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UMTS ZXPOS Optimization
Tools
ZTE University
Contents
 CNT Introduction
 CNA Introduction
 CNO Introduction
Edit the site information table
 CNT can support Excel format site information table load and unload.
 The requirement of the site information table, at least must including 9
parameters as follows:
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Create map and design testing route
 Tow methods to create map
 Import the MapInfo format map
 Use MapInfo convert JPG or BMP format file to Tab format file.
 Steps of convert JPG or BMP format file to Tab format file
 Download the city map via the accessorial software ( for example Supperget2000 series ).
 Use MapInfo open the map
 Click <Register> to calibrate the map
 Select 3-5 points from Google earth or by GPS test, Click <Add> ， Enter the right longitude and
latitude as.
 Click <OK> ， the software will generate map automatic, then the calibration is finished.

Create map and design testing route

Method to design the testing route
 Some times you need prepare the testing route at

first, The method to design the route in MapInfo as
follows
 Open MapInfo, open the map file. Click <New Table>, Create
a new layer on the map layer.
 Save the file to certain folder.
 Click [Map →Layer Control], select the pop-window from
layer control window, add the new layer just now created.
 Now the new layer is displayed in the status bar, Select the
drawing tools to design the testing route.
 Save the route.

Method to design the testing route

Build Test Environment
 Connect all equipment

 Start the software. In the left of the window, add
mobile and GPS.
Parameter
Parameterdescription
description
Build In
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（（11））Sim
SimNavigator
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computer,
software
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will simulate a GPS, will generate
location
locationinformation
informationrandomly
randomly
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COM
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： The port connectthetheequipment
equipment
APT
APTFile
File：：load
loadororunload
unloadtesttestdata.
data.
CellSite
CellSite File ： load or unload siteinformation
File ： load or unload site information

 Click[ My computer →Management→ Device

management→ port （ COM and LPT ） ], Check the
port information.
 Right click to detect GPS and UE. Then right click test
phone, select<Test Mode> to active test. Select a
folder to save the test data in the pop-window.


 Load map and testing route

Button
Button to
to show
show map
map window.
window.
Button
Button to
to add
add map
map and
and testing
testing route.
route.

 Load site information.

 Click [ File->Load Cell Site…] to load site information.
 Notice ： Click [ File->Unload Cell Site ] can unload the site information. If
already load site information, then you add other site information table,
former will be unload.

 Display style setting
 Click button ， Set the Active Set and Monitor Set Line color and
cell site label parameters.

 Display style setting
 Click to set the Theme

Pilot Coverage Test
 In CNT click shortcut icon to open pilot set window

Drive Test Replay
 CNT can save the drive test data in “apt” format, and support replay.

CS Service Test Procedure
 Step 1. Click [View → Phone→ Voice Call Test]

CS Service Test Procedure
 Step 2. Set the parameters and click “Apply”, and then click “Start
Call”

CS Service Test Call Statistics
 It includes call procedure, time and statistic information.

CS Service Test Time Statistics
 In Time Statistics window, record all the time statistic message during
conversation, including access request count, call setup time, call time, teardown
time, and Idle time.

PS Service Test Procedure
 Step 1. Click [View → Phone→ Data Call Test]

PS Service Test Procedure
 Step 2. Click , to add or delete a test item, and set

parameters

Message
 Step 3. Click <Apply> ， Then <Start Call>.

Throughput
 Step 4.Click <Throughput> to check the throughput, status of data

transmit and statistic message.

Indoor coverage test

Contents
CPICH RSCP analysis
 CPICH RSCP is the pilot channel power received by UE. It is

the main indicator to measure the downlink coverage.
Generally, we setting different threshold to different region in
the initial phase. During optimization, we test the RSCP
whether reach the threshold or not. If RSCP is lower than the
threshold, we must improve the coverage by RF optimization.

CPICH RSCP category
CPICH RSCP (dBm) Coverage Remark

Level
RSCP  -105 Level 6 Poor coverage, service can not be initiated
-105  RSCP  -95 Level 5 Poor coverage. Outdoor Service can be initiated, but call
success rate will very low, call drop rate will be very high.
Indoor service can not be initiated.
-95  RSCP  -85 Level 4 Normal coverage. Outdoor service can be initiated, low
speed data service can be initiated. But indoor service the
call success rate will be low, call drop rate will be high.
-85  RSCP  -75 Level 3 Good coverage. Both outdoor or indoor can initiated
various service. Outdoor will get medium speed and
indoor will get low speed data service.
-75< RSCP -65 Level 2 Better coverage. Both outdoor or indoor can initiated
various service. Outdoor will get high speed and indoor
will get medium speed data service.
RSCP >-65 Level 1 Excellent coverage

CPICH RSCP analysis
(a)
(a)UE
UEtest
test layer
layerselection
selection
(b)
(b)Scanner
Scannertest
testlayer
layerselection
selection

CPICH Ec/Io category
 CPICH Ec/Io is also the main indicator to measure the downlink coverage.
WCDMA is a self – interference system, Coverage is up to CPICH RSCP and
EC/IO.
CPICH Ec/Io （ dB ） Quality Level Remark

Ec/Io  -15 Level 7 Very poor quality. Service can not be initiated
-15 Ec/Io  -13 Level 6 Poor quality. Low call success rate, high call drop
rate.
-13 Ec/Io  -11 Level 5 Poor quality, Support low speed data service and
bad quality voice call.
-11 Ec/Io  -9 Level 4 Normal quality. Support low speed data service and
normal quality voice call.
-9 Ec/Io  -7 Level 3 Good quality, Support medium speed data service
and good quality voice call.
-7  Ec/Io  -5 Level 2 Better quality. Support high speed data service.
Ec/Io  -5 Level 1 Excellent quality. Support high speed data service.

CPICH Ec/Io analysis
(a)
(a)UE
UEtest
testlayer
layer
selection
selection
(b)
(b)Scanner
Scannertest
testlayer
layerselection
selection

CPICH Best SC analysis
 Best Sc means best serving cell. By analyze best SC, you can get
the cell coverage area. CNA Defined 2 methods to analyze Best
Sc ， One is based on Ec/Io, other is based on RSCP.
(a)
(a)UE
UEteat
teatlayer
layer
selection
selection
(b)
(b)Scanner
Scannertest
testlayer
layerselection
selection
Via
Via analyze
analyze the
the best
best serving
serving cell
cell ,, you
you will
will easily
easily to
to locate
locate the
the problem
problem such
such as
as
overshoot
overshoot coverage,
coverage, missing
missing neighbor
neighbor cell,
cell, unreasonable
unreasonable handover
handover area
area and
and
Feeder cable cross connection
Feeder cable cross connection

 Overshoot coverage
 Overshoot coverage will cause the problem such as pilot pollution, frequently
handover, call failure and call drop problem.

 Missing neighbor cell

 Missing neighbor cell will cause the problem such as call
drop, cell congestion etc.

Method 1 ： UE CPICH best SC compared with the Scanner CPICH
best SC .

Before call drop, if the EC/IO of UE active set Best SC is low, the
EC/IO of Scanner Best SC is excellent. At the same time the
Scanner best SC scrambling code is not including in the
Measurement signaling send by RNC, That’s missing neighbor
cell.

Method 2 ： Replay the driving test data, if one cell the EC/IO is
excellent for a longtime, but always stay in detect set, can not
enter active set, that’s missing neighbor cell.

 Unreasonable handover area.
 This situation also will cause call drop and handover failure.
 Method ： UE CPICH best SC compared with the Scanner CPICH best SC .Before call
drop, if the EC/IO of UE active set Best SC is low, the EC/IO of Scanner Best SC is
excellent. At the same time the Scanner best SC scrambling code is including in the
Measurement signaling send by RNC, That’s may be unreasonable handover area.

Pilot pollution analysis
 Pilot pollution means that all the signals strength in the test area
are almost the same. (All strong or weak). Generally, all the pilot
channels RSCP is good enough, but EC/IO is weak. Now most
WCDMA equipment support 3 cells in active set. So, if in 1 area, if
over 3 signals the EC/IO is similar, means the signals in the active
will suffer from interference.
 The reason is due to unreasonable coverage planning. Such as
overshoot coverage, Ring shape distribution of site location,
wave guide effect, signal reflection etc. Pilot pollution will cause
low call success rate, handover failure, loss of capacity, call drop
etc.

 CNA defines 2 arithmetic to analyze pilot pollution. Click Tools->Analysis
Parameter Setup , you can setup the parameter.
 2 different arithmetic, the parameters also different, so the result also may be
different. When analyze pilot pollution, you should combined this 2 arithmetic, to
locate the problem.
 Arithmetic 1 is related to number of signals in 1 area. Arithmetic 2 is related to the

timing delay of different signals.

 Pilot pollution solution

 Adjust antenna parameter
 Adjust handover parameter (May be will cause handover slow
or failure)
 Adjust the power parameter

ncrease or decrease the cell transmit power.

Disadvantage ：
– If increase the pilot channel output power, SCH, PCH channel the
transmit power also will be increase, may be the traffic channel
transmit power will be decrease.
– If decrease the pilot channel transmit power, the signal will be weak,
may be the call quality will be decrease. So it’s not recommend to
decrease the pilot channel transmit power.
 Add new site

Notice:
– Please verify the result, ensure the old problem be solved and not
generate new problem.

UE TX power category
 UE TX Power is UE transmit power ， it’s main indicator to

measure the uplink coverage. When UE transmit the maximum
power, but Node B still can not receive or decode the signal
correctly, will occur call drop.
UE TX power dBm ） Level Remark

TX >21 Level 6 Very poor
coverage
21≥ TX >10 Level 5 Poor coverage
10≥ TX >0 Level 4 Normal coverage
0≥ TX >-10 Level 3 Good coverage
-10≥ TX >-20 Level 2 Better coverage
-20≥ TX Level 1 Excellent coverage

UE TX power analysis

UE TX power analysis
 Reasons and solution of weak coverage on uplink ：

 Bad radio environment

Combine with CPICH RSCP analysis, If RSCP also low, the reason must be
weak coverage. The problem can be solved by adjust the engineering
parameter, or cell transmit power, or add new site.
 Uplink interference

Downlink CPICH RSCP is excellent, but uplink UE TX power is too high.Can
be located by check the TCP and RTWP alarm. If TCP is not high, but
RTWP very high, means uplink suffer from interference. Check the
interference or antenna and feeder cable.
 Heavy traffic load

Too many user, Both TCP and RTWP is very high. Balance the traffic to
solve the problem.
 Large coverage area

Caused by path unbalance , Add TMA to increase uplink receive
sensibility.

Coverage rate analysis
 Samples RSCP≥X and Ec/Io ≥Y, These sample are the eligible samples
 Click Tools->Analysis Parameter Setup, you can setup the parameters .

Coverage rate analysis

DL BLER analysis
 Definition ： Downlink block error rate. BLER=Error blocks/Total transmitted
blocks. It’s the main indicator to measure the transmit quality.
 Effect ： The higher the BLER is, The more retransmitted blocks are, the longer
timing delay is. For voice service, the call quality will be decrease. For data service,
the throughput will be decrease.
 Service requirements ：
 Voice service BLER<1%
 Real-time data service BLER<0.1%
 Non-real-time data service BLER<10%

Call setup and maintain KPI
 KPI statistic
 Click Analysis->WCDMA L3 Message-KPI Analysis
 Click <Statistics> button to get KPI

 Custom KPI
 Click Analysis->WCDMA L3 Message->Custom Event Analysis to statistic the custom KPI
 Click <Go to Message> button then you can check the signaling in ‘View Message
window’


Timing delay KPI
 Click Analysis->WCDMA L3 Message-Delay Analysis to statistic the

KPI.

Setting event to locate fault point
 Use Marker Setting function to location fault point

 Click button from the tool bar, Open ‘Marker Setting’ window to
select the event you want to check.

Setting event to locate fault point
 Use Marker Setting function to location fault point

 After select the corresponding event, the event will be displayed on the map.

Contents
Mobile Communication Development
 More and more users access to the network with rapid traffic increment and
higher QoS requirement
 Due to great investment of Telecom equipments, Operator need to maximize
current investment by Communication Network Optimization (CNO)
 With the rapid increment of 3G service, especially PS optimization will take up a
more and more important role
 With the advent of 3G, multi-service based on IP will let different networks
coexist and compete intensely, Operator need one platform to integrated these
services flexibly
CNO is generated with the new requirements of

wireless network optimization and network
evolution

CNO － Expert Experience Accumulation
 Full Solution
ZTE has the R&D ability of full series communication equipments, CNO
will work with ZTE network equipments 、 OMCR and other techniques
well and form into a full solution
 Abundant Experience
ZTE has the experience from 2G to 3G based on mixed network and
tens of network planning & optimization experience in domestic &
oversea networks, so ZTE know the operator’s requirements quite
well
 Powerful R&D Ability

With strong and stable R&D team, ZTE can customize various solution
vendors needed and supply maintenance and upgrade service if
necessary
Generally, CNO wireless network optimization platform

accumulates hundreds of expert experience
Network Optimization Background
 The CNO-UMTS is an excellent software for the 3G

network planning & optimization. CNO has the
following functions:
 Data management
 Performance analysis
 Special topic analysis
 System management
 With the CNO, you can:
 Have a overview of the whole network KPI and output report
 Convenient troubleshooting
 Improve network quality
ZXPOS CNO Solution
 As more and more users access to WCDMA network,

the interference will be increased with the traffic.
Once the interference approaches to a certain extent,
the quality of the network will not be satisfied with
the requirement. In order to promote the network
quality, it is necessary to tune and optimize the
network.
 In addition, with the change of the radio propagation
environment and frequent expansion, which caused
WCDMA network optimization becomes one of the
core tasks to locate and predict network quality and
capacity.

ZXPOS CNO Solution
Data Radio parameter Performance Special Topics
Management optimization analyses analyses
Project parameter Site & cell display Cell group Uplink interference
importing & exporting Site & cell query customization inspecting
Radio data importing & KPI GIS display KPI quick query Diversity receiving
exporting Neighbor cell KPI customization link balance
Neighbor cell data validity inspecting Abnormal KPI inspecting
importing & exporting PSC reuse analyses Antenna & feeder
Performance data inspecting Query template trouble shooting
importing Parameter query customization
GSM Project parameter Statistics report
importing & exporting customization
Diversity receiving link Auto neighbor cell
balance data importing optimization
Repeater data KPI GIS display
importing Cluster network
Google Earth importing optimization
Job order management MML command
generation
GIS
System Management

ZXPOS CNO Function List
Strengthen Core Competitive power
Improve user’s feeling
Improve network quality
Lower the optimization cost and difficulty,

shorten optimization cycle
Concentrated network performance analysis,

trouble shooting, capacity analysis, interference
analysis, coverage analysis, wireless parameter
optimization, key event analysis, neighbor-cell
optimization.
Integrated ZTE R&D ability and experience of
hundreds of network planning & optimization
engineering.
ZXPOS CNO Location in the System
Um Iub Iur
RNC
NodeB
MSC/Server
NodeB
RNC
NodeB
(OMC-R)
RNC OMC-R
NodeB
Performance TCP/IP
data
CNO

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Data management
 Support project parameter, radio configuration data and neighbor cell data
importing & exporting
 Support performance data importing
 Support GSM project parameter importing & exporting
 Support diversity receiving link balance data
 Support standard configuration template importing
 Support project parameter and radio configuration data comparing analysis
 Supports job order management, namely all the data modified has a detailed
record

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Parameter Optimization
 Site ， cell, repeater and OTSR parameter display and modify
 All kinds of parameter modified in batches
 Flexible parameter query
 Freely parameter query condition setting
 Radio parameter contrast & inspecting

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Neighbor cell display

 Neighbor cell add/delete
manually
 Neighbor cell GIS display
 Multi-carrier neighbor cell
display
 Repeater display
 OTSR cell display
 Display the distance between
serving cell and its neighbor cell
 Neighbor cell list display in a
table
 Neighbor cell numbers display
 Neighbor cell data query

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Neighbor cell validity inspecting
 Unilateral neighbor cell inspecting
 Co-site cells not configured as neighbor cell inspecting
 Too far neighbor cell inspecting
 Too many neighbor cells exceeds threshold
 Serving cell and neighbor cell configured the same PSC inspecting
 Cells has near distance not configured as neighbor cell inspecting
 Undefined neighbor cells inspecting
 Parameter consistency inspecting

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Neighbor cell optimization

 Neighbor cell optimization based on detective set data
 Neighbor cell priority tuning
 Missed neighbor cell display
 Display surplus neighbor cells that exceeds the threshold

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 PSC optimization
 PSC reuse inspecting based on the layers level of neighbor cells
 PSC reuse inspecting based on the distance, namely in a given distance there
can not has the same PSC

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Performance Analyses
 KPI query and customization
 KPI quick query
 Cell group customization
 Filtering template customization
 Vendors customization
 Statistics and report template customization

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 Special Topics Analysis
 Uplink interference inspecting
 Diversity receiving link balance inspecting
 Antenna & feeder trouble shooting

ZXPOS CNO Functions
 GIS display
 Google Earth uploading
 Site and cell display
 Repeater display
 OTSR display
 Multi-carrier display
 KPI GIS display
 LAC ， RNC ， URA display

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 Some times you need prepare the testing route at

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 Connect all equipment

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 Click[ My computer →Management→ Device

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 Load map and testing route

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 Load site information.

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 In CNT click shortcut icon to open pilot set window

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 It includes call procedure, time and statistic information.

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 Step 1. Click [View → Phone→ Data Call Test]

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 Step 2. Click , to add or delete a test item, and set

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 Step 3. Click <Apply> ， Then <Start Call>.

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 Step 4.Click <Throughput> to check the throughput, status of data

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 CPICH RSCP is the pilot channel power received by UE. It is

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CPICH RSCP (dBm) Coverage Remark

RSCP >-65 Level 1 Excellent coverage

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CPICH Ec/Io （ dB ） Quality Level Remark

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 Missing neighbor cell

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 Arithmetic 1 is related to number of signals in 1 area. Arithmetic 2 is related to the

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 Pilot pollution solution

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 UE TX Power is UE transmit power ， it’s main indicator to

UE TX power dBm ） Level Remark

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 Reasons and solution of weak coverage on uplink ：

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