LTE Drive test without Operator Cooperation or knowledge of parameters

[primig]

I would like to make a drive test on a local operators LTE network in order to calibrate my radio planning software. I don't have any knowledge of their parameters or link budget.

I guess I can make an educated guess on cable losses, antenna type, azimuth & downtilt with a site visit. I should also be able to estimate ERP & frequency with the right measurement software.

Which software would you use to measure the network coverage & how would you go about starting ?

[kamy]

I would like to make a drive test on a local operators LTE network in order to calibrate my radio planning software. I don't have any knowledge of their parameters or link budget.

I guess I can make an educated guess on cable losses, antenna type, azimuth & downtilt with a site visit. I should also be able to estimate ERP & frequency with the right measurement software.

Which software would you use to measure the network coverage & how would you go about starting ?

you should start with atoll, light and simple

kamy

[tremalnike]

Hi,
you may use TEMS or Nemo to measure air interface. RS tx power can be obtained from L3 messages, then you will know RS power, bandwidth and RSRP. So path-loss can be computed and also atoll can be calibrated(i don't have experience with atoll, so i don't know how to calibrate it), if you can visit site and take azimuths&tilt,antennas type and approx feeder length (if operator use RRH, this step can be skipped, )

[sak2e]

Tx and Rx antenna can be shown as well from logfiles using Nemo analyzer,genex assistant or others post processing tools