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Radio Network
Planning and Optimization

NTT DoCoMo
Network Planning
Department

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Procedure of Cell Planning and

Optimization
Site Planning

Coverage simulation

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Service coverage expansion plan, quality improvement plan

Construction plan of new Site for a year

Consider where to deploy the new Site

Consider the required antenna height
Select building or land to make tower

Site acquisition
Test (CW) measurement

Coverage estimation before Site construction

by test transmission (non-cluster measurement)

Cell design

Select antenna type

Azimuth beam optimization
Fix default tilts
Decide antenna height (in tower Site)

Site construction
Coverage measurement
Tilts angle optimization

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Coverage measurement with actual Site equipment after Site construction

(non-cluster measurement)

Coverage optimization at own cell

Minimization of inter-cell interference between adjacent cells

Periodic drive survey (cluster measurement)

If drop call or quality degradation is occurred, optimization should be at any time

Commercial launch
Drive survey and
optimization

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Basic approach for Site Planning

Site Planning

Coverage simulation

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

Site construction

Quality improvement & Coverage expansion

First approach of Planning give priority and decide target quality to each area
Second approach secure capacity for target quality

Target Quality

Indoor use : High traffic area (Dense urban, Urban)

In-car use : Low traffic area (Suburban, Rural area)

Coverage measurement

Tilts angle optimization

Indoor Use
Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

(23dB)

Dense urban
Urban

Target Quality
(Penetration Loss)

In-car Use
(6dB)

Sub-urban
Rural area
LOW
SMALL
LARGE

Traffic
Interference Margin
Cell Radius

HIGH
LARGE
SMALL

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Coverage simulation by Simulation tool

Site Planning

Coverage simulation

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

Site construction

Coverage measurement

Check estimated Coverage and Received Signal Power on

Simulation tool
The parameters of the simulation are roughly considered
Antenna tilt angle which is calculated in advance is directed to the
intermediate point between adjacent Sites.
Consider where to deploy a new Site
Consider the required antenna height

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

CPICH RSCP

12.2kbps AMR Coverage (SIR)

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Test measurement and Antenna design

Site Planning

Coverage simulation

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Test measurement

Cell design

Site construction

Coverage estimation before Site construction

(non-cluster measurement)
Simple sleeve antenna is used for test transmission
Continuous Wave is generated from Signal Generator
Received signal by scanner

Coverage measurement

Original measurement data by test measurement

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

Antenna Design

Test measurement data can import into Simulation tool

Replace the sleeve antenna with the actual antennas
on simulation tool
Received power distribution is calculated by the pattern
difference of each antenna type and tilt angle
Change azimuth and select optimal azimuth
Select optimal antenna type and default tilt setting
based on that calculated data
After antenna design using WS-EP

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Sector configuration
Site Planning

Coverage simulation

Sector configuration is selected based on capacity,

coverage, and strategic aspects

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

1-sector candidate Site

3-sector candidate Site
6-sector preparatory Site (Possible to change from adjacent Site coverage)
6-sector candidate Site

Site construction

Ultra low
traffic

Coverage measurement

Low traffic

Capacity

High traffic

Ultrahigh
traffic

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

Importance
(little)

1-sector
candidate
stations

3-sector
candidate
stations

6-sector
preparatory
stations

6-sector
candidate
stations

Strategic
Aspects

Importance
(great)

3-sector equipment is replaceable to 6-sector equipment

Possible to change from 3-sector to 6-sector when capacity is increase.

(But it need to exchange antenna)
1-sector Site equipment is different from 3/6-sector equipment.
If capacity is over, it need to change Site equipment or plan new Site

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Site Planning

Coverage measurement and tilt

optimization

Coverage simulation

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

Site construction

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Coverage confirmation by non-cluster measurement after Site construction

P-CPICH transmission from the Site equipment
Received power measurement by scanner
Optimize coverage by adjusting tilts at own Site
P-CPICH RSCP from own Site is compared with the RSCP from adjacent Sites at
each point
Minimize inter-cell interference by adjusting tilts at own Site and adjacent Sites

Coverage measurement

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

Own sits
tilts adjustment

Adjacent sits
tilts adjustment

Drive survey and

optimization

tilts adjustment

Interference decrease

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Survey Area and Purpose

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Site Planning

Coverage simulation

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

Area

Purpose

Dense urban with high

traffic

- Analysis of interference

Highway, National road

-Confirmation of neighbor list and overlap.

-Pursue disconnection point
-Repetition of quality deterioration

Bay area, Sea (for ship),

Riverside, mountains

-Investigation of interference

Stations

-Quality confirmation of main terminal, flourishing

town

Tunnels

-Investigation of the condition of DHO by indoor

(closed area) solution

Test verification area

-Verification of parameter optimisation

New Node-B

-Coverage optimisation as considering plural

zones

Site construction

Coverage measurement

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

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Survey Vehicle Configuration

Site Planning

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Antenna of scanner
is on roof top

Coverage simulation

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

Site construction

Coverage measurement
DoCoMo

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

GPS

Drive survey and

optimization

Inside of survey vehicles

Scanner

Connect to PSTN

UE is inside of
survey vehicle

Logging tool

PC for Scanner

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Example of Level Graph

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20
10

Site Planning

Coverage simulation

Test measurement

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Graphic Data

-60
-70

-90

1
2

Scanner

RSCP
J O t

(dBm)
-50

-80

Site acquisition

i O
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R
d
SIR
J O t

(dB)

CPICH SIR

-100
-110

-120

CPICH RSCP

V A
M x
J O t

(dBm)
-50

Cell design

CPICH RSCP

-60
-70
-80

Site construction

Coverage measurement

Tilts angle optimization

Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

4
5
6
7

Path loss
UE
(Logging
Tool)

-90
-100
-110

Ec/No
Active/Monitoring
DPCH
SIR/BLER/UETPFDD

-120
13:54:53

13:55:03

13:55:13

13:55:23

13:55:33

13:55:43

13:55:53

13:56:03

13:56:13

V A p X X
J O
t

120
130
140

150

160

-5
-10
-15
-20

13:56:43

V A SIR/BLER/ue-TPFDD
J O t

SIR BLER(%)
100

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Measured

Date,

Page number,

J O t
active1
active2
active3
active4
monitor1
monitor2
monitor3
monitor4
monitor5
monitor6
monitor7
monitor8
monitor9

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Node-B name
b u O w 1 48
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100

V A Ec/No
J O t

Time, Mark number,

Origination, Busy tone,
Disconnection,
Out of coverage

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110

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2 310
b u a 3 246
b u O w 6 173
g 3 76
L l G 5 4
1 106
b u V 6 50
b u s 2 95
b u O w 2 195
L l G 6 201
1 84
1 282
R 3 54
3 71
c 6 228
2 290

File name

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b u V 6 50
b u s 2 95
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L l G 6 201
1 84
1 282
R 3 54
3 71
c 6 228
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ue-TPFDD

0
50

0
-10

-25
0
13:54:53

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13:55:23

13:55:33

13:55:43

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13:56:23

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13:56:43

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Site Planning

Analysis Procedure and

Countermeasure
BLER is suddenly up before drop call
point

Coverage simulation

Find out causes of BLER arise.

Analyse data right before drop call
points.

Site acquisition

Test measurement

Cell design

The cause presumed

RSCP level -103 or

more dBm?

Low RSCP level

E /No -13 or more

dBm?

Interference

SIR 4.6 or more dBm?

Interference

Tilts angle optimization

Check items

Site construction

Coverage measurement

SHO active set is

proper?

Interference from a distant site

Are there poor Ec/Io sites in

active set?

SHO failure (addition delete)

Are RSCP level and

path loss in same order?

Transmitting offset value is

unsuitable

Commercial launch

Drive survey and

optimization

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RSCP and SIR of Scanner

is above the measuring
threshold?
TPC of UE is proper?

Check RSCP level with Scanner

Adjustment of the tilt
Planning new site
If a sector with a bad Ec/No, down or
up tilt to change SHO point
Signals maximum 3 SHO other
signals causes interference. Need to
reduce another arriving signals
Uplink signal cant reach or it
become interference
Down tilting of distant site sector.
Remove from neighbor list
For changing of SHO point, we
think about adjustment down or up tilt
and change transmission offset
value
For changing of SHO point, we
think about adjustment down or up tilt
and change transmission offset value

No Scanner data
Not synchronize

Adjustment of the tilt

Planning new site

TPC failure

Adjustment of the tilt

Remove from neighbor list

If all is OK , might be failure in network.

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