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Mentum Planet Mentum Planet v5.4 ACPv5.4 ACP
Gregory DonnardGregory DonnardGregory DonnardGregory DonnardThursday 9Thursday 9thth Feb 2012Feb 2012
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Agenda Introduction Automated Network Planning ACP Overview Optimization Constraints Optimization Goals
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Optimization Goals Mentum Planet 5.4 New Features Questions & Answers
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Automated Network Automated Network PlanningPlanning
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Automatic Network Planning Automatic Site
Placement Single Site Optimization Automatic Cell Planning
Site selection
Automated Cell Planning
Automated Site Selection
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Site selection Site Optimization Automated
Site Placement
Single Site Optimization
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Automatic Site Placement Automatic and fast
creation of a cluster of sites
Enables the creation of large networks for dimensioning and/or
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large networks for dimensioning and/or early planning
Can be used for greenfield deployments and network expansions
Network created using automatic site placement tool
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Existing and Candidate Sites Greenfield and
Expansion scenarios Ability to leverage
existing and candidate sites
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sites Support for priority of
candidate sites Ability to place new
sitesAutomatic Site Placement - General
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Single Site Optimization Designed for
Network expansion scenarios where new sites are added for coverage or capacity
Or to optimize an existing site in a fast manner Support for all the technologies available in
Mentum Planet
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Support for all the technologies available in Mentum Planet
Optimizations based on Generic goals (e.g. coverage, interference) Or Optimization Profiles
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Single Site Optimization Automatic optimization
of a single site to improve
Coverage Interference
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Capacity Automatic
display/update of layers Signal Strength C/(N+I)
Single Site Optimization Tool
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ACP OverviewACP Overview
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Mentum ACP Overview Support for site selection and site optimization Multi-technology optimizations Scalability and Performance
Multi-threaded Native 64-bit process
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Native 64-bit process Openness
Available APIs for automation Optimization Constraints Optimization Goals Support for dynamic loads
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Overview & Key Differentiators Supported technologies
LTE FDD LTE TDD WCDMA Rel. 99 & HSPA Cdma2000 1xRTT & EV-DO
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Cdma2000 1xRTT & EV-DO GSM TDMA-FDMA
Multiple area optimizations Support for site activation and site deactivation Support for repeaters, split sectors / DAS, shared
antennas
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Overview & Key Differentiators Seamless integration
with Planet User-friendly interface
and reporting capabilities
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capabilities Ability to commute
licenses
CPICH Ec/Io & HS-DSCH Ec/Nt Optimization
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Optimization Optimization ConstraintsConstraints
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Optimization Constraints Parameters
Power Antenna type Antenna azimuth Antenna tilt
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Antenna tilt 3-ways antennas
(e-tilt, e-azimuth and e-bandwidth)
Range Cost per change Tabular Editor can be
used for global editing
Optimization Constraints
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Antenna Synchronization Three dual-beam
antennas to be used by six sectors
Dual-beam antennas physically linked to each other
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physically linked to each other
Important to consider such synchronization in Radio Planning and Automatic Cell Planning tool Dual-Beam Antenna
6-Sector Configuration
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Antenna Optimization Constraints Ability to define azimuth constraints between pairs
of antenna systems
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Site Editor Antenna Optimization Constraints
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Optimization GoalsOptimization Goals
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Optimization Goals Optimization goal
definition Coverage Quality Capacity
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Capacity Combined goals Multi-technololgy
goals Bundled into
optimization profiles in the Project Explorer
Optimization Goals
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Optimization Goals
Optimization Goals
Cdma2000 - 1xRTT / EVDO LTE FDD/TDD WCDMA - Rel.99 & HSPA GSM TDMA/FDMA
Pilot EcPilot Ec/IoFirst - Nth Signal Strength
RSRPRSRQReference Signal CINR
CPICH EcCPICH Ec/IoUplink Coverage
Signal StrengthC/(N+I)
Signal StrengthC/(N+I)
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Optimization Goals
First - Nth Signal StrengthReverse Signal StrengthCapacityPilot Ec coverage limit
Reference Signal CINRDownlink Data CINRSpectral EfficiencyCapacityUplink Signal Strength
Uplink CoverageCPICH Ec coverage limitHS-DSCH Ec/NtCapacity1st - Nth CPICH Ec
C/(N+I) C/(N+I)
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Optimization Profiles Multi-technology
optimization profiles E.g. RSRP and Pilot Ec/Io
Ability to define combined goals
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combined goals E.g. RSRP and DL CINR
Ability to use Bin weighting
Cdma2000 & LTE Optimization Profile
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Spectral Efficiency Unique to Mentum
Planet ACP Optimization of the
Data rate distribution Optimization of the
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Optimization of the overall system capacity
More optimal than using a single C/(N+I) threshold
Spectral Efficiency Curves
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Capacity Does not optimize
capacity Goal to have sector
loads as close as possible to user-defined target load
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possible to user-defined target load
Sectors with low or high loads => high cost
Sectors with target load => low cost
Capacity Cost
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Mentum Planet 5.4 Mentum Planet 5.4 New FeaturesNew Features
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mP 5.4 ACP Features Support for additional technologies
WCDMA Rel.99 & HSPA GSM TDMA/FDMA
Speed improvements
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Speed improvements Graph and report enhancements Support for antenna synchronization Support for antenna system constraints Ability to Apply original configuration (as of mP
5.3.2) Support for Global Loads (as of mP 5.3.2) XOR logical operator
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mP 5.4 ACP Features User-defined convergence level License released when optimization is finished (as
of mP 5.3.2) Site candidate priorities to be accounted for during
site selection process
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site selection process Support for repeaters in site selection process Site ordering phase is now optional Support for WCMDA/HSPA, GSM and TDMA/FDMA
optimization profiles in Single Site Optimization tool
Ability to force activation of sites
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Questions & AnswersQuestions & Answers
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