Innovations in

RF Planning, Design & Optimisation

Sharat Chandra
President & COO - Strategy & New Technologies
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Agenda

What is changing in the landscape

What continues to be the challenge

Why do these challenges continue

What needs to be done

Changing the rules of the game - VPO model

Case Studies

Value Proposition
Expected Change - Mobility Dominates !!

70% Of Total Telecom Users Are Projected To Be Wireless By 2010

Source: ARC Group, 2004

Asia-Pacific: a region of superlatives!!

By early 2008, number of telephone subscribers had passed the 2 billion mark

Average annual mobile growth over the last five years is close to 30 per cent

Mobile penetration approaching 40 %

2 out of 5 inhabitants in the region enjoy benefits of mobile telephony today

Multidimensional Convergence

Multimedia and e-commerce Moving from Terminal & Network

services + more which specific services towards
are now accessible from multi-functional, multimedia
mobile and fixed integrated technology
phones IP-based network
Multidimensional architecture
Convergence

Integration of legislation, regulatory functions and compliance

Change Facilitators - Pluck & Play options

Network
Site Feature &
Radio Network Site Acquisition Maintenance &
Improvement / Software
Design Management Fault
Build Out Deployment
Management

Network Network
Traffic & Carrier Freight
Site Surveys Optimization & Operations &
Design Services
Mgmt Management

Network Binding elements

Core Network Network
Integration &
Design Element I C & I Program management
Management
Network implementation and
management tools
Recovered
Frequency Order
Planning
Inventory
Management
Project accounting
Management
Trouble ticketing system

Transmission SLA performance tracking

Warehousing & Inventory
Design & SLA management
Distribution Management
Delivery
Management reporting
What continues to be the Challenge

Wireless technology continues to evolve & become more complex

Subscribers demanding more advanced capabilities from operators

Entry into new markets/revenue enhancement

Increased subscriber confidence

Multi-vendor capability - optimize, secure & manage multi-vendor network

Change Drivers for Telecom Operators

ARPU erosion:
Increasing pressure on margins

Revenue Growth Rate – 2 to 3 times:

Increasing pressure on productivity

Industry pressures:
Increase rate of new service introduction

Complexity of new services, service models & technology insertion:

Increasing costs, lowering customer satisfaction

Ongoing need for revenue & margin growth

Impact of Network Performance on subscribers
Top 3 reasons for subscriber churn
Network Quality 19%

Consistent Coverage 11%

Network Availability 6%

Nearly 1 in 3 subscribers Dropped Calls

change providers due to
Poor Service Quality
performance issues
Limited Coverage

Decreased Satisfaction
 Faster and Better- RF capabilities
50 Huge Size & Complex 20
Months Duration
40
Mid 2000s Large Size
Med–Short Duration
15
Subscriber Based 30
10
20
Advancement

Small Size 5
10
Long Duration
Late 90s – Early 2000s 0 0
RF Propagation Tool with
“Land & Building Use” map Early 90s Late 90s - Early Mid 2000s
(Geography Based) 2000s
Size of Network (BTS in Hundreds)
Time to Market (months)

Early 90s
Drive test measurement
receiver for CW propagation
measurement (Site Based)
Traditional network planning and Optimisation
techniques

Simulation based

Based on “prediction” of coverage

In-building coverage planned on “assumed” penetration losses

New-site selection based on subjective data

Optimization based on very small samples and aggregated data

Based on simulations and extrapolations

Network performance – Key Metrics

Availability

Percentage of time Physical Channels are available for use
Retainability

Affected by -
– Faulty

Ability for a base
call tostation equipment,
stay connected
Accessibility
– Bad by transmission links or

Affected -
– Poor
Wrong

Percentage configuration
of time a userdefinition
coverage, at due
is rejected the switch
to the unavailability of system
Service Integrity
– Poor RX quality or

Advised threshold for acceptable performance is 99.00%
resources when attempting to place a call

– High
Can be due
Percentage timing - advance
to calls
of dropped due to bad quality



Indicative of - traffic resources like TRXs or cabinets, seasonal

Inadequate
Affected by
– Large
– sporadic
Poor RX cellquality
radius,caused by poor frequency/BSIC planning, faulty
surges
– Non-optimum
Improper

equipment/time cell
RF feature parameter
slots parametersettings,
settings or
– Problems


– Poor frequency/BSIC
External interference planning
in the neighboring
sources oror
cell
– Non-optimum
– Faulty base station equipment
parameter settings

Advised threshold for acceptable performance is 2.00%

Advised

Advised threshold
threshold for for acceptable
acceptable performance is 2.00%
performance is 10.00%
While all these techniques were good, did they:

Show how the network is actually experienced by:

All subscribers

All over the network

At all times

Including all in-building?

Identify opportunities for network improvements based on

actual subscriber usage of the network?
It would be Great if…Subscribers were to tell
The Ultimate Paradox – which model to adopt?
Areas of Operational Cost Reduction
Opportunity - Savings
Significant

Outsourcing

Resource
Sharing

Network
Segmentation
Moderate

Out Tasking

Process
Improvement

Moderate Significant
Level of Complexity
Imperatives for Outsourcing

Subscriber’s expectations are increasing, but the cost of

managing the network must be reduced

Network size & complexity is rapidly increasing with new

multi – vendor, technology & version networks becoming
increasingly common

Finding & retaining qualified staff who manage complex

network; a huge challenge

Subscriber loyalty is affected by poor quality of service

Increasing competition necessitates service

differentiation
Doing it the Old way……Leads to
Each operator investing in its own

Separate RF teams, requiring
regular investment in training and
expensive retention plans

Costly PM and CM tools for
planning and optimisation

Upgradation cost of tools, new
tools in the market
Duplication of efforts, synchronization
issues among teams
Temporary ramp ups required during
peak phase and

Painful ramp downs after
completion
What is needed is…
Cost effective, timely and
adequate

Pool of highly experienced RF
experts to handle complex RF
challenges

Diverse range of tools that serve
multiple technologies & network
needs

Ability to apply learning of similar
problems in other markets to
shorten time delay to resolve

KPI related “outcome based
projects”

A shift from individual excellence
related assignments
 And therefore,

changed the rules of the Game…

Growth – A business imperative

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International Presence
Europe:
UK
France
Middle East: Asia–Pacific:
Ireland
UAE Malaysia
Sweden
KSA Thailand
Switzerland
Oman China
Americas: Taiwan
Qatar
US Indonesia
Kuwait
Australia
Singapore
Philippines
New Zealand

South Asia
India
Nepal
Bhutan
Africa:
Maldives
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Bangladesh
Guinea Conakry
Mauritius

International Office
Projects Undertaken

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 Strategic Initiatives:
Building Critical Mass for Growth
Inorganic Growth

- 2006

Strategic Communications Services, LLC - 2007

An “In-House” Turnkey Solution Provider

ADA cellwo
cellworks TM

louder than words - 2007

GTL Core Capabilities

Network Professional
Planning & Design Services

Network Network Application

Deployment Services Management

Network Infrastructure
Operations & Management
Maintenance

Services aligned with Life cycle for OEMs and Carriers

Network Planning, Design & Optimisation

RF Planning &
Design

RF
Training
Optimisation

Network
Planning
Design &
Optimisation

In-Building
Solutions
What We did

RF Planning & Virtual Planning & Optimisation Centre

Design New Delhi, India

Remote Analytics for Design, Planning & Optimisation to

RF
Optimisation achieve minimal startup time, consistent use of process
and tools and concentrated expertise in one location

State of the art VPO Centre vital stats:

Seating capacity: 50
Internet speed: 4 Mbps
Internet Access: 1 + 1 redundancy
No. of RF engineers: 50
Tools used for VPO: Asset , Connect,
In-Building PL4 & MIPT
Solutions

Training
Offsite v/s Offshore

RF Planning & Virtual Planning & Optimisation Centre

Design Balanced Offsite – Onsite Delivery Model

RF Activities Offshore Onshore

Optimisation

Pre-Bid Planning
Data Collection
RF and Transmission Planning
Transmission Network Verification
RF / Line of Sight Surveys
CW Testing and Model Tuning
In-Building
Solutions Nominal Cell Planning
Frequency Scanning

Training Optimisation
Example – Analysis & Reporting

Hosted Services

Post processing of drive data

Data collated and processed

Different raw data formats supported

Drive test data reports published back as per agreed SLA

Optionally, reports published over Web.

Example - Reporting & Analysis

For Voice

Call completion success rate (CCSR)

Dropped call rate (DCR)

Call set-up success rate (CSSR)

Voice quality (VQ)

Availability of sufficient signal to make a call at each station along the journey

For Data

Attach success rate

Average attach duration

PDP activation success rate

Average PDP activation duration

Data transfer success rate

Average ftp download time
Case studies

Indonesia 2G & 3G optimisation project

Post processing of drive test data

Publishing of drive test reports

Analysis of network performance data

Recommendation on KPI improvements

Benchmarking for Indian operator

Drive test for 4 GSM networks carried out in field

Post processing of data and report preparation takes place in VPO

Databuild

Preparation of integration database for certain turnkey planning projects take place
in VPO
 Value Proposition

RF Planning, Design and Optimisation done for 31 networks

– Experience across 15 geographies
– Covering 2G, 2.5G, 3G technologies
– Across standards such as GSM, Edge/GPRS, CDMA, UMTS and WiMAX
Unique combination of tasks carried out Offshore and Onshore that give cost
efficiencies
Technology and vendor agnostic skill set

Which enables you to…

Deliver Specialized Service
Enhance Subscriber Experience
Enhance ARPU
Achieve Operational Excellence
Lower Opex
Maximize Capex utilization
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