Quality of Service Department

Alcatel in Alcatel
Asia Pacific
Drive- Test
A Business Enabler
Procedure

John Wilkinson
Senior Executive Vice
19th of April 2006
President
Finance & Operations
Alcatel Asia Pacific

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Drive Test Method and Procedure
Method
Coverage and Quality measurement on define route
Use TEMS investigation software and GPS for coordinate, for
three types measurement (idle, sequence call, and continuous
call mode)
Idle Mode : to measure signal level as perceived by subscriber
QoS Mode : 60 seconds connected and 10 seconds idle. Used test
call number 199
Continuous Mode : Always connected to the network. Used test call
number 199
Type of Car used is Kijang or Panther only
TEMS Mobile Station is located in the middle of the car

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Drive Test Method and Procedure (Cont)

Tools
TEMS Mobile Station (Ericsson T68i) including Matrix SIMCARD
GPS Equipment
Portable PC equipped with TEMS Investigation version. 4.1.1. D2V

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Drive Test Route

The Drive Test routes are defined prior Drive Test activity
For example: Babulu_Darat (East Kalimantan) Area Drive Test Route

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Drive Test Statistical Information

Statistical Informations are based on Report Generator Result in TEMS Investigation

upon processing particular drive test log files (for example: Babulu_Darat Area)
Sequence call result (QoS)

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Drive Test Statistical Information (Cont)
Continuous Call Result

Coverage (Idle Mode)

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Drive Test Statistical Information (Cont)

Formulas of Calculating KPI in previous table are as follow:

Call Setup Success Rates (CSSR), applied in QoS Mode
CSSR = Call Established / Call Attempt, where the value of Call Established and Call
Attempt are taken from TEMS Report Generator on particular log files
Call Drop Rates (CDR), applied in QoS Mode
CDR = Call Drop / Call Established, where the value of Call Drop Number and Call
Established are taken from TEMS Report Generator on particular log files
Successful Call Rates (SCR), applied in QoS Mode
SCR = [CSSR * (1-CDR)]
Hand Over Success Rates (HOSR), applied in QoS Mode and Continuous Mode
HOSR = HandOver Success / ( HandOver Success + HandOver Failure), where the value
of HandOver Success and HandOver Failure are taken from TEMS Report Generator on
particular log files
Percentage of RxQualSub, SQI (applied in QoS and Continuous Mode), and
RxLevelSub (applied in Idle Mode for coverage area, are taken from MapInfo plots of
particular elements. MapInfo plots are get by exporting the particular logfiles in to
MapInfo format at TEMS Investigation platform. For each MapInfo plots, we applied
one sample one coordinate method and we took the average value of each
coordinate data (average of co-located samples).

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Drive Test Statistical Information (Cont)
For example: MapInfo plots of Babulu_Darat Area (Coverage by RxLevelSub in Idle Mode)

Counters taken for

percentage calculation

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Comparing Before and After CutOver Drive Test Data

After completion drive test activity both before and after cut over, we provided in
each DT report MapInfo plots for both measurement (RxQualSub, SQI and
RxLevelSub).
KPIs Table (see pg. 5 6) also updated and compared before and after cut over, then
come into conclusion in to OK/NOK status in Result column.

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure

For example, Babulu_Darat Area for Average RxLevSub (dBm)

Step 1. Export the particular logfiles in to MapInfo (TAB file), and open
the said TAB file.

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then click new browser icon in MapInfo

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then choose Table Maintenance Table Structure in MapInfo, as shown

below

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then click Add Field

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then click filled up Field Information as follow, then click OK

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

MapInfo Screen will be blank, then choose Window New Browser Window
as follow to get back our updated table

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then we have new column already to be updated (column AvgRxLevelSub)

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Go to Menu Bar, then choose Query SQL Select as follow

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Fill Up SQL Select window as follow, for grouping table by Longitude and
Latitude

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then we get Query1 Browser with AvgRxLevSubdBm already, to be

combined

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

For data combining purpose, choose Table Update Column as follow

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then we have Update Column window to be filled up as follow, then press

OK

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then we have column AvgRxLevelSub filled up already from Query1

browser data

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

To remove unvalid data (RxLevel & BSIC = 0), then run another Query by
choosing Query SQL Select

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then we have SQL Select window to be filled up as follow, in order to

remove the said unvalid data (AvgRxLevelSub & BSIC = 0), then press OK

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then we get Query2 Browser as final result with AvgRxLevelSub in one

sample one coordinate by average value of co-location samples

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then save the Query2 Browser by choosing File Save Copy As

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)

Then choose Query2 to be saved in another TAB file

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MapInfo 1 Sample 1 Coordinate Procedure (Cont)
Finally choose location where the Query2 Browser to be saved with new
name (ex. AlcatelBabuluDarat_Idle_Average.TAB). This file will be
processed in MapInfo for getting Average RxLevelSub plot to be put on
respective Drive Test Report

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