14 and 16 February, 2017
Using Atoll for Small Cell Planning Webinar
The “Using Atoll for Small Cell Planning” webinar presents Atoll features for deploying small cells. Small cells as a capacity solution is discussed during the webinar.
The webinar covers the following topics:
Small Cells Deployment as a Capacity Solution
Small cells can solve coverage as well as capacity problems. Small Cells deployment as a capacity solution is discussed in this section.
Small Cell Planning Tool Pre-requisites
Planning tools must fulfill certain criteria to help accurately plan the small cells. Planning tool pre-requisites are proposed here as well as their justifications
Small Cell Planning in Atoll
Atoll features advanced small cells planning capabilities. In this topic, small cells planning features are presented and a live demo is provided.
Small Cell Site Candidates
Site candidates for small cells can be placed in various locations. Several examples are provided here and handy tools, such as Street View Addin, and standard Atoll features are presented.
Accurate Traffic Data for Small Cell Selection
In this section, the speaker highlights the importance of using accurate traffic maps for deploying small cells. Atoll traffic map management features across the platform and Atoll Live module are demonstrated live.
Small Cell Backhaul
An important part of deploying small cells are the site connectivity options. The following options are presented: fiber, MW LOS (line-of-sight) and MW NLOS (non-line-of-sight). For NLOS scenario the Aster propagation model is employed to help finding the best antenna bearing using the ray-tracing features.
Small Cell Selection Tool
When deploying the small cells, the user need to work with several Atoll modules, such as the ACP, GIS, propagation modules. To streamline the deployment process Forsk has developed the Small Cell Selection tool. This tool assembles in one place all features required for creating a deployment scenario.
Enhancing the Network Performance
When a new small cell layer is deployed LTE-Advanced features can be used to enhance even further the network performance. C-RAN, HetNet, Carrier Aggregation, eICIC, CoMP and automatic network resource allocation features are presented and demonstrated live.
