mask lte planning tool

INTRODUCTION

Amr Saber El-Sayed Barakat

About the Project

What dose MASK mean? It refers to the common first letters of the team members’

names:

Amr Saber Barakat Amr Talaat Attia.

Amr Mohamed Abdallah. Amr Essam El-Din Hammad.

Mohamed Khlaid Rahama. Mohamed Hussien Mohamed.

Mohamed Ahmed Salah. Shady Mohamed Lotfy.

Karim Magdy Hamed.

And Supervised By:

Dr. Adel Y. Ezzat

Project Basic Idea

The basic idea of the project is to develop a Software that would be able to provide LTE Planning Process, and calculate:

Number of site required to cover a certain area.

Total Throughput per cell serving the covered area.

It also should :

Place the counted sites on the map.

Project Objectives

The aim behind this project can be abbreviated in the following points:

Create a project that keep up both, the new technologies and the labor market. New Technologies:

LTE Mobile Services, the newest mobile technology. Web-based Application, the trend of software programming and developing.

Career : All of us are interesting in the mobile communication field. Gives us a great knowledge to expands our opportunities in the labor

market, as the LTE is planned to be launched in Egypt in 2013.

Project Characteristics

The project is considered as a featured tool since it is:

First Web-based planning software application. Saves user time to download and install and relieves him from updates. User data is stored on secure, always-updated, backed-up highly-secure

data center. Can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Compatible with all Operating Systems and Platforms.

And the powerful of this project lies in :

Applying LTE planning standards following Ericsson’s perspective.

Project Components

TOOLWeb

Application

Digital Maps Software

ArcGIS

Programming

LanguageC#

ADO, ASPJAVA Script

LTE Planning

Standards

Project Methodology (page v)

Search For The Project Idea

Choose LTE Planning Tool

Idea

Propose The Idea To The Supervisor

Choosing The Helping Tools

ArcGIS Map Solutions

Studying Mobile Communication

Systems

Project Methodology (cont.)

Studying Mobile Communication

Systems

Studying LTE features in details

Studying planning & dimensioning process

for LTE

Make an algorithm for dimensioning LTE.


Choosing The

Helping Tools

C# Programming

Language

Training and

Practice on C#

Generally

Studying Web Development

using ASP.NET

Apply the algorithm on

C#

Make the GUI for the

program

Studying Javascript

Programming

Importing Maps from

ArcGIS Servers

ArcGIS Map Solutions

Training and Practice on ArcGIS


Choosing The Helping

Tools

C# Programming

Language

Training and

Practice on C#

Generally

Studying Web

Development using

ASP.NET

Apply the algorithm

on C#

Make the GUI for the

program

Studying Javascript

Programming

Importing Maps from

ArcGIS Servers

Presentation Outlines

History of Mobile Evaluation: Amr Essam El-Din Hammad

LTE Basic Concept and Technologies: Mohamed Hussien Moahmed and Amr Mohamed Abdallah.

Planning Basic Concept: Amr Talaat Attia.

LTE Planning Standards: Mohamed Ahemd Salah and Karim Magdy Hamed.

Infrastructure Tools: Shady Moahemd Lotfy.

Code Implementation: Amr Saber Barakat.

Tool Description: Mohammed Khalid Rahma

Amr Essam Eldin Hammad

The Evolution Of Mobile Communication System

The Evolution Of Mobile

Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of enhanced electrical conductors or "wires”. The distances involved may be short (a few meters as in television remote control) or long (thousands or millions of kilometers for radio communications).The 0th Generation Technology (0G – 0.5G) The great ancestor is the mobile telephone service that became available just after World War II. In those pre-cell days, you had a mobile operator to set up the calls and there were only a handful of channels available. 0G refers to pre-cell phone mobile telephony technology, such as radio telephones that some had in cars before the advent of cell phones.

Technologies used in 0G systems: 1- PTT (Push to Talk). 2- MTS (Mobile Telephone System). 3-IMTS (Improved Mobile Telephone Service). 4-AMTS (Advanced Mobile Telephone System). 5- OLT (Norwegian for Offentlig Landmobil Telefoni, Public Land Mobile Telephony). 6- MTD (Swedish abbreviation for Mobil Telefoni system D, or Mobile telephony system D).

The 1st Generation Technology (1G)

It is an Analog cellular network , uses multiple cell sites, and has the ability to transfer calls from one site to the next as the user travelled between cells during a conversation .

The first cellular network in the world was built in 1977 in Chicago and turned on in 1978. By the end of 1978 it had over 1300 customers. In 1979 a cellular network (1G generation) was launched in Japan by NTT. As the system expanded and neared capacity, the ability to reduce transmission power allowed new cells to be added, resulting in more, smaller cells and thus more capacity.

1G Frequency bands

The 2nd Generation Technology (2G)

The 2G is also known as Global System for Mobile communication (GSM). It is a digital mobile telephony system that is widely used in Europe and other parts of the world. GSM uses a variation of time division multiple access (TDMA) .

GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot.

GSM operates at either the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz frequency band.

Mobile services based on GSM technology were first launched in Finland in 1991.

Today, more than 690 mobile networks provide GSM services across 213 countries and GSM represents 82.4% of all global mobile connections. According to GSM World, there are now more than 2 billion GSM mobile phone users worldwide.

Basic Services of 2G technology

Voice services (speech coding with protection) Full rate: 13 / 12.2 Kbit/s (original coder / enhanced full rate coder) Half rate: 5.6 kilo bit/s (enhanced half rate coder). Data services (coding with different levels of protection) Full rate: 9.6 / 4.8 / 2.4 Kbit/s Half rate: 4.8 / 2.4 Kbit/s.

Advantages of the 2G :

1-Extensive Coverage.2-Greater Phone Variety.3-No Roaming Charges on International Calls.4-Huge Capacity.5-Low Power Consumption.6-Enhanced Range Of Service (Data + Voice ).Disadvantages of 2G:

1-Lag Bandwidth.2-Causes Electronic Interference.

Worldwide GSM Networks In Service

The 2.5th Generation Technology (2.5 G)

The term 2.5G Also known as General Packet Radio Services (GPRS).GPRS is a packet based wireless communication service that promises data rates from 56 up to 114 Kbps and continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phone.GPRS higher data rates allow users to take part in video conferences and interact with multimedia Web sites and similar applications using mobile handheld devices as well as notebook computers.

Advantages of the 2.5G :

1-Allows users use the Internet anywhere at any time.

2-Allows the user to communicate on a world wide scale.

3-Can be used on both mobiles and laptops.

Disadvantages of the 2.5G :

1-When GPRS is in use, other network related functions cannot be used.

2-It was Expensive to buy a mobile or laptop that has this feature.

The 2.75th Generation Technology (2.75G)

The term 2.75G is also known as Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), or Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), or IMT Single Carrier (IMT-SC). EDGE is a digital mobile phone technology.EDGE is considered a pre-3G radio technology .EDGE can be used for any packet switched application, such as an Internet connection.

Basic Services of 2.75G technology:It provides nearly three times faster speeds than the out dated GPRS system. The theoretical maximum speed is 473 kbps for 8 timeslots but it is typically limited to 135 kbps .Advantages of the 2.75G Technology :1-The technology makes use of 8PSK .2-The wireless and internet access points are easily accessible. 3-The technology has augmented the number of internet and mobile phone subscribers. 4-EDGE technology has multiplied the users of mobiles phones.

Disadvantage of 2.75G Technology :1-3G is much faster than EDGE- up to 2.4 Mbps.

The 3rd Generation Technology (3G)

3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology which is your gateway if you want increased bandwidth, multiple mobile applications and clarity of digital signal.GSM technology was able to transfer circuit switched data over the network. The use of 3G technology is also able to transmit packet switch data efficiently at better and increased bandwidth.The services associated with 3G systems provide the ability to transfer both voice data and non-voice data (such as downloading information, exchanging email, and instant messaging) with relatively high data rate. Originally, 3G was supposed to be a single, unified, worldwide standard, but in practice, the 3G world has been split into three camps:

UMTS (W-CDMA) . CDMA-2000 . TD-SCDMA .

Specifications of 3G Technology

Frequency Band: Frequency bands 1885-2025MHZ & 2200-2210MHZ. Data Services: support many data service form at least 144kbps in mobility

till 2Mbps indoor. Digital Modulation: Use QPSK Modulation. Type of switching: Use Both Circuit and Packet Switching.

Advantages of 3G Technology:

1- High Bandwidth.2-Always-Online Devices.3-Higher Bit Rate. Disadvantages of 3G Technology:1-Associated Costs.2-Power Requirements.


The term 3.5 G is used to describe the systems that uses the HSDPA(High Speed Downlink Packet Access ) protocol. HSDPA is a packet-based data service in W-CDMA downlink with data transmission rate up to 8-10 Mbit/s (and 20 Mbit/s for MIMO systems) over a 5MHz bandwidth.

Advantages of 3.5G Technology:1-Enables faster data transmission. 2-support the video call service which allows the caller and the recipient face to face each other.

Disadvantage of 3.5G Technology:

1-More expensive.2-Requires huge investment.


The 3.75G refers to the High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA).

HSUPA is a UMTS WCDMA uplink evolution technology.

HSUPA enhances advanced person-to-person data applications with higher and symmetric data rates, like mobile e-mail and real-time person-to-person gaming.

HSUPA will initially boost the UMTS / WCDMA uplink up to 1.4Mbps and in later releases up to 5.8Mbps.

Introduction to LTE and It’s Unique technologies.

Mohamed Hussien & Amr Mohamed

What is LTE??

o LTE is acronym for “long term evolution of UMTS “.o In order to ensure the competitiveness of UMTS for the next 10 years and

beyond, concepts for UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) have been introduced in 3GPP release 8.

o Can be considered the real 3.9G & invited to join the 4G family.

LTE Design targets

Scalable BW: 1.4, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 and 20.0 MHz. Peak data rate:

Downlink (2 Ch MIMO) peak rate of 100 Mbps in 20 MHz channel Uplink (single Ch Tx) peak rate of 50 Mbps in 20 MHz channel

Supported antenna configurations: Downlink: 4x4,4x2, 2x2, 1x2, 1x1 Uplink: 1x2, 1x1

Duplexing modes: FDD and TDD Number of active mobile terminals: LTE should support at least 200 mobile terminals in the active state when

operating in 5 MHz. In wider allocations than 5 MHz, at least 400 terminals should be supported

LTE Design targets (Cont.)

Spectrum efficiency Downlink: 3 to 4 x HSDPA Rel. 65bits/s/Hz Uplink: 2 to 3 x HSUPA Rel. 62.5bits/s/hz

Mobility Optimized for low speeds (<15 km/hr) High performance at speeds up to 120 km/hr Maintain link at speeds up to 350 km/hr

Coverage Full performance up to 5 km Slight degradation 5 km – 30 km

Introduction to LTE key Technologies

To Reach for this targets we want to improve the 3G system

THE IMPORTANT KEY TECHNOLOGY TO REACH FOR THIS TARGETS:

(1) OFDM AND OFDMA: -

A. The problem that made us think about this.

B. What does OFDM and OFDMA mean ?

C. How we send them orthogonal ?

D. What is cyclic prefix ?

E. Draw backs of OFDMA.

LTE key Technologies (cont.)

A. The problem that made us think about this.For Multipath signals, the (rake receiver) performance degraded. Signals will be sent in Parallel like (FDM), but the low spectral B.W efficiency decreases due to

Guard Period.


A. What does OFDM and OFDMA mean ?• OFDM stands for (Orthogonal frequency division multiple)• OFDMA stands for(Orthogonal frequency division multiple access) • OFDM system break the available BW into many narrow sub carrier

and transmit the data in parallel streams and orthogonal.


C. How we send them orthogonal ?Orthogonal means that the peak of signal at the null of the other Signal like the picture below, we can implement it by IFFT at transmitter and FFT at receiver.


D. What is cyclic prefix ?

It is the solution for ICI problem

Cyclic prefix insertion


E. Draw backs of OFDMA.1. High PAPR.

2. Sensitivity to carrier frequency Offset.

So OFDM used only in DL..


OFDM Transmitter and Receiver


(2) SC-FDMA:-• LTE uplink requirements differ from downlink requirements.

• power consumption is a key consideration for UE terminals.

• The high PAPR and related loss of efficiency associated with OFDM signaling are major concerns.

• As a result, an alternative to OFDM was sought for use in the LTE uplink.


(3) DIVERSITY: -Is a technique that combats the fading by ensuring that

there will be many copies of the transmitted signal effected with different fading over time, frequency or space.

Diversity types

Time diversit

y

Frequency

diversity

Spatial diversit

y


1.Time diversity:

We averaging the fading of the channel over time by using :

1. The channel coding and interleaving.

2. Or sending the data at different times.

2.Frequency diversity:

This type of diversity used for the frequency selective channels as we will averaging the fading over the frequency by using:

3. Multi-carrier technique like OFDM.

4. FHSS (frequency hope spread spectrum).

5. DSSS (direct sequence spread spectrum).


3.Spatial diversity:

We will have many copies of the transmitted signal effects with different fading over the space .

we use multi-antenna systems at the transmitter or the receiver or at both of

them. Spatial diversi

ty

MISO SIMO MIMO MIMO-MU


4.SPACE DIVERSITY COMBINING TECHNIQUES:

Types of combining techniques

Selection combining

Threshold combining

Maximal ratio

combining

Equal gain combining


Selection combining Maximal ratio combining

Threshold combining Equal gain combining


(4) MIMO techniques in mobile communications : -

We have three goals :

1. increasing the bit rate by the meaning of spatial multiplexing .

2. increasing the immunity to channel effect by the meaning of transmit diversity.

3. improving the signal directivity by the meaning of beam forming.


1. Spatial multiplexing.

2. Transmit diversity..

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3. Beam Forming.


(5) CHANNEL CODING: -

Error Correction And Detection

1.Automatic repeat request (ARQ)

2.Forward error correction (FEC)

3.Hybrid ARQ (H-ARQ)

4.In LTE used (Hybrid ARQ With Soft Combining) as figure below

Amr Talaat Attia

Dimensioning and Planning of LTE Network

Dimensioning and Planning of LTE Network

Introduction

• Basic Concept

• Math Equations

• technique

Dimensioning and Planning of LTE Network (cont.)

Limitations:• MIMO Antenna• Outer Loop Power CONTROL • QOS

Assumptions:• It is a Calculations for coverage and capacity


The following terms are used in describing capacity and coverage dimensioning and planning:• Average user bitrate• Cell edge• Cell Throughput• Coverage (area): • Resource Block


Dimensioning of LTE Network

What The purpose of dimensioning ?It’s location in planning process .

•Wireless Cellular Network Dimensioning


Basic Steps :• Data/Traffic Analysis• Coverage estimation• Capacity evaluation• Transport dimensioning

LTE Access Network Dimensioning It’s target ? It’s contents ?

Inputs of LTE Dimensioning

The categories :• Quality • Coverage • Capacity

Outputs of LTE Dimensioning

Outputs of the dimensioning phase are used to estimate the feasibility and cost of the network.

• Cell Size

LTE Dimensioning Process

Steps of Process: Data/Traffic Analysis Coverage estimation Capacity evaluation Transport dimensioning

LTE Planning Process

o Pre-planningo Planningo Detailed Planningo Optimization

Mohamed Ahmed Salah

LTE UPLINK Coverage

Coverage Dimensioning Process

The target of coverage dimensioning is to estimate the maximum distance between a transmitter and a receiver while fulfilling the given system performance requirements under specific propagation conditions.

The main parameters affecting the coverage dimensioning process: frequency. Receiver & Transmitter heights. Transmitted power. Propagation environment.

Coverage Dimensioning Process (Cont.)

1 - link Budget Calculations.

2 - maximumallowed path

loss.

3 - Suitable Propagation

model.

5 - Cell area.6 - Site Count.4 - Cell radius.

Those steps are performed in both uplink and downlink and we take the larger site count as the final count.

Uplink Coverage Calculations

Most mobile telephony systems are frequently limited by the uplink, so it is useful to start link budget calculations with the uplink coverage requirements.

The calculations are performed according to the following stages: Bitrate ( Rrb ) requirements . SINR requirements . E-Node B receiver sensitivity . Uplink noise rise ( interference margin ) . Total losses. User equipment power per resource block . Uplink budget .

Start LTE coverage

dimensioning

Link budget calculations

MAPL (maximum allowable path loss)

Propagation model

Okumora-Hata model

Calculate cell radius & site count

End

Rx Sensitivity

System Gains

Power Transmitted

Losses

Margins

Uplink Coverage Calculations (Cont.)

γB.W10logNNR ftSesitivityx

ln2

ln21

3RB30

aRaa

aaγ

Losses

Building penetration loss. Body loss. Car penetration loss. Feeder loss. Jumper & Connector loss.

Building penetration loss

Dense urban 23 - 25

Urban 18 - 20

Sub-Urban 15

Rural 8 - 10

Body loss

VOIP 3 dB

DATA 0 dB

Margins

In LTE a user does not interfere with other users in the cell since they are separated in the frequency domain. The noise rise in the uplink depends only on interference from adjacent cells. In the link budget, an interference margin IMUL compensates for noise rise.

o Log Normal Fading .o Area coverage probability..

FQSINRB

ULIUL

1

1

Radio propagation models.

Radio propagation models are empirical mathematical formulation which includes: Characterization of radio wave propagation. frequency . TX antenna height . RX antenna height .

Cell Radius calculation

The equation used to calculate the cell radius in kilometers is given by:

Where

Cell area and site count: After calculating the cell radius, it is now very easy to calculate the cell area and then the site count, After calculating the site area, the site count can be calculated by dividing the required area to be covered by the site area.

10αR

b

mbpmax

h log 6.5544.9

hah log 13ALα

Cell Radius calculation (Cont.)

Up link coverage Page(103)

Karim Magdy Hamed

LTE Downlink Coverage & Capacity

Downlink Coverage Calculations

Signal attenuation in Downlink can be represented by the following equation:

Where Lp max is the maximum allowable path loss (obtained from uplink budget)

and is given by:

Downlink interference margin (noise rise) will be calculated from equation below:

(1) Eq. a FBPLCPLBLLNFmaxp maxsa GLLLLBLL

2Eq.GainsMarginsLossesRPL ysensitivitx txpmax

3Eq.LB.W log 10NN

FQP1B

max saftIDL

Downlink Coverage Calculations (Cont.)

And Ptx will be calculated from:

RBn

PP

NodeBEtx

Bandwidth Number of Resource Blocks (nRB)

1.4 MHZ 6

3 MHZ 15

5 MHZ 25

10 MHZ 50

15 MHZ 75

20 MHZ 100

The desired target SINR in Downlink:

Target Bit Rate (RRB) :

Antenna arrang.

SIMO 1*2 Tx div 2*2 OLSM 2*2

Channel model / Doppler frequency

epa5 eva70 etu 300

epa5 eva70

etu 300 epa5 eva7

0etu300

a0 [kbps]

808.2 808.4 708.8 777.6 777.2 755 1347.1 1199 989

a1[dB] 27 29.34 27.75 25.92 27.17 27.7 34.03 34.99 31.93

a2[dB] 16.03 15.90 15.34 16.01 15.38 15.49 18.37 18.16 16.84

a3[kbps]

-9.3 -3.88 -4.68 -13.8 -5.44 -6.2 -15.8 -8.64 -7.12

e2

21 aaln303RB aaa,0maxR

TMALLGLLLBBNLPγ FJBPLCPLBLLNFIDLRBmax ptx

System Verification

If Downlink Target Rb Uplink target Rb

1. Rx Sensitivity using target from Downlink Calculations.

2. Calculate MAPL (Lp max) using this equation:

3. Calculate Lsa max using Eq. (1).

4. Calculate the new BIDL from the previous step.

5. Loop from step 2 to step 4 until the stability of MAPL is verified.

6. After the verification of system stability calculate cell radius:

Where

GainsMarginsLossesRPLMAPL ysensitivitx txmax p

10αR

b

mbmax p

h log 6.5544.9

hah log 13.82ALα

System Verification (Cont.)

7. Uplink Interference Margin (Noise Rise) :

8. Calculate using BIUL & MAPLDL.

9. Calculate Target Bit Rate RRB (Bit Rate in uplink).

max sa RB

ulultx IUL

LHN

FQP1B

ul

ul

Uplink Capacity Dimensioning

Assume perfect power control ( constant SINR ).

The cell through put ( cell capacity for a given system load or nRB) is given by the formula below:

Where

RRBul : average Bit Rate per Resource Block ( from uplink coverage calculations ).

ulpucchRB RB M RnnT put through cell maximum

maxul cell TQT ul

Downlink Capacity Dimensioning

Average Interference Margin:

After the calculation of average IM, substitution takes place in the Downlink

Coverage Empirical Parameters in SINR to get the value of RRBdl.

Maximum Cell Through put :

Cell through put for a given system load:

max saft

averagedltx

LB.W log 10NN

FQP1Margin ceInterferen Average

dl

dlRB RBMax RnT

Maxdl Cell TQT DL

Shady Mohamed Lotfy

Development Tools (ARCGIS AND C#)

Required Tools

To Achieve Our Target We Would Use Tools:

1. Map-Info Tool, and we choose “ArcGIS”.

2. Programming Language Tool, which is “C#”.

1 .ArcGIS

ArcGIS is a software program, used to create, display and analyze geospatial data, developed by Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI) of Redlands, California.

Benefits of ArcGIS:1. New Ways to Share

2. More Flexible Deployment

3. Better for Developers

4. Cloud GIS

ArcGIS Desktop

ArcGIS Desktop consists of several integrated applications, including:• Arc Map• Arc Catalog• Arc Toolbox.

Introduction to ArcMap

ArcMap is where you create maps and access most of the ArcGIS functionality.

You can add and edit data, query and symbolize map layers, and create

map layouts for printing.

Mapping Software

Adding Data

Navigating a Map

There are several tools available for zooming in and out of your map:

The continuous zoom tool

Non-continuous zoom tools

The fixed zoom in/fixed zoom out

The pan tool

The full extent button

The previous extent button

Features

Map Symbols & Points

ArcMap has many options for changing the way your data are displayed.

Line Category Samples

Working with Tables

Every shape file has an attribute table associated with it.

Measuring Distance & Area

Using the Measure Tool The measure tool (on the Tools toolbar it looks like a ruler) allows you to draw a line, or a series of connected lines, to roughly measure the Euclidean (as the crow flies) distance between points.

ArcGIS Server

ArcGIS Server is used for creating and managing GIS Web services, applications, and data. And ArcGIS Server Have All ArcDeskTop features and applications by using ESRI API maps .

Benefits of ArcGIS Server .

1. Easy to use

2. Can be used as a desktop application based on web browser

3. Can be used as a mobile application which can be used on many functions such navigation system by using GPS services.

2.C# Programming Language

C# is a language designed to be fully compatible with Microsoft's .NET initiative while taking advantage of what has been learned from C++ and Java. We will use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to use C# programming.

We chose C# because it is very compatible with ArcGIS Server, easy to use in programming codes and functions with it’s digital maps beside as we run a web application here so we think the best combination to reach our target is by using Arc-GIS maps as a data base with C# as a programming language

We prefer to run a WEB application, Since the world trends to use WEB applications and all data stored on server not like normal Desktop applications, and we’ve find the best option we got here is “ASP.NET with JavaScript(JS)” application.

Microsoft Visual Studio

Code Implemintation

Amr Saber El-Sayed Baraka

Project Code Sequence Diagram

Project Core Code Sample

Main Dimensioning Class


Uplink Class


Downlink Class


Capacity Class

Planning Source Code Sample

Calling Maps and Controls

Project Java Script Sample

Draw Sites Script

MASK LTE Planning Tool

Mohamed Khaled Rahma

About the tool

MASK is the acronym of our first names and it also represents the idea of adding a mask (layer) of eNodeB’s over a specific area.

This tool is the first web-based software for RF planning of LTE mobile networks.

Tool Description

The tool is basically supposed to be user-friendly in a way that it doesn’t require heavy training to use it.

Also inputs and outputs are placed on distinct panels so user can easily distinguish between them which is one of the main problems in planning process.

The tool is web-based which allows the user to access from any device that can access the internet.

C# was chosen as the programming language for developing the tool, and ArcGIS was chosen as the Maps and measurement tools provider.

User Interface

Since we used the World Wide Web as the base of our tool, the interface was designed using a very simple main page that is easy to use. All functions required are provided to the user in that page which makes it easier for the user to make use of all the application functions at the same time.

Opening the application

Open your internet browser Enter URL : www.MASK-LPT.com

http://www.mask-lpt.com/

About Tab

Help Tab

Contact Us Tab

Start Planning

Main Page

System Part

The System Part consists of two tabs: System parameters tab Calculations tab

System Parameters Tab

Calculations Tab

Map Part

The Map Part The Map Measurement Box Navigation Box

Measurement Box

Coverage

Future Work

Great effort has been made in order to make this work complete in all aspects, but as with all the projects, there is always a room for improvements and further enhancements. Same is the case with this thesis work. There are number of ways in which this work can be carried forward. A progressive work can be achieved through studying the detailed planning area which includes; frequency planning, neighbor planning and parameters planning. In addition to introducing the GIS maps in 3D which in turn will offer new opportunities in the tool as real prediction and simulations of the RF signal level in a real traffic distribution.

Coverage prediction feature

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