Owner/Editor Jon ClarkeApproved byDateTitle R.F. Planning
GuidelinesSummaryThis document is intended to be the formal
guidelines for R.F. Planning for Hutchison 3G UK td.This is a
!li"ing# document and is therefore sub$ect to change
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Grou,PlanningDesignGuidelines1 INTRODUCTION
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2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................................6
3 DESIGN CRITERIA
.......................................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Nominal cell planning based on Cloverleaf
structure...............................................................................................73.2
Planning
Levels..........................................................................................................................................................73.3
Planning Tool
Parameters..........................................................................................................................................8
3.3.1
Settings...............................................................................................................................................................8
3.3.2 Recommended
processes.................................................................................................................................173.4
Carrier istribution
!trateg"...................................................................................................................................1#
3.4.1
Background......................................................................................................................................................193.4.2
Carriers per clutter
category.........................................................................................................................194
SITE SELECTION
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21 4.1 Cell
T"pes................................................................................................................................................................214.2
Cell
$verlap.............................................................................................................................................................224.3
C.%.
Testing............................................................................................................................................................225
PHYSICAL
DESIGN....................................................................................................................................................24
&.1
'ntennas...................................................................................................................................................................24
5.1.1ntenna
Selection.............................................................................................................................................24
5.1.2
!ilt....................................................................................................................................................................25
5.1.3 Special
ntennas.............................................................................................................................................25
5.1.4 ntenna
"rientations.......................................................................................................................................2#
5.1.5 ntenna $imut% Beam&idt% ' (le)ation
*attern........................................................................................27
5.1.#
+onopoles........................................................................................................................................................27
5.1.7
,lagpoles.........................................................................................................................................................27
5.1.8 ,our ntennas on a 3 sector
site....................................................................................................................27
5.1.9 -R*
S%rouding................................................................................................................................................28
5.1.1. /nter0erence nalysis &%en selecting ntennas '
1earings........................................................................28&.2
!eparations...............................................................................................................................................................2#&.3
(ealt) and
!afet".....................................................................................................................................................3*
5.3.1
ccess...............................................................................................................................................................31
5.3.2 Sa0e 1y 2esign
................................................................................................................................................31
5.3.3 3ori$ontal Bore4Sig%t 2istance
.....................................................................................................................32
5.3.4 Radio Communication gency (mission
Certi0ication..................................................................................32&.4
+eeder t"pes and
loss,..............................................................................................................................................33&.&
-ast)ead
'mplifiers................................................................................................................................................34
5.5.1
Basics...............................................................................................................................................................34
5.5.2
Conclusions......................................................................................................................................................34
5.5.3 +3
"mission.................................................................................................................................................34&..
'vailable Node /
Configurations...........................................................................................................................3&&.7
01pandabilit"...........................................................................................................................................................37
5.7.1 Ca1ins 4 2imensions and
*osition..................................................................................................................37
5.7.2 /nternal (5uipment Rooms 4
2imensions.......................................................................................................37&.8
ra2ings..................................................................................................................................................................38&.#
3CN34P
certificate...................................................................................................................................................386
PERFORMANCE CHECKS
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..1 4igging
C)ec5s........................................................................................................................................................4*
#.1.1 *%ysical Site
C%ecks........................................................................................................................................4.
#.1.2 Rigging
Results................................................................................................................................................41..2
Neig)bour
Planning.................................................................................................................................................44..3
!ingle !ite
6erification............................................................................................................................................48'ppendi1
1.....................................................................................................................................................................&1
Regular %e6agonal
design........................................................................................................................................52
Clo)erlea0
design......................................................................................................................................................53
7%y clo)erlea0 is
c%osen..........................................................................................................................................54
Some use0ul notes on %e6agonal
geometry...............................................................................................................55
8ink
Budgets.............................................................................................................................................................5#'ppendi1
2.....................................................................................................................................................................
C7
measurements.....................................................................................................................................................#.
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3......................................................................................................................................................................2
$imut%
Beam&idt%..................................................................................................................................................#3
(le)ation
pattern......................................................................................................................................................#3
!ilt.............................................................................................................................................................................#4
,our ntennas on a 3 sector
site..............................................................................................................................#5
3ealt% and
Sa0ety......................................................................................................................................................#7
+39s.......................................................................................................................................................................71
(6ample.....................................................................................................................................................................71
Co)erage:capacity
implications...............................................................................................................................72'ppendi1
4.....................................................................................................................................................................78
Setting up
ska.........................................................................................................................................................79
Re0erence Route ; post processing
.........................................................................................................................81#!utc"ison
#G Radio Design GroupPlanningDesignGuidelines$ %ntroductionThe aim
of this document is to ,ro"ide background and guidance to enable
the RF Planning %e,artment to deli"er the a,,ro,riate cellular
design as efficientl- as ,ossible. The document should ,ro"ide
information in amanner that a,,ro.imatel-follo/stherollout
,rocess/hen,lanningco"erageof ane/areafrom 0ominal Plan through to
integration and !release# to the li"e net/ork. 1t /ill be u,dated
on a 3 monthl- ,eriod /ith an- changes2 unless an e.ce,tional
change is re3uired.The document begins in section3 /ith a sim,le
descri,tion of the methodolog- to be ado,ted /hen ,lanning a ne/
area. 1t starts /ith the rules for creating a basic nominal ,lan
and co"ers the minimum threshold le"els of co"erage that are
re3uired for each clutter en"ironment2 the basic settings of the
,lanning tool and its use in creating a co"erage ,lan.4ection 5
addresses the first ste,s of site selection ,rior to a Technical
Re"ue taking ,lace2 time and effort s,ent in this ,hase of the
roll&out /ill ,a- di"idends in the long run in sa"ing time and
mone- on o,timisation and in&fill solutions /hilst ma.imising
3ualit-2 ca,acit- and ultimatel- re"enue.The ne.t section2 section
62 is the largest section of the Guidelines2 and deals /ith the
,h-sical design of a siteand,ro"idesall there3uiredinformationthat
aRadioPlannerneeds,riortotheTechnical Re"ue2 throughout there"ue2
and,ost&re"uetoensurethat
thedecisionsand,rinci,lesadheredtointhe4ite 4election are carried
for/ard into the realit- of the li"e net/ork.The final section
starts /ith the ne.t ,eriod in a site#s life c-cle /hen the Radio
Planner becomes in"ol"ed2 ,ost&riggingcom,lete2
andtakesthesitetothe,oint /hereit
isde&barredandtakesli"etrafficonthe 0et/ork. From this ,oint
on2 the 7,timisation Guidelines take o"er.The a,,endices in this
document contain more in de,th technicalanal-sis of certain to,ics
and also add further e.,lanation to the rules. +ach section can be
accessed directl- b- clicking on one of the sections
belo/.&!utc"ison #G Radio Design Group4ection 3%esign Criteria
4ection 54ite 4election 4ection 6Ph-sical %esign 4ection
8Performance Checks PlanningDesignGuidelinesThe document contains a
number of !rules#.Rules t"at must be complied wit" are "ig"lig"ted
in Red. Rules t"at are 'or guidance are "ig"lig"ted in (lue.
1nadditionreferenceismadetootherdocumentsthat containfurther
e.,lanationandreasoningthat if included here /ould make this
document ungainl-.All Radio Planners s"ould read all t"e re'erenced
documentationtogaina'ull understandingo' all
topicsdetailedint"eRadioPlanningDesign Guidelines.)!utc"ison #G
Radio Design GroupPlanningDesignGuidelines Re'erences
R%9T:U;94:))< UTR=0 ;acro ink >udget R%9T:U;94:3)? +nter,rise
3.'5.)? 4etting 4ummar- for !Core# and !=sset# modules R%T:U;4:')5
U;T4 Planning Process The 1ntegrated 4olution Training ;anual *3.@
A?B U;4'?8 Classification of 4ite and 0ode > Configuration
R%U&''?(&') *?.' 3G 4imulationsC Parameter 4ettings
R%9TDU;94D35@ +nter,rise F=EsD%3.doc &F=E and ans/ers listing
,roblems related to settings &
R%U&''')&''&*).')U;T4 F%% ink >udget R%9T:U;94:'?5
1nstructions for 1nterference =nal-sis using +nter,rise 3.5.)? F+1
;T=C RFCG document ?(&?''' "ersion ?.'&?''? RF com,liance
assessment criteria document 5@&?'') Radio +missions Com,liance
*3.? R%9T:U%:3@@ Guidance for 7mission of ;H= Cabinet R%9T:U;94:)('
0eighbour Cell and 4cramble Code Planning 4trateg- R%9T:U79C:?
