W-Radio Network Planning Design Guide

**qualcomm** · 2011-07-14, 12:55 AM

Contents:

1 Introduction 14
2 Flow for WCDMA RNP Design 15
3 Information Collection 17
3.1 Information Classification 17
3.1.1 Contract Requests 17
3.1.2 Information About Target Areas 17
3.1.3 Network Information Mastered by the Operator 21
3.1.4 Specifications of Equipment for Operator 23
3.1.5 Information About Other Operators in the Same Area 24
3.2 Checkpoints for Each Stage 24
3.2.1 Checkpoints for Network Dimensioning Stage 24
3.2.2 Information Collection At Detailed Planning Stage 30
4 Radio Network Pre-planning 34
4.1 Flow for Radio Network Pre-planning 34
4.2 Radio Network Dimensioning 36
4.3 Initial Selection of Sites 36
4.3.2 Importing Sites 37
4.3.3 Dividing Areas 37
4.3.4 Calculating Site Distance 37
4.4 System Simulation 40
4.4.1 Preparations Before Simulation 40
4.4.2 Flow for Configuring Simulation Parameters 41
4.4.3 Analyzing Traffic Map 41
4.4.4 Suggestions for Simulation Parameters 42
4.4.5 Analyzing Simulation Result 42
5 Cell Planning 48
5.1 Flow for Cell Planning of Radio Network 48
5.2 Noise Test 49
5.3 Site Location Survey 49
5.4 Site Selection 49
5.5 System Simulationi 49
6 Area Planning 50
6.1 RNC Area Planning 50
6.1.1 Flow for RNC Area Planning 51
6.1.2 RNC-related Number Planning 54
6.1.3 Principles for RNC Area Planning 60
6.2 Paging Area Planning 63
6.2.1 Flow for Paging Area Planning 63
6.2.2 Principles for Paging Area Planning 66
6.3 SA Planning 69
7 Neighbor Cell Planning 70
7.1 Analzying Neighbor Cell Planning 70
7.1.1 Principles for Neighbor Cell Planning 70
7.1.2 Analzying Intra-frequency Neighbor Cell Planning 71
7.1.3 Analzying Inter-frequency Neighbor Cell Planning 71
7.1.4 Analzying Inter-RAT Neighbor Cell Planning 71
7.2 Process for Neighbor Cell Planning 72
7.2.1 Neighbor Cell Planning with U-Net 72
7.2.2 Manual Planning Of Neighbor Cell 81
8 Scrambling Code Planning 84
8.1 Analyzing Scrambling Code Planning 84
8.1.1 Scrambling Code Resource 84
8.1.2 Planning Principles 84
8.1.3 Scrambling Code Planning Method 85
8.2 Process for Scrambling Code Planning 87
8.2.1 Common Process for Scrambling Code Planning in U-Net 87
8.2.2 Automatic Planning According to Guideline in U-Net 102
8.2.3 Process for Manual Planning According to Guideline 118
9 LCS Parameter Planning 123
9.1 Parameter Configuration 123
9.1.1 Configuring Parameters for Outdoor Cells 123
9.1.2 Configuring Parameters for Indoor Cells 124
9.1.3 Configuring Parameters for Mixed Indoor and Outdoor Cell 124
9.1.4 Configuring Parameters for the Cells Using Repeater 124
9.2 Parameter Configuration in a Commercial Deployment 125
10 TCell Parameter Planning 128
10.1 Introduction to TCell 128
10.2 TCell Configuration 128
11 PLMN Tag Parameter Planning 129
11.1 Introduction to PLMN Tag parameters 129
11.2 Parameter Configuration 129
12 Summary 130
13 Appendix 131
13.1 Creating 3G Traffic Maps with 2G Traffic 131
13.1.1 Creating Traffic Maps in a 3G Project 131
13.1.2 Creating a Traffic Map in a 2G Project 135
13.2 Proposals on Configuring Simulation Parameters 140
13.2.1 Ec/Io Threshold 140
13.2.2 Monte Carlo Simulation Parameter 144
13.3 Configuraing the Cell Access Radius 144
13.4 Impact from Magnetic Declination on Radio Network Planning 145
13.4.1 Introduction 145
13.4.2 Basic Concepts 145
13.4.3 Impact 147
13.5 Configuring RNP Parameters 148
13.5.1 Overall Flow 148
13.5.2 Introduction to CME Client 149
13.5.3 Detailed Steps 150
13.6 Template for Collecting Information 163
13.6.1 Template for Collecting Dimensioning Information 163
13.6.2 Template for Collecting Information at Detailed Planning Stage 164