Mentum Planet 5.4Mentum Planet 5.4

Gregory DonnardGregory DonnardGregory DonnardGregory DonnardTuesday 6Tuesday 6thth 20122012

Agenda• Introduction• Mentum Planet 5.3.2• General Features• MapInfo 11• Antennas

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• Antennas• Propagation• Radio Access Technologies• Data Management• Orange Labs• Questions & Answers

Mentum Planet 5.3.2Mentum Planet 5.3.2

Mentum Planet 5.3.2• Released on November the 30th of 2012• Maintenance release with a lot of features• EV-DO Revision B

• Multi-carrier EV-DO• 64-QAM modulation

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• 64-QAM modulation• Multiple EV-DO revisions within the same Planet

project• Graphical Neighbour Plan Editor• Miscellaneous

• New neighbour plan merging algorithm• Neighbour priorities defined in site editor

General FeaturesGeneral Features

New Start Page• Allows to put relevant information for users

• Upcoming webinars and training classes• Information on Future product releases• Product patches• Etc.

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• Etc.• Quick access to

• Recent projects• User guides• Project creation, project opening

Google Earth Export• New Google Earth

export functionality• No white background

around exported grids• Ability to export larger

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• Ability to export larger grids

• Ability to export sector, repeater, and antenna information

Google Earth Export

MapInfo 11MapInfo 11

MapInfo 11• Ability to leverage 4 GB

of RAM (vs. 2 GB of RAM before)

• Big scalability enhancements

• Open Street Map and

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• Open Street Map and Bing Roads layers

• Free of charge• New table browser look

& feel• Enhanced table sorting MapInfo Table Browser

Bing Roads/Aerial/Hybrid & OSM

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AntennasAntennas

Antennas• Why a new antenna format?• New antenna format

• “.pafx” = “.paf” extended• Impact in Site Editor• Antenna queries

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• Antenna queries• Antenna server• Antenna synchronization• Antenna Optimization Constraints

Why a new antenna format?• More and more Mentum Planet customers asking

for the support of advanced antennas in Mentum Planet

• E.g. Multi-beam antennas, Quad-pole antennas, multi-sector configurations

• Multiple requests to have an antenna format that

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• Multiple requests to have an antenna format that is a representation of physical antennas

• E.g. modelling of antenna ports, e-controllers, etc.• Mentum hence decided to introduce a new

antenna format in Mentum Planet 5.4• Format: .pafx

Dual-Beam Antenna

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Kathrein – Dual Beam Antenna 80010606

Mentum Planet 5.4 Antenna Format • Prior to Mentum Planet 5.4

• Antenna format: .paf (version 1.0)• Mentum Planet 5.4

• Antenna format: .pafx• A given “.pafx” antenna file is a compressed

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• A given “.pafx” antenna file is a compressed version of a “.paf version 2.0” file.

Mentum Planet 5.4 Antennas• Ability to define

antenna ports• Support for dual, cross,

quad-pole antennas• Multi-band antennas

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• Multi-band antennas• Support for electrical

controllers• Support for Remote

Control Unit• Support for 3-way

antennas

Mentum Planet 5.4 Antenna Editor

3D Antenna Viewer

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3D Antenna Viewer

Site Editor• Ability to select

downlink and uplink ports in site editor

• Antenna algorithms (e.g. diversity, spatial multiplexing) based on

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(e.g. diversity, spatial multiplexing) based on selected downlink and uplink ports

Mentum Planet 5.4 Site Editor

Antenna Queries & Antenna Server• Antenna Queries and

antenna server adapted to work with new antenna format

• Ability to filter antennas based on

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• Ability to filter antennas based on

• Frequency bands• Number of ports• Beamwidth• Polarization• Boresight Gain• Etc.

Antenna Server Filters

Valorisation of Antenna Server• The Antenna Server is a

very powerful feature• More visibility in mP 5.4

• Download option when right-clicking on Antennas node

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Antennas node• Download option from

Data menuDownload Option from Antennas Node

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

Antenna Optimization Constraints• Ability to define azimuth constraints between pairs

of antenna systems

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Site Editor – Antenna Optimization Constraints

Update Antenna Assignments• If users update

antennas in a rather radical way (e.g. port or deletion), antenna assignments become invalid

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invalid• Users are then

prompted to “Update antenna assignments”

• Update of Sites, Surveys, and Subscriber editor

Update Assignments from Antennas Node

Antennas - Miscellaneous• Support for polarization in antenna definition files

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PropagationPropagation

“Berg” Antenna Masking• Antenna masking used in Mentum Cell Planner• Addition of co-pol and cross-pol patterns for cross-

polarized antennas• Gaussian Filtering

• To attenuate unrealistic strong Nulls

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• To attenuate unrealistic strong Nulls• Enhanced interpolation algorithm

Propagation Signatures• Operators typically tune propagation models

periodically based on CW measurements• Tuned propagation models are then to be used by

RF engineers for accurate predictions• The challenge is to assess which propagation model

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• The challenge is to assess which propagation model is the most appropriate one

• This is rather time-consuming process, and also quite often leads to incorrect model assignments

• Another challenge faced by operators is that measurements are not available in all markets, hence the will to reuse models tuned in one region to another region of similar environment

What Are Propagation Signatures?• Propagation Signatures represent the environment

in which propagation models are valid• They can be created from sectors or from surveys

(where the transmitter configuration is the information that is used, not the measurements)

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information that is used, not the measurements)

Transmitter Configuration Clutter Elevation Clutter

HeightsPropagation

Signature

Use of Propagation Signatures• Propagation Signatures

can be used for faster and more accurate propagation model assignmentsUsing sectors tuned in

MeasurementsMarket A

Tuned & Signed

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• Using sectors tuned in the same market, or tuned in another market

Tuned & Signed Models

Market A

Model Assignments

Markets A, B, etc.

Propagation Signatures Delivery• Delivery of Planet extensions for Planet 5.4

• One extension to create Propagation Signatures• One extension to compare Propagation Signatures and

to perform fast and optimal model assignments• Integration in Mentum Planet 5.5.

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• Integration in Mentum Planet 5.5.• Mentum’s strategy

• Creation of Propagation Signatures (paid services) to be done by Mentum only, and potentially selected companies

• Mentum Planet users can use for free “Signed” propagation models to assign propagation models

Point to Point Profile Tool• P2P tool to support

• 3D buildings data• Clutter Height grids

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Point-to-Point Profile Tool

Calculation & Output Resolution• Planet General Model

• Ability to define calculation resolution

• Ability to define output resolution

• Predict 4

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• Predict 4• Ability to define output

resolution

Planet General Model Editor

Radio Access Radio Access TechnologiesTechnologies

Prediction Cache• Replacement of Prediction View by Prediction

Cache for every tool in Mentum Planet• Faster creation of the Cache

• Cache limited to analysis area• Partial update supported

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• Partial update supported• Faster creation of analyses layers and Monte Carlo

simulations• Smaller disk space required because tiles are

compressed• Generation of the Cache integrated with processes• Support for multi-resolution, split sectors, etc.

HSPA Rel. 9 and Rel. 10• Support for Multi-

Carrier data rate (Dual-Carrier data rate only HSPA Rel. 8)

• Number of carriers that can be aggregated

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can be aggregated depends on UE Terminal Categories

• Support for Dual-Carrier HSUPA

• Supported by some UE Terminal Categories only

Site Editor - HSPA parameters

LTE TDD de-synchronization• Base station to base

station interference matrix for sectors beyond a certain distance (e.g. 21.4 km)

• Minimum distance

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• Minimum distance controlled by special subframe configuration

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Distant base station seen as an interferer

LTE TDD Special Subframe Configurations

LTE TDD de-synchronization• TDD de-synchronization IMs in Mentum Planet

• Based on Point to Point predictions• Computation of Percentage of Uplink frame interfered• Computation of Received Power

• Ability to apply interference levels to sectors

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• Ability to apply interference levels to sectors• Accounting for sector-carrier loads

• Network analyses & Monte Carlo simulations to leverage TDD interference

• Defined on a per sector-carrier basis• Added noise at the BTS level

LTE Antenna Algorithms• Ability to define

different diversity and multiplexing gains:

• For the Downlink and the Uplink

• For different channel

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• For different channel models (e.g. Pedestrian 3 km/h)

• Leveraged in Network Analyses and Monte Carlo simulations

LTE Antenna Algorithms

Preamble Radio Access CHannel• PRACH Channel used for initial network access or

when in handover• PRACH also use to achieve uplink synchronization• PRACH cannot carry data => strict overhead

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LTE Channels

PRACH Overhead• PRACH channel multiplexed in time and frequency

with PUCCH and PUSCH• Users can define

• Preamble format, which defines the size of a PRACH resource in time domain

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• Number of resources per frame in the time domain

Preamble format

PRACH Root Sequence Planning• Each LTE cell needs 64

Preambles• Preambles are

generated from Zadoff-Chu sequences

• Each sequence can

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• Each sequence can generate X Preambles, X being defined by the cell’s Cyclic Shift (Ncs)

• Not Supported in mP 5.4

• Dimensioning of Ncs• Automated planning of

Zadoff-Chu sequences

LTE Sector Configuration

PRACH Root Sequence Display• Ability to view the

reuse of PRACH root sequences

• Along with neighbour relationships

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relationships• Optionally displayed on

sectors’ serving area

PRACH Root Sequence Display Tool

Heterogeneous Networks• Different transmission

powers for macro and pico cells.

• Impact on cell selection• The cell that serves a

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• The cell that serves a given UE is not always the cell that offers the strongest RSRP

• New option in Mentum Planet 5.4 to consider “Uplink coverage” when selecting server

Cell Selection in a Heterogeneous Network

LTE Hard Handover Gain• Quick cell re-selection

when one sector experiences down fading, which results in so-called “Hard Handover Gain”

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Handover Gain”• In link budget, Hard HO

gain modelled as constant gain (in dB)

• Advanced modelling in Planet based on signal correlation

LTE Analysis – Hard Handover Gain

LTE – Other Features (1)• Support for LTE sub-bands

• Also available for WiMAX TDD• Allows users to define exact frequencies for carriers

• Support for multi-band analyses and Monte Carlo simulations

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simulations• More important now that operators start having

multiple LTE carriers, and those carriers are quite often in different bands

• Mobile Speeds replaced by Channel Models• Alignment with 3GPP standard terminology

LTE – Other Features (2)• Ability to account for fading when computing

multiplexing gains• PCID planning: ability to have assignments follow

the same order as azimuths• Carrier aggregation

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• Carrier aggregation• Automatic computation of the optimal number of

RBs per user in LTE network analyses• The optimal number of Resource Blocks is the one that

leads to the highest data rate

LTE – Other Features (2)• Support for carrier preferences

• To enable sequential or balanced loading strategies• PBCH CINR layer• Fixed subscriber analyses – ability to force server

assignments (as opposed to always assuming that

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assignments (as opposed to always assuming that the most appropriate cell is the server)

• Available for WiMAX TDD as well

Technology - Miscellaneous• Ability to define larger carrier bandwidth for

TDMA/FDMA technology• Uplink Eb/No layer for WCDMA and Cdma2000• Support for iDEN

• Full port of Mentum Planet 4.5 functionalities

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• Full port of Mentum Planet 4.5 functionalities• Support for Erlang C table in Traffic Analysis and

Dimensioning Tool• Generation of up to 40th server for WiMAX

Data ManagementData Management

Custom Reports• Ability to quickly create

custom reports• Multiple report types• Possibility to generate

reports for multiple

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reports for multiple templates at once

• Output formats• MapInfo table• Report Preview dialog• Excel• Csv

Report Template Wizard

Tabular Editor Advanced Filtering• Advanced Filtering

option available in Tabular Editor

• Similar functionalities as Excel

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as Excel• Example

• Antenna heights between 20 and 30 meters above ground

Tabular Editor Advanced Filtering

Data Management – Miscellaneous• Ability to have multiple Base Stations of the same

technology on the same site• Ability to have Mentum Planet 5.4 co-installed with

previous Mentum Planet 5.X versions• Ability to import AOD files for WCDMA/HSPA

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• Ability to import AOD files for WCDMA/HSPA• Sector Display Schemes to support repeaters• Ability to import surveys defined as .xlsx files• Integration of TEMS Route Reader 7.0• Integration with Ellipse 8.1

Data Management – Miscellaneous• Migration of mCP GSM projects• Migration of mCP 10.1 projects• New “About” dialog for Mentum Planet and Planet

migrator• Ability to edit link configuration within site editor

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• Ability to edit link configuration within site editor without closing site editor

• Integration of L-Band restrictions tool• Easier way to move sites on the map

Orange LabsOrange Labs

Universal Model• Multi-processed predictions (as opposed to multi-

threaded within a single process in Mentum Planet 5.3)

• Ability to generate larger predictions• Faster predictions

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• Enhanced modelling with Forest polygon• Enhanced Horizontal propagation modelling option

available with raster Geodata• Support for units defined in imperial system

Forest Modelling• In Mentum Planet 5.3,

Forest and Building polygons are treated in a very similar manner

• Diffraction is treated the same way on

• In Mentum Planet 5.4, option to

• Ignore Forest polygons in diffraction calculations

• Account for a

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the same way on Buildings or Forest

• The only differences are• Forest polygons are not

accounted for when building street graph

• No in-building penetration applied for Forest polygons

• Account for a penetration loss proportional to the length of the Forest polygon

Renaissance• Re-introduction of “evaluation” module

• Update o the TDMA API to allow Orange Labs to re-introduce the “evaluation” module

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Questions & AnswersQuestions & Answers

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