Planning
• Planning should meet current standards and demands and also comply with future requirements.
• Uncertainty of future traffic growth and service needs.
• High bit rate services require knowledge of coverage and capacity enhancements methods.
• Real constraints
– Coexistence and co-operation of 2G and 3G for old operators.
– Environmental constraints for new operators.
• Network planning depends not only on the coverage but also on load.
Objectives of Radio network planning
• Capacity:
– To support the subscriber traffic with sufficiently low blocking and delay.
• Coverage:
– To obtain the ability of the network ensure the availability of the service in the entire service area.
• Quality:
– Linking the capacity and the coverage and still provide the required QoS.
• Costs:
– To enable an economical network implementation when the service is established and a controlled network expansion during the life cycle of the network.
• Planning should meet current standards and demands and also comply with future requirements.
• Uncertainty of future traffic growth and service needs.
• High bit rate services require knowledge of coverage and capacity enhancements methods.
• Real constraints
– Coexistence and co-operation of 2G and 3G for old operators.
– Environmental constraints for new operators.
• Network planning depends not only on the coverage but also on load.
Objectives of Radio network planning
• Capacity:
– To support the subscriber traffic with sufficiently low blocking and delay.
• Coverage:
– To obtain the ability of the network ensure the availability of the service in the entire service area.
• Quality:
– Linking the capacity and the coverage and still provide the required QoS.
• Costs:
– To enable an economical network implementation when the service is established and a controlled network expansion during the life cycle of the network.
