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LTE RPESSRadio Planning Process

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Module Objectives

After completing this module, the participant should be able to:

List the main steps of the radio planning process

Review the basic parameters important in the dimensioning phase

Describe the typical actions of the nominal planning and of pre-launchoptimisation

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Radio Planning Process Overview

Dimensioning

Nominal Planning

Detailed Planning

Pre-launchOptimisation

computation of number of sites required to servecertain area while fulfilling the coverage & capacityrequirements (Dim Tool)

Nominal Coverage Planning (Planning Tool i.e.Atoll, NetAct Planner)

detailed Coverage & Capacity Analysis

getting Sites

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Dimensioning

Following planning parameters are already decided in the dimensioning

phase: Basic spectrum usage

Operating bandwidth Coding schemes & modulations BLER

eNodeB basic configurations RF unit type (feederless, 3-sector RF module) 1+1+1/omni Antenna types Capacity license size (e.g. MIMO or no MIMO)

RF features

Scheduler type, extended cell range (if applicable to the release)

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Detailed planning

Typical actions:

Detailed coverage based planning with planning tool Capacity analysis with planning tool

Site validation

eNodeB Parameter planning Site data build (with default parameters)

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Pre-launch optimization

Target: to pass the cluster acceptance

can be done as part of the cluster acceptance

Typical actions:

Drive test measurements & analysis

eNodeB data base parameter assessment/cross checking

Antenna tilt & azimuth tuning based on drive test analysis