Indoor Cell Planning

Prepared By Atif Akhlaq

June 2008
 Agenda
Introduction & Objectives
● Introduction
● Objective

Indoor Cell Planning Process

● Capacity Dimensioning
● Antenna and BTS Systems
● RF Design
● Frequency Planning for Indoor GSM Systems
Conclusion
 Objective

Indoor GSM Systems are the Specific Solutions in Radio Network

Design Where it is needed

This presentation intends to give an overview of Indoor GSM

Systems
Indoor Cell Planning Process
Capacity Dimensioning

What is the Aim of Indoor Application?

● Public
– Such as Shopping Malls, Airport terminals
● Business
– Business Centres
Indoor Cell Planning Process

Antenna and BTS Systems

Building Specifications and Coverage and
Capacity Demands
Antenna Design Schematic
Future Extension
● For Capacity
● For Coverage
Ø Most Commonly Used Antenna Types

Flat Panel, Directional Antennas

• Omni Directional Antennas
ØDistributed Antennas Using Coax
Feeders
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Second level
● Third level

● Fourth level

● Fifth level
Couplers & Power Splitters

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Second level
● Third level

● Fourth level

● Fifth level
Link Budget
BTS Systems

RF Repeaters
● Easy and Quick Installation
● Low Cost
● Temporary Solution (Not Proper for Increasing Capacity)
Indoor Cell Planning Process

RF Design

Link Budget

● Required Signal Strength

● Design Levels
● BTS Output Power
Indoor Cell Planning Process

Frequency Planning for Indoor GSM

Systems

Planning with re-use of Outdoor Frequencies

● Better to assign manually by excluding the frequencies of
surrounding cells and the adjacent frequencies
● Good to apply FH to smooth out the interference
● BTS Output Power should be increased if the available
frequencies are too few.
Example of Macro Coverage Plots
Example of Indoor Coverage Plots
 Up to 70% new traffic with in the Indoor cells after Implementing
In-building solutions

Improve coverage and Capacity inside building using solution shows

an increase of the cellular traffic with up to 70% for larger buildings. For
e.g. Tunnels and metros with no presentation at all from the outdoor
cellular network, all traffic will go through the in building solution.
 Commercial Buildings in Karachi
• UNI center
• Custom house
• Cotton exchange
• GUL plaza shopping center
• KARACHI electronic market
• LAKSON SQUARE
• karachi Gymkhana
• Karachi club
• CIVIC center
• IT park
• RIMPA plaza
• FEDERATION HOUSE
• EMBASSY HOTEL
• HOTEL CITY GATE
• GULL BUILDING
• REGENT PLAZA HOTEL
• BEACH LUXURY HOTEL
 Single Account co-operate Buildings
in Karachi
• Pnsc building
• NJI building
• MCB tower
• ADAMJEE house head office
• Dawood Center
• State life building
• Defense authority Creek club
• DHA Golf club
• Park avenue
• ABN Amro bank
• STANDARD CHARTER building
• SSGC building
• JASON Trade center
• AGHA khan hospital
• FAYSAL BANK HEAD OFFICE (faysal
house)
• JANG press building
• SINDH secretariat
Single Account co-operate Buildings
in Karachi
• INCOME TAX building
• RADIO PAKISTAN
• AG SINH OFFICE BUILDING
• THE PLAZA
• NBP BUILDING
• STATE BANK HEAD OFFICE BUILDING
• INDUS MOTOR COMPANY
• PAKISTAN STEEL MILL
• PAK SUZUKU MOTORS
Conclusion

Indoor systems can be solution if the coverage is weak from outdoor

cells or causing to bad quality
To build indoor systems into the buildings, which are generating high
traffic, can reduce the network load by handling that traffic
In developed business centres, indoor system can replace the fixed
network
Indoor systems are sometimes the complements that can provide a
good image.