Radio Network PlanningLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

On completion of the course the student knows the planning process phases and principles of the cell capacity dimensioning. The student has skills to construct the radio link power budget (RLB) and to apply different propagation models. The student knows the CIR and K factor as the frequency planning parameters.

Content

Capacity planning
Coverage planning
Frequency planning
Parameter planning

Qualifications

Radio Technology

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Capacity planning
- understands the principles of cellular networks and knows the definitions of network capacity
Coverage planning
- understands the principles of the link budget structure and design
Frequency planning
- knows the elements of frequency planning and understands the importance of the C/I and K factor
Parameter planning
- knows the methods of cell coverage extension

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Capacity planning
- is able to calculate the amount of offered traffic
Coverage planning
- is able to design a link budget and use general propagation models
Frequency planning
- is able to determine numerical values of the C/I and K factor
Parameter planning
- knows methods of network interference reduction

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Capacity planning
- is able to determine blocking probabilty and to dimension a cell
Coverage planning
- understands the dependence of coverage area and QoS
Frequency planning
- understands the meaning of sectoring and is able to produce a frequency table
Parameter planning
- knows methods to increase network capacity