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Swedtel Ascom - TEMS Automatic Trial Dammam

Huawei KSA

February 2015
 Introduction

Swedtel is an International Telecom-and ICT management company, specializing in the

development and operations of Fixed, Mobile and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), as well as
specialized on ICT, Regulatory and Interconnect issues.

Originating from Telia in 1968, Scandinavia and Northern Europe’s leading telecom operator,
Swedtel has gained true operator experience in combination with international consulting
experience. Swedtel has been the operational arm of Telia in all of its offshore ventures.

Swedtel has successfully supported a number of operators/vendors facing competition and

deregulation and have continually sharpened its skills and methods for managing complex and
demanding business challenges.

Swedtel has strong presence in Saudi Arabia since 1974 and have active contracts with major
operators/government/vendors like STC, Mobily, CITC ,NSN and involved in Planning, Design,
Managed Services & other Telecom and consultancy services.

Swedtel’s proposal is based on its long-term experience in the telecom industry and other vertical
industries. Swedtel has completed over 500 projects in more than 100 countries and has evolved
over 45 productive years in the telecom business.
 Background

The Managed services project in Saudi Arabia requires many drive testing teams capable of
handling different technologies.

For most of the managed services projects, separate teams are allocated for separate
technologies resulting in higher number of drive test teams consequently resulting in higher
recurring costs every month.

Based on the earlier presentation to Huawei about the concept, a trial was conducted in co-
ordination with Huawei in the eastern region. Also the trial was based on the requirements from
Huawei to cover 12 test scenarios with multi technology. The details of the test results are
detailed in the following slides.

Swedtel would like to present in the following slides the results of the recent trial conducted for
Huawei in the Eastern Region. It details the capabilities, benefits and configuration by using its
Multi Technology Automated Drive Test team enabling the vendors to benefit from a single team
capable of handling all major technologies like GSM, UMTS, LTE etc.

Apart from the cost benefit, there is an operational benefit when it comes to resolving inter-
technology problems as well as measurement reports which are similar in formats and processed
at the same time. Also since the data collection can take place at the same time for the various
technologies the samples and the conditions are suited for a true comparison.

Swedtel is already providing this service to major vendors in Saudi & internationally and has
trained engineers who are capable of testing multi technologies like GSM, UMTS, LTE etc.
 Comparison of DT team methodologies

Traditional Solution (Multiple Teams) Solution (Single

automated Team)

Many  teams  for  different   Single  Team  for  Mul7  

technologies   Technologies  
Benefits of Automated Multi Technology teams

•  Multi technology teams will drastically reduce monthly costs.

Traditional Solution (Multiple Teams) Solution (Single Team)

•  Single Drive Tests covering multiple technologies reduces the time to deliver
results, and simplifies the post processing for all technologies (single Log files).

•  Less resource requirement as there is no need for a drive tester who is normally
the most expensive element in a DT team.

•  All DT log file data in one place for remote processing thereby saving time and
cost for post processing as well.

•  Well suited solution to benchmark multiple operators with multi technology at the
same time as RF conditions remain the same for true comparison of different
scenarios
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Trial Details

February 2015
 TEMS Automatic Trial

This trial was conducted in co-ordination with Ascom as a Proof of Concept for the
Huawei, the top vendor in Saudi Arabia.

Ascom is the solution provider of the automated solution and Swedtel is the main partner
for this type of solution. Swedtel is already engaged in similar solution with Ascom on other
projects in Saudi and internationally.

SIM Cards of Mobily were used in this trial.

GSM, WCDMA & LTE testing were conducted with below multiple scenario.
3 RCUs were used for this trial for 12 test cases

Report is generated using Ascom Post-Processing tool TEMS Discovery Device. All
logistics in Dammam ( Eastern Province of KSA) were taken care of by Swedtel.

RCU   MS  1  (115)   MS  2  (116)   MS  4  (118)   MS  4  (118)  

B27C   Short  Call  –  3G   Idle  –  3G_900   Idle  –  LTE   LTE  –  Data  
B27E   Idle  –  Dual   Short  Call  –  2G   HSDPA   HSUPA  
B238   Long  –  2G   Long  –  3G   Idle  –  3G_2100   Idle  –  2G  
Analysis & Time Frame

Repor7ng  Date  25/01  -­‐  27/01    

Data  Collec7on  Date  23/01/2015  6  PM-­‐  10:30  PM                                                                                    
   24/01/2015  11AM-­‐  9  PM    
Data  Source  TEMS  AutomaKc-­‐  Samsung  S4    
Created  With  TEMS  Discovery  Professional-­‐  10.0.7    
Total  Time  ~15  Hours    
Drive  Area  ~  450  Km    
TEMS Automatic Kit setup
TEMS Automatic, a smartphone solution using RCU for test and verification

RCU – RTU Control Unit

• Each RCU unit can handle up to 4 external smartphone devices (2x voice and 2x ODM data)
• Dedicated data upload device to offload measurement devices
• Time-based test synchronization for benchmarking
• In-built external GPS, shared across all measurement devices
• Local GUI – Fleet Manager to support for in-field probe administration

RCU –packed in a Hard Case

• Optionally the RCU solution can be offered together with a durable hard case, having support
for up to 4 smartphones
• Each hard case unit can handle up to 1x RCU configured with 4 external smartphone devices
(2V and 2D)
• Power supply via 12V cigarette lighter cable
• In built UPS (uninterruptible power supply), making it suitable for ad-hoc testing.
• External antenna support for Data upload device and GPS receiver
TEMS Automatic 11.0 - Architecture

Script  editor  
Add  script   Fleet
Manager
HTTP  or  HTTPS  
•   Register  Client  
•   Register  Client’s  PosiKon    
•   Add  Client’s  Events  
Measurement   •   Add  Client’s  Performance  Counter  
probe   Values       Client Management
Portal
•   Get  Client’s  SeVngs  
•   Get  Client’s  test  instrucKons  
Logfile  
Upload  
FTP
Logfile  
Import  

TEMS  Discovery  
Device Capabilities

• Each RCU unit can handle up to 4 external USB units

(4x smart phones/ 1x MDU/ 1X external scanner)

• Dedicated data upload device (MC7710)

UMTS / LTE MIMO-capable device with Dual Carrier HSPA+
Having dedicated upload offloads the measurement devices

•  Has 2 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 3.0 ports

USB 3.0 - Can be used for high data throughput measurement

•  Support ODM
Fleet Manager - Probe Administration

• Web based application enabling efficient O&M of all your probes over air
• Real Time monitoring
• Probe tracker capability

• The FleetManager Web application as shown below (FM Web) has two main functions:
• Monitor the devices used for data collection and their Health Status
• Monitor the Events occurred in each devices and their Geographical Location in Map
• Track the device information LIVE on the map
Fleet Manager - Probe Administration

• The FleetManager Windows application as shown below (FM Win) has two main functions:
• Managing the devices used for data collection (known as Clients).
• Managing the tasks performed by each Client - creating Campaigns, Scripts and Work
Orders
• The WO triggers support Date, time, interval , CellID/PCI/SC and TAC/LAC
Network Testing – Voice

4 different types of voice scenarios were conducted

• 2G Short Call - 90 seconds Call + 30 seconds Wait

• 3G Short Call - 90 seconds Call + 30 seconds Wait
• 2G Long Call
• 3G Long Call
2G Short call - Dedicated Mode

Sample   Linear  
Metrics Max Min
Count Average
RxLevSub(dBm) 26707 -58.03 -48 -104.9
2G Short call - Dedicated Mode
3G Short call - Dedicated Mode

Sample   Linear  
Metrics Max Min
Count Average
CPICH  RSCP 29759 -­‐60.54 -­‐37.2 -­‐99.7
Rx  Power  (dBm) 29789 -­‐53.89 -­‐26.3 -­‐93
3G Short call - Dedicated Mode

Sample   Linear  
Metrics Max Min
Count Average
CPICH  Ec/Io 29803 -7.41 -2.1 -20.5
Tx  Power  (dBm) 23193 -7.1 26.7 -54

Event Count
Call  attempts 472
Successful  call  setups 468
Failed  call  setups 4
Dropped  call   7
Successful  soft  handovers 8512
3G Short call - Dedicated Mode

Dropped  call   610

So,  Handover  Distribu5on  
1 36

1
5 3754 4148

DL_Coverage DL_Interference 141

Radio Link Addition Radio Link Addition Failure
High_DL_BLER High_UE_TxPower
Radio Link Removal Radio Link Removal Failure

Dropped  Call  Classifica/on  by  Cell  

2.5

1.5

0.5

PSC-­‐106   PSC-­‐130   PSC-­‐304   PSC-­‐396   PSC-­‐507   PSC-­‐89  

2G Long call - Dedicated Mode
2G Long call - Dedicated Mode
3G Long call - Dedicated Mode
3G Long call - Dedicated Mode
3G Long call - Dedicated Mode
Network Testing – IDLE Mode

5 different types of Idle scenarios were conducted

• 2G Idle
• 3G Idle Locked to 900 MHz
• 3G Idle Locked to 2100 MHz
• Dual Mode
• LTE Idle
Idle Mode – 2G Locked
Idle Mode - 3G Locked - 900 MHz

Sample Linear
Metrics Max Min
Count Average
CPICH RSCP 28583 -56.43 -35.5 -102.7
Rx Power (dBm) 28628 -50.23 -24.2 -83.9
Idle Mode - 3G Locked - 2100 MHz

Sample   Linear  
Metrics
Count Average Max Min

CPICH RSCP
28990 -58.38 -37.2 -99
Rx Power (dBm) 20517 -51.67 -29.8 -81.2
Idle Mode – 2G & 3G Locked
Idle Mode – LTE Locked

Sample   Linear  
Metrics Max Min
Count Average
 RSRP  (dBm) 28551 -­‐70.51 -­‐44 -­‐133.1
Network Testing – Data

3 different types of data scenarios were conducted

• HSDPA Download
- HTTP GET is used (www.bbc.com) to measure the download throughput.
• HSUPA Upload
- 1MB file was uploaded to a FTP server to measure the Upload Throughput
• LTE Download
- HTTP GET is used (www.bbc.com) to measure the download throughput.
HSDPA Testing– HTTP Get
HSDPA Testing– HTTP Get
HSUPA Testing– FTP Upload
HSUPA Testing– FTP Upload
LTE Data Testing– HTTP Get
LTE Data Testing– HTTP Get
Trial Observations

• Time to connect the RCU with the FM backend ~5 minutes.

• Time to receive the script is ~1 minute
• Time to stop the script is ~1 minute
• Depending on the speed of the data connection , log-files will be uploaded automatically
to the FTP server.
Conclusions

• Truly autonomous solution with unattended probes

• Automatic data upload and processing – over the air
• Remote administration of probes, minimizing system downtime and administration
• Flexible probes for multiple deployment scenarios – vehicles, specific locations, indoor
testing, important customers, etc.
• Quantification of data in one place for any future and remote anlaysis.
• 24x7 monitoring, providing data without the cost of 24x7 staff
• Applications include routine drive testing, Audit and Benchmarking, Multi technology
drive testing.
• Huge cost savings for vendors/operators.

It’s all about efficiency…

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