Ultima Mentor

Manual Neighbor List Editing

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Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson you will be able to

manually edit the original or optimized
Neighbor List

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Main Topics
 Explore the Neighbor List Editor
 Add / remove neighbors
 Change neighbor priority
 Enforce constraints on the network

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Manual Neighbor List Optimization
If required, you can manually fine-tune a neighbor list plan:

 The original plan from the switch.

 The optimized plan created by Mentor.

 You should duplicate the plan and then edit it.

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Neighbor List Editor
Map

Neighbor
List Viewer

Summary
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Neighbor List Viewer Pane
The Neighbor List Viewer pane enables you to view details about the
neighbor list of the sector that is currently selected on the map.

 The pane contains two tabs:

 Final List – final neighbor list for this plan.
 Detailed List – details of all the neighbors that are/were relevant for the
selected sector (based on the original, old and new lists).

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Neighbor List Viewer Pane – Operations

 Display the neighbor list of one of the current neighbors.

 Flag a neighboring sector on the map by double-clicking the neighbor.
 Move between the previously selected sectors and their neighbor lists.
 Add a previously removed neighbor.
 Change Priority.

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Summary Pane
The Summary pane enables you to view all sectors in the selection that were
worked on during both the regular and the manual neighbor list optimization.

 The sector that is currently being edited is marked with in the first column,
and all other sectors that are affected by this change are marked with .

 Any sectors that were edited during the manual neighbor list optimization
are listed as such in the Manually Changed column.

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Summary Pane – Operations

 Save manual changes as constraints on the network.

 Enforce network constraints in the current plan.
 Revert selected sectors to the original neighbor list plan or the baseline plan.

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Viewing the Manual Neighbor List
You can display graphically on the map the manually edited neighbor
list of a selected sector.

 Select the relevant sector.

 The connecting lines are colored according to their priority.

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Adding Neighbors
 To add a neighbor, click the sector to whose neighbor list you want to
add a neighbor and click the Add Neighbor icon.

 Using the changed cursor click each sector

you wish to add as a neighbor.

 By default, the new neighbor will be given

the lowest available priority.

If the sector cannot be added to the neighbor list, the reason is

displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the main window.
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Removing Neighbors
 Any neighbors that are removed are marked as manually
removed in the Neighbor List Viewer pane and in the Final
Changes legend, if displayed.

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Changing the Neighbor Priority
 Use the Neighbor List Viewer pane to change the incoming and/or outgoing
priority of a selected sector.

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Adding and Using Network Constraints
Any neighbor list constraints that were added during the manual
neighbor list optimization can be saved as constraints in the network to
be used in all further optimization runs.

 Use the Options menu in the Summary pane.

 You can then choose to use the network constraints

in the current plan.

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Reverting to the Original or Baseline NL Plan
You can cancel the proposed neighbor list changes for
specific sectors by reverting to:

 The original neighbor list from the switch.

 The baseline plan calculated by Mentor
(if manual changes were made).

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Manual Neighbor List Report
The Manual Neighbor List report enables you to view the changes made
to the neighbor list, both by the Neighbor List optimization wizard and
manually in the Neighbor List Editor.

 The report is generated as soon as you save your manual changes to the
neighbor list.

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Lesson Summary – Q&A
 Which operations can you perform to manually edit the neighbor list
plan?

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