Automatic Cell Planning

Module
Using Atoll
2016
Radio Planning Erbil
Content
Introduction
2. Parameters Used by ACP
3. Network Reconfiguration Process
4. Site Selection Process
5. Other Topics
Parameters Used by ACP
Automatic optimisation tool for GSM, UMTS, CDMA networks
To improve existing networks by tuning parameters that can be easily changed remotely
Antenna electrical tilt
Power (BCCH for GSM, Pilot for UMTS)

To optimise a network still in the planning phase by

Selecting antennas
Changing the antenna azimuth
Changing the mechanical down tilt of the antenna
Changing the antenna height
Selecting sites among a list of candidate sites

Combined GSM/UMTS/LTE optimisation can be performed

Parameters Used by ACP
Principle
Optimisation of quality indicators (GSM BCCH Coverage & Dominance of best
server UMTS RSCP & CPICH Ec/Io)
By automatic adjustments of network parameters
Power (BCCH for GSM)
Antenna parameters:
Type of antenna
Azimuth
Mechanical down tilt
Electrical down tilt
Height
 Focus zone
= Area where the optimisation will
Parameters used by ACP be performed (by default)

Recommendations
Creating a Computation Zone:
Used to define the default
area where
the ACP calculates statistics
on
performance indicators

Creating a Focus Zone:

Used to define the default
area in which
are the cells to be optimised

Computation zone
= Zone used to compute statistics
on
performance indicators (by default)
 CreatinganOptimisationSetup

To save the defined

optimisation
parameters and run the
optimisation later
 Selection of layers to be optimised Layer(s) configuration
Several in case of Multi-RAT
networks (GSM+UMTS)
There for
Erbil we
just used
for GSM
Selection of zones to be optimised
Zones definition/
Possibility to define
zones to be
specifically
optimized,
Choice between quality or financial cost
based optimisation
No cost control: the
optimisation is only
based on quality
Useful when planning a
new network

Possibility to limit the

financial cost of the
optimisation:
Maximum financial
cost allowed
Compromise between
the financial cost
and the quality
Useful when
improving an existing
network
Selection of transmitters/cells to be optimised
To define
Cells
Optimisation
parameters
(Subcells
power in
GSM, Pilot
power in
UMTS)

To define cells, Transmitter , sites, location of site , parameter of the recommended

site Physical parameters, bands, )
 Load balancing (Optional)

Traffic can be
considered as
uniform
(evenly spread
on each
service area)
or,
Define the
generated from
threshold of
traffic
Signal for
maps
improvement
 Changes tab: Type and number of changes

The optimisation
process can be
paused or
stopped early
Graphs tab: Variation of performance
objectives in real time with iterations
Quality tab: Coverage and Quality
improvements (variations)
Objectives tab: To see at a glance if the
objective is achieved or not
Results
List of changes
ranked from the
change
with the most effect
to the change with
the least effect
Selected changes are
displayed in green
 Results

Transmitters
/cells with
parameter
Revert the changes are
network to its displayed in
state green
before the Initial and
optimisation final cell
was run parameters
Apply the set displayed
of selected
changes
BCCH Signal Level (Intial Vs Final)
 Prediction of the optimised Zone Before
Prediction
before we
commit the
recommended
parameter
from the ACP
 Prediction of the optimised Zone After

Prediction
After we
commit the
recommended
parameter
from the ACP