LTE Cell Planning and Optimization using Planet Planning Tool

Day 1:

• Introduction to LTE
• Network architecture
• Radio principles
• Radio channels
• Mobility in 4G
• Link budget in LTE

Day 2:

• Network Settings (Modulations, defining Frame Editor Parameters & Interference Coordination Hard Handover & Cellular Layer)
• Defining project settings
• Placing sites automatically
• Assigning a propagation model
• Generating and viewing predictions
• Importing network data
• Creating a traffic map
• Editing subscribers
• Generating and viewing a network analysis
• Generating and Monte Carlo simulation
• Generating layer statistics
• Site editor
• Defining Sector Link Parameters
• Defining Link Configurations
• Link Configurations

Day 3:

• Multiples Antenna Techniques
• Advantages of MIMO
• Antenna Algorithms
• Enabling MIMO in a sector
• Defining Power Settings
• Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
• Advance Receivers Configuration in Planet
• Defining a LTE Workflow
• Generate traffic maps.
• Define subscriber settings.
• Define environment settings.
• Generate an analysis or simulation.
• Generate and view layer statistics.
• Generate interference matrices.
• Generate neighbor lists.

Day 4:

Strengths and Weaknesses Of Defence Mechanisms

• Create coverage maps.
• Create reports.
• Visualize in Virtual Google Earth
• Neighbor Lists
• LTE Automatic Frequency & PCID Planning
• Small Cell Planning Tool
• Network Analysis/ Interactive Analysis
• Propagation models Calibration.
• Redistribute TRAFFIC CS Raster & Data Raster over radio cells according to the clutter weights to predict the needed HW and licenses in future expansion according to extra traffic over the existing.
• PRACH Root Sequence Planning

Day 5:

• VOLTE settings
• Optimization Tool including: PRACH, TAC, Site Placement, Optimize, Small Cell Placement.
• Adding hot spots to the map (modify in 3D map GIS)
• Case Study of network dimensioning/ planning (design the network based on a given traffic user profile, number of users, services)