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FAST v2.4.4

Network Design Competence Centre

September 2009

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Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Site BoQ sheet

3. Import

4. Automatic fill Names

5. Check inputs

6. Replace DCS-only by GSM

7. Traffic Profiles

8. Populate LKB

9. Prepare COMET/ MODEL/ LKB import

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Introduction

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Introduction

What?

FAST = FormAtting inputs Simply for comet and model Tools FAST = Excel template + 1 new menu (called... FAST!)

FAST can be used to feed COMET, MODEL and LKB tools

FAST is a 2G tool

Why?

Speeds up the BSS dimensioning process

There are less and less projects for new 2G networks...

...but more and more for network extensions, densification...

...or EDGE activation!

Allows the designer to focus on his design rather than on his toolsWhen?

FAST is adapted:

For a project with an existing network

To generate quickly some rough BSS design from scratch

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Introduction

Functional chart

COMET

Watermill

MODEL

FAST

= Excel template

INPUTSExcel file

OUTPUTS

SiteBoQ

Cell profiles

Site types

Dim Inputs

Site BoQ

LKBOMCDatabase

Existing

Network

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Site BoQ sheet

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Site BoQ sheet

Overview (1/3)

One line per site(No empty linebetween two sites)

Fields :Site name *

BSC Area *

Region *

Phase *

Morpho *

Transport Mode *

Site Type name *

reduced **extended **

* Mandatory field

** Name automatically generated

Cell Profile name **

One column perfield

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Cell Profile name **

SUM board type

Cabinet type

Coordinates

Up to 6 cellsper site

Up to 4cabinets persite

** Name automatically

generated

Site BoQ sheet

Overview (2/3)

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# EDGE TRXs

# Outer DR TRXs

# Outer TRXs

Traffic Profile name

LKB Outer Profile nameLKB Inner Profile name

Freq. Band

Cell Type

# Inner TRXs

# Inner DR TRXs

Cell details

Site BoQ sheet

Overview (3/3)

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Site name

BSC

Region

2 sites in the same BSC Area shall also be in the same Region

Phase

Morpho

Shall have one of the following values :

BU (BUildings), MU (MeanUrban), SU (SubUrban), DU (DenseUrban), RE (Residential),

VL (ViLlage), RU (RUral), IS (InduStrial), OU (OpeninUrban), FR (FoRest),

PK (ParKs), OA (OpenArea), WT (WaTer)

Transport Mode

Shall have the following values: E1, E1-STM1, IPoE1 and IPoEth

Site BoQ sheet

Details: Sites (1/3)

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Extended Site Type name

Can be automatically generated (see Automatic fill Names function)

Starts with S/

Then concatenates the various cell profile names and the transport mode separated

by /

Ex : S/ 2. 1.g- 2. 0.d:B7/ 1. 1.g- 2. 0.d:B7/ 1. 1.g- 2. 0.d:B7/ E1

Reduced Site Type name

Automatically generated

Starts with S

Then concatenates the nof Outer TRXs for each cell

Then concatenates the nof Inner TRXs for each cell

Ex : S211222

Site BoQ sheet


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SUM board type

Cabinet types


MBI3, MBI5, MBI5 FV, MBO1, MBO1 Evo, MBO2, MBO2 Evo, CBO, MBO TROP, MINI

Indoor, MEDI Indoor, MEDI Outdoor, not used, auto

auto shall be indicated simultaneously for the 4 cabinets or not indicated at all forany cabinet of the site

At least one of the 4 cabinets shall have a value different from not used

Coordinates

Site BoQ sheet


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Cell Profile name

Can be automatically generated (see Automatic fill Names function)*

Empty if there is no TRX in the cell

If Cell Type = concentric, umbrellaConcentric or multiband :

nbTRXOuter.nbDRTRXOuter.FrequencyBandOuter-

nbTRXInner.nbDRTRXInner.FrequencyBandInner:trafficprofile

with FrequencyBand (Inner or Outer) : d if DCS, g if GSM

For other Cell Type values :

nbTRXOuter.nbDRTRXOuter. FrequencyBandOuter: trafficprofile

Ex :

Site BoQ sheet

Details: Cells (1/4)

n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17single 4 . 0 . g : C

single 2 1 4 . 1 2 . d : D

concentric 8 . 4 . g - 4 . 4 . g : A

multiband 1 0 . 2 . g - 2 . 2 . d : D

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# Outer TRXs

# Outer TRXs + # Inner TRXs shall not exceed 16

# Outer DR TRXs

# EDGE TRXs

Traffic Profile name


Name of a Traffic Profile described in the Traffic Profiles sheet

Name of a BSS Release (B6, B7, B9, B10 MR1, B10 MR2, B11 MR1, B11 MR2, B12 but not B8 see

below)

Clx, x in [1,5] to indicate the TRX class in B8

Site BoQ sheet


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LKB Outer Profile name

Pre-defined values : LKB_850_morpho, LKB_900_morpho, LKB_1800_morpho,

LKB_1900_morphowhere morphois the value of the Morpho field of the site

In all cases (pre-defined or not), the corresponding LKB Profile shall be described in

the LKB Profiles sheet

LKB Inner Profile name

Shall only exist if a LKB Outer Profile name exists

Can be different from the LKB Outer Profile name

Same rules as for the LKB Outer Profile name

Site BoQ sheet


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Frequency Band


GSM, p_gsm, e_gsm, gsm_dcs, e_gsm_dcs, dcs1800, DCS

Cell Type

Shall be empty or have one of the following values :

concentric, umbrellaConcentric, multiband, single, indoor, micro, umbrella

# Inner TRXs

# Outer TRXs + # Inner TRXs shall not exceed 16

# Inner DR TRXs

Site BoQ sheet


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Following rules shall be respected according to Frequency Band

GSM, p_gsm, e_gsm

LKB Outer Profile name (optional) shall contain GSM850, _850, GSM950 or

_950

Frequency Bandindicated in the LKB Outer Profile (optional) shall be GSM850or

GSM900

DCS, dcs1800

LKB Outer Profile name (optional) shall contain GSM1800, _1800, GSM1900 or

_1900

Frequency Bandindicated in the LKB Outer Profile (optional) shall be GSM1800or

GSM1900

gsm_dcs, e_gsm_dcs

LKB Inner and Outer Profiles (optional) shall indicate differentFrequency Bands

Cell Type shall be multiband, and only in those two cases

Site BoQ sheet

Rules: Frequency Band

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The total number of Outer TRXs in a site shall be strictly positive

The total number of Outer TRXs in a site shall not exceed 48 (in order to be

compatible with MODEL)

Site BoQ sheet

Rules: TRX

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E1 can be chosen no matter the BSS release

E1-STM1 is available as transport option from B11 MR1 onwards

From B11 MR2 onwards it is possible to choose IPoEth as Transport Mode

IPoE1 can be used from B12 onwards

Note: A check is performed, verifying that the BSS Releases (in Traffic Profile sheet)corresponding to the traffic profiles defined for cells, in SiteBoQ, respect the rules

mentioned above.

The Transport Mode is another criteria for differentiating site types

Ex:

S/ 1. 1.g:B10 MR2:LKB_900_DU/ E1

S/ 1. 1.g:B11 MR2:LKB_900_DU/ IPoE1

Site BoQ sheet

Rules: Transport Mode

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Import

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Data of existing networks is often an Excel or CSV file:

Working files of the operators

Export of the OMC

If data is presented:

Site per site

1.Use simple copy paste by values

2.Copy the format to all new lines

3.Use the Automatic fill names function

Cell per cell1.Use the import functionality

Import

Overview

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Import

Import interface (1/3)

Import in the Site BoQ sheet data collected in the Excel input file

1) Activate the FAST menu

2) Select Import

3) Open the Browsing window and select the

input file

4) Enter the name of the input sheet

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Import


5) For each field to beimported, select the

appropriate column of the

input sheet thanks to the

scrolling list

6) To select optional fields,first unclick Not available

7) If suitable, overwrite the

imported region, morpho,

transport mode or phase

values

8) Note that each cell can be

split among 2 cabinets (with a

maximum of 4 cabinets per

site)

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Import


9) If suitable, indicate the

default BSS release to be

used (+ TRX class if B8)

10) If suitable, choose todelete the previous content

of the Site BoQ sheet when

performing import

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Data in the input sheet shall respect the following rules

All values of a given row are relative to a unique cell

Cells (up to 6) of the same site are described in consecutive rows

All the values of a given column correspond to the same field (ex : Cell Name, Site

Name)

Import

Inputs sheet rules

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Data are imported in the following order

Site name ascending order

Then Cell name ascending order

Region

If the Region field is selected when performing import, but the input file contains no

Region indicated for any cell of a site, then the default value Region 1 is imported

for this site

BSC Area / Region / Phase / Morpho / SUM board / Cabinet Type /

Coordinates

If two cells of the same site dont have the same BSC Area / Region / Phase / Morpho

/ SUM board / Cabinet Type / Coordinates, a warning is displayed

Import

Details (1/3)

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Traffic Profile

Imported values are if Traffic Profile option selected through import interface : Traffic Profile name

associated to the cell in the input file

if Default BSS selected through import interface :

if B8 selected : Clx, x in [1,5]

else : selected BSS release (B6, B7, B9, B10 MR1, B10 MR2, B11 MR1, B11 MR2 andB12)

LKB Outer Profile name

Imported values are

if LKB Outer Profile option selected through import interface : LKB Outer Profilename associated to the cell in the input file

if previous option not selected : pre-defined values

Nothing if no Morpho (site) or no Frequency Band (cell) indicated

LKB_1800_morphoif Frequency Band = DCS or dcs1800

LKB_900_morphoin other cases

Import

Details (2/3)

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LKB Inner Profile name

Imported values are

if LKB Inner Profile option selected through import interface : LKB Inner Profile

name associated to the cell in the input file

if previous option not selected : pre-defined values

Nothing if no Morpho (site) or no Cell Type (cell) indicated LKB_1800_morphoif

Cell Type = multiband and Frequency Band DCS and dcs1800

Cell Type = concentric and Frequency Band = DCS or dcs1800

LKB_900_morphoin other cases

Import

Details (3/3)

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Automatic fill Names

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Automatic fill Names

For each site (i.e. each row) of the Site

BoQ sheet

Compute the cell Profile name as

previously described (see slide 13)

Compute the extended Site Type name as

previously described (see slide 11)

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Check Inputs

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Check Inputs


BoQ sheet, check the correctness of thevalues, as previously indicated in

Site BoQ details (see slides 10-16)

Site BoQ rules (see slides 17-20)

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Replace DCS-only by GSM

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R l DCS l b GSM

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Replace DCS-only by GSM


BoQ sheet, check if all its cells are DCS-only ones (Frequency Band = DCS or

dcs1800).

If yes, change them to GSM-only ones

(Frequency Band = GSM)

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Traffic Profiles

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T ffi P fil (1/3)

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Traffic Profiles (1/3)

When no info available on the traffic profile, use the default traffic profile

Three traffic profiles (Conservative, Standard, Aggressive) are predefined in

the tool

See (hidden) Low, Medium and High sheets for more details

If info available, edit your own traffic mix:

As many as needed

Each cell has a traffic profile


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The Traffic profiles function initializes the

content of the Traffic Profiles sheet with thepre-defined traffic profile selected by the user.

This pre-defined profile can then be manually

modified, duplicated (column copy/past), andcopies can be manually modified again

Finally, one Traffic Profile shall be defined for

each Traffic Profile name indicated in the Site

BoQ sheet


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Each Traffic Profile is associated to a Cell Profile

For each Traffic Profile duplicated from a pre-defined one (column copy/paste),following values are automatically computed according to the associated CellProfile name :

# TRX : value indicated by the 2 first digits of the Cell Profile name

Incl. # DR TRX : value indicated by the 2 digits after the first .

# TRX (inner) : value indicated by the 2 digits after the -

Incl. # DR TRX (inner) : value indicated by the 2 digits after the . following the -

Concentric/Multiband Cell :

Multiband : Cell Profile name with -, outer zone GSM (g), inner zone DCS (d)

Concentric : Cell Profile name with -, and not in previous case

None : other cases

Frequency Band : Band1 if outer zone GSM (g), Band2 else

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Populate LKB

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Populate LKB (1/2)

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Populate LKB (1/2)

A LKB profile is pre-defined in the tool for each of the following couples (4 * 13 =

52 profiles) :

Frequency Bands :

850, 900, 1800, 1900

Morpho :

BU (BUildings), MU (MeanUrban), SU (SubUrban), DU (DenseUrban), RE (Residential),VL (ViLlage), RU (RUral), IS (InduStrial), OU (OpeninUrban), FR

(FoRest), PK (ParKs), OA (OpenArea), WT (WaTer)

See (hidden) LKB Parameters sheet for more details

Populate LKB (2/2)

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Populate LKB (2/2)

Associate default pre-defined LKB Profile(s) (Outer or Inner + Outer) to each

cell, and add this (those) pre-defined LKB profile(s) in the LKB Profiles sheet (if

not already existing)

LKB Profile(s) is (are) associated to a cell only if TRXs are defined for this cell

Following rules are applied according to Frequency Band :

GSM, p_gsm, e_gsm : LKB_900_morpho

DCS, dcs1800 : LKB_1800_morpho

gsm_dcs, e_gsm_dcs :

LKB Outer Profile : LKB_900_morpho

LKB Inner Profile : LKB_1800_morpho

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Prepare COMET/ MODEL/ LKB import

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Prepare COMET / MODEL / LKB import

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Prepare COMET / MODEL / LKB import

Fills in COMET import template (Excel file)

Cell Profiles sheet

Site Type sheet

Fills in MODEL import template (Excel

file)

DimInput sheet

Site BoQ sheet

Fills in Link Budget import template (Excelfile) with all the used LKB Outer and LKB

Inner Profiles from LKB Profiles sheet

Warning : Be sure to be

in the Site BoQsheetwhen

triggering those functions

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