3. Call Drop due to Handover Failure

Measurement report 1A or 1C, but call drop still occurred
1. Pay attention to the call drop on the map Ec/Io of SC329 in Active Set is very poor (maybe due to antenna azimuth), and Ec/Io of SC328 in Monitored Set is much better. Usually, there should be a SHO.
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Measurement report 1A or 1C, but call drop still occurred (cont.)
2. Compare the best Ec/Io in Active Set with Monitored Set
Before call drop, Ec/Io of SC328 (in Monitored Set) is much better than SC329 (in Active Set), and this status keeps for long time, and match the thresholds of SHO.
So we need more information with the help of message browser.
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Measurement report 1A or 1C, but call drop still occurred (cont.)
3. Check messages before call drop
In message browser, we will find that UE has sent Measurement Report many times and asked for handover (to SC328 and so on).
But there was no response replied from network side.

So the call drop happened.
4. Troubleshooting It is possible that there are some mistakes
of parameters configuration of network

side. User should contact with vendors engineers.
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Case4. Call Drop due to Weak Coverage

Weak coverage
The characteristic of weak coverage is: weak RSCP and Ec/Io,
TxPower increases, even reaches the maximum before call drop 1. Check the Ec/Io and RSCP around this call drop point We will find that receive signals in red box are very weak, especially before the call drop.
So we need to observe Ec/Io and RSCP on chart in more detail.
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Weak coverage
2. Observe RSCP and Ec/Io before call
drop On the charts, we will find that Ec/Io and RSCP in Active Set and Monitor Set became worse and worse. UE has send Measurement Report many times, but there was no right cell to provide enough coverage. Finally, call drop occurred.
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Weak coverage
3. Analysis
The distance from call drop point to SC212 (nearest working cell in Active Set) is 2078m, and the azimuth of SC212 is reverse to call drop area. There is a much nearer cell SC190, but it seems not to work. 4. Solution Check the site in red box, and turn it on Adjust RF parameters of cells nearby
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Case5. Call Drop due to Missing Neighbor Cell Between 3G and 2G networks
Call drop at the elevator door
1. Description Outside the elevator, the serving cell
is SC6 in areas covered by WCDMA

network. Inside the elevator, it covered by a GSM cell (CI 8695).
WCDMA (signal deteriorate) call drop GSM (after cell re-
After close the door, the signal

attenuates sharply, call drop occurred.
selection)
Normally, there should be an interRAT handover. But in this case, after call drop, UE needs re-select to
GSM network.
The cause might be missing neighbor cell or delayed handover.
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Call drop at the elevator door (cont.)
2. Analysis
Before call drop, UE reports 1F measurement report, but no 2D. That is when UE moves to a GSM cell, it fails to start compression mode to start inter-RAT measurement.
Cause:
Indoor GSM cell CI 8695 is not
configured as the neighbor cell of

SC6. RNC does not send measurement control report.
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Call drop at the elevator door (cont.)
3. Solution
Add GSM cell CI 8695 to the inter-RAT neighbor cell list of WCDMA cell SC6.
4. After adjustment After GSM cell be added, UE reports inter-RAT handover normally. Call drop are solved.
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Huawei GENEX Series

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

GENEX Assistant Functions & Features

Specific features for HSDPA

Support WCDMA / HSDPA / HSUPA / GSM / GPRS network analysis

Huawei confidential, 2007-06

Support various application analysis items RSCP

3 Data Sampling mode:

Example Compare before and after effects of 1 second binning

BLER within 4 seconds is greater than 5%

Display test data on map

Display test data on chart/sheet

Display test data on sheet

Coactivating multiple windows

Test data Filter

Filter by a specific area

Test data Filter (cont.)

Show configured neighbor cells on map

Parameter legend customization

Event legend customization

Simulating event by scanner data

Call drop Analysis

RF adjustment prediction and optimization scheme valuation

Analysis with RNC Data

Drive Test Data

Analysis with RNC Data

GENEX Assistant Functions & Features

Specific features for HSDPA

HSDPA Test Data Analysis

HSDPA KPI includes:

HSDPA KPI Displayed by Assistant

HSDPA KPI Displayed by Assistant

Statistics of all TBS

HSDPA KPI Displayed by Assistant

1st , SBLER Block Fail

BLER of the first frame; unit: %

HSDPA KPI Displayed by Assistant

GENEX Assistant Functions & Features

Specific features for HSDPA

Case1. Analyzing Pilot Pollution Problem

Using Assistant to analyze Pilot Pollution: 1. Customize Pilot Pollution

Scanner Pilot Pollution KPI:

Case1. Analyzing Pilot Pollution Problem

Pilot Pollutions Area

Case1. Analyzing Pilot Pollution Problem

Case2. Handover Event simulation by Scanner Data

Simulated SHO event

Case2. Handover Event simulation by Scanner Data

Before call drop, scanner simulated 1A, 1C events.

Case2. Handover Event simulation by Scanner Data

Case3. Call Drop due to Handover Failure

Case3. Call Drop due to Handover Failure

So we need more information with the help of message browser.

Case3. Call Drop due to Handover Failure

But there was no response replied from network side.

4. Troubleshooting It is possible that there are some mistakes

of parameters configuration of network

Case4. Call Drop due to Weak Coverage

So we need to observe Ec/Io and RSCP on chart in more detail.

Case4. Call Drop due to Weak Coverage

Case4. Call Drop due to Weak Coverage

is SC6 in areas covered by WCDMA