Mentum Planet Mentum Planet v5.4 ACPv5.4 ACP

Gregory DonnardGregory DonnardGregory DonnardGregory DonnardThursday 9Thursday 9thth Feb 2012Feb 2012

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

Automated Network Automated Network PlanningPlanning

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

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

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

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

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

ACP OverviewACP Overview

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

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

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

Optimization Optimization ConstraintsConstraints

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

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

Optimization GoalsOptimization Goals

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

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)

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

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

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

Mentum Planet 5.4 Mentum Planet 5.4 New FeaturesNew Features

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

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

Questions & AnswersQuestions & Answers

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