ASSET3G

Part of the Enterprise Suite

Multi Technology Radio Planning & Optimisation Tool

ASSET3G is the evolution of AIRCOM International's market leading RF Tools ASSET and 3G, bringing them together to provide an innovative and unique radio planning & optimisation platform. ASSET3G is aimed at providing engineers with the perfect environment to plan and optimise multiple technology 2G/3G cellular networks. It can be used to analyse even the most complex of deployment scenarios, enabling engineers to carryout joint technology planning with ease, through its versatile support for multiple carriers, services, bearers, and user profiles.
Accurately simulate current and future capacity scenarios using static and dynamic simulators Multi-User environment giving all planners seamless access to the same data. Full 2G, 2.5G and 3G integration including joint technology neighbour planning and joint technology

Monte Carlo simulations, providing planners with the ability to accurately plan 2G, 2.5G and 3G handover scenarios. 2G, 2.5G and 3G data service QoS analysis Automatic Frequency Planning (ILSA) and Code planning Location Service Planning Sophisticated statistics generation and reporting. Fully integrated with all AIRCOM International network rollout and management tools. Advanced propagation model support including: Auto tuning of models, and support for 3rd party models such as Siradel, significantly improving the accuracy of all calculations carried out. Ability to act as the primary source for your network data, utilising a robust ORACLE relational database.

Pilot Coverage

In an environment where wireless technology is ever evolving and new techniques are continuously being adopted by vendors, it is becoming increasingly important to have a versatile planning tool that is capable of embracing this fast changing environment. ASSET3G contains features which enable planners to plan the rollout of new technologies whilst still enabling existing ones to be developed and optimised, ensuring that the end user always receives the quality that they expect. In selecting ASSET3G, with its accurate planning for future scenarios, you will be embracing a tool that will be at the forefront of planning and optimisation processes for world wide technologies for many years to come.

Integrated OSS, Planning & Optimisation Solutions

Integrated OSS, Planning & Optimisation Solutions

ASSET3G and the User:

The enhanced flexibility of ASSET3G bridges the gap between planning, optimisation and operations departments. ASSET3G utilises the AIRCOM ENTERPISE Suite's universal ORACLE relational database, ensuring seamless, robust data management and usability. Usage of this database also enables users of other AIRCOM International modules to retrieve and interact with its data. In addition to this, utilisation of the ASSET3G 'project based' approach will enable all users to seamlessly view and share network data, whilst also enabling administrators to manage permissions for how data can be accessed and manipulated. Having been developed for use in a Windows environment, ASSET3G's installation is simple and enables planners to learn their way around the tool quickly. The flexibility of ASSET3G is further enhanced through a Wizard based approach to many planning situations, enabling planners to easily and quickly carry out complex planning scenarios such as neighbour, frequency and code planning.

Sophisticated user/group management, enriched with advanced security features, guarantee the integrity of ASSET3G's site database, organised in a hierarchical structure of Network Elements. Network data handling has never been easier with ASSET3G being supported by a powerful filter wizard and an intelligent 'find' function. A flexible database reporter is also there to assist the user when collating data for formal governmental reports. Accurate propagation modelling is offered by a selection of microcell and macrocell models which, through an advanced autotuning calibration function, can provide an accuracy of less than 8 dB. Moreover, interfaces for the latest deterministic models from leading producers Wavecall and Siradel are available. Predictions are always kept up-to-date as any discrepancies missing, or out-of-date, are automatically identified and re-predicted on the fly. ILSA - Automatic Frequency Planning Frequency planning a GSM network is an important but tedious process that can take planners a lengthy time to perfect. ASSET3G optionally incorporates a powerful automated frequency planner 'ILSA' to carry out this process. ILSA can account for different network configurations and technologies, including support for multiple cell layers, frequency hopping, discontinuous transmission, group planning and consideration of inter-modulation and harmonics between frequency bands.

functionality to plan Frequency Hopping. Interference arrays, Excel-based reports and advanced HSN and MAIO planners are provided for the user to visualise the effects of site, synthesised and baseband hopping. Traffic Forecasting Traffic forecast plays a major role in cellular planning and ASSET3G handles traffic modelling with great sensitivity. A novel traffic model based on the bearer-serviceterminal type hierarchy allows the user to define and simulate dual technology subscribers. A service can support one or more bearers and one or more carriers or cell layers, AMR and HR bearers can also be defined. Special attention is paid at packet switched services. A detailed description of the packet's characteristics along with the service's traffic class allows for dynamic packet QoS simulations which utilise the results of the Monte Carlo simulations. The user can then easily identify cells where packet delay may be excessive and take immediate actions to rectify the problems. A terminal type can subscribe to one or more services. An easy-to-use traffic wizard is used to geographically distribute terminals via clutter weights in the area of interest. The wizard also supports the import of live traffic 2G/2.5G/3G data in an attempt to model subscriber behaviour more accurately. Monte Carlo simulations allow for performance analysis of a dual technology network. The simulator defines many statistical distributions to model the RF behaviour of the network, characteristic examples being shadow fading, speed and power control modelling. Enhanced Results Gathering

Spider Display of Intra and Inter-frequency Neighbours

Multi-Technology Planning ASSET3G, foreseeing the co-existence of 2G, 2.5G and 3G technologies, provides versatile support for multi-technology planning. The user can plan each technology independently but there is a variety of features that allow for a seamless integration of a GSM and a UMTS network, such as the neighbour planner and the 'optional' Monte Carlo simulator. ASSET3G's planning features are also wizard based to reduce the chance of user error and empower the user with greater control over processes. Complex algorithms are used to simulate load balancing hierarchical cell structures between technologies. Optimum results require a long simulation time, depending on the network and traffic configuration; therefore it is possible to batch run these results overnight or over a weekend, with an automatic backup function to prevent loss of data through unforeseen circumstances. Furthermore, ASSET3G delivers full, true distributed simulation capabilities, enabling any PC on the network, even those without ASSET3G installed, to contribute spare processing power.

Carrier Assignments generated by ILSA - Automatic Frequency Planning

Frequency plan analysis is accompanied by advanced visualisation features. Static and dynamic co-channel and adjacent channel renderers as well as per carrier coverage and interference arrays aid the user to conduct a quality analysis of the frequency plan and easily identify poorly planned areas. ASSET3G also includes the

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Dual Technology Monte Carlo Simulator The optional, dual technology Monte Carlo simulator offers the user an unprecedented 59 different array types. Forty of them are per service arrays and include the probability of failure due to twelve failure conditions for both networks. The remaining arrays are calculated per carrier or cell layer. All of this information can be used to automatically generate a detailed report either in text format or as an Excel spreadsheet.

The ENTERPRISE Suite

The diagram below gives an outline of the AIRCOM Enterprise Suite of Network Engineering tools and how they fit in the Planning, Operations and Optimisation process of a mobile network. As becomes clear from the diagram, ASSET3G is closely integrated with all the tools within the ENTERPRISE suite, enabling a planning environment that makes use of a whole variety of key network information, made available by the suites universal, core Oracle database. The common PC Platform look and feel of each tool within the suite also adds to the ease of use as users can seamlessly switch from tool to tool to create an excellent continuous window on the network. Every tool within the suite is multi-vendor and multi-technology capable and can be fully integrated into many other engineering tools such as fault management and billing. Further information regarding ENTERPRISE Tools can be obtained by visiting our website or by contacting your nearest AIRCOM Office.

Detailed Reports from Simulator

Information can be split into results describing the performance of each technology, individual services, carriers and cell layers. Report validity may also be controlled through the use of the innovative 'edge zone' enabling the user to exclude invalid border regions from the statistics.

ASSET3G Support and Training

ASSET3G is delivered to you as a solution. AIRCOM will work with you to ensure that the hardware and software elements of the tool are delivered in the most efficient and cost effective way. Once ASSET3G is live you have the comfort of knowing that you will be supported by AIRCOM's dedicated support team. Further, you will be able to take advantage of the latest software updates as they are released, ensuring that your radio planning and optimisation system remains state-of-the-art. Despite ASSET3G's power, it is both userfriendly and intuitive. Further, the product is supported by an ASSET3G Tool User course developed and delivered by AIRCOM's professional Competence Development Team. It is absolutely in our interests to make sure that you use ASSET3G to best effect.

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