VSAT SITES OPTIMIZATION

VSAT SITES OPTIMIZATION

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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 3

2. VSAT SITES ..................................................................................... 4

3. VSAT FOR UPPER EGYPT .......................................................................... 5

4. KPIS EVOLUTION .................................................................................. 6

4.1.1. DL TBF Establishment ....................................................................... 6
4.1.2. UL TBF Establishment ....................................................................... 7
4.1.3. DL TBF RELEASE .............................................................................. 8
4.1.4. UL TBF RELEASE .............................................................................. 8
4.1.5. DL TBF DROP .................................................................................. 9
4.1.6. UL TBF DROP .................................................................................. 9
4.1.7. DL GPRS Radio Throughput ................................................................ 10
4.1.8. UL GPRS Radio Throughput ................................................................ 10

5. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................11

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1. INTRODUCTION

 The aim of this document is to provide a summary about the VSAT sites in general as well as
their parameters adjustments in (E) GPRS.
 In this document the KPIs evolution for the 5 VSAT cells in Upper Egypt will be presented after
doing the parameters tuning.

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2. VSAT SITES
 The VSAT sites are sites having their ABIS or ATER connected through satellite instead of
terrestrial links.

 Hence; for (E) GPRS some parameters must be fine tuned from the default values to other
values to be more suitable for VSAT sites.

 Below is a table summarizing the parameters that are fine tuned for the VSAT cells

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3. VSAT FOR UPPER EGYPT

In Upper Egypt there are 5 cells that are connected through satellite which are stated below for which
fine tuning for the (E) GPRS parameters were performed in order to enhance their performances:

 AS-AMADATEMPLE_G_S1_58746_1_G

 QN-ELLAKITA_G_S2_59483_1_S

 QN-ELLAKITA_G_S1_59482_1_S

 QN-ELSHAGHAB_G_S1_59485_1_S

 AS-SEBOA-TMPLE_G_S1_58876_1_G

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4. KPIS EVOLUTION
 In this section the main GPRS KPIs evolutions for the 5 cells will be presented in order to show
the effect of changing the parameters on the cells.

 It has to be mentioned that a great improvement was noticed on the cells after changing the
parameters as they were on the default values. This was the main cause of their bad GPRS
performances.

4.1.1. DL TBF Establishment

The DL TBF establishment success increased to keep an average of 90.07% which was 45.11% before
changing the parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 81.9%

Fig 1: DL TBF Establishment

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4.1.2. UL TBF Establishment

The UL TBF establishment success increased to keep an average of 62.22% which was 0.25% before
changing the parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 62.12%

Fig 2: UL TBF Establishment

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4.1.3. DL TBF RELEASE

The DL TBF normal release increased to keep an average of 89.75% which was 78.13% before changing
the parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 53.13%

Fig 3: DL TBF Release

4.1.4. UL TBF RELEASE

The UL TBF normal release increased to keep an average of 97.22% which was 71.84% before changing
the parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 90.13%

Fig 4: UL TBF Release

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4.1.5. DL TBF DROP

The DL TBF drop decreased to keep an average of 9.55% which was 30.25% before changing the
parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 68.43%

Fig 5: DL TBF Drop

4.1.6. UL TBF DROP

The UL TBF drop decreased to keep an average of 2.75% which was 26.38% before changing the
parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 89.58%

Fig 6: UL TBF Drop

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4.1.7. DL GPRS Radio Throughput

The DL GPRS radio throughput increased to keep an average of 10.61 Kb/s per TBF which was 0.52
Kb/s per TBF before changing the parameters to record a percentage of improvement more than 100%

Fig 7: DL GPRS Radio Throughput

4.1.8. UL GPRS Radio Throughput

The UL GPRS radio throughput increased to keep an average of 18.1 Kb/s per TBF which was 11.61
Kb/s per TBF before changing the parameters to record a percentage of improvement of 55.9%

Fig 8: UL GPRS Radio Throughput

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5. CONCLUSION
 The VSAT cells must be fine tuned in order to get the best performances out of them.

 A great improvement occurred after changing the parameters on the 5 cells which exist in
Upper Egypt.

 The table below summarizes the main KPIs improvements after changing the parameters

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