Traditional Network Services

Network Dimensioning

• Site Selection -approximate number of sites required
• Coverage areas focusing on business data or target customers
• Link budgets (per vendor)
• Uplink and downlink range
• Approximate throughput & link speeds within coverage areas
• Number of channels needed to deliver services
• Estimate path loss or received signal strengths
• Outline frequency plan
• Backhaul strategy

Network Rollout Practice Consulting

• Technical project direction & liaison
• Rollout practice and process definition
• Process implementation
• Results validation & quality assurance
• Knowledge transfer
• Crisis management

Network Planning –Multiple Layers

• Calculate RF coverage levels from each BS sector
• Model Interference –inter-cell and intra-cell
• Frequency/code planning
• Liaise with vendor and acquisition teams to ensure correct and preferred sites used
• Coverage vs capacity study, considering:
  • Addressable Market
  • Population/business density/growth rate
  • Current and future market penetration & demographics
  • Effects of mobility and roaming
• Peak Busy Hour activity (QoS)
• Service provisioning – can customers be served?

Pre & Post Launch Optimisation

• Optimisation of parameters of chosen sites to maximise coverage, capacity, QoS
• Optimisation of frequency plan to minimise interference (maximise user throughput and QoS)
• Optimisation of site parameters such as sector antenna down-tilts, heights, azimuth, antenna types, etc.
• Drive/field testing
• Model calibration
• Explore NMS software to further interrogate network performance at peaks and troughs