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Planning and Optimizing LTE Base Stations

• You can create an Atoll document from a template, with no base stations, or from a database with an existing set
of base stations. As you work on your Atoll document, you will still need to create base stations and modify
existing ones.
• In Atoll, a site is defined as a geographical point where one or more transmitters are located. Once you have
created a site, you can add transmitters. In Atoll, a transmitter is defined as the antenna and any additional
equipment, such as the TMA, feeder cables, and so on. In an LTE project, you must also add cells to each
transmitter. A cell refers to the characteristics of an RF channel on a transmitter.
• Atoll lets you create one site, transmitter, or cell at a time, or create several at once using station templates. In
Atoll, a base station refers to a site and a transmitter with its antennas, equipment, and cells.
• In Atoll, you can study a single base station or a group of base stations using coverage predictions. You can
make a variety of coverage predictions, such as signal level or signal quality coverage predictions. The results of
calculated coverage predictions can be displayed on the map, compared, and studied.
• Atoll enables you to model network traffic by creating services, users, user profiles, traffic environments, and
terminals. This data can be then used to make coverage predictions that depend on network load, such as
C/(I+N), service area, radio bearer, and throughput coverage predictions.
• This section covers the following topics as shown