ATOLL NEIGHBOURS

Neighbour Features in Atoll

Definitions Importing Neighbours

Planning Intra-technology Neighbours

Planning Inter-technology Neighbours

Displaying Neighbour Relations on the Map

Modifying Neighbour Relations Manually Exporting Neighbour Relations

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Definitions
Reference Cell
The cell to which you are allocating neighbours

Possible Neighbours
The cells that fulfil the requirements to be neighbours

Intra-technology Neighbours
The cells defined as neighbours that use the same technology as the reference cell E.g., UMTS-UMTS, GSM-GSM, LTE-LTE

Inter-technology Neighbours
The cells defined as neighbours that use a technology other than the reference cell technology E.g., UMTS-GSM, UMTS-LTE, GSM-LTE

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Importing Neighbours (1/2)

Possibility to copy/paste or to import a list of neighbours Prerequisites
A text file with at least 2 columns
Name of the reference cells Name of neighbour cells

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Importing Neighbours (2/2)

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (1/11)

Possibility to define neighbourhood constraints to be considered during the automatic neighbour allocation

List of neighbour relations you may force or forbid

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (2/11)

Allocation Parameters
Maximum Number of Neighbours
Global value for all cells or value specified for each cell

Maximum Inter-site Distance Allocation Strategy Based on the Overlapping of Cell Coverage

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (3/11)

GSM Technology
Coverage conditions Calculation options

Overlapping criterion Start allocation

Do not select the option if you want to keep existing neighbours

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GSM Technology
Overlapping Criterion % min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SA where :
SA is the coverage area of A restricted by HO start and HO end SB is the best server area of Cell B A best server area (Reference) B best server area (Candidate)

A
Best signal level for A - HO end

Minimum BCCH of A

Best signal level for A - HO start

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (5/11)

UMTS Technology
Intra-carrier neighbours: neighbours which perform handover using the same carrier

Inter-carrier neighbours: neighbours which perform handover using a different carrier

Coverage conditions Calculation options

Overlapping criterion
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Start allocation

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (6/11)

UMTS Technology Intra-carrier Neighbours
Overlapping Criterion % min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SA where :
SA is the best server area of cell A. Cell A is the first one in the AS SB is the area where cell B can enter the as of cell A

B best server area (Candidate)

A best server area (Reference) B

SA SB :

Minimum Ec/Io for A

Area where : Ec/Io(B) Ec/Io(A) Ec/Io margin(A)

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (7/11)

UMTS Technology Inter-carrier Neighbours
Overlapping Criterion (carrier saturation) % min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SB where :
SA is the best server area (on carrier 1) + handoff area of cell A SB is the best server area of cell B (on carrier 2)

B best server area (Carrier 2 candidate)

A best server area (Carrier 1 reference) B

Minimum Ec/Io for A

Best Ec/Io for A - Ec/Io margin

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UMTS Technology Inter-carrier Neighbours
Overlapping Criterion (out of carrier coverage) % min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SB where :
SA is the coverage area of A + Ec/Io margin (and best server on carrier 1) SB is the best server area of cell B (on carrier 2) B best server area

(Carrier 2 - candidate) B

Minimum Ec/Io for A and A best server area (carrier 1 reference)

Minimum Ec/Io for A + Ec/Io margin

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (9/11)

LTE Technology

Coverage conditions

Calculation options

Overlapping criterion

Start allocation

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (10/11)

LTE Technology
Overlapping Criterion % min covered area is defined by the formula : (SA SB) / SA where :
SA is the coverage area defined by the RSRP Margin (orange ring below) SB is the best server area of cell B Cell A best reference signal level area (reference) Cell B Best server area Cell B best reference signal level area (candidate)

Cell A Best server area RSRP Margin

Cell A reference signal threshold (from Min RSRP)

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Planning Intra-technology Neighbours (11/11)

Allocation Result
Sorted List of Neighbours with Allocation Reasons and Importance Value (0-1)

Allocation results

Sort and filtering tools

Summary report listing existing, new and removed neighbours

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Commit selected neighbours only

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Planning Inter-technology Neighbours (1/5)

Possibility to define neighbourhood constraints to be considered during the automatic neighbour allocation

List of neighbour relations you may force or forbid

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Planning Inter-technology Neighbours (2/5)

Allocation Parameters
Maximum Number of Neighbours
Global value for all cells or value specified for each cell

Maximum Inter-site Distance 2 Allocation Strategies

Based on distance Based on overlapping between coverage areas

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Planning Inter-technology Neighbours (3/5)

Inter-technology Neighbour Automatic Allocation

Calculation options

Coverage conditions
Overlapping criterion Start allocation Do not select the option if you want to keep existing neighbours
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Planning Inter-technology Neighbours (4/5)

Coverage Conditions
GSM
BCCH signal level Area where the BCCH signal level of the cell is either the highest one or within a margin of the highest one

UMTS
Pilot quality (Ec/I0) Area where the cell is either the best server in terms of pilot quality or a cell of the active set

LTE
Reference signal level Area where the reference signal level of the cell is either the highest one or within a margin of the highest one

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Planning Inter-technology Neighbours (5/5)

Allocation Result

Sort and filtering tools

Allocation results

Summary report listing existing, new and removed neighbours

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Commit selected neighbours only

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Displaying Neighbour Relations on the Map (1/3)

Select the icon in the toolbar and click a transmitter on the map

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Displaying Neighbour Relations on the Map (2/3)

Additional Display Options
Click the icon from the toolbar

Symmetric link: site10_2(0) is neighbour of site22_3(0) and vice-versa Direction of the neighbour relation Inwards link: site22_3(0) is neighbour of site9_3(0)

Outwards link: site1_2(0) is neighbour of site22_3(0)

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Displaying Neighbour Relations on the Map (3/3)

Possibility to display coverage area of cells neighbours according to any neighbour characteristics on the map
Calculate and display a coverage by transmitter on the map Display neighbour relations of the desired transmitter Click the icon from the toolbar

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Modifying Neighbour Relations Manually

Possibility to add/remove neighbour relations on the map using the ctrl and shift shortcuts Possibility to add/remove neighbours in the transmitter property dialogue
Neighbour list of BRU038_G2

List of transmitters within a 30 km radius from the selected one (sorted in a ascending inter-site distance order)

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Exporting Neighbour Relations

Possibility to Copy/Paste or to Export the List of Neighbours

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