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Drive Test and Analysis

Duration:

6 Weeks

 

Contact hours:

Minimum of 5 contact hours a week

Tutors:

  1. Eugene Lotsu Nyonyo

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Course Overview

The objective of this course is to bring the participant to understand what drive test is, why drive test is required and how it is done. The participant will be trained on how to analyze drive test logs and how to prepare final drive test reports.

A number of use cases will be made available as a guide to understanding the deliverables better. Practical sessions to demonstrate and practice lecture instructions will be scheduled at the tail end of the program. The participant having successfully completed this module will be able to independently perform a drive test, analyze simple events and prepare reports for acceptance.

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Week 1

1. Drive Test

  • Background to drive test

  • What is Drive Test?

  • Why is Drive Test Done?

  • How is Drive Test Done?

  • Drive Test Tools

  • Drive Test Tool Set-up

  • Examples of Drive Test Software Solutions

  • Test Plans/Test Cases and When they are required

  • Test Plan Configurations

  • Drive Test Route Planning

  • Classification of Drive Test in the Telecom Industry

  • Single site verification (SSV) or Single Cell Function Test (SCFT)

  • Multiple site verification (MSV) or cluster drive test

  • Operator benchmarking drive test (Market level drive test)

 

Week 2

2. Drive Test Preparation

  • Site Audit

  • CDD/Engineering Parameters

  • Physical Parameters

  • Radio Parameters

  • ypes of Sites

  • Types of Towers

  • Site Access

  • Tower Companies in Ghana

  • Test Scenarios/Test Cases/Scripts

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Week 3

3. Drive Test Data Collection

  • Logging

  • Stationary Test

  • Mobility Test

  • Idle mode

  • Dedicated mode

 

Week 4 & Week 5

4. Drive Test Analysis

  • Drive Test Information Elements/Radio Parameters

  • Drive Test Events/KPI

  • Log File Event Analysis

  • Drive Test Reporting

  • Loading Drive Test Logs

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Week 6

5. Use Cases

  • Sample SSV Drive Test Report

  • GSM REPORT

  • WCDMA REPORT

  • LTE REPORT

  • WALK TEST REPORT

  • Sample Cluster Drive Test Report

  • Sample Benchmark Drive Test Report

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2G RF Drive Test and Optimization

Tutors:

  1. Selasi Kofi Ahorlumegah          

  2. Ebenezer Tetteh-Baah Akwesi

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Course Overview

For the first 3 weeks of the course, students will be made to appreciate all the basic concepts of GSM, fundamental principles that guide the implementation of a GSM or 2G network from the planning and Optimization perspective.

After this period student should be able to understand into details below principles and concepts:

 

Week 1

  • GSM Basic Principles

  • GSM Communication Flow

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Week 2

  • GSM RNP Fundamental/GSM Frequency Planning

  • GSM Radio Network Coverage and Capacity Planning

  • GPRS Principle & GPRS Planning & GPRS Parameter & GPRS KPI Analysis

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Week 3

  • MS Behavior in idle Mode & System Information and Cell Data

  • GSM Handover Concept

  • KPI Reporting and Analysis-Using Excel tool

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Week 4 (Accessibility KPIs)

            At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Accessibility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • SDCCH/TCH Assignment Success Rate

  • Call Setup Success rate

  • TCH/SDCCH Congestion

 

Week 5 (Retainability and Mobility KPIs)

            At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Retainability and Mobility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • TCH/SDCCH Drop

  • Handover Success Rate

  • Field Visit

 

Week 6 (Service Integrity and Features)

At the end of the module, students should be able to understand the Service Integrity KPIs and some RF Optimization features that can be deployed on a live network to improve user experience.

Students will also be taken through real live network examples of how to resolve KPIs covered throughout the course

  • Throughput

  • GBSS22.1/W19.Q4 Feature Knowledge & Implementation

  • Practical Sessions

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2G RF Drive Test and Optimization

Tutors:

  1. Selasi Kofi Ahorlumegah          

  2. Ebenezer Tetteh-Baah Akwesi

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Course Overview

For the first 3 weeks of the course, students will be made to appreciate all the basic concepts of GSM, fundamental principles that guide the implementation of a GSM or 2G network from the planning and Optimization perspective.

After this period student should be able to understand into details below principles and concepts:

 

Week 1

  • GSM Basic Principles

  • GSM Communication Flow

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Week 2

  • GSM RNP Fundamental/GSM Frequency Planning

  • GSM Radio Network Coverage and Capacity Planning

  • GPRS Principle & GPRS Planning & GPRS Parameter & GPRS KPI Analysis

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Week 3

  • MS Behavior in idle Mode & System Information and Cell Data

  • GSM Handover Concept

  • KPI Reporting and Analysis-Using Excel tool

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Week 4 (Accessibility KPIs)

            At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Accessibility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • SDCCH/TCH Assignment Success Rate

  • Call Setup Success rate

  • TCH/SDCCH Congestion

 

Week 5 (Retainability and Mobility KPIs)

            At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Retainability and Mobility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • TCH/SDCCH Drop

  • Handover Success Rate

  • Field Visit

 

Week 6 (Service Integrity and Features)

At the end of the module, students should be able to understand the Service Integrity KPIs and some RF Optimization features that can be deployed on a live network to improve user experience.

Students will also be taken through real live network examples of how to resolve KPIs covered throughout the course

  • Throughput

  • GBSS22.1/W19.Q4 Feature Knowledge & Implementation

  • Practical Sessions

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Tutors:

  1. Selasi Kofi Ahorlumegah          

  2. Ebenezer Tetteh-Baah Akwesi

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Course Overview

Week 1

Introduction to WCDMA NETWORK 

  • 3G Network Components

  • 3G Network Architecture

  • 3G Network Interfaces

  • Properties of 3G 2100MHz

 

Week 2

3G RF Optimization

  • Network Optimization Phases

  • RF Optimization – Preparation

  • KPI Targets

  • RF Physical Parameter Optimization

  • Pilot Pollution Optimization

  • Neighbor List Optimization

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Week 3

  • KPI Optimization

  • Accessibility KPIs

  • Retainability KPIs

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Week 4

  • Mobility KPIs KPIs

  • Utilization KPIs

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Week 5

3G RF Network Planning

  • Introduction to radio network planning

  • Explanation of some key words

  • Objectives of Radio network planning

  • UMTS Network Planning Workflow

  • 4 Stages in Radio Network Planning

  • Neighbor Cell Planning

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Week 6

  • RNC Planning

  • LAC Planning

  • PSC PLANNING

  • Cell Data Design (CDD)

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2G RF Planning and Optimization

Duration:

6 Weeks

 

Contact hours:

Minimum of 5 contact hours a week

Tutors:

  1. Selasi Kofi Ahorlumegah          

  2. Ebenezer Tetteh-Baah Akwesi

​

Course Overview

For the first 3 weeks of the course, students will be made to appreciate all the basic concepts of GSM, fundamental principles that guide the implementation of a GSM or 2G network from the planning and Optimization perspective.

After this period student should be able to understand into details below principles and concepts:

 

Week 1

  • GSM Basic Principles

  • GSM Communication Flow

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Week 2

  • GSM RNP Fundamental/GSM Frequency Planning

  • GSM Radio Network Coverage and Capacity Planning

  • GPRS Principle & GPRS Planning & GPRS Parameter & GPRS KPI Analysis

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Week 3

  • MS Behavior in idle Mode & System Information and Cell Data

  • GSM Handover Concept

  • KPI Reporting and Analysis-Using Excel tool

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Week 4 (Accessibility KPIs)

            At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Accessibility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • SDCCH/TCH Assignment Success Rate

  • Call Setup Success rate

  • TCH/SDCCH Congestion

 

Week 5 (Retainability and Mobility KPIs)

            At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Retainability and Mobility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • TCH/SDCCH Drop

  • Handover Success Rate

  • Field Visit

 

Week 6 (Service Integrity and Features)

At the end of the module, students should be able to understand the Service Integrity KPIs and some RF Optimization features that can be deployed on a live network to improve user experience.

Students will also be taken through real live network examples of how to resolve KPIs covered throughout the course

  • Throughput

  • GBSS22.1/W19.Q4 Feature Knowledge & Implementation

  • Practical Sessions

3G RF Planning and Optimization

Duration:

6 Weeks

Contact hours: Minimum of 5 contact hours a week

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Tutors:

  1. Agbemenya Senanu Adolph 

  2. Joseph Kingsley Appoh

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Course Overview

The 3G Training program organized by LiPTA Telecom Academy generally comprises of UMTS2100 Planning and Optimization. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation (3G) mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and maintained by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for networks based on the competing cdma technology.

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UMTS uses wideband code-division multiple access (W-CDMA) radio access technology to offer greater spectral efficiency and bandwidth to mobile network operators.

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UMTS Key Performance indicators are statistical Measurements used to access the performance of the network and user experience. Limiting this course to RF, It can be classified into four major groups namely; Accessibility KPIs, Mobility KPIs, Retainability KPIs and Utilization KPIs. The KPI of the network is necessary to improve performance, avoid degradations and resolve network issues.

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Radio Access Network planning (RAN Planning) can be defined as the process of proposing locations, configurations and settings of the new network nodes to be rolled out in a wireless network.

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Network planning services also support the development of long-term network strategies and actionable insights to deliver on business goals. These serves as input to the subsequent network design and deployment.

RAN Planning is usually carried out with three major objectives namely.

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1) obtaining sufficient coverage over target area,

2) ensuring satisfactory service quality and low bit-error rates.

3) providing the demanded network capacity and preserving profitability by implementing an economically efficient network infrastructure

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LiPTA Telecom Academy is focusing mainly on KPI Optimization and RAN Network planning for the UMTS course.

 

(Week 1)

1. Introduction to WCDMA NETWORK

  • 3G Network Components

  • 3G Network Architecture

  • 3G Network Interfaces

  • Properties of 3G 2100MHz

      

 

Week 2

2. 3G RF Optimization

  • Network Optimization Phases

  • RF Optimization – Preparation

  • KPI Targets

  • RF Physical Parameter Optimization

  • Pilot Pollution Optimization

  • Neighbor List Optimization

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Week 3

  • KPI Optimization

    • Accessibility KPIs

    • Retainability KPIs

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Week 4

  • Mobility KPIs KPIs

  • Utilization KPIs

 

3. 3G RF Network Planning

Week 5

  • Introduction to radio network planning

  • Explanation of some keywords

  • Objectives of Radio network planning

  • UMTS Network Planning Workflow

  • 4 Stages in Radio Network Planning

  • Neighbor Cell Planning

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Week 6

  • RNC Planning

  • LAC Planning

  • PSC PLANNING

  • Cell Data Design (CDD)

 

OBJECTIVES

  1. Be able to know UMTS Network component, architecture, and interfaces.

  2. Understand UMTS KPI optimization

  3. Give RF Optimization solutions to network problems.

  4. Understand Radio Network Planning

  5. Know the various processes in RF network planning.

  6. Be able to plan PSC,LAC,RNC and CDD

LTE RF Planning and Optimization 

Duration:

6 Weeks

Contact hours: Minimum of 5 contact hours a week

Tutors:

  1. Agbemenya Senanu Adolph 

  2. Joseph Kingsley Appoh

 

For the first 3 weeks of the course, students will be made to appreciate all the basic concepts of LTE, fundamental principles that guide the implementation of a LTE network from the planning and Optimization perspective.

After this period student should be able to understand into details below principles and concepts:

Week 1

  • LTE Basic Principles

 

Week 2

  • LTE Basic Features (MIMO/Carier agregation/ANR)

  • LTE Basic Services (CSFB/VoLTE)

 

Week 3

  • LTE RNP Fundamentals

  • LTE Radio Network Coverage and Capacity Planning with U-NET

  • Planning PCI, RSI & TAC

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Week 4 (Accessibility KPIs)

At the end of this module, students should be able to understand the Network Accessibility Key Performance Indicators. Students should be able to analyze, troubleshoot and implement corrective measure to resolve and improve these KPIs

  • E-RAB/ RRC Success Rate

  • Call Setup Success rate

  • S1 signaling E-RAB Drop Rate

  • Intra-Frequency, Inter-Frequency and IRAT Handovers

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Week 5 (Retainability and Mobility KPIs)

  • Inter Frequency Handover Success Rate

  • PS Drop Rate

  • Visit to AirtelTigo NOC

 

Week 6 (Service Integrity and Features)

At the end of the module, students should be able to understand the Service Integrity KPIs and some RF Optimization features that can be deployed on a live network to improve user experience.

Students will also be taken through real live network examples of how to resolve KPIs covered throughout the course

  • Throughput

  • Feature Knowledge & Implementation

  • Practical Sessions

NOC Operations and Maintenance

Duration

6 Weeks

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Contact hours:

Minimum of 6 contact hours a week

 

Tutors:

  1. Benjamin Fynn

  2. Sonny A-Otchie

 

Week 1

  • Definition and top 4 best practices

  • NOC setup, monitoring and performance tools.

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Week  2

  • 2G Core Architecture

  • 3G Core Architecture

  • 4G Core Architecture

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Week 3

 

  • Communications Management (Email, voice, & video)

  • Introduction to U2020

  • Basic functions of the U2020 

  • Exploring new features in U2020 which were not available in U2000.

 

Week 4   

  • Escalation Matrix

  • Handover report

  • Incidence report

  • Issues Log

 

Week 5   

  • Creating filters for service-affecting alarms and external alarms.

  • Alarm detection, troubleshooting alarms, and escalations.

  • A visit to a typical NOC environment.

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Week 6

  • Performance, quality, and optimization reporting.

  • Preventive Maintenance

  • Change Request

  • Continuation of practical session.

Other Courses

  • Network Performance Management and Analytics

  • CS Core Planning and Optimization

  • PS Core Planning and Optimization

  • IP Engineering

  • 5G Network Planning for Telecom Engineers

  • 5G Network Optimization for Telecom Engineers

  • 5G Business Opportunities for Enterprises

  • Understanding all about 5G for Tech enthusiast

  • Microwave Transmission Planning and Optimization

  • Fiber design, planning and Operation

  • Nominal Site Planning

  • Site Survey and Acquisition management

  • Regulatory Frequency management in the Mobile Telecom Space

  • Regulatory Frequency Management in Radio and TV Space

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