Radio planning process and tools

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Radio planning process and tools
ITU Academy
November 2013

CONTENTS
I. Planning principles
Necessity of network planning
Purpose
Main features of radio planning

II. Planning Procedure
Process overview
Preliminary work
General approch
Link budget
Antenna
LTE LINK BUDGET PROCEDURE - DOWNLINK
LTE LINK BUDGET PROCEDURE - UPLINK
LTE LINK BUDGET

Planning Input
Input data and process
Planning phases
Site choice
Radio sites choice criteria
Radio sites location determination
Radio design
1st constraint: link budget
2nd constraint: Minimum cell overlapping required for the handover
3rd constraint: Network coverage continuity
4rth constraint: Homogeneity
Radio Site Positioning function

Site survey
Steps and process
Survey outputs
Coverage simulation tools
Propagation prediction tools
Software modules
Radio penetration thresholds
Tuned parameters
Optimized and considered data

Tools
TOOLS USED FOR RADIO PLANNING
Geographical databases
Digital terrain map
MNT + Clutter
Geographical databases
DTM – Digital Terrain Model
DEM – Digital Elevation Model
Parameters used for coverage prediction
Coverage simulation

III. Summary