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Atoll 2.8.0 User Manual Release AT280_UM_E0 Copyright 1997 - 2009 by Forsk The software described in this document is provided under a license agreement and may only be used or copied under the terms and conditions of the license agreement. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior authorisation from Forsk. The product or brand names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective registering parties.

About the Atoll User DocumentationThe Atoll user documentation is a guide and reference for users working with Atoll. Atoll is easy to use and offers a clear, self-explanatory user interface. The user documentation helps the user make effective and efficient use of all the features that Atoll offers. The user documentation aims to familiarise the user with the working environment of Atoll and enable him to use all of Atolls features and functions. The Atoll user documentation is technology-specific. For each Atoll radio technology, the Atoll user manual contains instructions and information specific to that technology as well as chapters describing the Atoll working environment and the tools available.

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The Working Environment .................................................................................................... 25The Atoll Work Area .................................................................................................................... 25Working with Document Windows .................................................................................................... 26 Docking or Floating an Atoll Window ................................................................................................ 26 The Explorer Window ................................................................................................................. 27 Working with the Explorer Window Tabs .......................................................................................... 27 Navigating in the Explorer Window .................................................................................................. 28 Displaying or Hiding Objects on the Map Using the Explorer ........................................................... 28 Working with Layers Using the Explorer .......................................................................................... 28 Working with Objects .................................................................................................................. 29 Using the Object Context Menu ....................................................................................................... 29 Renaming an Object ................................................................................................................... 29 Deleting an Object ...................................................................................................................... 29 Displaying the Properties of an Object ....................................................................................... 30 Modifying Sites and Transmitters Directly on the Map ..................................................................... 30 Selecting One of Several Transmitters or Microwave Links ....................................................... 30 Moving a Site Using the Mouse .................................................................................................. 31 Moving a Site to a Higher Location ............................................................................................. 31 Changing the Azimuth of the Antenna Using the Mouse ............................................................ 32 Changing the Position of the Transmitter Relative to the Site .................................................... 32 Display Properties of Objects ........................................................................................................... 33 Defining the Display Properties of Objects ................................................................................. 33 Examples of Using the Display Properties of Objects ................................................................ 37 Working with Maps....................................................................................................................... 38 Changing the Map Scale .................................................................................................................. 38 Zooming In and Out .................................................................................................................... 38 Zooming In on a Specific Area.................................................................................................... 39 Choosing a Scale........................................................................................................................ 39 Changing Between Previous Zoom Levels ................................................................................. 39 Moving the Map in the Document Window ....................................................................................... 39 Using the Panoramic Window .......................................................................................................... 39 Centring the Map Window on an Object ........................................................................................... 40 Measuring Distances on the Map ..................................................................................................... 40 Displaying Rulers Around the Map ................................................................................................... 40 Displaying the Map Legend .............................................................................................................. 41 Using Zones in the Map Window ...................................................................................................... 41 Using a Filtering Zone................................................................................................................. 41 Using a Computation Zone ......................................................................................................... 42 Using a Focus Zone or Hot Spot Zones ..................................................................................... 43 Using Polygon Zone Editing Tools .............................................................................................. 44 Using a Printing Zone ................................................................................................................. 45 Using a Coverage Export Zone .................................................................................................. 46 Exporting Coverage Prediction Results ............................................................................................ 46 Exporting a Coverage Prediction in Vector Format .................................................................... 47 Exporting a Coverage Prediction in Raster Format .................................................................... 47 Exporting a Map ............................................................................................................................... 48 Copying a Map to Another Application ............................................................................................. 48 Map Window Pointers ...................................................................................................................... 49 Working with Data Tables ........................................................................................................ 50 Opening a Data Table ...................................................................................................................... 50 Adding, Deleting, and Editing Data Table Fields .............................................................................. 50 Accessing an Object Types Table Fields ................................................................................... 50 Adding a Field to an Object Types Data Table .......................................................................... 51 Deleting a Field from an Object Types Data Table .................................................................... 52 Editing the Contents of a Table ........................................................................................................ 52 Opening an Objects Record Properties Dialogue from a Table ...................................................... 53 Defining the Table Format ................................................................................................................ 53 Copying and Pasting in Tables ......................................................................................................... 56

1.21.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4

1.31.3.1 1.3.1.1 1.3.1.2 1.3.1.3 1.3.2 1.3.2.1 1.3.2.2 1.3.2.3 1.3.2.4 1.3.2.5 1.3.3 1.3.3.1 1.3.3.2

1.41.4.1 1.4.1.1 1.4.1.2 1.4.1.3 1.4.1.4 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 1.4.5 1.4.6 1.4.7 1.4.8 1.4.8.1 1.4.8.2 1.4.8.3 1.4.8.4 1.4.8.5 1.4.8.6 1.4.9 1.4.9.1 1.4.9.2 1.4.10 1.4.11 1.4.12

1.51.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.2.1 1.5.2.2 1.5.2.3 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.5 1.5.6

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1.5.6.1 1.5.6.2 1.5.7 1.5.8 1.5.9 1.5.10

1.61.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.2.1 1.6.2.2 1.6.2.3 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5

1.71.7.1 1.7.1.1 1.7.1.2 1.7.1.3 1.7.1.4 1.7.1.5 1.7.2 1.7.2.1 1.7.2.2 1.7.3 1.7.3.1 1.7.3.2 1.7.3.3 1.7.3.4 1.7.4 1.7.4.1 1.7.4.2 1.7.5 1.7.5.1 1.7.5.2 1.7.5.3 1.7.5.4 1.7.5.5 1.7.5.6 1.7.6 1.7.6.1 1.7.6.2 1.7.6.3 1.7.6.4 1.7.6.5 1.7.6.6 1.7.7 1.7.8

1.81.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.3.1 1.8.3.2 1.8.3.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.8.7

Copying and Pasting a Table Element ........................................................................................56 Pasting the Same Data into Several Cells ..................................................................................56 Exporting Tables to Text Files...........................................................................................................58 Importing Tables from Text Files.......................................................................................................59 Exporting Tables to XML Files ..........................................................................................................60 Importing Tables from XML Files ......................................................................................................60 Printing in Atoll ................................................................................................................................60 Printing Data Tables and Reports .....................................................................................................60 Printing a Map ...................................................................................................................................61 Printing Recommendations .........................................................................................................61 Defining the Printing Zone ...........................................................................................................61 Defining the Print Layout .............................................................................................................62 Previewing Your Printing ...................................................................................................................64 Printing a Docking Window ...............................................................................................................64 Printing Antenna Patterns .................................................................................................................64 Grouping, Sorting, and Filtering Data..................................................................................64 Grouping Data Objects......................................................................................................................65 Grouping Data Objects by a Selected Property ..........................................................................65 Configuring the Group By Submenu ...........................................................................................65 Grouping Microwave Links by Site ..............................................................................................66 Advanced Grouping .....................................................................................................................66 Examples of Grouping .................................................................................................................67 Sorting Data ......................................................................................................................................68 Sorting Data in Tables .................................................................................................................68 Advanced Sorting ........................................................................................................................69 Filtering Data .....................................................................................................................................70 Filtering in Data Tables by Selection ...........................................................................................70 Advanced Data Filtering ..............................................................................................................71 Restoring All Records ..................................................................................................................72 Advanced Filtering: Examples .....................................................................................................72 User Configurations ..........................................................................................................................74 Exporting a User Configuration ...................................................................................................75 Importing a User Configuration ...................................................................................................75 Site and Transmitter Lists .................................................................................................................75 Creating a Site or Transmitter List ...............................................................................................76 Adding a Site or Transmitter to a List from the Explorer Window ................................................76 Adding a Site or Transmitter to a List from the Map Window ......................................................76 Adding Sites or Transmitters to a List Using a Zone ...................................................................77 Editing a Site or Transmitter List .................................................................................................77 Filtering on a Site or Transmitter List ..........................................................................................77 Folder Configurations ........................................................................................................................78 Creating a Folder Configuration ..................................................................................................78 Applying a Saved Folder Configuration .......................................................................................78 Reapplying the Current Folder Configuration ..............................................................................78 Exporting a Folder Configuration .................................................................................................79 Importing a Folder Configuration .................................................................................................79 Deleting a Folder Configuration ...................................................................................................79 Creating and Comparing Subfolders .................................................................................................79 Filtering Data Using a Filtering Zone.................................................................................................80 Tips and Tricks ...............................................................................................................................80 Undoing and Redoing .......................................................................................................................80 Refreshing Maps and Folders ...........................................................................................................81 Searching for Objects on the Map.....................................................................................................81 Searching for a Map Object by Its Name ....................................................................................81 Searching for a Map Object using Any Text Property .................................................................81 Searching for a Point on the Map ................................................................................................82 Using the Status Bar to Get Information ...........................................................................................82 Saving Information Displayed in the Event Viewer ...........................................................................82 Using Icons from the Toolbar ............................................................................................................82 Using Shortcuts in Atoll .....................................................................................................................84

22.1 2.22.2.1 2.2.1.1

Starting an Atoll Project ...........................................................................................................89Before Starting a Microwave or Radio-Planning Project ...........................................89 Creating an Atoll Document .....................................................................................................89Creating a New Atoll Document from a Template .............................................................................89 Templates Available ....................................................................................................................90

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2.32.3.1 2.3.2

2.4

Creating a New Atoll Document from a Template ...................................................................... 90 Defining a New Atoll Document .................................................................................................. 91 Working in a Multi-User Environment ............................................................................................... 93 The Atoll Multi-User Environment ............................................................................................... 94 Creating a New Atoll Document from a Database ...................................................................... 95 Working With a Document on a Database.................................................................................. 96 Refreshing an Atoll Document from the Database ..................................................................... 97 Archiving the Modifications of an Atoll Document in the Database ............................................ 98 Making a Backup of Your Document ................................................................................ 101 Configuring Automatic Backup ....................................................................................................... 101 Recovering a Backup ..................................................................................................................... 102 Making and Sharing Portable Atoll Projects .................................................................. 102

33.1 3.2 3.33.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.3.1 3.3.3.2 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.3.7

Managing Geographic Data .............................................................................................. 105Geographic Data Types .......................................................................................................... 105 Supported Geographic Data Formats .............................................................................. 106 Importing Geo Data Files ........................................................................................................ 107Importing a Raster-format Geo Data File ....................................................................................... 107 Importing a Vector-format Geo Data File ....................................................................................... 108 Importing MSI Planet Geo Data ................................................................................................... 110 Importing One MSI Planet Geo Data Type ............................................................................ 110 Importing a MSI Planet Geo Database .................................................................................. 110 Importing a WMS Raster-format Geo Data File ............................................................................. 111 Grouping Geo Data Files in Folders ............................................................................................... 112 Embedding Geographic Data ......................................................................................................... 113 Repairing a Broken Link to a Geo Data File ................................................................................... 113 Digital Terrain Models .............................................................................................................. 114

3.4 3.53.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5

Clutter Classes............................................................................................................................. 114Assigning Names to Clutter Classes .............................................................................................. 114 Defining Clutter Class Properties ................................................................................................... 115 Adding a Clutter Class .................................................................................................................... 116 Refreshing the List of Clutter Classes ............................................................................................ 116 Displaying Total Surface Area per Clutter Class ............................................................................ 117 Clutter Heights ............................................................................................................................. 117

3.6 3.73.7.1 3.7.2 3.7.3

Contours, Lines, and Points .................................................................................................. 117Managing the Display of a Vector Layer ........................................................................................ 117 Managing the Properties of the Vector Layer ................................................................................. 118 Moving a Vector Layer to the Data Tab .......................................................................................... 118 Scanned Images ......................................................................................................................... 119 Importing Several Scanned Images ............................................................................................... 119 Defining the Display Properties of Scanned Images ...................................................................... 119 Population Maps ......................................................................................................................... 120 Managing the Display of Population Data ...................................................................................... 120 Displaying Population Statistics ..................................................................................................... 120 Geoclimatic Maps ....................................................................................................................... 121 Managing Geoclimatic Map Properties .......................................................................................... 121 Displaying Geoclimatic Statistics .................................................................................................... 121 Custom Geo Data Maps.......................................................................................................... 121 Creating a Custom Geo Data Map ................................................................................................. 122 Adding a File to a Custom Geo Data Map ...................................................................................... 123 Managing the Properties of a Custom Geo Data Map ................................................................... 123 Displaying Statistics on Custom Geo Data ..................................................................................... 124 Integrable Versus Non Integrable Data .......................................................................................... 124 Setting the Priority of Geo Data........................................................................................... 124 Setting the Display Priority of Geo Data ......................................................................................... 124 Setting the Priority of Geo Data in Calculations ............................................................................. 125 Example 1: Two DTM Maps Representing Different Areas ...................................................... 126 Example 2: Clutter Classes and DTM Maps Representing the Same Area ............................. 126 Example 3: Two Clutter Class Maps Representing a Common Area ....................................... 126 Displaying Information About Geo Data .......................................................................... 127

3.83.8.1 3.8.2

3.93.9.1 3.9.2

3.103.10.1 3.10.2

3.113.11.1 3.11.2 3.11.3 3.11.4 3.11.5

3.123.12.1 3.12.2 3.12.2.1 3.12.2.2 3.12.2.3

3.13 3.143.14.1 3.14.2

Geographic Data Sets .............................................................................................................. 127Exporting a Geo Data Set .............................................................................................................. 127 Importing a Geo Data Set ............................................................................................................... 128

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Editing Geographic Data .........................................................................................................128Editing Clutter Class Maps ..............................................................................................................129 Creating a Clutter Polygon ........................................................................................................129 Editing Clutter Polygons ............................................................................................................129 Displaying the Coordinates of Clutter Polygons ........................................................................130 Deleting Clutter Polygons ..........................................................................................................130 Editing Contours, Lines, and Points ................................................................................................130 Creating a Vector Layer for Contours, Lines, and Points ..........................................................130 Creating Contours, Lines, and Points ........................................................................................130 Editing Contours, Lines, and Points ..........................................................................................131 Editing Population, Geoclimatic or Custom Data Maps ..................................................................133 Creating a Vector Layer and Vector Objects .............................................................................133 Editing Contours on the Vector Layer .......................................................................................134 Saving Geographic Data .........................................................................................................135 Saving Modifications to an External File .........................................................................................135 Exporting an Edited Clutter Class Map in a Raster-Format File ................................................136 Exporting an Edited Vector Layer in Vector-Format File ...........................................................136 Updating the Source File.................................................................................................................137 Combining Several Files into One File ............................................................................................137 Exporting an Embedded File ...........................................................................................................137 Creating a New File from a Larger File ...........................................................................................138

3.163.16.1 3.16.1.1 3.16.1.2 3.16.2 3.16.3 3.16.4 3.16.5

44.14.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5

Antennas and Equipment.....................................................................................................143Working With Antennas............................................................................................................143Creating an Antenna .......................................................................................................................143 Importing Planet-Format Antennas .................................................................................................144 Importing 3-D Antenna Patterns......................................................................................................145 Smoothing an Antenna Pattern .......................................................................................................146 Printing an Antenna Pattern ............................................................................................................147 Working With Equipment .........................................................................................................147 Defining TMA Equipment ................................................................................................................147 Defining Feeder Cables ..................................................................................................................147 Defining BTS Equipment .................................................................................................................148 Updating the Values for Total Losses and the BTS Noise Figure for Transmitters.........................148 Defining the List of Manufacturers ......................................................................................149

4.24.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4

4.3 4.44.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 4.4.4

Defining Antennas.......................................................................................................................149Creating an Antenna .......................................................................................................................149 Importing Microwave Antennas .......................................................................................................151 Editing Microwave Antenna Patterns ..............................................................................................151 Printing Microwave Antenna Patterns .............................................................................................152 Microwave Equipment...............................................................................................................152 Modelling the IDU and ODU in Atoll ................................................................................................154 Importing Microwave Equipment in Pathloss Format ......................................................................157 Advanced Configuration ..................................................................................................................158 Digital Hierarchies .....................................................................................................................158 Interference Reduction Factor ...................................................................................................159 Theoretical Graphs ....................................................................................................................162 Microwave Waveguides and Cables .................................................................................163

4.54.5.1 4.5.2 4.5.3 4.5.3.1 4.5.3.2 4.5.3.3

4.6 4.74.7.1 4.7.1.1 4.7.1.2 4.7.2 4.7.2.1 4.7.2.2

Microwave Antenna/Equipment/Waveguide Compatibility .....................................164Defining Compatibility Manually ......................................................................................................164 Using the Microwave Antenna/Waveguide Compatibility Table ................................................164 Using the Microwave Antenna/Equipment Compatibility Table .................................................165 Using Assistants to Define Compatibility.........................................................................................165 Using the Assistant to Define Antenna/Waveguide Compatibility .............................................165 Using the Assistant to Define Antenna/Equipment Compatibility ..............................................166

55.15.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.2.1 5.1.2.2 5.1.2.3 5.1.2.4

Managing Calculations in Atoll ........................................................................................170Working with Propagation Models ......................................................................................170Propagation Model Characteristics: Overview ................................................................................170 The Standard Propagation Model ...................................................................................................171 Recommendations for Working with the Standard Propagation Model .....................................172 Calculating Diffraction With the SPM ........................................................................................172 Sample Values for SPM Formulas ............................................................................................173 Calculating f(clutter) with the Standard Propagation Model ......................................................173

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5.25.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4 5.2.5

5.35.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.3.6.1 5.3.6.2 5.3.6.3 5.3.6.4 5.3.7

5.45.4.1 5.4.1.1 5.4.1.2 5.4.1.3 5.4.1.4 5.4.1.5 5.4.2 5.4.2.1 5.4.2.2 5.4.2.3 5.4.2.4 5.4.2.5 5.4.2.6

5.55.5.1 5.5.2

5.65.6.1 5.6.2 5.6.2.1 5.6.2.2

Modelling Fixed Receivers ........................................................................................................ 174 Defining the Parameters of the Standard Propagation Model .................................................. 174 The Okumura-Hata Propagation Model ......................................................................................... 177 Defining General Settings (Okumura-Hata) .............................................................................. 177 Selecting an Environment Formula (Okumura-Hata) ................................................................ 177 Creating or Modifying Environment Formulas (Okumura-Hata) ............................................... 178 The Cost-Hata Propagation Model ................................................................................................. 178 Defining General Settings (Cost-Hata) ..................................................................................... 178 Selecting an Environment Formula (Cost-Hata) ....................................................................... 179 Creating or Modifying Environment Formulas (Cost-Hata) ....................................................... 179 The ITU 529-3 Propagation Model ................................................................................................. 179 Defining General Settings (ITU 529-3) ..................................................................................... 180 Selecting an Environment Formula (ITU 529-3) ....................................................................... 180 Creating or Modifying Environment Formulas (ITU 529-3) ....................................................... 180 The ITU 370-7 Propagation Model ................................................................................................. 181 The Erceg-Greenstein Propagation Model ..................................................................................... 181 Defining General Settings (Erceg-Greenstein (SUI)) ................................................................ 181 Selecting an Environment Formula (Erceg-Greenstein (SUI)) .................................................. 182 Creating or Modifying Environment Formulas (Erceg-Greenstein (SUI)) ................................. 182 The ITU 526-5 Propagation Model ................................................................................................. 182 The WLL Propagation Model .......................................................................................................... 182 The Longley-Rice Propagation Model ............................................................................................ 183 The ITU 1546 Propagation Model .................................................................................................. 183 The Sakagami Extended Propagation Model ................................................................................. 184 Managing Propagation Models ....................................................................................................... 184 Defining Calculation Parameters ........................................................................................ 185 Defining Calculation Parameters for One Transmitter .................................................................... 185 Defining the Same Calculation Parameters for a Group of Transmitters ....................................... 186 Defining the Same Calculation Parameters for All Transmitters .................................................... 186 Defining a Default Propagation Model ............................................................................................ 187 Defining a Default Resolution ......................................................................................................... 187 Managing Path Loss Matrices .............................................................................................. 187 Calculating Path Loss Matrices ...................................................................................................... 187 Stopping Path Loss Matrix Calculation ........................................................................................... 188 Setting the Storage Location of Path Loss Matrices ...................................................................... 188 Using Centralised Path Loss Matrices ........................................................................................... 188 Checking the Validity of Path Loss Matrices .................................................................................. 189 Tuning Path Loss Matrices Using Measurement Data ................................................................... 190 Defining the Area to be Tuned .................................................................................................. 190 Tuning Path Loss Matrices Using CW Measurements ............................................................. 191 Tuning Path Loss Matrices Using Test Mobile Data ................................................................. 192 Managing the Tuning Path Loss Matrices Catalogue ............................................................... 193 Exporting Path Loss Matrices ......................................................................................................... 194 Predictions Available in Atoll ................................................................................................. 195 Making Point Predictions ................................................................................................................ 195 Starting a Point Analysis ........................................................................................................... 195 The Tabs of the Point Analysis Tool Window ........................................................................... 196 Moving the Receiver on the Map .............................................................................................. 197 Taking Indoor Losses into Account........................................................................................... 197 Taking Shadowing into Account in Point Analyses ................................................................... 197 Making Coverage Predictions ........................................................................................................ 198 Creating Coverage Predictions ................................................................................................. 198 Defining the Storage Location of Coverage Prediction Results ................................................ 200 Calculating Coverage Predictions ............................................................................................. 200 Saving Defined Coverage Predictions ...................................................................................... 202 Calculating Indoor Coverage .................................................................................................... 203 Taking Shadowing into Account ............................................................................................... 203 Using Propagation Models in Microwave Projects ..................................................... 203 Working with the Microwave Propagation Model ........................................................................... 203 Working with the Microwave ITU-R P.452 Model ........................................................................... 205 Defining Microwave Link Classes and Performance Objectives ......................... 207 Microwave Link Classes ................................................................................................................. 207 Defining Performance Objectives ................................................................................................... 207 Defining Quality Objectives....................................................................................................... 208 Defining Availability Objectives ................................................................................................. 208

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Defining Calculation Parameters .........................................................................................209Global Parameters ..........................................................................................................................209 Link Parameters ..............................................................................................................................211 Defining Calculation Parameters for a Single Microwave Link ..................................................211 Defining Calculation Parameters for All Microwave Links .........................................................215 Defining Calculation Parameters for a Group of Microwave Links ............................................217

66.16.1.1 6.1.2

Co-planning Features..............................................................................................................225Starting a Co-planning Project ..............................................................................................225Switching to Co-planning Mode ......................................................................................................225 Displaying Both Networks in the Same Atoll Document..................................................................226 GSM-UMTS Co-planning Process ......................................................................................226 Creating a UMTS Sector From a GSM Sector ................................................................................226 Synchronising Shared Common Physical Parameters ..............................................................227 Updating GSM And UMTS Coverage Predictions...........................................................................228 Comparing GSM-UMTS Coverage Predictions...............................................................................228 Performing Inter-Technology Neighbour Allocation ........................................................................230 Setting Inter-Technology Exceptional Pairs ..............................................................................230 Displaying Inter-Technology Exceptional Pairs on the Map ......................................................231 Allocating Inter-Technology Neighbours Manually ....................................................................232 Allocating Inter-Technology Neighbours Automatically .............................................................234 Displaying Inter-Technology Neighbours on the Map ...............................................................235 Modelling Inter-Network Interferences ............................................................................................236 Interferences from external transmitters on the mobiles ...........................................................237 Interferences from external transmitters/mobiles on the transmitters .......................................238 Interferences from external mobiles on the mobiles ..................................................................238 Effects of inter-technology interferences on predictions ............................................................239 Tips and Tricks .............................................................................................................................240 Minimising Memory Consumption ...................................................................................................241

6.26.2.1 6.2.1.1 6.2.2 6.2.3 6.2.4 6.2.4.1 6.2.4.2 6.2.4.3 6.2.4.4 6.2.4.5 6.2.5 6.2.5.1 6.2.5.2 6.2.5.3 6.2.5.4

6.36.3.1

77.1 7.27.2.1 7.2.1.1 7.2.1.2 7.2.1.3 7.2.1.4 7.2.1.5 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.2.6 7.2.6.1 7.2.6.2 7.2.6.3 7.2.6.4 7.2.6.5 7.2.7 7.2.7.1 7.2.7.2 7.2.7.3 7.2.7.4 7.2.8 7.2.9 7.2.9.1 7.2.9.2 7.2.10 7.2.10.1 7.2.10.2 7.2.10.3 7.2.10.4 7.2.10.5 7.2.10.6

GSM/GPRS/EDGE Networks ...........................................................................................245Designing a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Network .......................................................................245 Planning and Optimising GSM/GPRS/EDGE Base Stations .................................246Creating a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Base Station...................................................................................246 Definition of a Base Station .......................................................................................................247 Creating or Modifying a Base Station Element ..........................................................................254 Placing a New Station Using a Station Template ......................................................................256 Managing Station Templates .....................................................................................................258 Duplicating an Existing Base Station .........................................................................................261 Creating a Group of Base Stations .................................................................................................261 Modifying Sites and Transmitters Directly on the Map ....................................................................262 Display Tips for Base Stations ........................................................................................................262 Modelling Packet-switched Transmitters.........................................................................................263 Creating a Repeater ........................................................................................................................263 Creating and Modifying Repeater Equipment ...........................................................................263 Placing a Repeater on the Map Using the Mouse .....................................................................264 Creating Several Repeaters ......................................................................................................264 Defining the Properties of a Repeater .......................................................................................264 Tips for Updating Repeater Parameters ....................................................................................265 Creating a Remote Antenna............................................................................................................266 Placing a Remote Antenna on the Map Using the Mouse .........................................................266 Creating Several Remote Antennas ..........................................................................................266 Defining the Properties of a Remote Antenna ...........................................................................266 Tips for Updating Remote Antenna Parameters .......................................................................267 Setting the Working Area of an Atoll Document ..............................................................................267 Studying a Single Base Station .......................................................................................................268 Making a Point Analysis to Study the Profile .............................................................................268 Studying Signal Level Coverage ...............................................................................................269 Studying Base Stations ...................................................................................................................271 Path Loss Matrices ....................................................................................................................272 Assigning a Propagation Model .................................................................................................274 The Calculation Process ...........................................................................................................276 Creating a Computation Zone ...................................................................................................276 Setting Transmitters as Active ...................................................................................................277 Signal Level Coverage Predictions ...........................................................................................278

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7.37.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.2.1 7.3.2.2 7.3.2.3 7.3.2.4 7.3.2.5 7.3.3 7.3.4 7.3.4.1 7.3.4.2 7.3.4.3 7.3.4.4 7.3.4.5 7.3.5 7.3.5.1 7.3.5.2

7.47.4.1 7.4.1.1 7.4.1.2 7.4.1.3 7.4.1.4 7.4.2 7.4.2.1 7.4.2.2 7.4.2.3 7.4.2.4 7.4.2.5

7.57.5.1 7.5.1.1 7.5.1.2 7.5.1.3 7.5.1.4 7.5.2 7.5.2.1 7.5.2.2 7.5.2.3 7.5.3 7.5.4 7.5.5 7.5.6 7.5.7 7.5.7.1 7.5.7.2 7.5.7.3 7.5.7.4 7.5.8

7.67.6.1 7.6.2 7.6.3 7.6.4 7.6.4.1 Forsk 2009

Analysing a Coverage Prediction.............................................................................................. 286 Printing and Exporting Coverage Prediction Results ................................................................ 294 Planning Neighbours ...................................................................................................................... 294 Importing Neighbours ............................................................................................................... 295 Defining Exceptional Pairs ........................................................................................................ 295 Allocating Neighbours Automatically ........................................................................................ 295 Checking Automatic Allocation Results .................................................................................... 298 Allocating and Deleting Neighbours per Transmitter ................................................................ 300 Calculating the Importance of Existing Neighbours .................................................................. 302 Checking the Consistency of the Neighbour Allocation Plan .................................................... 304 Exporting Neighbours ............................................................................................................... 304 Studying Network Capacity ................................................................................................... 305 Defining Multi-service Traffic Data ................................................................................................. 305 Creating a Traffic Map .................................................................................................................... 305 Creating a Traffic Map per Sector ............................................................................................. 306 Creating a Traffic Map per User Profile .................................................................................... 307 Creating Traffic Maps per User Density (No. Users/km2) ........................................................ 311 Converting 2G Network Traffic ................................................................................................. 312 Exporting Cumulated Traffic ..................................................................................................... 312 Exporting a Traffic Map .................................................................................................................. 313 Calculating and Displaying a Traffic Capture ................................................................................. 313 Prerequisites for a Traffic Capture ............................................................................................ 313 Creating a Traffic Capture ........................................................................................................ 314 GSM/GPRS/EDGE Traffic Capture Results ............................................................................. 315 Estimating a Traffic Increase .................................................................................................... 315 Modifying a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Traffic Capture ....................................................................... 315 Dimensioning a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Network ................................................................................. 316 Defining a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Dimensioning Model ................................................................ 316 Dimensioning a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Network ........................................................................... 317 Allocating Frequencies and BSICs .................................................................................... 320 Allocating Frequencies and BSICs Manually ................................................................................. 320 Assigning BSIC Domains to Transmitters ................................................................................. 320 Assigning BSICs to Transmitters Manually ............................................................................... 321 Defining Frequency Domains for Transmitters ......................................................................... 321 Assigning Frequencies to Subcells ........................................................................................... 322 Allocating Frequencies and BSICs Using an AFP Module ............................................................. 323 Prerequisites for an Automatic Frequency Allocation ............................................................... 324 Interference Matrices ................................................................................................................ 324 Defining Required Channel Separations .................................................................................. 331 Automatic Frequency Allocation ............................................................................................... 334 Interactive Frequency Allocation ............................................................................................... 345 Analysing Network Quality ..................................................................................................... 347 Interference Coverage Predictions ................................................................................................. 347 Making Quality Studies Based on CI or C(I+N) ....................................................................... 348 Studying Interference Areas ..................................................................................................... 350 Analysing Interference Areas Using a Point Analysis ............................................................... 352 Example of Analysing Interference Using a Point Analysis ...................................................... 354 Packet-Specific Coverage Predictions ........................................................................................... 355 Making a Coverage Prediction by GPRS/EDGE Coding Schemes .......................................... 355 Making a Coverage Prediction by Packet Throughput per Timeslot......................................... 357 Making a BLER Coverage Prediction ....................................................................................... 359 Making a Circuit Quality Indicator (BER, FER, or MOS) Coverage Prediction ............................... 362 Studying Interference Between Transmitters ................................................................................. 364 Auditing a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Frequency Plan .............................................................................. 365 Checking Consistency Between Transmitters and Subcells .......................................................... 367 Displaying the Frequency Allocation .............................................................................................. 368 Using the Search Tool to Display Channel Reuse.................................................................... 368 Displaying the Frequency Allocation Using Transmitter Display Settings ................................ 369 Grouping Transmitters by Frequencies .................................................................................... 369 Displaying the Channel Allocation Histogram ........................................................................... 370 Calculating Key Performance Indicators of a GSM/GPRS/EDGE Network ................................... 370 Optimising and Verifying Network Capacity .................................................................. 373 Importing a Test Mobile Data Path ................................................................................................. 373 Displaying Test Mobile Data ........................................................................................................... 375 Defining the Display of a Test Mobile Data Path ............................................................................ 375 Network Verification ....................................................................................................................... 376 Filtering Incompatible Points Along Test Mobile Data Paths .................................................... 376Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this document is prohibited

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7.77.7.1 7.7.1.1 7.7.1.2 7.7.1.3 7.7.2 7.7.3 7.7.4 7.7.4.1 7.7.4.2 7.7.4.3 7.7.5 7.7.5.1 7.7.6 7.7.6.1 7.7.6.2 7.7.6.3 7.7.6.4 7.7.6.5 7.7.7 7.7.7.1 7.7.7.2 7.7.7.3 7.7.7.4 7.7.7.5 7.7.8 7.7.8.1 7.7.9 7.7.9.1 7.7.9.2 7.7.10 7.7.10.1 7.7.10.2 7.7.10.3 7.7.11 7.7.12 7.7.13 7.7.13.1 7.7.14

Creating Coverage Predictions from Test Mobile Data Paths ...................................................377 Extracting a Field From a Test Mobile Path for a Transmitter ...................................................379 Analysing Data Variations Along the Path .................................................................................380 Printing and Exporting the Test Mobile Data Window .....................................................................381 Advanced Configuration...........................................................................................................382 Defining Resource Ranges .............................................................................................................382 Frequencies ...............................................................................................................................382 BSICs ........................................................................................................................................383 Defining HSN Domains and Groups ..........................................................................................385 Setting HCS Layers.........................................................................................................................385 Comparing Service Areas in Calculations .......................................................................................386 Cell Types .......................................................................................................................................390 TRX Types ................................................................................................................................390 Creating a Cell Type ..................................................................................................................390 Examples of Cell Types .............................................................................................................392 TRX Configuration...........................................................................................................................393 Creating or Importing TRX Configuration ..................................................................................394 Codec Configuration .......................................................................................................................394 Accessing the Codec Mode table ..............................................................................................394 Creating or Modifying Codec Configuration ..............................................................................395 Setting Codec Mode Adaptation Thresholds .............................................................................395 Setting Codec Mode Quality Thresholds ...................................................................................396 Using Codec Configurations in Transmitters and Terminals .....................................................396 Coding Scheme Configuration ........................................................................................................397 Accessing the Coding Scheme table .........................................................................................397 Creating or Modifying Coding Scheme Configuration ...............................................................397 Using Coding Scheme Configuration in Transmitters and Terminals ........................................398 Adapting Coding Scheme Thresholds for a Maximum BLER ....................................................399 Displaying Coding Scheme Throughput Graphs .......................................................................399 Timeslot Configurations ..................................................................................................................400 Creating or Modifying a Timeslot Configuration ........................................................................400 Advanced Transmitter Configuration Options .................................................................................400 Defining Extended Cells ............................................................................................................401 Advanced Modelling of Multi-Band Transmitters .......................................................................401 GSM/GPRS/EDGE Multi-Service Traffic Data ................................................................................403 Modelling GSM/GPRS/EDGE Services .....................................................................................404 Modelling GSM/GPRS/EDGE Mobility Types ...........................................................................404 Modelling GSM/GPRS/EDGE Terminals ...................................................................................405 Defining the Interferer Reception Threshold ...................................................................................406 Taking Intermodulation Interference into Consideration in Calculations .........................................407 Modelling Shadowing ......................................................................................................................407 Displaying the Shadowing Margins per Clutter Class ...............................................................407 Modelling the Co-existence of Networks .........................................................................................408

88.18.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.3 8.1.3.1 8.1.3.2 8.1.3.3 8.1.3.4 8.1.3.5 8.1.3.6 8.1.3.7 8.1.4 8.1.4.1 8.1.4.2 8.1.4.3 8.1.4.4 8.1.4.5 8.1.5

The Atoll AFP Module .............................................................................................................411Managing the Atoll AFP Module ..........................................................................................411The Atoll AFP Cost Function ...........................................................................................................411 Opening the Atoll AFP Module Properties Dialogue .......................................................................411 Defining AFP Parameters ...............................................................................................................412 Defining Interference Cost .........................................................................................................412 Defining Separation Constraint Violation Cost ..........................................................................413 Other Costs Involved in the AFP Cost Function ........................................................................413 Weighting the Cost Components ...............................................................................................415 Setting the Interferer Diversity Gain ..........................................................................................415 Setting Frequency Diversity Gain ..............................................................................................416 Setting Gain Due to Low Timeslot Use Ratio ............................................................................416 Defining AFP Allocation Strategies .................................................................................................417 Setting Channel Spectrum Usage .............................................................................................417 Setting HSN Strategy in FH .......................................................................................................418 Defining MAL Targets in SFH ....................................................................................................418 Managing MAIO Preferences in SFH ........................................................................................419 Setting BSIC Usage Diversity ....................................................................................................419 Interference Matrix Combination in Atoll AFP Module ....................................................................420 The Atoll AFP Module Properties Dialogue....................................................................421 The Atoll AFP Cost Tab ..................................................................................................................421 The Atoll AFP Separation Weights Tab ..........................................................................................422 The Atoll AFP Interference Matrices Tab ........................................................................................423Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this document is prohibited Forsk 2009

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8.2.4 8.2.5 8.2.6 8.2.7 8.2.8 8.2.9

The Atoll AFP HSN Tab ................................................................................................................. 423 The Atoll AFP MAL Tab .................................................................................................................. 424 The Atoll AFP Execution Tab ......................................................................................................... 424 The Atoll AFP Spacing Tab ............................................................................................................ 425 The Atoll AFP Protections Tab ....................................................................................................... 426 The Atoll AFP Advanced Tab ......................................................................................................... 427

99.1 9.29.2.1 9.2.1.1 9.2.1.2 9.2.1.3 9.2.1.4 9.2.1.5 9.2.2 9.2.3 9.2.4 9.2.5 9.2.6 9.2.6.1 9.2.6.2 9.2.6.3 9.2.6.4 9.2.6.5 9.2.7 9.2.7.1 9.2.7.2 9.2.7.3 9.2.7.4 9.2.8 9.2.9 9.2.9.1 9.2.9.2 9.2.10 9.2.10.1 9.2.10.2 9.2.10.3 9.2.10.4 9.2.10.5 9.2.10.6 9.2.10.7 9.2.10.8 9.2.10.9 9.2.10.10 9.2.10.11 9.2.11 9.2.11.1 9.2.11.2 9.2.11.3 9.2.11.4 9.2.11.5 9.2.11.6 9.2.11.7 9.2.12 9.2.12.1 9.2.12.2 9.2.12.3 9.2.12.4 9.2.12.5 9.2.12.6

UMTS HSPA Networks ......................................................................................................... 431Designing a UMTS Network .................................................................................................. 431 Planning and Optimising UMTS Base Stations ........................................................... 432Creating a UMTS Base Station ...................................................................................................... 433 Definition of a Base Station ...................................................................................................... 433 Creating or Modifying a Base Station Element ......................................................................... 439 Placing a New Station Using a Station Template ..................................................................... 440 Managing Station Templates .................................................................................................... 442 Duplicating an Existing Base Station ........................................................................................ 446 Creating a Group of Base Stations ................................................................................................. 447 Modifying Sites and Transmitters Directly on the Map ................................................................... 447 Display Tips for Base Stations ....................................................................................................... 447 Creating a Dual-Band UMTS Network ........................................................................................... 448 Creating a Repeater ....................................................................................................................... 448 Creating and Modifying Repeater Equipment ........................................................................... 448 Placing a Repeater on the Map Using the Mouse .................................................................... 449 Creating Several Repeaters ..................................................................................................... 449 Defining the Properties of a Repeater ...................................................................................... 449 Tips for Updating Repeater Parameters ................................................................................... 451 Creating a Remote Antenna ........................................................................................................... 451 Placing a Remote Antenna on the Map Using the Mouse ........................................................ 451 Creating Several Remote Antennas ......................................................................................... 452 Defining the Properties of a Remote Antenna .......................................................................... 452 Tips for Updating Remote Antenna Parameters ....................................................................... 453 Setting the Working Area of an Atoll Document ............................................................................. 453 Studying a Single Base Station ...................................................................................................... 453 Making a Point Analysis to Study the Profile ............................................................................ 454 Studying Signal Level Coverage ............................................................................................... 455 Studying Base Stations .................................................................................................................. 457 Path Loss Matrices ................................................................................................................... 458 Assigning a Propagation Model ................................................................................................ 459 The Calculation Process ........................................................................................................... 461 Creating a Computation Zone................................................................................................... 461 Setting Transmitters or Cells as Active ..................................................................................... 462 Signal Level Coverage Predictions ........................................................................................... 463 Analysing a Coverage Prediction.............................................................................................. 467 UMTS-Specific Studies ............................................................................................................. 474 HSDPA Coverage Prediction .................................................................................................... 489 HSUPA Coverage Prediction .................................................................................................... 491 Printing and Exporting Coverage Prediction Results ................................................................ 492 Planning Neighbours ...................................................................................................................... 492 Importing Neighbours ............................................................................................................... 493 Defining Exceptional Pairs ........................................................................................................ 493 Allocating Neighbours Automatically ........................................................................................ 493 Checking Automatic Allocation Results .................................................................................... 497 Allocating and Deleting Neighbours per Cell ............................................................................ 499 Checking the Consistency of the Neighbour Allocation Plan .................................................... 501 Exporting Neighbours ............................................................................................................... 502 Planning Scrambling Codes ........................................................................................................... 503 Defining the Scrambling Code Format...................................................................................... 503 Creating Scrambling Code Domains and Groups ..................................................................... 504 Defining Exceptional Pairs for Scrambling Code Allocation ..................................................... 504 Allocating Scrambling Codes .................................................................................................... 504 Checking the Consistency of the Scrambling Code Plan ......................................................... 507 Displaying the Allocation of Scrambling Codes ........................................................................ 507 Studying Network Capacity ................................................................................................... 511 Defining Multi-service Traffic Data ................................................................................................. 511 Creating a Traffic Map .................................................................................................................... 511 Creating a Traffic Map per Sector ............................................................................................. 512 Creating a Traffic Map per User Profile .................................................................................... 513Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this document is prohibited

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9.3.2.3 9.3.2.4 9.3.2.5 9.3.3 9.3.4 9.3.4.1 9.3.4.2 9.3.4.3 9.3.4.4 9.3.4.5 9.3.4.6 9.3.4.7 9.3.4.8 9.3.4.9 9.3.5 9.3.5.1 9.3.5.2

9.49.4.1 9.4.2 9.4.3 9.4.4 9.4.4.1 9.4.4.2 9.4.4.3 9.4.4.4 9.4.5

9.59.5.1 9.5.2 9.5.3 9.5.3.1 9.5.3.2 9.5.4 9.5.4.1 9.5.4.2 9.5.4.3 9.5.5 9.5.5.1 9.5.5.2 9.5.5.3 9.5.6 9.5.6.1 9.5.6.2 9.5.6.3 9.5.6.4 9.5.7 9.5.8 9.5.9 9.5.9.1

Creating Traffic Maps per User Density (No. Users/km2) .........................................................517 Converting 2G Network Traffic ..................................................................................................518 Exporting Cumulated Traffic ......................................................................................................519 Exporting a Traffic Map ...................................................................................................................519 Calculating and Displaying Traffic Simulations ...............................................................................520 The Power Control Simulation Algorithm ..................................................................................520 Creating Simulations .................................................................................................................523 Displaying the Traffic Distribution on the Map ...........................................................................524 Displaying the User Active Set on the Map ...............................................................................526 Displaying the Results of a Single Simulation ...........................................................................527 Displaying the Average Results of a Group of Simulations .......................................................532 Updating Cell Values With Simulation Results ..........................................................................535 Adding New Simulations to an Atoll Document .........................................................................535 Estimating a Traffic Increase .....................................................................................................537 Analysing the Results of a Simulation .............................................................................................537 Making an AS Analysis of Simulation Results ...........................................................................538 Making Coverage Predictions Using Simulation Results ..........................................................538 Optimising and Verifying Network Capacity ...................................................................539 Importing a Test Mobile Data Path..................................................................................................539 Displaying Test Mobile Data ...........................................................................................................542 Defining the Display of a Test Mobile Data Path.............................................................................542 Network Verification ........................................................................................................................543 Filtering Incompatible Points Along Test Mobile Data Paths .....................................................543 Creating Coverage Predictions from Test Mobile Data Paths ...................................................544 Extracting a Field From a Test Mobile Path for a Transmitter ...................................................545 Analysing Data Variations Along the Path .................................................................................546 Printing and Exporting the Test Mobile Data Window .....................................................................548 Advanced Configuration...........................................................................................................548 Defining Inter-Carrier Interference ..................................................................................................548 Defining Frequency Bands ..............................................................................................................549 The Global Transmitter Parameters ................................................................................................549 The Options on the Global Parameters Tab ..............................................................................549 Modifying Global Transmitter Parameters .................................................................................550 Radio Bearers .................................................................................................................................550 Defining R99 Radio Bearers ......................................................................................................550 Defining HSDPA Radio Bearers ................................................................................................551 Defining HSUPA Radio Bearers ................................................................................................552 Site Equipment ................................................................................................................................552 Creating Site Equipment ...........................................................................................................552 Defining Resource Consumption per UMTS Site Equipment and R99 Radio Bearer ...............553 Defining Resource Consumption per UMTS Site Equipment and HSUPA Radio Bearer .........553 Receiver Equipment ........................................................................................................................554 Setting Receiver Height .............................................................................................................554 Creating or Modifying Reception Equipment .............................................................................554 HSDPA UE Categories ..............................................................................................................555 HSUPA UE Categories ..............................................................................................................556 Multiple Input Multiple Output Systems ...........................................................................................556 Conditions for Entering the Active Set ............................................................................................557 Modelling Shadowing ......................................................................................................................557 Displaying the Shadowing Margins and Macro-diversity Gain per Clutter Class ......................558

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Atoll ACP Module........................................................................................................................561The ACP Module and Atoll .....................................................................................................561Using Zones with ACP ....................................................................................................................561 Using the Computation Zone and the Focus Zone ....................................................................561 Using Hot Spots ........................................................................................................................561 Using the Filtering Zone ............................................................................................................561 Using Traffic Maps with ACP ...............

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