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Actix Analyzer CDMA1 X Training Manual
Actix Analyzer CDMA1 X Training Manual
Introduction ..............................................................................................................6
Scope of the Course ...............................................................................................6
Who Should Attend Analyzer Training? ..................................................................6
Prerequisites...........................................................................................................7
Topics to Be Covered .............................................................................................8
Introduction to Actix Analyzer .................................................................................9
Analyzer s Key Features.......................................................................................10
What s New in A-SVS Version 1.4 .........................................................................11
Technology Enhancements ..................................................................................11
Data Visualization .................................................................................................11
Licensing ..............................................................................................................12
Data Formats Supported ......................................................................................13
Getting Started With Analyzer...............................................................................14
Starting Analyzer ..................................................................................................14
Configuring Analyzer ............................................................................................15
Setting up Maps......................................................................................................................... 15
More Pan and Zoom Options..................................................................................................... 19
Map Scale and Coordinates .................................................................................................. 20
Loading Cell Site Data........................................................................................................... 20
Displaying Site Labels ........................................................................................................... 21
Coloring Sectors on the Map ..................................................................................................... 23
Viewing Cell Site Information ..................................................................................................... 24
Searching for Cells ...............................................................................................25
Data Aggregation (Binning)...................................................................................27
Setting the CDMA Configuration Parameters .......................................................29
Exploring the Workspace ......................................................................................30
Loading Data Files................................................................................................30
Examining CDMA 1x Handset Data ...................................................................................... 30
Examining Technology-Independent Data ................................................................................. 33
Examining PN Scanner Data ..................................................................................................... 34
Searching for Attributes ........................................................................................37
The Favorites Group.............................................................................................37
Sharing Favorites ...................................................................................................................... 38
Viewing Data in Analyzer .......................................................................................39
Viewing Data on Maps..........................................................................................39
Modifying Legend Ranges ......................................................................................................... 39
More Range Display Options ..................................................................................................... 40
The Map Offset Tool .................................................................................................................. 41
Adding Annotations to the Map.................................................................................................. 42
Formatting Data Labels on the Map........................................................................................... 43
Displaying Lines to Cells on the Map ......................................................................................... 43
The Direction Button .................................................................................................................. 45
Region Filtering ......................................................................................................................... 45
Printing Maps............................................................................................................................. 47
Viewing Data on Charts ........................................................................................49
Modifying Chart Properties ........................................................................................................ 51
Viewing Data in Tables .........................................................................................52
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Data Visualization
Preconfigured StateForms - A number of preconfigured CDMA StateForms
enable the user to quickly identify and troubleshoot important network events.
StateForms Charts In addition to viewing parameter values at selected data
points, charts can be added to StateForms to view trends in the data over time.
Events and parameters can be displayed on these charts, and the granularity of
time can be selected.
Event Navigator The Event Navigator view in the StateForms allows you to
view the important voice or data events that occurred during the drive overlaid on
a bar which shows the calls data in the file colored by serving channel.
Protocol Stack Browser The Protocol Stack Browser allows the user to
quickly browse through messages by examining the header only. Once a
message of interest is identified in the top pane of the Protocol Stack Browser,
the details of the message can be examined in the bottom pane.
Cell Site Configuration The Network Explorer has been updated to ease the
cell site configuration process. The Auto Import feature is available to
automatically update the cellrefs file with changes to network data. The Display
Licensing
Several licensing options are available to meet the varied needs of different
customers.
Stand-alone Configurations Users from the same customer will be able to
readily interchange hardware keys without the inconvenience of having to move,
copy, or replace license files.
Commutable Network Configurations The Actix customer who uses the
Analyzer in a commutable network configuration will now have more flexibility in
configuring the use of licenses to support usage in the office and in the field.
Each of the following CDMA and CDMA 1x call trace formats is supported in the
current A-SVS platform:
Ericsson SBS
Lucent RFT / Lucent RFT 1x
Motorola SMAP / Motorola SMAP 1x
Nortel SBS / Nortel SBS 1x
Samsung SysCAM / Samsung SysCAM 1x
Analyzer Shortcut
Actix Folder
Start Button
Main Menu
Toolbar
Workspace Browser
Status Bar
Configuring Analyzer
Before you can begin analyzing data, there are a few configuration
matters to attend to. In order to obtain some geographical reference
points for your logfiles, you will need to load some MapInfo maps and
point Analyzer to a valid, applicable cell site database, known in
Analyzer as a cellrefs file.
Setting up Maps
This section shows you how to load MapInfo tabular (.tab) data to
present data analyses on map backdrops.
1. Create a new map by selecting View Display new Map
2. Click on the Maximize icon to maximize the Map window.
Current Layers
Layer Options
5. In the Layer Control dialog, click Add to open the Open Layer
dialog.
6. Select or type in the name of a MapInfo Map (*.tab) file, then
click Open. In class, the map files we will open are
GAFULTS.tab and GACLYTS.tab. Both files can be found
within:
C:\Program Files\Actix\Analyzer\MapFiles
MapInfo layers are named according to the geographic
location of the data (usually abbreviated US state name
and/or county name), and by the type of data contained in the
file. The following table lists some of the common
abbreviations used for MapInfo data types:
Suffix Layer Type
Y1 RtHwy010_Top
Y2 RtHwy010_Bot
X1 IntShld010
X2 IntShld1040
Pc Cultural Points
Pn Natural Points
Pm Municipal Points
R Railroads
H Highways
S Streets
Map Toolbar
The Site Labels have been formatted. Next, format the Cell Labels:
1. In the Layer Control dialog box, select the cell layer (named
CDMA_Cell-Beamwidth-PN)
2. Under the Properties heading in the Layer Control dialog,
press the Labels button
3. The MapInfo-style Label Properties box will appear. Verify that
each of the following boxes is checked:
Search for Cells provides a mechanism for locating specific cell sites based
on user-defined search criteria. To conduct a search:
Now that you are more familiar with the Analyzer environment, we
will move on to opening logfiles and examining the type of
information available from these files in Analyzer.
Load the following drive test files by selecting File Open Logfile
Upon loading a CDMA 1x handset file, note that several data groups
are created. These data groups are common in Analyzer to all CDMA
handset files, regardless of data collection vendor. Each group will
appear as long as at least one parameter within that group was
collected by the device.
Note that under the Pilot Measurements data group, several groups
have been created to help you easily drill down into the data. For
each scanner stream, the following measurements are available:
EcIo_for_PN Ec/Io measurements for each PN scanned
EcIo_for_Nth_Best_Pilot Ec/Io measurements ranked from
the strongest to the weakest, for the top N best pilots collected
PN_for_Nth_Best_Pilot The PNs, ranked from strongest to
weakest Ec/Io, for the top N best pilots collected
Ec_for_Nth_Best_Pilot Ec measurements, ranked from
strongest to weakest Ec, for the top N best pilots collected
1. From the main toolbar, select Tools Find Attribute. The search
panel will open as part of the Workspace Explorer window.
2. In the Find What field, type some text that is part of the required
attribute.
3. Select the Stream in which to search for the attribute. The default is set
to <All Streams>.
4. Select either of the Settings options if desired.
5. Select the Direction in which to search.
6. Click Find Next or Find All.
When finished, click Done. The search panel will close. However, all of the
results will remain visible in the Search Results tab.
Sharing Favorites
ForwardFER
EcIo1st_Best
.
8. Change the style or font by selecting the text with the Select
tool, right clicking and selecting Tool Feature Style.
9. To remove text, select the text box using the Select tool and
press the delete key.
3. Make sure that the View and the Select boxes for the Site-
Site_Name and the Cell Beamwidth layers are checked.
4. Reorder these two layers so that they are the top two layers Formatted: Bullets and
Numbering
on the list. Click OK.
5. After closing the Layer Control dialog, use the Select tool to
select a point on the map. Lines from the data point to the
serving PN cells will be displayed. The solid line points to the
strongest PN and the dashed lines point to the other serving
PNs
6. There are several options for how the lines will be labelled and
colored. By default, the lines will be black and not labelled.
You can choose to color the lines by the PN of the strongest
Ec/Io, Forward FER, Mobile Receive Power, and a variety of
other parameters.
7. In addition to selecting single points, you can select more than
one point. Click on the Area Select button on the map
toolbar. Use the Select Box tool to select a group of data
points on the map. The resulting lines to serving and neighbor
cells for multiple data points may be useful in determining
whether calls made in an area are being served by the
appropriate cells.
Direction button
Directional
arrows
Region Filtering
The Region Filter can be used to filter data displayed on maps. It can be
very helpful when trying to isolate data in one geographical area.
1. From the Map Toolbar, click the Region Filter button. Three additional
options will now appear on the map toolbar; including a Polygon
drawing tool. The cursor will now appear as a cross-hair on the map.
2. Draw the polygon over a certain map area by clicking on a series of
points. The first click on the map starts the polygon. Drag the cursor to
each corner of the desired region to filter and click the mouse once. To
finish drawing the polygon, double-click near the starting point to
establish a line between the last point and the first point.
3. Draw any other polygons, as needed.
4. To filter data, click the down-arrow next to Filter and select either
Include or Exclude. Include is the default filter. [Note: Any additional
attributes that are dragged onto a map using regional filtering will also be
filtered].
The recommended method is the Quick Print. The Quick Print option
bypasses the Map Layout Designer and prints the map with a legend in a
fixed position.
To print a map using the Quick Print option:
1. Display data on a map in the workspace.
2. Select the Print button from the map toolbar.
3. Select the paper source, page orientation, and margin sizes.
4. Use the Options button in the lower left hand corner of the Print
Setup dialog to adjust map size, content, legend visibility, and scale.
5. In the Print Setup dialog, select OK to print the map.
The Map Layout Designer may be used to arrange the map and legend on
the page, add a title, and preview the output. To print a map using the Map
Layout Designer:
1. Open a map with data in the workspace.
2. Select the Layout button from the toolbar.
3. Choose the page layout for the map and select OK to bring
up the Map Layout Designer.
4. Double-click on the Label box to change the title of the map.
5. Move the label box and the map so that they are not
overlapping. Resize the text box as necessary. With the Label
Box selected, choose Properties from the Toolbar to change
the label font.
6. Move the legend so that it is not overlapping the map trail.
Resize the legend as necessary.
8. Drag and drop the Anchor Transfer event (from the Event
Data Data Events group) onto this chart. The events will
appear on the chart as vertical lines.
The Replay Tool allows you to sequentially view data points in the
files you are analyzing. Resembling the controls of a VCR, you can
use the Replay Tool to move forward or backward, automatically or
manually advancing through the data.
You can move through data displayed on a Map, Chart, Table or
Message Browser. The stream selection box allows you to choose
which stream to replay. It will display all open logfiles, whether or not
you have a parameter from the stream displayed.
1. Display Forward FER from Phone & Scan 1.mdb on a map,
then drag the dropped call onto the same map.
2. Display the dropped call, EcIo_1stBest, Forward FER, Mobile
Rx Power and Mobile Tx Power on a table.
3. Use the Window menu to tile the map and table horizontally.
4. To access the replay tool, select Tools Display Replay.
Stream Selection
Play Backward
Play Speed
You may find it more convenient to position the Replay Tool under
the Workspace Browser. The procedure for doing this is called
docking.
1. Click on the left-most of the four buttons at the upper right-
hand side of the Replay Tool . If there are only three
buttons, minimize and then restore the Replay Tool to
make the fourth button appear.
2. The Replay Tool will now show up along the right side of
the Workspace Browser. To move it under the Workspace
Browser, click on the thin gray bar at the top of the Replay
Tool and drag it to the far left side of your screen.
To dock a form on the left side of the workspace, bring up the form and
click the docking button (to the left of the minimize button). Click the
gray horizontal line at the top of the form, drag over the bottom section of
the Workspace Browser, and release. Once docked, as in the view
above, it is possible to adjust the top and right-hand borders to allow for
more viewing space in the platform.
5. Forms with chart views like the CDMA Handoff Event Navigator or the
CDMA Handset PPP Navigator may be best viewed when docked at the
bottom of the screen as shown below.
To dock a form at the bottom of the workspace, bring up the form and use
the docking button (to the left of the minimize button) to dock it next the
Workspace Browser. Then, making sure that the right border of the form
does not stretch past the midpoint of the entire Analyzer viewing platform,
drag the thin gray line of the form to the bottom right side of the screen so
that it is completely on the left half of the viewing platform. Once docked
like in the view above, you can adjust the top border to allow for more
viewing space in the platform.
The StateForms Editor allows you to view custom forms, modify existing forms,
and build new forms from scratch. The components of the StateForms Editor
window are shown in the figure below.
Stream
Selection Box
StateForms
Tool Bar
Parameter
Values
3. Select any point on a map, chart, or table and notice that the
contents of the form will update to reflect the state of the
network at the point you selected.
You can use an existing StateForms file as it is, or you can make
modifications to it. Suppose the CDMA handset file has almost
everything you would like to see, but that you are also interested in the
handoff state. To add handoff state to the StateForms display:
Attribute Window
The buttons on the StateForms tool bar are, from left to right, Delete,
Cut, Copy, Paste, Toggle Design Mode, Select, Label, Attribute Value,
Array Attribute Value, Attribute Bar, Time Chart, Scan Chart, and
Group Box.
Delete Removes an object from the form. Using the delete key on
your keyboard will not work.
Copy To copy an object to the clipboard, select it and click the Copy
button.
Toggle Design Mode To exit the design mode and return to the
view mode, click the Toggle Design Mode button.
Select To put the cursor into select mode to allow you to select an
object on the form.
Label Click and drag a rectangle, then type your text into the Caption
field in the attribute window.
Attribute Bar Click and drag a rectangle to define the size of the
bar. Use the Attribute Window to choose the parameter whose value
will be displayed in the bar, and set the maximum and minimum values
for the bar. You can also choose the color used to in the bar to display
the parameter s value.
Scan Chart A Spectrum Analyzer -like view; this chart is useful for
investigating array data from scanners and neighbor lists.
If you do not have the StateForms window open, click Tools StateForms
Editor.
1. To start a new StateForms file, right-click inside the StateForms
Editor and select Design Mode. The stateforms sheet can now be
edited and objects can be added.
Formatted: Bullets and
2. Add the Ec/Io 1st Best label by clicking the Label Button. Click and Numbering
drag the rectangle.
3. Select the label object and make these modifications in the Attribute
Window:
a. Caption: Ec/Io 1st Best
b. Autosize Font: False
c. Font Size: 10
Formatted: Bullets and
4. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the FER label, setting the caption to FER . Numbering
5. To display the value for Ec/Io 1st Best, click the Attribute Value button
then click and drag a rectangle to the right of the Ec/Io 1st Best label.
6. Select the Ec/Io 1st Best Attribute Value object and make the following
modifications:
a. Attribute: CDMA Downlink Measurements EcIo_1stBest
b. Show Value Change: True
c. Autosize Font: False
Many logfiles contain data for more than one device. Network Image
templates, such as the Time Binned template used in this example, can
accommodate multiple data streams collected under a single logfile.
1. Expand the Cluster Level Data Network Image. Notice that key
optimization parameters in the Time Series, Downlink Measurements,
Dedicated Radio Link and Event Data groups are included in the
Network Image.
2. Using standard Analyzer actions, display some parameters on charts,
maps, and tables.
Note that you can process scanner and handset data into a single Network
Image or create a separate Network Image for scanner data, using the
templates supplied with your Analyzer installation.
Saving multiple files into one Network Image will allow a significantly faster
load time than when loading each file individually. Demonstrate the faster
load time by starting a new Workspace and attaching the Network Image.
1
If you plan to include any Queries in your custom Network Image template, ensure that the Queries
are available in the workspace before beginning this procedure.
Application Packages
A-SVS contains Application Packages specific to each mobile technology
supported by the software. The Application Packs are a series of reports, each
focusing on a particular aspect of mobile network optimization. The Application
Packs currently available for CDMA2000 1x users are:
Once a data file is loaded, the Application Packages can be accessed in one of
two ways:
1. Through the Analysis menu on the main menu.
2. By right-clicking on the stream name in the Workspace Browser
Note: The Application Packs require Analyzer to be pointing to a valid cellrefs file in
order to function properly.
Once you have selected one of the Application Packs from the menu, an
Application Pack window will appear. The window is divided into two panes. The
top panel is called the Statistics Explorer, and it contains a summary of major call
events and statistics for the selected stream. Information in the cell explorer is
organized by serving site and sector.
The bottom pane is called the Report Window and contains a list of available
reports associated with the selected Application Pack. Once executed, the results
of the reports can be saved, printed, and shown in their raw form in Microsoft
Excel.
Statistics
Explorer
Report
Window
As an example, we will run the Call statistics Summary report from the CDMA
Summary Reports Application Pack.
1. Open Phone & Scan 1.mdb if it is not already open in your workspace.
2. Right-click on the phone stream in the Workspace Explorer, and
choose CDMA Summary Report from the menu.
Since Application Packs are built into the Analyzer, they may not exactly meet your
team s reporting requirements. Additionally, App Packs can only be run on a single
stream of data. Analyzer Reports allow you to create custom reports using
Microsoft Excel, and those reports may include data from multiple streams.
Reports from multiple measurement sources allow you to compare data collected
simultaneously or look at your network before and after making a change.
In this section, you will populate a pre-defined Analyzer Report template that
contains multiple data streams. In the next section, you will create a custom report
from scratch.
To run the pre-defined report:
1. From the Analyzer main menu select Workbook Open
Workbook/Report.
2. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Actix\Analyzer\Reports and Open the
report called CDMA Handset Comparison Final Summary.xls.
3. Analyzer prompts you to select a data stream to replace the before
stream. Select the handset stream from Phone & Scan 1.mdb and click
OK.
4. Analyzer then prompts you to select a second data stream. Select the
handset stream from Phone & Scan 2.mdb and click OK.
5. Analyzer will generate the report and launch Excel. Expect for this to take
a few moments. When this process is complete, click on the Report tab in
the Excel workbook and examine the formatted report.
The Analyzer CDMA Training Materials come with several pre-defined reports for
CDMA 1x voice and data calls that can be run according to the steps above. The
following table describes each report and indicates what type of data each report
should be run with.
7. Select a simple column chart and follow the Wizard prompts and
instructions.
8. Click the Finish button in the chart wizard and a basic chart will be created.
9. Cut and paste the new chart onto the Report sheet in the workbook or
choose to have the chart inserted as an object on the Report sheet.
10. To place the mean and standard deviation statistics in the table in your report,
type = in the cell you would like to hold the value on the Report sheet. Then
switch to the Statistic Formatted Data tab and select the cell containing the
data you wish to add to your report. Press Enter after selecting that cell to
create the reference.
11. Add a title to the worksheet, position the histogram on the page, format a
table around the statistics and add any other desired formatting.
12. From the Excel main menu, select File Save. Save the file in C:\Program
Files\Actix\Analyzer\Reports folder and name it
FER_Histogram_and_Statistics_Report.
13. Close the Excel workbook.
4. Select the MDM File 1 handset stream and watch the formatted report
regenerate for the new data.
About Queries
Queries are a means of searching and filtering data based on events
and thresholds you define. Queries operate on binned data and are
written using Boolean expressions and arithmetic operations
containing data parameters from one or more data streams. Analyzer
supports six types of queries:
Filter Analysis
Binned Query Analysis
Cross Tab Query Analysis
Event Query
Statistic Analysis
Histogram Analysis
All custom analyses can be saved for future use through the Analysis
Manager:
Select Tools Analysis Manager
In the Analysis Manager, select the Existing Analysis
tab
Select any queries that you wish to save and click the
Export button
Browse to a folder that you wish to save your query in.
Analyzer s default structure provides the C:\Program
Files\Actix\Analyzer\Queries folder for an easy place to
store queries.
ServingCellDistance in Miles
Look at the results of the query for a PN scanner on the map. Points with
Pilot Pollution, as defined by the expression, will show up on the map as a
Boolean 1. Points with no Pilot Pollution will show up as a 0. Add the
Forward FER attribute (filtered for poor quality) from the corresponding
handset data to the same map to see if a correlation exists. Change the
FER style to be a star instead of a circle to make it show up more clearly.
To change a parameter s style for all data points, right-click on the
parameter in the legend and select Attribute Style. From the dialog,
choose a new symbol, font and/or font size for each data point regardless
of value.
How could you modify the Pilot Pollution Identification query you just
created to give the number of PNs above 15 dB at each data point?
In general, the more bandwidth intensive the application, the higher the assigned
data rate. Since an e-mail or chat application requires relatively low bandwidth, a
2x rate is likely to be assigned, regardless of loading of the network. On the other
hand, a large-scale data download via FTP or HTTP may be assigned a 16x data
rate providing that current network loading conditions allow.
Because different data rates result in different data transfer performance, it may be
desirable to sort throughput and RF statistics by data rate. An Analyzer crosstab
query can be used to view statistics sorted by data rate, and to filter results on data
rate. In this example, we will create a crosstab query to display RLP Throughput
and App Throughput for both the uplink and downlink, sorted by data rate. The
query results will then be displayed in the Statistics Explorer, which can also be
used to filter other data views.
6. Once completed, click OK in all other active dialogs to complete the query.
Be sure to save the F-SCH0 Data Rate Explorer crosstab query, in addition
to the other queries you ve created, in your Training_Class_Queries.aqf file,
making sure to include all of the filters and queries.
Once created, the crosstab query results can be displayed in the Statistics
Explorer by right-clicking on the query in the workspace, and selecting Display in
Statistics Explorer. The Statistics Explorer will launch and the results can be
viewed, sorted by data rate. The queries can also be displayed in Excel
workbooks.
Run the crosstab query on the CDMA 1x Data Willtech 1.0401 handset
stream.
The Filter button on the Statistics Explorer may be used to quickly filter query
results in the Stats Explorer and in any other Analyzer view. In this case, it may
be useful to view data for only one data rate, such as the 16x (highest) rate.
1. View RLP_Rx_Throughput_Instantaneous from the CDMA 1x Data
Willtech 1.0401 handset stream on a map.
2. Tile the map and the Statistics Explorer vertically in the workspace by
selecting Window Tile Vertically.
3. In the Statistics Explorer, select the Row for the 16x data rate.
4. With the row for the 16x data rate selected, press the Filter button in the
Statistics Explorer. Notice that only data points collected on at this data
rate remain in the Statistics Explorer and on the map.
5. To remove filtering, click the Filter button again. The filter will be
unapplied from both the map and the Statistics Explorer.
3. For the Trigger Selection, use the attribute picker to select CDMA
Event Data CallDropped. The parameter will show up in the triggering
window.
Figure 59 - Defining the Name, Dimensions, and Statistics for the Query
Once created, the event query can be displayed in the Statistics Explorer by
right-clicking on the query in the workspace, and selecting Display in Statistics
Explorer. The Statistics Explorer will launch and the results can be viewed,
sorted by the time of the event (in milliseconds). The queries can also be
displayed in Excel workbooks.
Run the event query on the Phone & Scan 1.mdm handset stream.
How many dropped calls occurred in this file?
What appears to be the primary reason for the dropped call(s)?
Be sure to save the Dropped Call Window event query, in addition to the
other queries you ve created, in your Training_Class_Queries.aqf file,
making sure to include all of the filters and queries.
The figure below is an example of a delimited CDMA file that could be used to
import a site list into Analyzer. Though the columns can be in any order for
import into Analyzer, the figure shows all of the REQUIRED fields.
Additionally, the Excel spreadsheet must be saved as a TEXT file for import
into Analyzer.
A valid cell site database is a text file in which the first line contains the
text below:
; #NetworkData datafile
C:\Program Files\Actix\Analyzer\Bin\Cellrefs
To point the Analyzer to the file you wish to populate with the new cell site
data, use the File Location line in the Tools Preferences dialog. See the
section on Loading Cell Site Data earlier in this document for more details.
8. Expand the CDMA_Site data node. Click in the Column field next to the
Site_Name parameter. Select the parameter name from your site
database that corresponds to the Site_Name parameter. Repeat for each
of the required fields in the CDMA_Site data node, based on the table
below:
Field Mapping required for proper operation?
Site_Name Optional, but this field is frequently used for the
site label.
SiteID Required, and this field must be unique for each
site in the database.
Latitude Required
Longitude Required
9. Expand the CDMA_Cell data node. Click in the Column field next to the Formatted: Bullets and
Numbering
Sector_ID parameter. Select the parameter name from your site
database that corresponds to the Sector_ID parameter. Repeat for each
of the required fields in the CDMA_Cell data node, based on the table
below:
Field Required for proper operation?
Sector_ID Required
Azimuth Required
Beamwidth Required
EIRP Optional
PN Required
MCC Optional
10. Click Finish when all the columns have been assigned. If the current
workspace contains existing site data, you will be asked whether you want
to remove existing data before importing new data. Select Yes to
overwrite existing data. Select No to append to existing data.
11. If any errors occur during the import, a pop-up message will indicate that
an error log has been created. The error log specifies the cause of each
error encountered and can be found in:
C:\Program Files\Actix\Analyzer\Bin\Cellrefs\ImportErrors.log
Minor cell plan changes (a few azimuths, PNs, etc.) can be modified
directly from the Network Explorer. Simply browse to find the site and
sector of interest and double click on a single parameter to activate the
text. Be sure to save the modifications before exiting the Network
Explorer!
The Automatic Import feature detects changes to cell plan data and updates
the configured site data every time Analyzer is opened.
Evaluate Coverage
The following sections describe the general operation of the CDMA Toolkit
and include instructions for running each of the specific analyses.
The CDMA Toolkit contains analyses for investigating search window sizes,
neighbor lists, and site coverage based on data collected with the PN
Scanner.
Before attempting to run a specific analysis, familiarize yourself with the
CDMA Toolkit by performing the following steps:
To view the Toolkit, select Tools CDMA Toolkit from the Analyzer
main menu.
The taskbar at the top of the Toolkit shows that the Optimize Search
Windows analysis appears as the default analysis. You will see five
icons that serve as the buttons for selecting specific functions within
the analyses. The Help and Configure Settings icons are used
when setting up an analysis. The other icons list reports that describe
the results of the analysis. The icons are arranged so that you
progress downward, first modifying or reviewing the configuration
settings, then running the analysis, and finally reviewing the results
through one or more reports. The specific use of each button is
described in detail for each analysis in the following sections.
Each available analysis within the Toolkit contains its own taskbar.
Click another taskbar to view another analyses. Notice that each
analysis has a similar series of icons, which guide you through the
setup, running, and reporting of data.
Available Reports
The type of data required to run each analysis is described in the individual
section for each analysis. As with all engineering analyses, there are
caveats and restrictions on the applicability of the CDMA Toolkit analyses.
In addition, the accuracy of the results is dependent on the quality and
volume of input data. To get the best results from these analyses, ensure
you are using an up-to-date version of cell site data that accurately reflects
the network status and parameter settings at the time of the drive. In
addition, the quality of the analyses will be impaired if a relatively small
amount of drive test data is used.
Please study the contents of the Help File under CDMA Toolkit to properly
understand the analysis methodology and restrictions, and the potential
sources of error. To access the help files, click on the Help button in the
CDMA Toolkit: . Analysis methodology is also described in
Appendix C of this document.
Once the configuration settings have been completed, run the Optimize
Search Windows analysis and view the reports:
1. Select the Summary Report, Audit Report, or Details Report by
clicking on the icon next to the report name:
The Summary Report lists suggested Search Window settings
for each sector included in the analysis based on the PN scanner
data.
The Audit Report lists the differences between suggested
settings and current network configuration according to data
imported in the cellrefs file. If current network search window
settings are not included in the cell site file Analyzer points to, this
report will still run, but will list every search window size
suggestion as a difference.
The Details Report contains a series of views, which show the
scanner measurements in graphical format upon which the tool s
Note: Analyzer may post warnings that some cell sites are not found in the
cellrefs file. This indicates that not all cell sites that have been measured in
the data file are included in the current cellrefs file. Analyzer cannot make
recommendations on incomplete data, but the analysis will run correctly,
including all data points for which a valid cell site reference exists. Press OK
to bypass each warning.
Once the configuration settings have been completed, run the Optimize
Neighbor Lists analysis and view the reports:
1. Select the Summary Report, Audit Report, or Details Report by
clicking on the icon next to the report name:
The Summary Report gives a prioritized list of neighbors for
each sector that was seen as a best server for at least the
minimum number of data points.
The Audit Report lists additions and deletions to current neighbor
list settings, based on the neighbor list data in the cellrefs file. If
current network neighbor list settings are not included in the cell
site file Analyzer points to, this report will still run, but will list
every suggested neighbor as an addition.
2. Verify the files to be included in the analyses and specify any additional
files in the data tab of the Configure Neighbor List Settings dialog that
appears.
3. Press OK to exit the dialog and run the report. Analyzer will process the
data and the selected report will appear. If warnings appear, see the
Note below.
Note: Analyzer may post warnings that some cell sites are not found in the
cellrefs file. This indicates that not all cell sites that have been measured in
the data file are included in the current cellrefs file. Analyzer cannot make
recommendations on incomplete data, but the analysis will run correctly,
including all data points for which a valid cell site reference exists. Press OK
to bypass each warning.
The analysis is based only on measured pilot data, and ignores power
received from other CDMA channels. Thus, the analysis mimics the
unloaded pilot measurements that are typically performed as the first stage
of cluster optimization. This technique is necessary because in order to
consider the impact of loading, traffic channel power must be modeled.
Traffic channel power is a dynamic value based on the number of users in
the system and their propagation path to each base station. The analysis
uses PN Scanner drive test data that provides Pilot channel received
signals levels for each PN offset. However, the PN Scanner cannot
measure the traffic channel power received from each sector independently.
Therefore, it is not possible to know how a forward link attenuation change
at a given site will affect the received traffic channel power measured by the
scanner.
Typically, one must analyze drive test data to detect coverage and
interference problems, and then determine a potential change to be made to
EIRP or forward path attenuation to mitigate the problem. Once the changes
have been made, new drive tests are performed to determine if the
hypothesized changes have had the desired effect. If the effect of the
change is undesirable, additional changes and tests are performed.
Creating a Scenario
A key activity for CDMA 1x drive test data is the comparison of data
throughput to radio link performance. The radio link is the critical path for
data in a 1x network. It is important to understand the effects of a poor radio
environment on data throughput, and the limitations of the data network
when radio conditions are not favorable.
In some cases, the cdma2000 StateTip may provide more information than
you require. If that is the case, recall that Analyzer Stateforms can be
modified or created to meet your needs for CDMA 1x analysis.
Key Word
Search
Results
Figure 81: Actix Online Help Showing Search Results for "cellrefs"
Attribute
Definition
Selected
Attribute
Figure 82: Highlighted Item in the Workspace and the Corresponding Entry in
Attribute Help
The contents of the Help window can be printed, stored under Favorites,
and resized or minimized to enable side-by-side review as operations are
performed in Analyzer.
Technical support is available by phone, email, and on the Actix Web site.
Technical personnel are located in Reston, VA, USA, London UK, and
Singapore to provide assistance. In the US technical support can be
reached at:
If you are calling outside of hours, please leave your contact information and
a brief description of the nature of the call.
Email: [email protected]
On the Web: www.actix.com/html/support.htm
You will receive a business card with your instructor s phone number and e-
mail address. Feel free to contact your instructor at any time.
For more information, or to book any of these courses, please contact your
instructor or sales manager at:
The Analyzer s CDMA event detection engine is used to identify key network
events in CDMA IS-95, IS95-B and IS.2000 networks. This is accomplished by
monitoring the air interface messaging. Using the air interface messaging, the
handset s state can be tracked as it moves between Idle, Origination, and
Dedicated states.
Idle State This is the state that the phone is in before a call is originated
or received. After a call is terminated through normal or abnormal means, it
returns to the Idle State.
Origination State This is the state that the phone is in after an Origination
or Page Response is sent on the access channel, but before the forward
and reverse traffic channels are active.
Dedicated State (Conversation) This is the state that the phone is in after
transmission has started on both the forward and reverse traffic channels.
Note The start state is the default state for all phones until an air interface
message is received. Based on this message, the phone is immediately
transitioned to the appropriate state. This is to account for log files where
the phone is already in origination or conversation.
CDMA to AMPS This attribute indicates successful handoff attempts for mobiles
handing off from a CDMA system to an AMPS system. This
Handoff OK attribute is triggered by the following sequence of messages:
Analog Handoff Direction message
Followed by an Extended Handoff Completion
CDMA to AMPS This attribute indicates failed handoff attempts for mobiles
handing off from a CDMA system to an AMPS system. This
Handoff Fail attribute is triggered by the following sequence of messages:
Analog Handoff Direction message
Not followed by an Extended Handoff Completion
message
Followed by another Analog Handoff Direction
message
Incoming Call Fail This attribute indicates failed incoming call attempts triggered
by the following sequence of messages:
RTCH Page Response message or FTCH Service
Request message
Not followed by a FTCH Service Connect or a RTCH
Service Connect Completion
Followed by a transition back to Idle mode
Call Setup Time Call Setup time provides the difference in time between the
Service Connect Completion message and the associated
Origination, Enhanced Origination, or Page Response
message.
Handoff Time Handoff Time provides the difference in time between the
Handoff Completion, or Extended Handoff Completion
messages and the associated Extended Handoff Direction,
Universal Handoff Direction, or General Handoff Direction
messages.
Handoff Interval Handoff Interval provides the difference in time between the
sequential Handoff events.
CDMA Call Id Call ID provides an integer identifier for each call in a log file.
CDMA Call Type CDMA Call Type provides a description for each call in a log
file:
For Anchor There is a delay associated with a transfer from one anchor to
another. This delay is the time between when the
Transfer Delay supplemental channel stops transmitting on the first anchor to
when it starts transmitting on the second anchor.
For FCH to SCH The time delay between the setup of the FCH and the SCH on
the forward link. This is the time period between the Forward
Delay Traffic Channel Extended Channel Assignment Message, and
the Forward Traffic Channel Extended Supplemental Channel
Assignment message.
1. The analysis determines which sectors serving the bin are to be considered
valid for further analysis. Valid serving sectors must be measured at or
above a user-defined Ec/Io threshold, and must be within the user-defined
maximum distance away from the data point.
After all data points have been analyzed, the delay measurements are
aggregated by sector. For each sector, the recommended minimum
neighbor set search-window size is determined by calculating the maximum
of the calculation above, assigned to that sector at any data point. Only
sectors that have been measured more than a user-defined number of times
will be included in the final report.
1. The analysis calculates the Ec/Io from all sectors serving that bin. The
sector with the highest Ec/Io at a data point is considered the server at
that data point.
2. All other sectors with Ec/Io above a user-defined threshold will be
recorded as a potential neighbor to the server at that data point.
After all bins have been analyzed, neighbor lists are generated for each sector
seen as the server more than a user-defined minimum number of times. The
neighbor list for each server is prioritized by the number of times a particular
neighbor was seen. The more times a neighbor was seen for a server, the
higher it will appear on that server s prioritized list. By virtue of the analysis,
neighbor lists are automatically symmetric.
The Evaluate Coverage analysis performs these steps for each measurement
bin along the drive test route:
1. The analysis calculates the Ec/Io above a user-defined threshold from all
sectors serving that bin.
2. Interference from only pilot signals, Ipilot, is calculated for the bin by
summing Ec from all serving pilots.
3. Unmodified, unloaded Ec/Io is calculated by dividing Ec by Ipilot for each
sector.
4. Ecmod for each sector is determined by applying the attenuation
modifications entered by the user to the Ec measured for each sector.
5. Modified interference from only pilots signals, Ipilot,mod, is calculated for
the bin by summing Ecmod from all serving pilots.
6. Modified, unloaded Ec/Io is calculated by dividing Ec,mod by Ipilot,mod for
each sector.