Qualcomm - WCDMA Network Planning Optimization

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I found this doc in the network. It is from 2006 but I think it is a good start for beginners...

Introduction:
The Engineering Service Group at QUALCOMM is working with operators throughout the world to find solutions to the same four challenges that are faced repeatedly:

1) sub-optimal RF optimization,
2) difficulty to tune all the parameters,
3) increasing the reliability of inter-system transition, and
4) providing better in-building coverage.

From the different phases of network deployment, Radio (RF) network planning and RF optimization are seen as critical as having long term impacts on both performance and capacity. Proper RF configuration is so important that it even impact the coverage continuity (i.e., inter-system change to GSM) and network evolution, notably with the introduction of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA).

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