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Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Brief Introduction................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Software Installation & Operation.......................................................................................................2
2 Software Function Menu Configuration Overview...................................................................................5
2.1 Software Function Interface Configuration.........................................................................................5
2.2 Common Menu Function Description.................................................................................................7
3 Network Planning Optimum Application Scenario................................................................................19
3.1 Station Layer Created via Excel........................................................................................................19
3.1.1 Excel Import...........................................................................................................................19
3.1.2 Sector Layer Creation.............................................................................................................22
3.2 New Station Planning........................................................................................................................24
3.2.1 Create New Layers.................................................................................................................25
3.2.2 Input Information....................................................................................................................25
3.2.3 New Station Export................................................................................................................26
3.2.3.1 Method 1recommendedGlobal Mapper adopted............................................27
3.2.3.2 Method 2Coordinate Extractor adopted..............................................................27
3.3 Inquiry & Statistics............................................................................................................................29
3.3.1 SQL Inquiry............................................................................................................................29
3.3.2 Statistics..................................................................................................................................31
3.3.3 Statistics Example...................................................................................................................33
3.3.4 Other Applications..................................................................................................................35
3.4 Map Scaling in MapInfo....................................................................................................................36
3.5 Coordination with Google Earth.......................................................................................................37
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3.6 Functions of Relevant Plugins...........................................................................................................38

3.6.1 Sector Layer Creation.............................................................................................................38
3.6.2 MapInfo2Google Plugin.........................................................................................................40
3.6.3 Google Earth Link Plugin.......................................................................................................41
3.6.4 Create Hexagons via the Plugin Create Line by Length....................................................43
3.6.5 Create Search Ring via the Function of Buffer......................................................................46
4 Network Planning & Optimization Application Example......................................................................47
4.1 Network Planning Application..........................................................................................................47
4.1.1 Planning Information..............................................................................................................47
4.1.2 Create Station Layers.............................................................................................................48
4.1.3 Create New BSC Boundary Layers........................................................................................48
4.1.4 Modify the Structure of the Base Station Layer Form...........................................................48
4.1.5 Draw BSC Boundary..............................................................................................................48
4.1.6 Input the information of BSC Boundary into Base Station Layer.........................................49
4.1.7 Render Base Station Layers....................................................................................................49
4.2 Network Optimization Application Example....................................................................................50
4.2.1 Create Sector Layers...............................................................................................................50
4.2.2 Create and Render..................................................................................................................51
Appendix A Reference.............................................................................................55
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1 Overview
Graphical Information System (GIS) is an information system responsible for
collecting, saving, managing, describing as well as analyzing data related to surface of
the earth and graphical distribution in space. Depending upon the graphical space
database and supported by the computer hardware and software environment, this
computer application system collects, manages, operates, analyzes, simulates and
displays space-involved data and meanwhile, furnishes with abundant space and
dynamic graphical information through the graphical model analysis method to serve a
range of purposes like graphical research, comprehensive appraisal, management,
quantitative analysis and decision making.
A list of widely accepted GIS software includes the software products developed via 3
US GIS developers as ESRI, Intergraph and MapInfo as well as other three domestic
software as MapGIS, GeoStar and Citystar, where MapInfo is an application program
used frequently in the wireless communication network planning. Functions and
operations about this program, especially application in the wireless network planning
& optimization, are described below.
1.1 Brief Introduction

MapInfo Professional: A leading commercial map solution in the industry that presents
relation between data and geographical information in a direct way so as to facilitate
decision marking. With MapInfor Professional, you can:
Create precise and accurate maps as the best way to present data;
Provide comprehensive location service solutions and manage information based

on geographical locations such as service facilities, population, assets and so on;
Offer powerful data analysis tools to search for data, facilitate decision making,
formulate emergency plans and strengthen business management capabilities.
MapInfo provides simple and convenient development methods, a built-in Basic

development language MapBasic and the integrated development environment as
well as many powerful clauses to assist users to customize map application, extend the
functions of this software, develop tools that can be used repetitively and incorporate
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map application into others. In addition, it is also able to team up with other common
languages such as Visual Basic, C++, Power Builder, Delphi and so on to develop map
applications.
As for other specific functions used while planning wireless network, please refer to as
follows:
Use Excel to create station layers;
Plan new stations;
Make inquiries and statistics;
Formulate thematic maps;
Coordinate with Google Earth;
Scale;
Others
MapInfo MapX is an OCX component of the MapInfo product family that is
characterized by convenience and formidable capabilities. The development of MapX
based upon ActiveX control provides real object linking and embedding controls and
enables development personnel to use standard programming languages like VB, VC+
+, Delphi or PowerBuilder and so on so as to incorporate map objects into various new
or existing systems in accordance with special requirements made by several users in
the enterprise. New we employ MapX4.5 while developing network planning &
optimization software. The release of MapX extends the application range of the
MapInfo products. More and more users can share the advanced technologies of
MapInfo through MapX.
1.2 Software Installation & Operation

Since being released in 1986 for the first time, MapInfo Professional has come in many
versions. The latest version MapInfo9.5 was released in May 2008. As for system
requirements, they differ from one version to another. Generally speaking, all the
foregoing versions are able to run in a stable way in Windows XP and incompatibility
arises when it comes to Windows 2003 server. In respect of this version, please refer to
the table below.
Table 1-1 Operating System Requirements
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Chapter 4 Network Planning & Optimization Application ExampleSoftware Function Menu Configuration Overview
Operating Systems
Memory
Windows 2000 Professional SP 4
256/512 MB of
RAM
Windows Vista Ultimate
Disk Space
with
minimum of a
Windows XP Professional SP 2
Pentium
Windows XP Home SP 2
better
PC
or
Graphic Card
Monitor
Fast EIDE 2
Mid to High 2D/3D
Greater than
or SCSI Interface
card with 128MB or
1024x768
with
better
resolution or
2GB
or
better
better
Data 450 MB
Windows XP (64-bit)
Windows
2000
Server
SP4
Windows 2003 Server SP 1 with

Terminal Services/Citrix 4.0
Same,
PLUS
memory sufficient
to
support
each
connected user
Fast EIDE 2 or
SCSI
with
Interface
2GB
or
better Data 450

MB
Server: Same Client:
Greater
Choose
1024x768
based
on
resolution/speed
resolution
requirements
better
than
or
* For Window Vista, MapInfo has not been authenticated yet.

* For Windows 2003 server, parts of functions are restricted.
It is similar to other software in terms of installation procedures. If choosing Typical
Configuration, some default components, such as certain features in the Tools that are
required to be selected otherwise, wont be installed. You can also choose Customer
Configuration Interface to select plugin as required and for the main contents of
configuration, please refer to as follows:
MapInfo Program Files
Tools (which refer to the MapInfo Utility Tools, Crystal Reports and so on.)
Translators (Universal Translators, ArcLink and so on.)
Help Files
Documentation
2 Software Function Menu Configuration

Overview
2.1 Software Function Interface Configuration
When MapInfo Professional is initiated, the system reminds whether to recover last
data.
Figure 2-1 Quick Start
Following login, the interface below pops up.
Figure 2-2 Interface Overview

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The Box 1 outlines function menus, Box 2, 3 and 4 some common tool buttons, Box 5
information in the operation area such as region size, scale and latitude & longitude of
the location pointed by the cursor and Box 6 layers being edited and Box 7 information
concerning selected points or areas.
Among the function menus, both Options and Map are in connection with system and
interface configuration. To execute software configuration, open Preference in the
Options.
Figure 2-3 System Setup Preference
Except Unit that needs frequent change as a matter of convenience, other items can be
set according to individual preference.
Open Options in the Map and adjust map-related settings in line with display
requirements.
Figure 2-4 Map Options
2.2 Common Menu Function Description

Lets briefly introduce the drop-down menus on the top of the MapInfo Professional
main window in combination with commonly used functions.
FileOperation files;
Figure 2-5 File Menu
The red box above mainly outlines commends to save current layer information into
formats of image, table and so on, and through this way you can open many layers
quickly.
Tools Select tools and check the corresponding toolboxes in the Tools Manager to
activate required functions.
Figure 2-6 Tools Manager
You can use Universal Translator to convert some formats.

ObjectsContain some operations to be executed upon chosen object such as rotate,
convert, combine and so on.
Figure 2-7 Objects Menu
Query Mainly execute some functions related to query like find, locate and so on
that are in compliance with certain conditions.
Figure 2-8 Query Menu
The boxes in the Figure 2-8 outlines some common functions that are used to search
for information that complies with certain conditions and as for how to use Select,
please refer to as follows:
Figure 2-9 Selection Function
When inputting conditions, you can select from Assist and then verify. While selecting
browse results, display search hits in the form of table first of all and then the points or
regions that comply with search conditions are highlighted on layers. Finally, operate
or save tables that contain search hits.
Use Find to search for the points or regions that are in accordance with certain
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conditions and once found, the point centers the view window immediately. The
function of Find is capable of drawing a specific symbol on the Cosmetic Layer and we
are allowed to define the type of this symbol as well as other attributes for the purpose
of being found easily.
Figure 2-10
Find Function
TableAdjust tables.
Figure 2-11Table Menu
Update Column is a common function. Refer to the related contents in both tables and
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update information in a certain table. For example, define different region attributes
according to population density and mark the proposed stations that pertain to various
regions so as to indicate the type of region they cover. At this moment, you can update
the region type in the base station information table.
Figure 2-12
Update Column
The following table is created when being confirmed. Categorize and then alter
attributes in line with the same population density following export.
Figure 2-13
Plan Site Table after Update
Create Points is frequently used during planning and you can use it to convert the
information contained by excel opened through File into points in the layers.
Import & Export are usually deployed to convert formats or output results. Take MIF
files as a example, they can be imported in the format of Table.
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Figure 2-14
Import Function
Maintenance mainly functions to carry out some operations upon tables such as table
structure modification, adjustment, deletion and so on, and while using Find, it is
required to add index to the designated column in the inquired object data table. Under
most circumstances, manual adding is necessary. Click Maintenance -> Table Structure
to call out the window shown in the Figure 2-10 from which the inquired data column
can be chosen.
Figure 2-15
Table Structure Edit
Options Operate to display lines, fonts and so on, and make some adjustments
towards the displayed contents in the window.
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Figure 2-16
Options Menu
Map This menu contains some commands that can be used to operate layers. For
example, Layer Control is a common basic operation, Create Thematic Map is
employed to display related information on layers for categorization, Create Legend is
used to create layers and image examples for better understanding of layer observation
and Options to edit and adjust map information.
Figure 2-17
Map Menu
Through creating thematic Layers, it is convenient to display categorized information

contained in layers such as displaying various regions, traffic, call-drop rate and so on
during the process of network planning and optimization at different levels and so on.
Create image examples depending upon the actual situations and make description for
information about critical ground objects and so on
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Figure 2-18
Create Legend
You can also edit, increase created image examples and meanwhile, add layers and
image examples or edit the contents to be displayed.
WindowsOperate windows as shown below:
Figure 2-19
Windows Menu
Table can be accessed through New Browser Window for better understanding.
Through New Layout Window, you can reorganize window layout to cater for printing.
For details,
please refer to as follows:
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Figure 2-20
New Layout Window
Put the image example in a proper position for better comprehension.
Figure 2-21
Output with Legend
OthersStatistics and Information are common functions in the figure operation.
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Figure 2-22
Main Button
During layer control, you can adjust the displaying method of tables.
Figure 2-23
Layer Control
Select a certain layer for editing. Use Display to adjust the color of layers and Label to
edit remarks.
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Figure 2-24
Display Edit
Figure 2-25
Label Edit
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3 Network Planning Optimum Application

Scenario
3.1 Station Layer Created via Excel
3.1.1 Excel Import
No special requirements are compulsory for Excel but at least containing information
of latitude and longitude. However, it is recommended to apply the following
principles: The title line is only one line, latitude and longitude are expressed in digits
rather than letters or not calculated through formula so as to avoid full-width
characters. For examples, please refer to as follows:
Figure 3-26
Excel File
Open this Excel sheet in MapInfo and the type of files to be opened should be xls. It is
recommended to check Create Only in MapInfo Format for Read/Write or the tab files
formed by MapInfo are read only and not editable. (For the versions that are before the
version 8.5, this option does not exist and for those foregoing versions, it is
recommended to save them as tab files in the procedure shown in the Figure 3-2.)
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Figure 3-27
Open Options
The following dialogue box pops up:
Figure 3-28
Excel Information
Designate range in the Named Range. As MapInfo considers the first line of Excel
(ABCDEFG.) a line, change it to A2. Meanwhile, check Use Row above Selected
Range for Column Titles to import the title column.
For the versions after V7.5, click OK and the window shown in Figure 3-29 pops up.
Through this window, you can further modify the attributes of each character section.
Please note that latitude and longitude correspond to 2 character sections and Type
must be Float or the following Create Point is unable to form correctly.
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Figure 3-30
Character Section Attribute Setup Window
Latter MapInfo loads in data and presents them in the form to table as shown below:
Figure 3-31
Open Table
Create Station Layer: The station list pops up when being opened up and execute the
command Create Points in the menu of Table as shown below:
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Figure 3-32
Create Points Options
Then appoint Symbol and what is important is to bind the columns of latitude and
longitude to X and Y.
Following confirmation, press F3 (New Mapper) or click
to see the effects. If the
layer created just now has problems such as stations listed in rows and columns or no
stations being created and so on, the underlying reasons might consist in incorrect
configuration of the character section corresponding to latitude and longitude or the
fact that latitude and longitude in the original Excel sheet are calculated via formula. If
the latter is the case, remove the formula immediately.
3.1.2 Sector Layer Creation

The station layer created by the foregoing procedures has one obvious disadvantage
that it contains on information about azimuth, thus not facilitating to design topological
structure. If required to contain sector information, it needs to use plugin.
Site See and Cell Make are options for selection.
To use a certain plugin, load it in first. Execute the commend Tool Manager under the
menu of Tools to call out the window below:
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Figure 3-1 Tool Manager Window
MapInfo incorporates many plugins and we can configure this software to load and
auto load those plugins. As for external plugin, click Add Tool to import. Following
Site See being loaded, an extra option WFI Site See turns up in the menu of Table as
shown below:
Figure 3-2 SiteSee Menu Options
Run the command Create Site Boundaries to call out the dialogue box below:
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Figure 3-3 Create Site Boundary Window
In this window, it is required to bind latitude & longitude, coverage radius, horizontal
field angle and azimuth. When configuration is done, a sector layer is created. Each
sector is an individual element that can be rendered or undertake other operations.
For the example of forming a sector via Site See, please refer to as follows:
Figure 3-4 Cell Maker Example
3.2 New Station Planning

New station planning is defined to determine stations on the map while combining
input information like electronic maps, population distribution, link budget result,
capacity budget results and so on
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3.2.1 Create New Layers

In MapInfo, each layer is actually a 2D data table presented in the form of image and
has its own table structure. For example, if opening a road layer for a certain city, you
can find special character sections for roads in the table structure such as ID, Street
Name, District and so on
Before creating layers, we have to taken the following into consideration: To build new
stations, what information is necessary and required to be recorded during the process
of station distribution? Therefore, it is compulsory to record the information like ID,
Name, Station Type and so on as character sections. As what is shown in the Figure 212, Site ID and Site Name must be contained and it is recommended to take ID and
Name as index for the purpose of using Find.
Figure 3-33
New Layers
3.2.2 Input Information

When new stations are built, click
in the Tools Bar to distribute.
One FAQ is how to add labels like name, ID and so on to those newly-increased
stations in MapInfo.
Actually, you can click
to name each station. This approach leads to many
troubles like
difficulty in place adjustment, inconvenience in font change together and irrelevance
between labels,
stations and so on. As long as the number of stations is in large quantities, it would be
disastrous if
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adopting the approach mentioned before.

Unfortunately, the standard and reasonable method is to use
rather than
to
edit the
contents in the table. Click the newly-added stations and the window shown in the
Figure 2-12 turns
up. Its paragraph structure is identical with the table structure defined in the Figure
2.2.1 and we can
make entry to each item directly. Through this way, the information is related to the
corresponding
station.
If the window contents are not editable, please refer to the Footnote 2.
Figure 3-34
Site Information
When finishing editing information of all newly-added stations, enable Label, select ID
or Name in the
Layer Control and the corresponding Label displays and you are also enabled to adjust
the location of
display, font and color as well.
3.2.3 New Station Export

Following planning, we need to obtain the latitude and longitude information of those
stations so as to
make Excel-based base station information table and get ready for the following
simulation and so on.
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3.2.3.1 Method 1recommendedGlobal Mapper adopted

Open the tab files via Global Mapper and then execute the command Export Vector
Data->Export csv
from the File menu. You can also use Excel to open the csv files directly.
3.2.3.2 Method 2Coordinate Extractor adopted
This problem can be solved via Coordinate Extractor.
After loading the Coordinate Extractor of MapInfo, a line of Coordinate Extractor
appears in the Tools
menu.
The interface is as follows:
Figure 3-35
Coordinate Extractor Interface
In the event that 2 character sections are reserved respectively for latitude and
longitude when
creating .tab files, X and Y are assigned to those 2 columns or click Create New
Columns to Hold
Coordinates to extend it into 2 lines. The projection format is default. For instance, we
only set up 2
character sections as SITEID and SITETYPE when adding new layers, and they turn
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into 4 character
sections following extension like SITEID, SITETYPE, Latitude and Longitude.
Click OK to fill out the last 2 character sections automatically according to current
information
concerning latitude and longitude.
For examples, please refer to as follows and there is a newly-built layer on which total
9 stations
distribute.
Figure 3-5 Planning Example
The contents in the table turn into as follows after using Coordinate Extractor.
Figure 3-6 Data Table following Extension via Coordinate Extractor
Latter export the said data table into the format of text or DBF that can be opened via
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Excel.
Shortcomings about this method are operations to be complicated and accuracy low as
only 4 digits
are kept following dot.
3.3 Inquiry & Statistics

3.3.1 SQL Inquiry
The inquiry function of MapInfo is so powerful that it almost supports all the SQL
clauses. Through
SQL inquiry, you can sift out points that are in compliance with certain conditions,
change their
attributes or save as independent files. Moreover, it is also feasible to realize related
inquiry between
multiple layers.
The SQL clause is easy to learn and only basic grammar is required.
For instance, a certain project consists of 500 stations that are divided into 5 business
regions. All the
information concerning stations is carried via an Excel sheet and we desire to colorcode each region
(rendering as a preferred option and for details, please refer to 2.4.2). There is another
example: A
certain business region comprises stations in 3 types like S111, S222 (2000) and S222
(2500) and we
can use SQL inquiry to single out a certain station type and assign color and symbol as
well to it.
Before inquiry, the Tab layer must encompass information for inquiry such as Region,
Site Type and
so on.
Execute the command SQL Select from the Query menu and the following window
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pops up.
Figure 3-36
SQL Select Window
You can write SQL clauses through this window. For example,
Select * from Site_List where Freq=450MHz And Region=FTR
When all the stations of 450MHz in the FTR business region are chosen, switch to the
Map window to
change the attributes of Symbol. As revealed by the figure below, SQL inquiry
designates different
colors and signs for stations with different capacities.
Figure 3-37
SQL Inquiry Example
Additionally, to make statistics about the quantity of stations in various types in the
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FTR region on the

Border layer, use the SQL clause below:
Select Count(*), Site_List.Site_Config, Border.Region from Site_List, Border
Where Site_List.Obj Within Border.Obj And Border.Region="FTR"
Group by Site_List.Site_Config Order by Site_List.Site_Config
Where Site List and Border are the names of 2 layers of site and region information
and Site_List.Obj
within Border.Obj stands for the corresponding base station in the relevant region
within the Border.
Use Group by to group in accordance with appointed character section of Site Config.
Make statistics
of all the items sharing the same Site Config and then put out a line of record.
The following results are obtained once command execution is over.
Figure 3-38
SQL Compound Inquiry Results
3.3.2 Statistics
Use
in the Tools Bar to sum each character section of chosen elements and also
calculate the
average value as well. Execute the command Query->Calculate Statistics to make
statistics of more
information involving designated table and character section such as standard tolerance
and so on.
Of cause, use the function of SQL inquiry to complete more complicated statistics.
There is a trick to combine
and
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as a whole to make statistics of information
concerning
appointed regions effortlessly. For example, layer A is a region layer and layer B a
station layer. Use
to pick up regions and
to obtain statistics information of stations in the layer
B that are
also situated in the chosen region of the layer A.
Take the figure below as an example, the green boundary is a layer of normal urban
area and the blue
points are the base stations in the base station layer. How to count the number of
stations inside the
green boundary quickly? Just use Boundary Select and Show/Hide Statistics to
accomplish this task.
Figure 3-39
Boundary Selection Statistics
There is a green hole in the middle of the green boundary in the figure above that
stands for the dense
urban area.
3.3.3 Statistics Example

A common statistics scenario is as follows: Draw circles in the number of N on the
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border layer and

those circles stand for normal urban areas. Please calculate the total area of those
circles. There are 2
layers, one is the base station information and expressed via blue points and the other
entitled CQ_SU
region boundary, in the figure below.
Figure 3-40
Region Statistics Example
Write the following clauses into the SQL inquiry window.
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Figure 3-41
SQL Inquiry of Region Statistics Example
Click OK to obtain result, namely, the area in total in the green region.
Once obtaining the total area, write the following clause into the SQL inquiry window
to make
statistics of the number of points in the region.
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Figure 3-42
SQL Inquiry of Region Statistics Example
The example above involves layer interlock operation and MapInfo automatically
determines which
points fall into which areas and then works out the result of statistics. There is no need
to put in
conditions into Where Condition manually and when selecting 2 different layers from
the drop-down
box of Tables, the software constructs interlock conditions automatically.
Click OK to obtain the following result, in other words, there are 201 base stations
situated inside the
boundary of the green region.
3.3.4 Other Applications

Similarly, we can make various KPI thematic maps so as to analyze network conditions
in a direct
manner and find out hidden network irregularities. Combine pie chart and column
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diagram as well to
get more information for the purpose of facilitating our planning and optimization
work. Reference
[11] is teemed with detailed description and a large quantity of examples.
3.4 Map Scaling in MapInfo

During network planning, absence of electronic maps constitutes a common situation
into which we
usually run. Under such circumstances, it is required to scan local maps and then scale
via MapInfo.
The scaling principle is simple: Find out 3 or more characteristic points such as
hospital, shop, road
entry and so on on the scanned map, figure out their latitude and longitude via visiting
the site or
Google Earth and then put into MapInfo for scaling. Following scaling, an image-based
tab file
containing the information related to latitude and longitude is created.
The scaling procedures of MapInfo are as follows:
Open image files directly (jpg, gif, bmp, tif and other formats are acceptable) and
please note that make sure the type of files to be opened is Raster Image.
MapInfo reminds to use as background or for scaling and select the latter.
Put in the scaling points and then input latitude and longitude (at least of 3 points that
scatter over).
The following image is a scanned image for scaling.
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Figure 3-43
Scanned Image Scaling Example
3.5 Coordination with Google Earth

Google Earth considerably simplifies our planning and optimization work and also
enables us to check
out the terrain and building distribution in the business region without expensive
electronic map. Take
the figure below as an example, the network of a certain city comes into the following
topological
figure.
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Figure 3-44
Google Earth Example
Google Earth is capable of providing high resolution satellite images involving large
cities. Depending
upon those images, you can get a clear view of surroundings and buildings distribution
of those cities
and distinguish dense urban city, normal urban area, suburban area and villages
accurately.
Cooperation between MapInfo and Google Earth mainly consists in:
Convert base station information layers of MapInfo to Google Earth layers
Convert Google Earth layers to the layers that are recognizable for MapInfo.
Global Mapper is able to open kmz/kml files of Google Earth directly and then export
them into mifs.
Meanwhile, it is also able to open tab layers and export them into kmz/kmls.
3.6 Functions of Relevant Plugins

3.6.1 Sector Layer Creation
The station layer created by the foregoing procedures has one obvious disadvantage
that it contains on
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information about azimuth, thus not facilitating to design topological structure. If

required to contain
sector information, it needs to use plugin.
Site See and Cell Make are options for selection. To use a certain plugin, load it in first.
Execute the
commend Tool Manager under the menu of Tools to call out the window below:
Figure 3-45
Tool Manager Window
MapInfo incorporates many plugins and we can configure this software to load and
auto load those
plugins. As for external plugin, click Add Tool to import. Following Site See being
loaded, an extra
option WFI Site See turns up in the menu of Table as shown below:
Figure 3-46
SiteSee Menu Options
Run the command Create Site Boundaries to call out the dialogue box below:
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Figure 3-47
Create Site Boundary Window
In this window, it is required to bind latitude & longitude, coverage radius, horizontal
field angle and
azimuth. When configuration is done, a sector layer is created. Each sector is an
individual element
that can be rendered or undertake other operations.
As for an example of Site See-created sector, please refer to as follows:
Figure 3-48
Cell Maker Example
3.6.2 MapInfo2Google Plugin

Use the plugin of MapInfo2Google to turn base station layers and boundary layers into
Google Earth
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layers. The effects as shown in the Figure 2-28 are realized via this plugin. As for the
procedures
involving how to realize the effects mentioned before, please refer to as follows:
Create a sector layer in the way as described in 2.1.4.
Adjust the window (maximization not possible), zoom in and out layers so as to ensure
all the stations are contained in the window.
Execute the commend MapInfo2Google->Convert Map Window to KML File and then
select directory for export.
Make another base station information table that contains no information concerning
sector (e.g. deploy the incorporated plugin of Delete Duplicates to retain only one line
of record for each station in the original base station information table).
Create base station layers in the method as described in 2.1.3 and make them visible
through Label and meanwhile, superpose text compulsorily.
Repeat the Procedure 2~3.
Open both kml files generated via the Procedure 3/6 via Google Earth.
3.6.3 Google Earth Link Plugin

The plugin of Google Earth Link is incorporated into MapInfo v8.5 or above. Even if
unable to
generate information concerning sector, it still has the following merits:
Able to snapshot current window, turn it into a scaled image and then place on top of
Google Earth directly.
Able choose designated elements, export them into kml files and designate element
attributes.
Once the program is loaded, the option Google Earth Link shows up in the Map
menu.
Select the information that is required to be exported in the first place, execute the
commend
Map->Google Earth Link->Export to Google Earth if selected all the stations and the
following
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dialogue box pops up immediately.
Figure 3-49
GE Link Dialogue Box1
The 1st option takes current window as an image with information involving latitude
and longitude.
Once opened via Google Earth, you can see an image superposed upon the surface of
the earth.
The 2nd option is to export station elements and click Next to pop up the following
dialogue box.
Figure 3-50
GE Link Dialogue Box 2
In the said dialogue box, you can select labels in Google Earth that display as default,
choose built-in
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character sections of attributes via Choose Columns and set the height of elements
above the ground
and so on. The Figure 2-29 represents effects of the exported KML layers opened in
Google Earth.
Click with each visible point and a message box indicating corresponding information
of the said point
pops up right away, which forms a pragmatic function during the process of network
planning.
Figure 3-51
GE Link Output Effects
Putting aside station information export, the plugin of MapInfo2Google and Google
Earth Link are
also able to export boundaries.
3.6.4 Create Hexagons via the Plugin Create Line by Length

At the initial stage of cell network topological structure design, we can work out an
approximate
coverage radius through link budget and then use right hexagons to cover target areas.
How to draw
size-designated right hexagons is a very important question. The plugin Create Line
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by Length
comes out to solve this issue.
Execute the commend Tool Manager under the menu of Tools to call out the window
below:
Figure 3-52
Tool Manager Window
Select to load and auto-load this plugin. An extra button pops up in the Tools Bar.
Built a new editable layer and click this button, select a start-point, click the Right
Button to call out
the following interface.
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Figure 3-53
Create Line Window
And length is the link budget radius. Input 60, 0, 300, 240, 180, 120 in the angle field
to form a right
hexagon. Select all the 6 straight lines and click the Right Button to select Edit
Objects->Combine to
unify them into a Polyline. Click Polyline to convert it to Regions. Just paste and drag
from now on.
As for the example planned through the above-mentioned method, please refer to as
follows:
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Figure 3-54
Topological Structure Planning Example
3.6.5 Create Search Ring via the Function of Buffer

For details, please refer to the Reference [7].
Besides the method stated in the Reference [7], MapInfo v8.5 incorporates a new
plugin entitled
Concentric Ring Buffers that is deployed to create multiple Search Rings for each point
and make
statistics as well.
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4 Network Planning & Optimization

Application Example
4.1 Network Planning Application
4.1.1 Planning Information
The requirements are as follows: Obtain the information in respect of current network
distribution in a
certain business region, carry out BSC division upon the existing base stations, define
BSC boundaries
and color-code them as well to indicate their category. The final output is as shown
below:
Figure 4-55
Comprehensive Example Output Result
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Here comes a brief description involving procedures used to realize the

abovementioned output result.
4.1.2 Create Station Layers

Create base station layers in accordance with the method as set forth in the Section 3.1
and the dots
used stand for base stations.
BSC division only concerns station locations and the reference signification concerning
azimuth is less
considerable. As a result, it is unnecessary to generate sector layers.
4.1.3 Create New BSC Boundary Layers

The newly-built layers contain at least one character section, BSCName, for example,
the data type is
Character and the width is more than 4 and so on.
4.1.4 Modify the Structure of the Base Station Layer Form

Modify the table structure that corresponds to base station layer and increase a
character section, BSC
for example, the data type is identical with that of the BSC boundary layer. Following
modification,
MapInfo shuts down the said table automatically and re-open is required.
4.1.5 Draw BSC Boundary

Introduction of principles concerning BSC division is omitted and assume that BSC
division adopts
administration boundary as boundary.
Open the boundaries of regions and towns of a national electronic map in the first
place. Use the tool
of Polygon (Notes: When it comes to drawing lines along boundary, Polygon rather
than Polyline
constitutes the preferred choice as lines drawn by Polyline are hard to fuse together,
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thus jeopardizing
following operations) to draw lines along administration boundary in accordance with
the function of
Trace described in 2.7.3.
Use
to add name for each BSC boundary when completing line-drawing. You can
name from
BSC1 to BSC3.
4.1.6 Input the information of BSC Boundary into Base Station Layer
Use Update Column to fill out BSC character sections of all the base stations in BSC X
with BSC X.
The key window is below:
Figure 4-56
Update Column
4.1.7 Render Base Station Layers

Render BSC character sections in the base station layer and the type of this character
section is
Character. As the Ranges rendering is not appropriate, it is therefore recommended to
render via the
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template in Individual as shown below:
Figure 4-57
Rendering Template Selection
Information concerning stations being planned displays following creation and export
results in base
station information table.
4.2 Network Optimization Application Example

4.2.1 Create Sector Layers
As thematic maps render traffic of each sector, the base station information table must
contain
information in connection with sector and traffic. Figure 4-4 reflexes an example.
Generally speaking,
the sequence of stations in the traffic statistics statement in the background is quite
different from that
in the base station information table. Therefore, Excel requires the function of vLookup
to realize
accurate match-up and update. You can, of cause, import both tables into MapInfo and
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then execute
the commend Table->Update Column to extend a line for the base station information
table as well as
realize correlation and update.
We finally obtain a base station information table with information in respect of traffic
and then adopt
the method as described in 2.1.4 to generate sector layers. (Please note that the data
type
corresponding to ERL is Float)
Figure 4-58
Base Station Table with Telecommunication Traffic Information
4.2.2 Create and Render

Use the commend Map->Create Thematic Map to create rendering figures. The
window below turns
up:
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Figure 4-59
Thematic Map Dialogue Box
Here we pick up the theme of Ranges and then select an appropriate built-in template,
click Next to input the Step 2 as shown below and choose a target character section for
rendering.
Figure 4-60
Thematic Map Dialogue Box 2
Latter MapInfo divides it into 5 sections evenly according to the value corresponding
to ERL automatically. We can use Ranges to change ranges, Styles to change colors
and Legend to change display of image examples.
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Figure 4-61
Thematic Map Dialogue Box 3
A thematic map is generated following confirmation.
Figure 4-62
Schematic Map Example
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Appendix A Reference
[1] MapInfo Professional Version 8.5 Guide Book
[2] Wanghui, MapInfo Professional Upgrade v5
[3] Zhang Xifeng, SiteSee Tools Operation Summary
[4] Zhao Haifeng, User Guide to MapInfo Plus-In CellMaker
[5] Liu Xianzheng, Methods Involving Google Earth Base Station Layers Creation
via MapInfo plugin (060519)
[6] Weiwei, Guide to Traffic Distribution Figure Creation via MapInfo 6.5 and
GCIMaker
[7] Ma Huiyu, Create SearchRing via MapInfo
[8] Ouyangxi, Information Transfer between Internal Layers of MapInfo
[9] Xueao, How to use Mapinfo to Assist the Village Access Planning Simulation
[10] Qin Fuxin, Application of MapInfo in CNS
[11] Wanghui, Scheme Figure Formulation in Network Optimization Analysis
[12] Pan Chunjin, Base Station Cell Creation Template
[13] Liu Xianzheng, Application of Simulation Drawings in Google Earth
[14] Pan Chunjin & Liu Xianzheng, New Application of Google Earth: A Gadget to
Convert Standards like RxPower, FFER and StrEc/Io in CNA1 to Google Earth
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3.6 Functions of Relevant Plugins...........................................................................................................38

1.1 Brief Introduction

Provide comprehensive location service solutions and manage information based

MapInfo provides simple and convenient development methods, a built-in Basic

1.2 Software Installation & Operation

Windows 2000 Professional SP 4

Windows Vista Ultimate

Mid to High 2D/3D

card with 128MB or

Windows 2003 Server SP 1 with

better Data 450

Server: Same Client:

* For Window Vista, MapInfo has not been authenticated yet.

2 Software Function Menu Configuration

Figure 2-1 Quick Start

Following login, the interface below pops up.

Figure 2-2 Interface Overview

Figure 2-3 System Setup Preference

Figure 2-4 Map Options

2.2 Common Menu Function Description

Figure 2-5 File Menu

Figure 2-6 Tools Manager

You can use Universal Translator to convert some formats.

Figure 2-7 Objects Menu

Figure 2-8 Query Menu

Figure 2-9 Selection Function

Figure 2-11Table Menu

Plan Site Table after Update

Table Structure Edit

Through creating thematic Layers, it is convenient to display categorized information

New Layout Window

Put the image example in a proper position for better comprehension.

Output with Legend

OthersStatistics and Information are common functions in the figure operation.

3 Network Planning Optimum Application

The following dialogue box pops up:

Character Section Attribute Setup Window

Create Points Options

to see the effects. If the

3.1.2 Sector Layer Creation

Figure 3-1 Tool Manager Window

Figure 3-2 SiteSee Menu Options

Figure 3-3 Create Site Boundary Window

Figure 3-4 Cell Maker Example

3.2 New Station Planning

3.2.1 Create New Layers

3.2.2 Input Information

in the Tools Bar to distribute.

to name each station. This approach leads to many

adopting the approach mentioned before.

3.2.3 New Station Export

3.2.3.1 Method 1recommendedGlobal Mapper adopted

Coordinate Extractor Interface

Figure 3-5 Planning Example

Figure 3-6 Data Table following Extension via Coordinate Extractor

3.3 Inquiry & Statistics

SQL Select Window