CovMo Geolocation Results

Vodafone India

Presented by Groundhog Technologies Inc.

August 26, 2011
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Agenda
Introduction of Groundhog Technologies
Project Background
CovMo Analysis

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Agenda
Introduction of Groundhog Technologies
Project Background
CovMo Analysis

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 Who We Are
MIT spin-off with Top Scientists, Incorporated in 2000

Global Representatives: Offices in USA, Japan, Taiwan,

China, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, etc. Channel
partners in Spain, Italy, France (in progress) etc.

Strong Investor Relations:

including Marubeni, Japan Asia
Investment Co, etc.

Global Top 200 High-

tech corporations

Holding 19 key patents; more

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 Groundhog Technologies
Unique Qualifications
Expertise in:
Mobile network technology
Computer sciences
Mathematical modeling
10 years experience
With the largest carriers in the world
looking for innovative solutions
demanding high performance
providing top quality feed-back

Breakthrough Technology Constant Product Improvements

19 patents + 20 (pending) for modeling network behavior

and performance based upon subscriber mobility

A leading worldwide position

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 Groundhog Technologies Products
Recommends WHEN, WHERE, Identification of indoor coverage
HOW, WHAT to expand with subscriber-based
intelligence
CovMo
CapMo Geo-location
Capacity of Network
Planning Events

Groundhog
Platform
Mobility-Based KPI, KQI Diagnosis
Optimization Visualized in layers
OptiMo VizMo
Network Expansion Optimization Performance
Special Event Solution Management
Geocoding Network Traffic and Events
with Subscriber-Based Intelligence

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CovMo: Geolocation with Subscriber Intel.
Pinpoints user-perceived issues such as coverage holes,
throughput, and other KPIs
including indoor activities
for entire network
for all time periods
Reveals subscribers experience
based on Chaos Theory and multi-dimensional modeling.

80% customer complaints

about indoor.
90% data usage indoor.
Poor indoor coverage being
a top reason of churn.

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Sample CovMo References
CovMo ranked #1 accuracy among 4 vendors for
geolocation competition in 2010. CovMo became
the first geolocation product commercially used in
Vodafone.

A US CovMo ranked #1 for identifying indoor problems

Operator in a bake-off among 4 vendors in 2009.

CovMo is chosen by Tektronix as the engine for

geolocation monitoring applications/services.

Other projects includes STC the largest operator in the Middle East,
T-Mobile Germany, FET Taiwan, China Mobile, China Unicom, Elisa...
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CovMo application overview
Data hotspots
Spatial/Temporal Analysis
Pilot Pollution and optimization

CovMo
Platform

VIP QoE Analysis

Femtocell/Marketing Strategy
Proactive Churn Analysis
I/F with Customer Care & Trouble Ticket

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KPIs in High Geographical Resolution

Sample KPIs
RSCP / RSRP(LTE)
Ec/No / RSRQ(LTE)
Drop Call
Data Throughput
Congestion
Inter-RAT
RRC Request Type
Call Density
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Agenda
Introduction of Groundhog Technologies
Project Background
CovMo Analysis

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Trial Scope

Project Scope

Location Mumbai
# of RNC 1 (MURNC02)
# of Cells 944
Vendor Ericsson
# of subscribers
Special equipments
Data Inputs

Item Data Type Data Source

1 Event Log Ericsson GPEH
2 Network Topology Cell/Site Planning
System/Neighboring Cell List

Data collected from July 16th to July 25th

24 hours data: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23,24
23 hours data: 21
Half day data: 25
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Coverage Overview

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EcN0 Distribution

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Daily Average Busy Hour Non Busy Hour

Traffic Distribution

Daily Average CS Call Distribution HSPA Call Distribution

 Traffic Distribution-SMS

Hilton international airport

SMS Distribution
Traffic Distribution-Traffic Volume

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Case 1
Poor RSCP Near Node B

Antenna angle
and building
shielding resulted
in poor RSCP. A building
shielded
signal.
Case 2
Overall vs. Indoor RSCP at Mumbai

Identify indoor calls based on Chaos theory and

multi-dimensional modeling.

RSCP considering RSCP considering

all calls indoor calls only
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Poor Indoor RSCP Under Node B (1/2)

Overall RSCP is fine Indoor RSCP is bad

under the Node B. under the Node B.
Poor Indoor RSCP Under Node B (2/2)

Node B is on top of
a higher building.
Surrounding
buildings are lower.

Satellite View Indoor RSCP is bad under the Node B.

Case 3
Poor Indoor Coverage

The area dominated by cell 17437 and 6447 with high HSPA drop call rate and
drop call count, especially in PS busy hour (20:00~23:00).

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RSCP_All Calls v.s. Indoor Calls

The area with weak RSCP, especially for indoor users.

All Calls Indoor Calls

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RF Environment
Dense high rising building area.

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Dominant Cell_17437
Lower site (cell 17437) with 4 degrees electrical downtilt can not cover high rising
building area well.

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Dominant Cell_6447
Lower site (cell 6447) with 4 degrees electrical downtilt can not cover high rising
building area well.

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Optimization Recommendations
Azimuth adjustment for cell 17437
Antenna type change (downtilt) for cell 17437 and
6447
Repeater in high rising building area
Femtocell

CovMo supports integration with your existing ACP. Most operators utilize
this way to fit into their existing optimization process.
CovMo will also release its own ACP module in the next quarter.

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Case 4
Overshooting: Cell 1316
Overshooting Cell vs. Other Cells

Cell 40688
Height:15
Electrical downtilt: 4

Suggest to modify
Electrical downtilt
from 5 to 7

Cell 5338 Cell 44718

Height:14 Height:18
Electrical downtilt: 4 Electrical downtilt: 4
Case 5
Missing Neighbor Detection (1/2)

All the suggested

nbr cells are
reasonable
except this one.
Five cells are
suggested to add
to nbr cell list for
this cell.
Missing Neighbor Detection (2/2)

High buildings
reflected signal to
the south.

Therefore, measurement-based optimization recommended this nbr.

Whether or not take this recommendation is up to the planner.
It is more advisable to change the downtilt of the antenna.
Case 6
Malfunctioning handset (1/2)
A malfunctioning handset causing many drop calls.

High drop rate areas Drill down the tile to find unique IMSI
contribute drop calls. According to IMEI, it
is a Blackberry.
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Malfunctioning handset (2/2)
Date CallStatus CELL_ID Count
7/24/2011 Normal 1946 1
7/24/2011 Normal 1947 109
7/24/2011 Normal 1948 2
7/24/2011 Normal 4456 25
7/24/2011 Normal 5927 1
7/24/2011 Normal 5928 1
7/24/2011 Normal 9866 1
7/24/2011 Normal 10548 1
7/24/2011 Normal 10567 1
7/24/2011 Normal 10577 1
7/24/2011 Normal 13986 1
7/24/2011 Drop 1946 1
7/24/2011 Drop 1947 126
7/24/2011 Drop 1948 2
7/24/2011 Drop 3237 1
7/24/2011 Drop 4178 1
7/24/2011 Drop 4456 5
7/24/2011 Drop 5928 2
7/24/2011 Drop 56637 1
7/25/2011 Normal 1947 186
7/25/2011 Normal 43458 1
7/25/2011 Drop 1946 1
7/25/2011 Drop 1947 308
7/25/2011 Drop 1948 1

Replacing the handset can reduce drop call rate of cell 1947
from about 12% to 6%. Technologies Inc. Confidential
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COVMO PRODUCT DEMO

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 Thank you!
Questions & Comments

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