Atoll Essentials (GSM/UMTS) Public Course
October 12-14, 2010
Course Details
- DATES: October 12-14, 2010
- DAYS: 3
- SCHEDULE: 9:30AM - 5:00PM each day
- LOCATION: Forsk Head Office - Toulouse Blagnac, France
- FEE: 1080€, including training session, lunch
and course documentation
Limited seats only! Book now!
Introduction
This course is a 3-day Overview of Atoll's main features, focused on GSM/UMTS technologies for a broader approach.
Designed for new or future Atoll users, being involved in GSM/UMTS activity for design and deployment of cellular wireless networks.
A solid background in GSM/GPRS/EDGE and WCDMA technologies is required to follow this course.
Overview
Atoll GSM/UMTS is a comprehensive software environment for the planning and optimisation of GSM/UMTS networks. Its provides modelling of the network elements, voice and data services, and supports advanced GSM and UMTS features such as HCS, frequency hopping, EDGE, HSPA etc.
Atoll version 2.8 new features include support for HSPA+ and MIMO and a new GSM/UMTS interference analysis tool which help operators analyse GSM and UMTS deployments in the same frequency bands.
The course also includes an overview of the Atoll GSM AFP (Automatic Frequency Planning) and GSM/UMTS ACP (Automatic Cell Planning) modules.
Who should attend?
- Radio Planning Engineers
- Consultants with strong RF planning background
- Radio Planning R&D team members
Prerequisites
- Solid knowledge of GSM GPRS EDGE Technologies
- Solid knowledge of WCDMA Technology
Course Outline
DAY 1:
Getting Started with Atoll (1st part)
- Using the Working Environment
- Creating New Projects
- Using GIS
- Creating Stations in the Network
- Predictions
DAY 2:
Getting Started with Atoll (2nd part)
- Coverage Reports and Exports
- Neighbour Planning
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Planning
- Workflow
- Modelling a GSM GPRS EDGE Network
- Planning Frequencies and BSICs
- Analysing Network Quality
DAY 3:
UMTS/HSPA Planning
- Workflow
- Modelling a UMTS HSPA Network
- Calculating R99, HSDPA and HSUPA Studies
- Calculation Monte Carlo Simulations
- Planning Scrambling Codes
GSM/UMTS Co-planning Features
- Switching to Co-planning Mode
- Creating a UMTS sector from an existing GSM sector
- Synchronising Shared Antennas
- Planning GSM-UMTS Neighbours
Optimising Network Parameters Using ACP
- Parameters Used by ACP
- GSM, UMTS and GSM-UMTS Network
Reconfiguration Process
Verifying Network Using Test Mobile Data
- Importing Drive Test Data Paths
- Comparing Predictions with Drive Test Data