Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

1 Introduction (Jaana Laiho, Achim Wacker, Toma´s?Novos ad, Peter Muszynski, Petri Jolma and Roman Pichna).

1.1 A Brief Look at Cellular History.

1.2 Evolution of Radio Network Planning.

1.3 Introduction to Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS.

1.4 Future Trends.

2 Introduction to WCDMA for UMTS (Toma? Novosad, David Soldani, Kari Sipila, Tero Kola and Achim Wacker).

2.1 MathematicalBackgrou nd of Spread Spectrum CDMA Systems.

2.2 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum System.

2.3 CDMA in Cellular Radio Networks.

2.4 WCDMA Logical, Transport and Physical Channels.

2.5 WCDMA Radio Link Performance Indicators.

3 WCDMA Radio Network Planning (Achim Wacker, Jaana Laiho, Toma? Novosad, Terhi Rautiainen and Kimmo Terava).

3.1 Dimensioning.

3.2 Detailed Planning.

3.3 Verification of Dimensioning with Static Simulations.

3.4 Verification of Static Simulator with Dynamic Simulations.

3.5 Optimisation of the Radio Network Plan.

3.6 Interference in WCDMA Multi-operator Environment.

3.7 Cell Deployment Strategies.

4 Radio Resource Utilisation (Achim Wacker, Jaana Laiho, Toma? Novosad, David Soldani, Chris Johnson, Tero Kola and Ted Buot).

4.1 Introduction to Radio Resource Management.

4.2 Power Control.

4.3 HandoverControl.

4.4 Congestion Control.

4.5 Resource Management.

4.6 RRU for High-speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA).

4.7 Impact of Radio Resource Utilisation on Network Performance.

5 WCDMA?GSM Co-planning Issues (Kari Heiska, Toma?Novos ad, Pauli Aikio, Chris Johnson and Josef Fuhl).

5.1 Radio Frequency Issues.

5.2 Noise Measurements.

5.3 Radio Network Planning Issues.

5.4 Narrowband and WCDMA System Operation in Adjacent Frequency Bands.

6 Coverage and Capacity Enhancement Methods (Chris Johnson, Achim Wacker, Juha Ylitalo and Jyri Hamalainen).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Techniques for Improving Coverage.

6.3 Techniques for Improving Capacity.

6.4 Uplink Cell Load and Base Station Transmit Power.

6.5 AdditionalCarrier s and Scrambling Codes.

6.6 Mast Head Amplifiers and Active Antennas.

6.7 Remote RF Head Amplifiers.

6.8 Higher Order Receive Diversity.

6.9 Transmit Diversity.

6.10 Multiple Input Multiple Output in UTRA FDD.

6.11 Beamforming.

6.12 Rollout Optimised Configuration.

6.13 Sectorisation.

6.14 Repeaters.

6.15 Micro-cell Deployment.

6.16 Capacity Upgrade Process.

6.17 Summary of Coverage and Capacity Enhancement Methods.

7 Radio Network Optimisation Process (Jaana Laiho, Markus Djupsund, Anneli Korteniemi, Jochen Grandell and Mikko Toivonen).

7.1 Introduction to Radio Network Optimisation Requirements.

7.2 Introduction to the Telecom Management Network Model.

7.3 Tools in Optimisation.

7.4 Summary.

8 UMTS Quality of Service (Jaana Laiho, Vilho Raisa¨nen and Nilmini Lokuge).

8.1 Definition of Quality of Service.

8.2 End-user Service Classification.

8.3 Characteristics and Requirements of Services.

8.4 3GPP Bearer Concept.

8.5 Overview of 3GPP Quality of Service Architecture.

8.6 Quality of Service Management in UMTS.

8.7 Concluding Remarks.

9 Advanced Analysis Methods and Radio Access Network Autotuning (Jaana Laiho, Pekko Vehvilainen, Albert Hoglund, Mikko Kylvaja, Kimmo Valkealahti and Ted Buot).

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 Advanced Analysis Methods for Cellular Networks.

9.3 Automatic Optimisation.

9.4 Summary.

10 Other 3G Radio Access Technologies (Jussi Reunanen, Simon Browne, Pauliina Eratuuli, Ann-Louise Johansson, Martin Kristensson, Jaana Laiho, Mats Larsson, Toma? Novosad and Jussi Sipola).

10.1 GSM Packet Data Services.

10.2 Time Division Duplex Mode of WCDMA (UTRA TDD).

Index.