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Overview
C3Q
Coverage, Capacity, Quality & Cost
GSM Dimensioning Flow
Capacity
Qualit
y
Coverage
COST
START
Link Budget
Propagation
Cell Radius
BTS Quantity
for coverage
Coverage
Requirement
Frequency
Resource
Capacity
Enhance tech.
Max. BTS
Configuration
Capacity
per BTS
Satisfy capacity
Requirement?
Output result
END
Adjust BTS
Quantity
Frequency
Reuse Pattern
Y
N
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Inputs & Outputs of Dimensioning
Capacity Related
- Spectrum Available
- Subscriber Growth Forecast
- Traffic Density
Coverage Related
- Coverage Region
- Area Type Information
- Propagation Condition
QoS Related
- Blocking Probability
- Indoor Coverage
Inputs
Cell Radius
Number of BTS
TRX Configuration
Subs. per BTS
Abis Configuration
……
- Location Probability
- Acceptable Delay
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Link Budget (Uplink)
Path Loss
Cable Loss
Antenna Gain
BTS
Sensitivity
Penetration
Loss
MS Transmit Power
MS Antenna Gain
BTS Antenna
Diversity Gain
Slow fading margin
Interference margin
Body Loss
Feeder Loss
Penetration Loss
Maximum
allowable path
loss
UPLINK BUDGET
BTS Rx sensitivity
Gain
Margin
Loss
TMA Gain (optional)
BTS Antenna Gain
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Link Budget (Downlink)
BTS Transmit Power
MS Antenna Gain
BTS Antenna Gain Slow fading margin
Interference margin
Body Loss
Feeder Loss
Penetration Loss
Maximum
allowable path
loss
DOWNLINK BUDGET
MS Rx sensitivity
Gain
Margin
Loss
Path Loss
Cable Loss
Antenna Gain
BTS
Tx Power
Penetration
Loss
Combiner Loss
TMA Insertion Loss (optional)
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MS/BTS Tx Power & Rx Sensitivity
MS
Typical Tx Power: 2w (33dBm)
Typical Rx Sensitivity: -102dBm (for planning)
BTS
Typical Tx Power: 40w (46dBm)
Typical Rx Sensitivity: -110dBm (depends on BTS’s performance)
TRX/BTS Model
Tx Power
Rx Sensitivity
Normal PBT/PBU
DTRU (BTS3012/…) 40w/60w 60w/80w -112.5dBm
Normal TRX
(BTS312/…)
40w/60w (900)
40w (1800)
80w/100w
(900)
80w (1800)
-110dBm (900)
-109dBm
(1800)
DDRM (BTS3006C) 63w/40w
55w/40w
Not support -112.5dBm
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Antenna Selection
Antenna type
From direction point of view:
Omni
Directional
From polarization point of view:
Vertical
Cross (slant, +/- 45°)
From shape point of view
Cross Polarization
Vertical
Polarization
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Antenna Parameters
Antenna gain:
dBi (compare with ideal, isotropic antenna)
dBd (compare with half wave dipole)
Horizontal Beamwidth (3-dB angle, half-power angle)
65°, 90°, 120°, 360°, …
Frequency band: single band, dual band, tri-band
Downtilt: mechanical, fixed electrical tilt, MET, RET
No. of ports; Front to back ratio; Size; Price…
Antenna Selection
2.15d
B
60° Peak
- 3dB
- 3dB
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Antenna Selection
General principle
Urban
Directional
Cross polarization
Medium gain (15~17 dBi)
65-degree H-BW
Electrical downtilt
Rural
Directional or Omni
High gain
90-degree H-BW
Indoor
Distributed Antenna
System
Small antennas with low
gain
Highway
Directional or special
Very high gain
30/65-degree H-BW
Mountain
Directional or special
omni
Medium gain
Tunnel
Directional
High gain
Narrow beamwidth
Leak cable for long
tunnel
……
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Feeder Loss in Link Budget
Feeder Loss in Link Budget includes:
--- Feeder loss b/w BTS and antenna
--- Jumper Loss b/w BTS and antenna
--- Connectors loss b/w BTS and antenna
7/8 inch Feeder:
4.03dB/100m@900MHz
5.87dB/100m@1800MHz
5/4 inch Feeder:
2.98dB/100m@900MHz
4.31dB/100m@1800MHz
Cable
Loss
½ inch jumper:
11.2dB/100m@900MHz
16.1dB/100m@1800MHz
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Tower Mounted Amplifier
Technical Theory of TMA
TMA is to reduce the noise figure of BTS, so as to improve the
sensitivity of BTS.
TMA Affect link budget
Improve uplink
Generally, the TMA gain can be calculated as to against feeder loss
between BTS and TMA.
Worsen downlink
Introduce insertion loss (0.5~1
dB) to downlink
Affect the Stability of network
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Slow fading (long term fading)
Fast fading (short term fading)
Caused by multi-path propagation
Adopt diversity tech. to against fast fading
Generally, space & polarity diversity (~3dB diversity gain)
Fading and Diversity
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Slow Fading Margin
Slow Fading
Signal levels obey Log-Normal distribution
Slow Fading Margin depends on:
Area Coverage Probability
– The higher coverage probability is, the more SFM required
Standard Deviation
– The higher standard deviation is, the more SFM required
Received Signal Level [dBm]
Probability
Density
Fmedian (x)
Fthreshold
Coverage Probability:
P COVERAGE (x) = P [ F(x) > Fthreshold ]
SFM required
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Penetration Loss & Body Loss
Building Penetration Loss
Relate to frequency and building character
Frequency Penetration loss
Wall: 5~30 dB (concrete / brick / wood / …)
Glass / Car: 6~10 dB
Elevator: ~30dB
……
X dBm
W dBm
Penetration Loss=X - W
Scenario
1.8/1.9/2.1
GHz
800/900
MHz
450 MHz
Dense
urban
18~28 18~25 14~22
Urban 16~23 14~20 10~18
Suburban 11~19 10~16 8~14
Rural 8 8 6~12
Highway 8 8 8
Body loss 2~3
Frequency
Typical penetration loss value (dB)
E1
θ
θ
D
W1 W2
E2
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Path Loss
Path Loss - Loss between BTS antenna and MS antenna
Key point! Figure out the allowable max. path loss
Name Item Name Item
BTS Tx Power A TMA gain H
MS Tx Power B Penetration loss I
BTS antenna gain C Slow fading margin J
MS antenna gain D Body loss K
BTS antenna div. gain E BTS Rx sensitivity L
BTS combiner loss F MS Rx sensitivity M
BTS Feeder loss G Max. allowable P-
loss
N
Uplink:
B + D – K – I – J – N + E + C (+ H) – G = L
Downlink:
A – F – G + C – N – I – J – K = M
EiRP: Equivalent isotropic Radiation Power
(BTS) EiRP = A – F – G + C
(MS) EiRP = B + D
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Basic Knowledge
What is Propagation Model
Tradition model is an empirical mathematical formulation
describe radio wave propagation as a function of frequency, distance,
antenna height and other conditions.
– Path Loss = f (frequency, distance, antenna height, etc.)
The model is usually used to predict the behavior of
propagation for all similar links under similar constraints.
Predict the path loss along a link or effective coverage area of a
transmitter.
Propagation Model Type
Empirical model
Based on large collections of data collected for the specific scenario.
Dedicated model – Ray Tracing Model
Based on the theory of light-wave, e.g. reflection, diffraction, etc.
More accurate and complicated
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Typical Propagation Model
U-Net SPM model
Based on Hata model
Suitable for more macro cell scenarios
Be used to do coverage prediction and simulation by software
Lp = K1 + K2 * lg(d) + K3 * lg(Hb) + K4 * Diffraction_loss + K5 * lg(d) * lg(Hb)
+ K6 * Hm + Kclutter * f(clutter)
• K1, constant, relate to frequency
• K2, distance factor, show the speed of signal fading along with distance
• K3, affect the relation between path-loss and transmitter antenna height
• Diffraction_loss, according to the selected diffraction algorithm
• f(clutter), avg. clutter loss according to the digital map
SPM model also can be used for dimensioning
No diffraction loss and clutter loss, almost same as Hata model
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Other Propagation Model
Micro-cell Model
Cost231-Microcell
GSM900:
GSM1800:
Indoor Model
Keenan-Motley
– P – penetration loss of single wall
– W – No. of walls
ITU-R P.1238
LOS:
NLOS:
– Lf(n) – penetration loss of floor
– X – slow fading margin
W
P
d
f
PL
log
20
log
20
5
.
32
X
d
f
PL
28
log
20
log
20
X
L
d
N
f
PL n
f
28
)
log(
)
log(
20
n
d
PL 20
log
26
7
.
101
n
d
PL 20
log
26
7
.
107
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Dedicated Propagation Model
Ray Tracing Model
Frequency
500~5000MHz (more accurate for higher frequency)
Scenario
Dense urban, indoor, etc.
Resource request
High resolution digital map (at least 5m)
External module, such as Volcano
Type
Macro cell
Micro cell
Mini cell
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Model Tuning
Why
Propagation environment is very complicated
Terrain, path, obstructions, atmospheric conditions, etc.
No universal model
Different models exist for different types of scenario under different
conditions
It’s necessary to calibrate the model based on the on-site test
How
On-siteTest
CW (Continuous Wave) test
– Accurate but high cost (money and workload)
Existing telecommunication network DT
Calibrate the model by software (U-Net)
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Cell Radius Calculation
Cell Radius
Path Loss = f (frequency, distance, BTS antenna height)
Allowable max. path loss, calculated through link budget
Frequency, confirmed
BTS antenna height, designed according to:
– the principle of BTS antenna height design in various scenarios
– the local actual situation, for instance building height, etc.
– customer’s requirements
– analysis of existing network
Distance, i.e. cell radius, can be figured out
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Coverage area of single site
Distance between 2 sites
Normal site: D = 1.5 * R
Highway site: D = 2 * R
Coverage Area of Single Site
UL/DL Balance
Balance or Not?
Cell radius? UL or DL?
R
R
2
3
8
9
R
Area
2
3
2
3
R
Area
• 3-cell site with 65-
degree H-BW antenna
• Omni site
• 3-cell site with 90-
degree H-BW antenna
UL DL
Difference:
• BTS/MS Tx power
• Tx Combiner loss
• BTS/MS Rx sensitivity
• Rx diversity gain
• UL/DL Frequency
• TMA gain
D
R
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BTS Quantity Dimensioning
Coverage Requirement
Total coverage area: XXX Km2
Divided into several scenarios
CBD, Dense urban, Urban, Suburban, Rural, Highway, etc.
Area of each scenario
BTS Quantity Dimensioning
Except for highway:
Highway:
Site
Single
of
Area
Coverage
Scenario
Each
of
Area
Total
Quantity
BTS
Site
Single
of
Radius
Cell
*
2
Highway
of
Length
Total
Quantity
BTS
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BTS Layout
Shortcoming of Dimensioning
Too simple, based on the theoretic calculation only
Lack of consideration of actual situation
Scrambling of coverage area
Unnecessary area
Possibility of sites acquisition
……
How to improvement
Field survey
Terrain, scenario division, buildings, population, existing networks, …
Lay out BTS depends on both dimensioning and map
Digital map, GoogleEarth, traditional map, photographs, …
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Coverage Solution for Various Scenario
Dense urban (CBD) :
Accurate simulation by RTP, as the
basic of planning
Plan micro cells layer
Special coverage solution, e.g. split cell
for coverage and capacity request as well
as control the interference
Residential area:
Macro sites
Select suitable location, e.g. center of
block, which easy to cover buildings
surrounding and control interference.
Micro cell for coverage of lower
floors.
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Coverage Solution for Various Scenario (2)
Indoor coverage:
Plan special In-Building Coverage system (DAS) for VIP
targets:
airport/station, shopping mall, hotel, commercial buildings, etc.
Realize some indoor coverage by outdoor sites.
Key points:
Indoor coverage quality
Cooperation between indoor and outdoor system, such as
handover.
BBU3806 pRRU - 1…N
All digital
system
Huawei iDBS
system
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Coverage Solution for Various Scenario (3)
Wide Coverage
Product selection
BTS Tx Power / Rx Sensitivity
Mini site, RRU
Combiner Loss
TMA / Booster
Antenna
High gain (21dBi)
4-way Rx diversity
Tx diversity
Site Selection
To achieve high antenna
Pay attention to the
populated area as well
Special Technology
Timeslot extension
IUO (Intelligent Underlay-
Overlay)
Suburban/Rural
Coast, bay, offring Desert
Road
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Basic Knowledge
Traffic Load
BHCA: Busy Hour Call Attempt
GoS
Grade of Service
It is the probability of a call in a circuit group being blocked or delayed
for more than a specified interval.
For a Lost Call system, the GoS can be measured using such equation:
)
(
3600
Time
Holding
Call
Avg.
BHCA
BH
@
Load
Traffic
Avg. Erlang
calls
offered
of
Number
calls
lost
of
Number
Service
of
Grade
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Basic Knowledge
Erlang-B Table
Assumption:
All traffic through the network is pure-chance traffic
– i.e. all call arrivals and terminations are independent random
events
There is statistical equilibrium
– i.e., the average number of calls does not change
Full availability of the network
– i.e., every outlet from a switch is accessible from every inlet
Any call that encounters congestion is immediately lost.
Erlang-B equation of GoS
A = Expected traffic intensity in Erlangs; N = Number of circuits in
group.
N
K
K
N
K
A
N
A
ervice
Grade of S
0
!
!
Erlang Table
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Capacity Planning Strategy
Key point of RNP
It’s always changing along with the network developing
Initial phase
Mainly pay attention to coverage, capacity is not the problem
Capacity planning is very easy:
Coverage
Dimensioni
ng
Coverage
area per
Site
Traffic
model
Subscribers
Distribution
Traffic Load
pre Site
TRX/
Channel/…
Configuration
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Capacity Planning Strategy
Developing phase
Pay attention to both coverage and capacity:
Coverage
Dimensioni
ng
Coverage
area per
Site
Traffic
model
Subscribers
Distribution
Traffic Load
pre Site
TRX/
Channel/…
Configuration
Limitation
Judgment
Figure out the
max.
configuration
Frequency
Planning
Channel
Configurati
on
END
Traffic Load
per Site
Coverage
area per Site
Coverage
limitation
BTS Quantity
Capacity
limitation
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Capacity Planning Strategy
Mature phase
Pay more attention to capacity while coverage is good enough
Solve the congestion by
– Cell split
– Micro cells
– Special In-Building Coverage system
– Dual-band network
– Capacity enhancement technology
– ……
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Capacity Estimation
Capacity requirement contains
No. of subscribers
Population, distribution and increasing rate
Mobile penetration & market share
Roaming factor, active factor, events (festival), …
Traffic model
Which relate to the actual situation such as society, economy, user
habit and so on.
Capacity estimation
Method
Short-term, Long-term; Analogy, Modeling, …
Reference
Population, existing radio networks, PLMN, GDP, …
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Basic Knowledge of Frequency Planning
GSM frequency resource
GSM900
fUL(n) = 890 + n * 0.2 MHz
fDL(n) = fUL(n) + 45 MHz
DCS1800
fUL(n) = 1710 + (n – 511) * 0.2 MHz
fDL(n) = fUL(n) + 95 MHz
C/I & CA
C/I request in GSM: 9dB (extra 3dB margin in the project)
≥
Carrier/Interference, interference from the signal with same frequency
CA request in GSM: -9dB (extra 3dB margin in the project)
≥
Interference from the signal with adjacent frequency, in GSM is 200KHz
890MHz 915MHz 935MHz 960MHz
1710MHz 1785MHz 1805MHz 1880MHz
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loose
Frequency Reuse
Frequency reuse
{f1, fj, … fk}
{f1, fj, … fk} … … {f1, fj, … fk}
Reuse Reuse
More and more mobile subscribers
fn
fn
fn
R
D
fn
fn
fn
fn
Frequency reuse factor
i.e. number of cells in a frequency reuse cluster
TRX
ARFCN
reuse
N
N
f
0 12 20
tight
• High efficiency
• Serious interference
• Good quality, easy to plan
• Low efficiency
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Frequency Reuse
Frequency reuse pattern
Common frequency reuse pattern
4*3 (or 3/12)
– A cluster has 4 sites
– 3 cells per site
– Generally for BCCH frequency planning
Tight frequency reuse
MRP (Multiple frequency Reuse Pattern)
– Grouping frequency
– Use different reuse pattern for different TRX layer
Frequency Hopping (1*3, 1*1)
– No. of ARFCN’s in MA should be at least 2 times more than no. of
TRX’s
– Usually BCCH layer doesn’t adopt hopping for good quality
IUO
– Use tight reuse pattern for overlay-cells
B3
A1
C1
B1
D1
A2
A3
B2
B3
C2
C3
D2
D3
B1
B2
B3
D3
A1
C1
B1
D1
A2
A3
B2
B3
C2
C3
D2
D3
A1
C1
A2
A3
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BTS Configuration
Frequency resource, Capacity and Quality
Max. BTS Configuration
China Unicom has 6MHz GSM900 frequency (29 ARFCN’s)
max. BTS configuration while 4*3 reuse?
max. BTS configuration while 1*3 hopping?
Capacity
Quality
Balance
Available
Frequency
Frequency
Reuse
Pattern
Interference
RxQua
l
BER Range
MOS
Non-
Hop
Hop
0 <0.2% A A
1 0.2%~0.4% A A
2 0.4%~0.8% B A
3 0.8%~1.6% B B
4 1.6%~3.2% C B
5 3.2%~6.4% D C
6 6.4%~12.8% D D
7 >12.8% E E
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Basic Knowledge of GSM Channels
Logical channel
Traffic CHannel and Control CHannel
4 kinds of CCH according to the function
BCH: Broadcast Channel
CCCH: Common Control Channel
DCCH: Dedicated Control Channel
CBCH: Cell Broadcast Channel
Channel combination types (GSM Phase 2)
TCH/F + FACCH/F + SACCH/TF
FCCH + SCH + BCCH + CCCH
FCCH + SCH + BCCH + CCCH + SDCCH/4(0..3) + SACCH/C4(0..3)
SDCCH/8(0..7) + SACCH/C8(0..7)
……
CCH
BCH
CCCH
DCCH
CBCH
FCCH
SCH
BCCH
PCH
AGCH
RACH
SDCCH
SACCH
FACCH
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Basic Knowledge of GSM Channels
BCCH
It carries very important information such as
list of frequencies used in cell, cell ID, location area ID, list of neighbor
cells, access control and DTX information, etc.
It transmit at a constant power all the time from the BTS.
Usually the BCCH TRX doesn’t hopping, 4*3 reuse
SDCCH
SDCCH bears such traffic as following:
Mobility management such as location update;
Radio resource management such as call setup;
Point to point SMS, etc.
SDCCH/8 & SDCCH/4
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Channel Configuration
BCCH Configuration
Only 1 BCCH per cell; TS0 of TRX0
Combined BCCH (considering SDCCH traffic)
TCH Configuration
8 channels (i.e. time slots) per TRX
– n = No. of TRX
Consult Erlang-B table
Exercises
No.
SDCCH
-
No.
BCCH
8
TCH
of
No.
n
TRX No. TCH No. GoS Traffic (Erl)
2 ? 2% ?
? ? 2% 15
? ? 5% 15
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SDCCH Configuration
SDCCH capacity requirement
Which relate to
Traffic model, user habit, network structure, etc.
Default value:
~5mErl/user @ BH
20%~25% of voice traffic load
Event Normal
Cell
Inner Cell Edge Cell Notes
Location update 0.4 0 1.2 1, Unit:
mErl/user
2, TCH traffic
load
assumption:
25mErl/user
Periodic location update 1.8 1.8 1.8
IMSI attach/detach 0.8 0.8 0.8
Call setup 0.9 0.9 0.9
Point to point SMS 1.0 1.0 1.0
Other applications 0.2 0.2 0.2
SUM 5.1 4.7 5.9
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SDCCH Configuration (cont.)
GoS of SDCCH
SDCCH/8, ¼ of TCH’s GoS
SDCCH/4, ½ of TCH’s GoS
For instance, TCH GoS = 2%, and then
GoS of SDCCH/8 = 0.5%
GoS of SDCCH/4 = 1%
SDCCH type
SDCCH/4, combine with BCCH (TS0); 4 sub-channels
SDCCH/4 + CBCH, 3 sub-channels
SDCCH/8, on any time slot except for BCCH time slot, 8 sub-
channels
SDCCH/8 + CBCH, 7 sub-channels
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Half Rate Solution
Half Rate theory
Half Rate is a speech encoding system for GSM
Since the codec, operating at 5.6 kbit/s, requires half the
bandwidth of the Full Rate codec, network capacity for voice
traffic is doubled
HR Channel Allocation Principle
Be used in area with little interference
HR dynamic allocation
When network busy: HR > FR, for more capacity
When network idle: FR > HR, for better quality
Others
Priority of “Single” > “Couple”
Allocate channels on the TRX which cannot adjust rate firstly
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Half Rate Solution
Capacity enhancement by HR
A S6 cell, 42 traffic time slots; GoS = 2%
Half rate ratio
By TRX: = HR_TRX_No. / Total_TRX_No.
By time slot: = HR_TS_No. / Total_TS_No.
By channel: = 2*HR_TS_No. / (2*HR_TS_No. + FR_TS_No.)
Ratio of
Full Rate
Call
Required
TCHF No.
Capacity
(Erl)
Capacity of
all FR (Erl)
Capacity
Enhanceme
nt
20% 14 59.13
32.84
80%
30% 20 53.43 62.7%
40% 24 49.64 51.2%
#15:Propagation models predict only mean values of signal strength , the mean value of signal strength fluctuates.the deviation of the mean values has a nearly normal distribution in dB, The variation in mean values is called log-normal fading.
Probability that the real signal strength will exceed the average one on the cell border is around 50%,for higher than 50% coverage probability an additional margin has to be introduced. The margin is called slow fading margin.
#55:Single: 1 time slot be used as 2 TCHH, and 1 of them be occupied and another is idle
Couple: 1 time slot be used as 2 TCHH, and both of them are idle