Golden Rules for collecting Data during drive test: 123$&*/13Choose the site under surveying to be above the

clutter and repeat types of the clutter you would be looking at. Any thing with clutter less than 100 is not enough. Make sure that the !" surveying option is the sa#e as the one used where the drive !" is the sa#e as the one set for the country test is being perfor#ed. Make sure that the %autch value of the where the drive test is being #ade. 'etter collect data in the for#at of( %egrees) %eci#al !oints %egrees. +very * degrees you #ove result is one point change in the whole picture the ,- being the reference point at 30( .o the left it increases and to the right it decreases. "a#pling rate( $0 "a#ples per $0 wavelengths. .o reduce the effect of 0adio fading. "a#pling can be in %istance and .i#e. 'etter do it in %istance especially if you are driving in traffic 2a#s. %o not drive away too #uch fro# the site. 10- %rive in to the "ite passing through the clutter as well as crossing the clutter 11- .ry and drive #any roads close to the site unless the clutter is so i#portant. 12- .ry to avoid driving the sa#e road twice. 13- %o not drive over a bridge or in to a tunnel inside a clutter area( otherwise take that parts of data a out of the data file collected for this clutter. 1$- Make short calls and 4ong calls( "hort calls is the average duration by custo#ers( short calls are to know whether calls will survive the setup and the ter#ination successfully( it also deter#ines the setup ti#e5 1&- 4ong calls are to test the hand over capabilities. 1*- Ad2acent channels are channels with coverage of 3db #ore than the serving cell. 1/- .he co-channel interference is interference fro# channels have fre6uency lower the serving channel. 11- 7or the ad2acent channel you could be served fro# this ad2acent channel but the syste# can not read it and it gives the na#e of another channel 13- .he * neighboring cells are those who are listed in the scan list these do not #ean that these are the only channels that the phone can see.

20- 8ou have to #ake sure of the values you are getting out of the surveying e6uip#ent do actually #ake sense. 21- -now the e9act power out of the antenna( +0! level( :+ffective 0adiation !ower;. 22- +verything about the antenna conditions( during the test ti#e should be reported in the final report. 23- <eather conditions should be reported as well. 2$- -now the distance and direction of any buildings blocking your way. 2&- 7inally( report all sorts of proble#s.

Idle Drive is performed in two fashion =>or#al %rive =7re6uency 4ock %rive Normal Drive .his is done to fra#e the potential area of the new site planned. ?t also helps us to get to know the i#portant neighboring sites for which the handover has to take place. Frequency Lock Drive .his is done by locking the 'CC@ fre6uency of the serving cell and perfor#ing the drive for the sa#e cell unless the #obile enters into >o "ervice Mode. .his is useful for #aking decision related to "M antenna height( tilt( and orientation.

Dedicated Drive %edicated drive is an i#portant part of %rive .est. @ere call is #ade to a test nu#ber and drive is done for the potential areas of the "ite. %uring drive being carried out one has constantly #onitor para#eters such as 0A 4evel( 0A Buality( "B?( %.A( CC? 0atio( @opping Channel( >eighbor list( .A :.i#ing Advance;. Constant changes in these para#eter are helpful for post Dpti#iEation of the site.

R! est .0A .est is done to check whether calls originated are being handled by all the .0AFs. Call #ade during the process is tracked by the MA?D nu#ber displayed on the screen for all the .0AFs. e.g. for "ite of configuration * .0A per sector the MA?D values for .0A test shall be 0(1(2(3($. Call can be originated on the 'CC@ or the .C@ fre6uencies. @ence MA?D values will be reflected only for calls on .C@ fre6uency and not on 'CC@ fre6uency.

Intra "ite #andover ?ntra @andover is perfor#ed to check whether handover is taking place both ways on the "ite. @andover is perfor#ed a#ong all the "ectors of the "ite. Inter "ite #andover ?nter @andover is perfor#ed to check whether handover is taking place both ways on the "ite with itFs ad2acent neighbor. @andover needs to checked #andatorarily for pri#ary neighbor. @andover is perfor#ed with all the defined neighborGs in the integration sheet.

G$R" %General $acket Radio "ystem& .his is perfor#ed to check whether !0" is working on the "ite. .his is done by browsing a web page in browser of the phone. 7or !0" to be checked it is necessary to see that the handset is <A!( !0" enabled.

'() and ' ) iven are para#eter need to be checked while perfor#ing MDC and M.C 0A 4evel :-$/ db# to -110db#; 0A Buality :0 to /; "B? :20 to 30; %.A @"> :@opping "e6uence >u#ber; :0 to *3; MA?D @opping 7re6uency CC ? 0atio :H1& db#; CC A 0atio :H12 db#;

Definition of Radio $arameters: =R*Lev : 0eceiving level in ter#s of d'# that #obile is receiving fro# the site. 0ange of -30 d'# to -110d'#. =R*+ual ) Buality of voice which is #easured on basis of '+0. 0ange of 09Bual 0 -/. =F,R ) 7ra#e +rasure 0ate it represents the percentage of fra#es being dropped due to high nu#ber of non-corrected bit errors in the fra#e. ?t is indication of voice 6uality in network. =-,R .ctual ) 0atio of the nu#ber of bit errors to the total nu#ber of bits trans#itted in a given ti#e interval. '+0 is a #easure for the voice 6uality in network.. %epending on '+0 09Bual is #easured. +(g( '+0 0 to 0.2 I corresponds to 09Bual 0. Ma9. '+0 countable and useful is up to 12.1 I which corresponds to 09Bual of #a9. /. ="+I : "B? is a #ore sophisticated #easure which is dedicated to reflecting the 6uality of the speech :as opposed to radio environ#ent conditions;. .his #eans that when opti#iEing the speech 6uality in your network( "B? is the best criterion to use. "B? is updated at 0.& s intervals. ?t is co#puted on basis of '+0 and 7+0. 7or +70 30( 70 J 21 K @0 J 1/ are respectively ideal values. =)/I ) .he carrier-over-interference ratio is the ratio between the signal strength of the current serving cell and the signal strength of undesired :interfering; signal co#ponents. ?t should be at least H 3 . ='" $ower )ontrol Level) %isplays range of power control fro# 0 to 1 depending upon network design. +.g. 0 #eans no power control and 1 #eans level that is defined by operator viE. 2 d'# less acc. .o airtel.

=D ! : %iscontinuous trans#ission :%.A; is a #echanis# allowing the radio trans#itter to be switched off during speech pauses. .his feature reduces the power consu#ption of the trans#itter( which is i#portant for M"s( and decreases the overall interference level on the radio channels affecting the capacity of the network.. = . ) Lalue that the base station calculates fro# access bursts and sends to the #obile station :M"; enabling the M" to advance the ti#ing of its trans#issions to the '" so as

to co#pensate for propagation delay. Lalue of 0 #eans M" in radius of &&0#t. 7ro# '". =RL imeout )ounter %)ur& : .his para#eter define the #a9i#u# value of the radio link counter e9pressed in "ACC@ blocks. 0ange of $ J *$ in step siEe of $. it shows current value of 04.. %ecrease by 1 but increase by 2. <hen it reaches Eero it results in nor#al %0D! Call. =RL imeout )ounter %'.!& : .his para#eter define the #a9i#u# value of the radio link counter e9pressed in "ACC@ blocks. 0ange of $ J *$ in step siEe of $. it shows current value of 04.. >or#ally 1*( 20( 2$. ='" -ehavior 'odified: .his window shows current settings for the #obile station( for instance whether handover is disabled or #ultiband reporting enabled.

Hi, firstly you should understand that what is hopping & its parameters. There are two types of frequency hopping Base Band & Synthesizer Hopping. Frequency hopping can be performed in Traffic hannels, Stand !lone "edicated ontrol hannels, #ac$et "ata hannels, but can%t be performed in broadcast & common control channels as B H. Base Band Hopping (BBH): &n the BBH the T'(s operate at fi)ed frequencies. Frequency hopping is generated by switching consecuti*e bursts in each time slot through different T'(s according to the assigned hopping sequence. The number of frequencies to hop o*er is determined by the number of T'(s. Because the first time slot of the B H T'( is not allowed to hop, it must be e)cluded from the hopping sequence. This leads to three different hopping groups. The first group doesn+t hop and it includes only the B H time slot. The second group consists of the first time slots of the non,B H T'(s. The third group includes time slots one through se*en from e*ery T'(. You can see BBH overview in the attached file.

Synthesizer Frequency Hopping (SFH): &n the SFH all the T'(s e)cept the B H T'( change their frequency for e*ery T"-! frame according to the hopping sequence. Thus the

B H T'( doesn+t hop. The number of frequencies to hop o*er is limited to ./, which is the ma)imum number of frequencies in the Mobile Allocation0-!1 list.You can see SFH overview in the attached file.

Mobile Allocation List

The -! is a list of hopping frequencies transmitted to a mobile e*ery time it is assigned to a hopping physical channel. The -!,list is a subset of the ! list. The -!,list is automatically generated if the baseband hopping is used. &f the networ$ utilises the 'F hopping, the -!,lists ha*e to be generated for each cell by the networ$ planner. The -!,list is able to point to .2 of the frequencies defined in the ! list. Howe*er, the B H frequency is also included in the ! list, so the practical ma)imum number of frequencies in the -!,list is ./. The frequencies in the -!,list are required to be in increasing order because of the type of signalling used to transfer the -!,list.

Hopping Sequence Number

The Hopping Sequence Number 0HS31 indicates which hopping sequence of the .2 a*ailable is selected. The hopping sequence determines the order in which the frequencies in the -!,list are to be used. The HS3s 4 , ./ are pseudo random sequences used in the random hopping while the HS3 5 is reser*ed for a sequential sequence used in the cyclic hopping. The hopping sequence algorithm ta$es HS3 and F3 as an input and the output of the hopping sequence generation is a Mobile Allocation nde!0-!&1 which is a number ranging from 5 to the number of frequencies in the -!,list subtracted by one. The HS3 is a cell specific parameter. For the baseband hopping two HS3s e)ists. The zero time slots in a BB hopping cell use the HS34 and the rest of the time slots follow the HS36. !ll the time slots in 'F hopping cell follow the HS34.

Mobile Allocation Index Offset

7hen there is more than one T'( in the BTS using the same -!,list the Mobile Allocation nde! "ffset 0-!&81 is used to ensure that each T'( uses always an unique frequency. 9ach hopping T'( is allocated a different -!&8. -!&8 is added to -!& when the frequency to be used is determined from the -!,list. 9)ample of the hopping sequence generation is presented in Figure 4,.. -!&8 and HS3 are transmitted to a mobile together with the -!,list. &n :endor solution the -!&8offset is a cell specific parameter defining the -!&8T'( for the first hopping T'( in a cell. The -!&8s for the other hopping T'(s are automatically allocated according to the -!&8step ,parameter introduced in the following section.