LTE Design Review Submission

Market Name: ALABAMA

Spectrum Holdings: 700MHz

LTE Frequency Band and Bandwidth: 700MHz (5MHz Bandwidth)

AT&T Mobility Market Team Names: ------

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Design Vendor Team Names:

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Template Revision History

Date Rev Revision Description

06/30/2010 1.0 - Initial Release of Review Template

08/18/2010 1.1 - Added radiation center distribution (above sea level) and network-wide
cluster summary results
11/01/2010 1.2 - Updated template with new KPI sheet
- Updated the design views to align with phases
- Updated and clarified presentation views
12/15/2010 1.3 - Added UMTS Baseline (As-Is)

For questions or comments about this template or to request changes to the template, contact:
Julius Fodje, NP&E - National RAN, RF Design & Planning
Desk: (678) 867-4676
Wireless: (404) 345-3625
E-mail: JF6313@att.com

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 Definitions Used
Baseline Design
 UMTS Baseline (As-Is): This is the LTE design with a configuration that mirrors that of the existing UMTS network
configuration with the following specific network configuration profiles maintained:
o Same Radiation Centers as UMTS
o Same Azimuths as UMTS
o Same Number of Transmitters per site as UMTS
o Similar HBW as UMTS – but antennas selected from the approved antenna list for 700 MHz or AWS
o Similar Tilts as UMTS (850 -> 700 and AWS -> 1900)
o No Site Sparsing
o RH at the top of the tower or closest to the antenna
 Optimized Baseline (Vendor Engagement): This is the output of the market optimized baseline which is the vendor
engagement starting point.

PICD : Preliminary Initial Cluster Design

 This is the best possible LTE network design that meets or exceeds the design KPI targets
o The design optimization is carried out using limits of constraints within the guidelines. Only when the limits
of the constrains within the guidelines are exhausted without meeting the targets can the design engineer
then carry out a “common sense” unconstrained design to meet the design targets.

DFCD/ICD : Definitive Final Cluster Design /Implementable Cluster Design at Launch

 This is the launch network configuration based on the feedback from C&E.
o The design is updated with the feedback on the LTE RFDSs previously issued to C&E

DFCD/LTCD : Definitive Final Cluster Design /Long Term Cluster Design

 This is the long term cluster design. The only difference between this and the PICD is that it includes the
acceptable feedback from C&E
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 LTE Design Review Timeline
ATOLL Design Date Design Notes
Version Complete Date Submitted Date of
# Review
UMTS Baseline (As-Is) 1
Optimized Baseline Network 1
View
(Vendor Engagement)
Optimized (PICD) Design View 1

Launch (DFCD/ICD) Design

View
General Presentation Deck Preparation Guidelines:
1. The UMTS Baseline (As-Is) configuration KPI must be included in all the reviews for comparison
2. When a review is carried out at the “Baseline ” design phase, only complete the deck with the UMTS
Baseline (As-Is) and the “Optimized Baseline” information (items 1 and 2)
3. When a review is carried out at the “Optimized (PICD)” design phase, the deck should include the
baseline information (items 1, 2 and 3) above as well as the optimized design information
4. When a review is carried out at the “Launch (DFCD/ICD)” design phase, the deck should include the
baseline design information, optimized (PICD) design information well as the Launch optimized design
information
5. If an unconstrained design view (for PICD) is being added to the deck, then all the histograms, map views
and prediction studies for the unconstrained view should be added to the deck.
Note
 DFCD/LTCD is not included at this time as part of this review deck.

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Outline of Presentation
Section Contents

0 Design Delivery Package Checklist o Required LTE Design Delivery Package Material

o Executive Summary of LTE Design KPIs

o LTE Solution Summary
o Extent of Design Optimization Considered and Used in Design
o Tracking Extent of Key Design Options Implemented into LTE Design
Executive KPI Summary and
1 o Antenna Summary and Map
Configuration Summary o Tilt Comparison
o Azimuth Comparison and Map
o Radiation Center Distribution Map
o Status of RFDS

o LTE Design Site Count Summary

o Existing Problem Areas in Market
o Market Specific Considerations
2 Design Inputs o LTE Design Approach
o Polygons Used in Design
o LTE Cluster Map
o RF Propagation Models Used in Design

o Traffic Density Map - Data

3 LTE Demand Map o Scaling Factor Determination

o Summarized Cluster Performance

o Prediction Study Plots and Reports
4 Individual Cluster Results o Monte Carlo Results
o Comparison between LTE and UMTS Coverage Layers

o Summarized Network-wide Performance

o Composite Prediction Study Plots and Reports
o Impact of LTE Design on Existing Market Problem Areas
Network-Wide Results Summary
5 o Delta Between C&E Feedback and PICD Design
and Path Forward o Statistics on Optimized Design Options fulfilled by C&E Towards Launch
Optimized Network
o MediaFlo Analysis Results

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 Design Delivery Package Checklist
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Design Delivery Package Checklist
Check all items which are completed at the time of each design review.

All Design Review Phases:

 This PowerPoint presentation

 Review results of the LTE design polygon evaluation against "smart" borders

 Atoll Project (*.atl) with all the data used towards the presentation in this deck – saved
prediction studies, Monte Carlo simulations, site configuration data, Polygons, etc. (per the LTE
Design Guidelines).

 Google Earth *.kmz file with all the active sites, transmitters and generated prediction studies

 Completed LTE Design Checklist

 RF Data Sheets (See next slide for details)

 Comparison between LTE Coverage and Existing UMTS Coverage

Launch Design Phase Only:

 e-UTRAN Neighbor Relationships

 Physical Cell ID assignments

 LTE Design Punchlist

 Completed Data Translations

 Cluster Certificates
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Design Phases, Design Review Points and RFDS Release Stages

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 Executive KPI Summary and Configuration
Summary
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 Targets Used for KPI Color Coding

The targets used for color-coding on the KPI summary sheets are as depicted below:

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Map of MSJK_102_NA_7_10M

• Engineering
Polygons

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Market KPIs MSJK_102_NA_7_10M

Low Band
Optimized Design
Low Band Design Low Band
Low Band PICD View
View ICD Optimized LTCD
Metric Green Target Yellow Target Red Target Baseline Design
Optimized_ Design View
View PICD Modified
(Constrained)

ALL LINKS ≥ 98% ≥ 96% < 96% 99.10 99.60 99.10 99

DL ≥ 98% ≥ 96% < 96% 100.00 100.00 99.42 100.00
VoLTE Mean Served, %
UL ≥ 98% ≥ 96% < 96% 98.67 98.72 97.70 98.82
DL+UL ≥ 98% ≥ 96% < 96% 98.51 100.00 99.31 99.39
FTP Data Mean Served, % ALL LINKS ≥ 98% ≥ 96% < 96% 99.80 99.80 99.70 100
RSRP, dBm -113 ≥ 95% ≥ 92% < 92% 95.46 95.88 93.57 95.12
-12.5
≥ 85% ≥ 80% < 80% N/A N/A N/A
@ 50% Load
RSRQ, dB
-15
≥ 85% ≥ 80% < 80% 83.59 86.07 88.98 90.38
@ 100% Load

% Area with 4 or more servers within 5 dB < 2.5% < 4% > 4% 3.59 3.15 4.82 4.03

% Area with 2 or more servers within 5 dB <35% < 40% > 40% 40.04 34.86 36.22 35.09

% Area with 7 or more servers within 10 dB <2.5% < 4% > 4% 3.05 3.61 6.03 5.11

5 29.05 35.40 37.86 38.19

≥ Baseline * < Baseline *
SINR (DL), dB 10 ≥ Baseline 10.94 18.63 20.70 20.91
98/100 98/100
20 0.00 0.18 0.10 0.30
5 99.99 100.00 96.12 99.82
≥ Baseline * < Baseline *
SINR (UL), dB 10 ≥ Baseline 99.25 99.93 89.40 96.56
98/100 98/100
20 73.33 82.39 62.19 61.41
DL 6.29 6.68 4.48 4.88
Average Cell Effective RLC Aggregate
Reference Only. Not Color-coded
Throughput per Sector, Mbps/Sector UL 0.39 0.38 0.28 0.41

Total "Cell Effective RLC Aggregate DL ≥ Baseline * < Baseline * 56.59 60.14 40.28 43.95
≥ Baseline
Throughput per Sector, Mbps 98/100 98/100
UL 3.51 3.44 2.49 3.68

Total Number of LTE Sites 3 3 3 3

Total Number of LTE Sectors 9 9 9 9

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LTE Cluster Map of MSJK_102_NA_7_10M
MSJK_102_NA_7_10M

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Market LTE Solution Summary
PICD Optimized LTCD Optimized
Design Options Evaluation
Network View Network View

Number of Site Relocations N/A 0

Number of Radiation Center Changes (# Sectors) N/A 0
Number of sites violating standard configuration used in market
0 0
(0/120/240)
Azimuth Changes (% of sectors) N/A 33.33%
Number of Azimuth Changes (new – old > 30 degrees) N/A 0
Number of sites violating antenna separation Guidelines
0 1
(Min/Max) per LTE Design Guidelines
Percentage of Transmitters with HBW > 65 degrees 55.56% 0.00%
Number of sites with less than the standard 3 sectors 0 0
RH at top of Tower or close to Antennas (% sectors) 100.00% 100.00%
Number of Remotely Located RH (see notes) 0.00% 0.00%
Tilt Changes (% sectors) N/A 66.67%
Number of Transmitters without 2 degrees EDT
0 2
breathing room
Number of Transmitters Incorporating Mechanical Tilts 0 0
Number of Sparsed Sites N/A 0
Number of New Sites in Unconstrained Design N/A 0
Number of sectors violating antenna separation
0/0 0/1
Guidelines (Min/Max) per LTE Design Guidelines
Extent of Design Optimization Considered and Used in Design

Was this Was this

considered in incorporated in
the LTE design LTE design Comments
process? under review?
[Yes, No] [Yes, No, N/A]
Radiation Center Changes Yes No
Azimuth Changes Yes Yes
LTE Site Sparsing Yes No
Site Relocations Yes No
Antenna Type Selected from Approved Antenna List Yes Yes
Remotely Located Radio Heads No No
Mechanical Tilt (if YES, explain why) Yes No
Dedicated LTE Antennas (if NO, explain why) Yes Yes
Other (specify)

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Tracking Extent of Key Design Options Implemented into LTE Design

LTCD Optimized Network

PICD Optimized Network View
View
% of
# Sites % of Sites # Sites
Sites
# Sites in Design View 3 100.00% 3 100.00%
Sparsing
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(relative to UMTS count)
Site Relocations
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(in this design view)

% of
# Sectors % of Sectors # Sectors
Sectors
# Sectors in Design View 9 100.00% 9 100.00%
Radiation Center Changes
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(relative to UMTS)
Antenna Azimuth Changes
0 0.00% 3 33.33%
(relative to UMTS)
Shared Antenna Systems
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(relative to UMTS)
Antenna Summary – PICD Optimized Design View
Manufacturer Freq. Band Gain Horizontal Vertical Number Antenna % Variable Tilt
Antenna Model (MHz) (dBi) Beam Width Beam Width of Sectors Length (ft) of Sectors Range (deg)
Kathrein KRC118054-1_716MHz 698 - 894 16.0 70.3 9.7 9 8.01 100.0% 2 - 10

No. Of Sectors Sharing Antenna LTE and UMTS 0 0.0%

Total No. of Sectors 9 100.0%

Antenna Summary – LTCD Optimized Design View

Manufacturer Freq. Band Gain Horizontal Vertical Number Antenna % Variable Tilt
Antenna Model (MHz) (dBi) Beam Width Beam Width of Sectors Length (ft) of Sectors Range (deg)
CCI HPA-65R-BUU-H8_719MHz 698 - 894 63.8 10.6 10.6 9 6.24 100.0% 2 - 10

No. Of Sectors Sharing Antenna LTE and UMTS 0 0.0%

Total No. of Sectors 9 100.0%

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Map of Antenna (HBW) Usage – PICD Optimized & LTCD Optimized Design
View (MSJK_102_NA_7_10M)

PICD – Large
LTCD - Small

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Total Tilt Comparison (PICD vs. LTCD)

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Mechanical Tilt Comparison (PICD vs. LTCD)

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Electrical Tilt Comparison (PICD vs. LTCD)

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Layout of Total Tilt Used in the LTE Design – PICD Optimized (Cluster
MSJK_102_NA_7_10M)

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Layout of Total Tilt Used in the LTE Design – LTCD Optimized (Cluster
MSJK_102_NA_7_10M)

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Azimuth Histogram (PICD Optimized Design View)

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Azimuth Histogram (LTCD Optimized Design View)

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Map of Azimuths Used in the LTE Design – PICD Optimized & LTCD
Optimized Design View (MSJK_102_NA_7_10M)

Optimized PICD
Network View Azimuth

LTCD Network View

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Distribution of Radiation Centers Used in the LTE Design - Height Above Sea
Level & Height Above Ground Level –PICD Optimized

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Distribution of Radiation Centers Used in the LTE Design - Height Above Sea
Level & Height Above Ground Level –LTCD Optimized

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Layout of Radiation Centers Used in the LTE Design – PICD Optimized &
LTCD Optimized Design View (MSJK_102_NA_7_10M)

PICD – Large
LTCD - Small

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Review of C&E Feedback

C&E Feedback type Total Transmitters

2 Transmission Ports to 1 Transmission Port 0
Antenna Model Change 9
Azimuth Change > 10 deg 0
Center Line Change(>10%) 0
Combiner change 0
Diplexer change 0
E-tilt Change 7
Feeder Type/Feeder Length change 0
Location (Lat/Long) change 0
M-tilt Change 0
Relocation 0
RRU @ Bottom 0
Site added 0
Site Name change 0 Status Transmitters Sites
Site removed 0 ICD 9 3
TMA change 0 ICD_Temp 0 0
Tx Name change (Tx Swap) 0 LTCD 0 0
Total Transmitters with C&E Feedback received 16 PICD 0 0

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