BTS FILE Making

Perfecting Wireless Networks

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The BTS (Base Transceiver Station) file is used by the Nemo

Outdoor Measurement software to overlay BTS sites on MapInfo
map (.tab). When possible, the active BTS is indicated by drawing
a line between the BTS antenna and the current position mark.
(Cell information, coordinates and antenna direction required).
The line color differs according to the test mobiles. If the CI is
known but the channel number is not available, the line is drawn
to the base station icon, not to the antenna.
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• Multiple routes
• Different terminals and
systems
• Line drawing to active and
neighbor cells
• Different color coding for
each route
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The first row of the file contains the keywords that define the
order of the parameters in the following lines. Keywords are
separated with semicolon character.

SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;SCR;DIR
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Other rows in the file contain the cell definitions. Each line describes one cell
and contains a set of parameters describing the cell as well as the site in which
the cell resides. For both site and cell information, there are both mandatory
parameters optional parameters. Site and cell parameters are separated with
semicolon character.
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Mandatory SITE parameters

Parameter Keyword Type Description

Site Name SITE String Name of the site in double quotes.

Latitude LAT Float Latitude of the site in degrees.

Longitude LON Float Longitude of the site in degrees.

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OPTIONAL parameters
Parameter Keyword Type Description

System SYSTEM String “GSM”, “TDMA”, “CDMA” or “UMTS”

Antenna HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000

Height

Antenna Tilt TILT Float Values range from -90 to 90.

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UMTS CELL Parameters

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Mandatory Parameters for UMTS

Parameter Keyword Type Description

Cell Name CELL String Name of the cell in double quotes.

Channel Number CH Integer Values range from 10550 to 10850.

Scrambling Code SCR Integer Values range from 0 to 512.

Antenna Direction DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360.

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Optional Parameters for UMTS

Parameter Keyword Type Description

LAC LAC Integer Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535.

RAC RAC Integer Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255.

URA URA Integer UTRAN Registration Area

Cell ID CID Integer Cell ID.

RNC ID RNCID Integer Radio Network Controller ID

Neighbor X NX_CH Integer Values range from 10550 to 10850.

Channel Number

Neighbor X NX_SCR Integer Values range from 0 to 512.

Scrambling Code
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Example of UMTS/GSM MS BTS File

SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;SCR;DIR

NMP_Linnanmaa;65.062591;25.439665;U_Elektroniikkatie1;10837;;33;
180

NMP_Linnanmaa;65.062591;25.439665;U_Elektroniikkatie2;10837;;34;
270

NMP_Linnanmaa;65.062591;25.439665;U_Elektroniikkatie3;10837;;35;
340

Sonera House;65.059482;25.441077;U_Sonera House1;10837;31;;180

Sonera House;65.059482;25.441077;U_Sonera House2;10837;32;330

Sonera House;65.059482;25.441077;G_Sonera House2G;59;32;;330

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GSM CELL Parameters

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Mandatory Parameters for GSM
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Optional Parameters for GSM
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Example of GSM MS BTS File

SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;DIR;LAC

DA1001;32.779198;-96.804817;NemoCell1;807;3;10010;35;101

DA1001;32.779198;-96.804817;NemoCell2;815;3;10011;110;101

DA1001;32.779198;-96.804817;NemoCell3;792;3;10012;200;101

DA1002;32.780067;-96.797684;NemoCell4;804;0;10020;0;102

DA1002;32.780067;-96.797684;NemoCell5;799;0;10021;100;102

DA1002;32.780067;-96.797684;NemoCell6;788;0;10022;200;107
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CDMA CELL Parameters

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Mandatory Parameters for CDMA

Parameter Keyword Type Description

Cell Name CELL String Name of the cell in double quotes.

Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

Antenna Direction DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

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Optional Parameters for

CDMA
Parameter Keyword Type Description

System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identification and system
number identifying the service area and frequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

Neighbor X NX_PN Integer Neighbor pilot number

Pilot Number
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Example of CDMA MS BTS File

SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR

Dallas1;33.002716;-96.990486;NemoTest1;171;150;90

Dallas2;32.996567;-97.001503;NemoTest2;272;150;55

Dallas3;32.995998;-97.002434;NemoTest3;12;150;60

Dallas4;32.996567;-97.001503;NemoTest4;273;150;80