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HTZ Communications
Training schedule

HTZ Communications _______________________________________________________ 2

Training schedule ___________________________________________________________ 2
Getting started with HTZ – 2 sessions _______________________________________________ 3
Project management __________________________________________________________ 3
The base station ______________________________________________________________ 3
The base station database ______________________________________________________ 3
Coverage Prediction ___________________________________________________________ 3
Coverage Analysis ____________________________________________________________ 4
Punctual analysis _____________________________________________________________ 4
The vector engine _____________________________________________________________ 4
Advanced coverage analysis ____________________________________________________ 4
Printing & reporting __________________________________________________________ 5
DVOR and other VHF/UHF comms – 1 session _______________________________________ 6
Project setup for ground to air VHF/UHF band predictions__________________________ 6
DME-DME (UHF) – 1 session _____________________________________________________ 7
Project setup for DME-DME ___________________________________________________ 7
Microwave – 1 session ____________________________________________________________ 7
Microwave Transmission ______________________________________________________ 7
Radars – 1 session _______________________________________________________________ 8
Radar simulations ____________________________________________________________ 8

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 Getting started with HTZ – 2 sessions

Project management
• Project hierarchy
• Layers
• Load maps and setup new project
• The resampling factor
• The different cartographic layers in HTZ Communications
o Terrain, clutter, image, vector
• The vector engine

The base station

• Adding a station on the map
o Using the mouse
o From coordinates
o From an excel(c) spreadsheet
o From KML
o Connecting HTZ Communications to a database (to be continued)
• Configuring a station
• Saving the network
• Saving & loading templates
• Find the highest altitude

The base station database

• Managing station database
• Importing stations to database
• Connecting to database
• Searching database
• Geo-graphical query
• Batching changes

Coverage Prediction
• The propagation model box
o The calculation methods

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 ▪ Deterministic methods
▪ Empirical/Statistical methods
▪ Mixed methods
▪ Coordination models
o Additional effects on the deterministic approach
▪ The diffraction effects
▪ The subpath attenuation effect
• Calculating the coverage of a network / station
• Calculating coverage using multi-threading mode (32GB ram & i7 or E5 processors)

Coverage Analysis
• Coverage
o Propagation model settings
o Clutter settings
o Maximum distance for the calculation
o Receiving threshold
• Network coverage
o Activation/De-activation
o Individual calculation parameters
• Coverage analysis
o Best server, Number of overlaps…
o Filtering
• User palette
• Path profile

Punctual analysis
• Power received at a given location
• Profiles
o Static
o Dynamic
• The “way” button,

The vector engine

• The vector layers
• Importing vectors from GIS formats
• Drawing vectors

Advanced coverage analysis

• Site searching

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 o From a selection of points to be covered
o From an area to be covered
o Automatic Network Planning
o Visibility

Printing & reporting

• Map printing
o Area of interest
o Configuring the printing engine
o The legend and the logos
• Printings of links
• Export site-by-site coverage to Google maps (KML format)
• Export site-by-site report

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 DVOR and other VHF/UHF comms – 1 session

Project setup for ground to air VHF/UHF band predictions

• Setup fresh project for DVOR modelling
• Introduction to propagation model ITU-R P.528
• Time/location variability
• DVOR network importation and parameterization
• Receiver settings (range, sensitivity, flight height and measurement unit dBm or dBuV/m)
o Global Vs from station
• User legend configuration
• Coverage predictions
• Coverage export to KMZ
• Coverage vectorization (ESRI SHP)
• Vector importation and coverage filter prior to export to KMZ/ESRI SHP
• AM (VHF) coverage predictions
o Uplink predictions
o Downlink predictions
o Balance uplink/downlink
o Legend
o Export

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 DME-DME (UHF) – 1 session

Project setup for DME-DME

• Setup fresh project for DME-DME modelling
• Introduction to propagation model ITU-R P.368-9
• Propagation model setup
• DME network importation and parameterization (Signal type)
o 960 and 1215 MHz
• Receiver settings (range, sensitivity, flight height and measurement unit dBm or dBuV/m)
o Global Vs from station
o Rx height: 10,000 ft
o Range: 370.4 km
• DME Uplink FS coverage, downlink and balanced
• EUROCONTROL DME-DME Area
o DOC distance (370.4 km default)
o 1 pair
o 2 pairs
o 3 parts …
• User legend configuration
o No redundancy, 2, 3 and 4 redundancies
• Coverage export to KMZ
• Coverage vectorization (ESRI SHP)
• Vector importation and coverage filter prior to export to KMZ/ESRI SHP

Microwave – 1 session

Microwave Transmission
• Microwave system background
o How they work
o Link requirements
o Link budget
o Topology (H/L)
• Importing existing network
o On Map

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 o Internal database
• Microwave link modelling
o Configuration
o Reporting
o Equipment
• Passive Reflector
• Linking Stations
• The Path budget
o Analysis, Reliability, availability, outage (rain)
o Rain/fog/availability model
o The diversity
o Antenna height optimization
• Path Profile

Radars – 1 session

Radar simulations
o Introduction to radar system (pulse, reflections and RTT..)
o Radar simplification in HTZ
▪ Understanding all parameters (radar effective area, detection probability.)
▪ Station setup using CAD provided data
▪ Modelling
o Radar simulation
▪ Detection range
▪ Detection height configuration
▪ Blind spots prediction
o Primary/secondary radars modelling (if used)
▪ Range
▪ Minimum detection height
o Reporting/printing/exportation
o Save/load plots

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