Wireless Networks
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Network planning for cellular and
broadcasting networks is more than only a
prediction
of the coverage. Especially in cellular
networks also capacity aspects must be
considered to
determine the best radius of the cells.
Interference aspects have to be
considered for down- and uplink to
determine the max. achievable data
rates.
WinProp offers sophisticated coverage and
capacity planning for many
predefined air interfaces (see list
below).
Static, Monte Carlo, and dynamic system
simulators are available to
achieve the best performance for various
applications.
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Predefined
Air
Interfaces
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WinProp offers some pre-defined network
planning modules for the
following wireless air interfaces:
Cellular
Networks
Further Air Interfaces:
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.... more on
request
as it is easily possible
to adapt the parameters of the tool to
arbitrary air interfaces.
Either the user can define new air
interfaces via dialogues in WinProp
or the support
team of AWE
Communications can do this for the
customer.
Please contact
the
support team of AWE Communications
if you need more information
related to your air interface.
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Predicted
Results
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Cells in an UMTS FDD
network
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The static simulators for network planning
are able to predict:
- Cell
Assignment
(Best Server,...)
- Coverage
and
number of received
sites/transmitters/carriers/channels
- Active
Set
- SNIR / SIR
/
SNR
- Co-channel
interference
incl.
adjacent
channel interference
- Co and adjacent channel interference
and noise
- Superposition
of
carriers
(especially for broadcasting
networks and/or repeater
networks)
- Required
Tx
power and max. achievable Rx power
of mobile station and base
station (for each pixel and
transmission mode individually)
- Max achievable data rates (in up- and
downlink)
- Handover maps
- Neighbor lists
- ....
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Simulation
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Max achievable
data
rate in a 3G HSPA
network
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ProMan includes a static simulator and a dynamic
system simulator. The
static
simulator can ba applied to all air
interfaces while the dynamic
simulator
is currently focused on 3G WCDMA
networks (but could be extended to other
air interfaces if required for customers).
All information required for network
simulations can be edited in the
ProMan GUI or can be imported via an XML and
CSV interface from other
network planning tools (e.g. Aircom
Enterprise, Forsk Atoll, NSN NetAct, MSI
Planet, ...). |
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ProMan
needs the following information
for the
computation:
- Specification
of
the
air interface (bandwidth, link
budget, sensitivity of BTS, Max.
MS power,...). Air interfaces with
variable and adaptive net data rates
can be considered. Criteria for the
adaptive selection of data rates can
be defined, based on the path
loss, delay spread, and CIR
predictions
of ProMan or other prediction tools.
Most relevant air interfaces are
already pre-defined (see list
above).
- Defintion of transmitters (base
stations) -
including location, antenna pattern and
TRX capabilities
- The Tx power for the cell assignment
(in
relation to the max. available Tx power)
- Path
loss predictions (computed in
ProMan or
imported from prediction tools)
- Traffic
(Arrival
rate & hold time for each
considered service)
Two options: Either homogenous
distribution of the traffic or
location
dependent traffic (Graphical traffic
editor based on building or
clutter
databases).
- Dynamic
system
simulator needs additionally link
level simulations
for the simulation of packet switched
traffic.
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ProMan
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All
network planning modules are either
integrated in the GUI of ProMan
or
available as
modules or plug-ins
for all common
operating systems (Windows, Linux, ...)
and hardware platforms!
The graphical user interface (GUI) of ProMan
runs on all Windows™
7/Vista/XP/2000 and with emulators also on
UNIX™ platforms.
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Screenshot
of ProMan
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