EDX Signal IQ overview

Smart Planning for Smart Networks

Signal-IQ Presentation

EDX Wireless

Signal-IQ Presentation

EDX Wireless


Signal-IQ:

Signal IQ is a Simple, Easy-to-Use Tool for

Designing Indoor DAS / Pico / Femto Cell and WiFi Networks

Create Floorplansvia AutoCAD import

or Image Manipulation

Place DAS Equipment Quickly Within a Floor Plan

and Check Coverage

Determine DAS Equipment Counts for Purchasing and

Bidding

Produce Coverage Maps for Proposals and Deliverables

Iterate Design On Site to Create As-

Built Plan


• Streamline Import of Buildings Plans

• Intelligently Design Large in Building Networks

• Optimize Infrastructure Investment

• Rapidly Create Accurate RF Coverage Maps

• Simplify AP Layout with Interactive RF Analysis

• Decrease Network Optimization Iteration

• Shorten Time to Deployment

Signal-IQ Automates In Building Design


Signal-IQ Features

• Automated Conversion of Scanned Image Floor Plan To

Wall Characteristics Files via Raster To Vector Conversion

• Easily And Quickly Import From AutoCAD. Use .DWG

Files to Create Wall Characteristics Files

• Comprehensive, User Definable Library Of RF Equipment

• Wide Range Of RF Design, Layout and Interconnect Tools

• Schematic View To Verify Equipment Interconnections

• Interactive RF Analysis Simplifies Antenna and AP Layout

• Bill Of Materials Generation


Wide Range of Useful RF Design Tools

Signal-IQ has many useful building importation, modification and RF

design tools all available from the main project screen


Wide Range of Useful RF Design Tools

Cable Placement

Tool (automatically

calculates length &

losses

RF Splitter

Directional Coupler

Antenna

Access Point

Attenuation Zone

Cable Assembly

RF Source


Automated Floor Plan Converter

• Floor Plan Converter Creates Vector Lines from Drawn Lines.

• Simple and Easy Floor Plan Design:

• Easily Select Line Segments And Delete, Move Or Re-scale Them

• Draw A Polygon And Delete Enclosed Lines Or Images

• Automatically Reduce Parallel Lines Drawn Over A Thick Line Image

(Outer Wall) To A Single Line

• Automatically Snap Lines To Intersect At Corners

• Automatically Trim Lines That Extend Past Corners

• Draw New Lines On Top Of The Image

• RF Code the Wall Materials

• This Mostly Automated Process Creates A Wall

Characteristics (MCS) File


Floor Plan Converter

Convert an Image file Into a floor plan: (Jpeg, Tiff etc)


Floor Plan Converter

This Wall File Was Quickly Created From A Scanned Floor Plan:

Colors represent wall material types


Importing AutoCAD files

An Imported AutoCAD File Where The Layers Are Tagged And

Superfluous Layers Are Ignored (Unchecked)


RF Equipment Library

Expanding Library Of Indoor RF Equipment That Has Hundreds Of Commonly

Used Items Already Specified.


Attenuation Zone

• Attenuation Zones Are a Unique Feature That Allows The User to Specify

Part Of The Floor Plan That Has Additional RF Losses.

• Attenuation Zones Can Be Used To Represent Clusters Of Cubicles, File

Cabinets or Other Furniture That Attenuates RF Signals.


Schematic View

• Schematic View Shows The Interconnections Between RF Sources

And Antennas.

• Helps The Designer Ensure That Everything Is Connected Correctly.

• RF Losses and Gains Are Calculated And Power Levels Shown At

Each Point


RF Link Budget Calculator

• A Tabular Form Of The Spreadsheet Editor Is Also Available.

• Calculated Losses Are Shown For Each Item In The RF Design.

• The Predicted EIRP Is Shown For Each Antenna For Each Band


RF coverage predictions

• Signal-IQ Uses Proven EDX Indoor Model That Quickly And Accurately

Predicts RF Coverage And Best Serving Antenna.

• Propagation Parameters Can Be User Adjusted For Specific Situations.


RF Coverage Prediction

Received Signal Level Prediction Based On Distance And Wall Crossings


Best Serving Antenna Prediction

Useful For Capacity Planning And To Verify DAS Design RF Performance


Real-Time RF Coverage Optimization

• The User Can Select An Antenna With A Mouse And Move The Antenna

Around On The Floor Plan.

• Coverage is Dynamically Calculated and Displayed in Real Time

• Simplifies RF Coverage Optimization For Each Antenna’s Location


Signal IQ Roadmap

� Multiple Floors/Riser – 3D View (Q2 2012)

� Fiber/Active DAS Support (Q2 2012)

� Further Integration With SignalPro For Expanded

Analysis And Outdoor To Indoor Simulations (Q3 2012)

� Expanded Floor Plan File Import Options (Q4 2012)

� Data Collection And Model Tuning Based On

Measurement Data (Q4 2012)

� Advanced Engineering Module For Technology-Specific

Design And Simulation


Multiple Floors with Risers

• Multiple Floors Within A Single Project

• Each Floor Has a Separate Tab

• Copy Attributes (Walls, RF Designs, Etc.) From Any Existing Floor

To A New Floor When Adding Floors

• Risers Can Be Added To

Each Floor Showing Cable

Connections To Other

Floors.

• A 3D View Will Be

Available To Better Show

The Risers And

Interconnections Between

The Floors.


Fiber/Active DAS Design

• Active DAS Design Supporting Fiber, Coax Or CAT-5 Hub/Remote

Interconnection Can Be Designed With Signal-iq.

• Multi-Floor Active And Passive DAS Systems Can Be Designed In

One Project


Measurement Data Display and Analysis

• Currently Support Direct Import And Display of ZK Celltest Data.

• Adding The Ability To Bring In Generic Measurement Data Export

• Tag Which Column Is The X-axis (Longitude)

• Tag Which Column Is The Y-axis (Latitude)

• Tag Which Column Is RSSI (Received Signal Strength, RSCP, etc)

• Data Points Will be Automatically Mapped And Scaled To Floor Plan

• Permits External Network Coverage To Be Easily Visualized.

• Future Enhancement Will Support Propagation Model Tuning.


SignalPro Integration for Advanced Studies

Streamlined Import Of Signal-IQ Projects Into SignalPro.

Simplifies Advanced Designs And Simulations:

• Prediction Of In-Building Coverage From The Outdoor Network

• Advanced Capacity Planning

• Interference Analysis

• Technology-Specific Advanced Network Studies

• (GSM AMC Codec Level, GSM RXQUAL, CDMA Or WCDMA/UMTS Eb/No,

Monte Carlo Studies, LTE CQI, BER, Downlink & Uplink Data Rates, Etc.)


Signal IQ Summary

• A Powerful, Yet Simple Solution For In-building Design

• Designed For Ease Of Use By Field Technicians

• Simplifies In Field, On-Site RF Optimization

• Expandable Via SignalPro For Complex Analysis
