AIRCOM ASSET 6.

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The world’s number one planning tool

Maximise coverage, network capacity and quality,
while reducing costs – the ultimate aim of any
6.2
network operator.
In order to increase productivity and efficiency, an
integrated approach to planning and optimising
radio networks is essential. The faster the network
can be planned and optimised, the sooner that
operator can monetize the network and gain – and
retain – subscribers.
It goes without saying, that a poorly planned network
can have huge negative financial implications.
ASSET™ is the world’s leading planning tool. OSS
Observer places AIRCOM International™ as the global
market leader in network engineering tools. We work
with all of the world’s top 20 telcos, and over half of
the world’s mobile operators.
Why trust your network to anyone else?

Data and voice services continue to evolve, and it is

imperative that operators offer customers the latest
technologies in a bid to minimise churn and improve
customer satisfaction.
NEW!
Addressing the business case –
ASSET Integrated Financial Analysis Tool
ASSET 6.2 adds a new dimension to radio network planning
and optimisation with an integrated financial analysis module,
providing engineers with critical, business-oriented views
of their network plans. ASSET’s financial analysis module
focuses the network planning and optimisation efforts on
getting the best return on investment and maximising revenue
from existing or new networks.
Users can analyse business parameters such as captured
revenue (additional or total), Net Income and Return on
Investment using multiple sources as input – for example,
revenue maps or service-specific ARPU.
‘What if’ scenarios can be performed quickly, and different
plans compared based on business value.
HSPA evolution (HSPA+) planning support
ASSET 6.2 now supports HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) planning,
as defined by 3GPP Release 7. This added planning ability
represents an evolution (for both HSDPA and HSUPA) toward
higher speeds and better spectrum utilisation, meaning ASSET
is best placed to assist network operators moving to next
generation networks.
Version history management
ASSET 6.2 allows the history of each object, including both
project and configuration data, to be automatically stored.
Users can not only track all changes made, but clearly see
the identity of who has made changes and ‘roll back’ to a
previous version of the object if they have appropriate
security privileges.
Web-enabled map data (WFS client)
Continuing AIRCOM’s web-based integration approach, WEMD
(Web Enabled Map Data) is new to ASSET 6.2. WEMD is a
complementary extension to the WED (Web Enabled Data)
feature, introduced in ASSET 6.1. WEMD brings seamless and
effective integration of any web-based content directly onto
the ENTERPRISE™ GIS.
Enhanced measurement support
Users can now load third party interference tables (ICDM) into
ASSET. Data can be loaded into an empty interference
matrix or combined with an existing one.
MYRIAD propagation model
ASSET 6.2 now offers the option of utilizing a newly
integrated MYRIAD model – a sophisticated and versatile
propagation model.
The MYRIAD model is able to automatically adapt itself
to all cell sizes (micro, mini, small and macro cells), to all
environments (dense urban, urban, suburban, mountainous,
maritime, open), and to all systems in frequency ranges from
400MHz to 5GHz.
Enhanced frequency planning
Comprehensive support for measured interference matrices
is a key development in the enhanced frequency planning
of ASSET 6.2. Through its new IFA module, ASSET 6.2
delivers a powerful new way to visualise and interact with
frequency plans, utilising user-defined criteria. This approach
delivers faster, more accurate and higher quality plans by
calculating and reporting the co-frequency allocation cost
for different cells.
Advanced EV-DO service modelling and ACP support for
CDMA2000
Support for CDMA2000 technology in ASSET ACP has been
made available with all of the requisite productivity benefits
for users. ASSET 6.2 provides additional flexibility in its
EV-DO service model, with enhanced support for VoIP and
RT services, giving more accurate coverage and capacity
analysis that considers service prioritisation and different
scheduling algorithms.
ASSET 6.2 now includes the iBwave RF-vu Viewer
specifically for in-building planning
The RF-vu viewer makes in-building site information readily
available for viewing to macro radio planning and optimisation
engineers, including site radio parameters, inventory data,
In-building site floor plans, and in-building coverage or
measurements information.
About ASSET:
ASSET is the only tool required for designing, site and cell
planning and optimising multi-technology radio networks. Its
advanced planning capabilities can save both time and money
during network deployment by automating time consuming
tasks such as site configuration, traffic planning, network
dimensioning, and parameter planning.
Productivity packs:
ADVANTAGE™ - A productivity pack of ASSET, is an ACP
module, designed to enable operators to make better business
decisions by assessing the impact of different network
configurations within their license obligations. Automated Cell
Planning (ACP) enables networks to be real-time engineered
to maximise capacity, coverage and network quality, whilst
reducing the cost of OPEX and reducing the inherent risk of
error by minimising manual intervention.
ASSET ACP™ – An in-built, ACP tool for cell planning - Taking
the world’s number one radio planning tool, ASSET, with
proven optimisation algorithms from ADVANTAGE, we have
created a revolutionary new concept in RF planning that
improves the efficiency and effectiveness of planners, by
integrating the core functionalities of a full blown ACP product
into the everyday planning activities of an RF planner.
Using ASSET with the ASSET ACP module, operators may
study the effects of LTE requirements within existing networks
and prepare for the changes needed to introduce LTE into the
current infrastructure.
ASSET 6.2 Financial Analysis has the power to effectively tell
the user if there is a business case
for rolling out LTE, while planning an optimized network prior
to deployment. It also has the capability to enable detailed
OPEX and CAPEX ’what if‘ planning scenarios, maximising
revenues and operating margins.
ARRAYWIZARD™ – to maintain up-to-date arrays and
predictions - ARRAYWIZARD ensures that detailed and up-
to-date statistics on predicted national network coverage
- critical for customer care services – are produced reliably
and regularly. No other tool is capable of automation and
scheduling on such a large scale.
ASSET comes with eight optional productivity packs, for
operators to further harness the power of ASSET. These
packs can be added as and when needed, to ensure ASSET
can deliver a custom solution, ready to cope with continually
changing planning team requirements.
Web Enabled Data (WED) allows:
•• External performance measurement counters linked
to site content
•• Design guidelines tailored to display content relevant
to your current technology
•• Feature-rich online GIS integration allowing accurate
aerial and street map data.
•• Customised reports and views of your ASSET
network data
Multi-core predictions (dual/quad core options) for rapid
processing - potentially doubling or quadrupling performance,
by using multiple CPU cores to process path loss prediction
calculations in parallel.
Distributed predictions (single/dual/quad core agent)
to reduce OPEX - allowing users to make more use of new,
powerful hardware becoming available on both desktop and
server machines – increasing the prediction throughput in
direct proportion to hardware resources.
64-bit simulator – support for very large/detailed simulations
- The native 64-bit version of the simulator has the ability to
address up to 16TB of virtual memory and 128GB of physical
memory (RAM).
ILSA – Automatic frequency planning – Intelligent Local Search
Algorithm (ILSA) utilises advanced heuristic search algorithms
with the latest techniques in combinatorial mathematics
for optimum frequency plans - critical for the quality of the
radio network. The proprietary algorithm works by iteratively
improving a frequency plan. ILSA is able to evaluate thousands
of changes every second. The algorithm will intelligently adapt
its search to concentrate on those areas of the network which
have the largest interference problems.
Use ASSET to:
•• Plan, design and optimise integrated networks
•• Maximise network quality of service and ensure
subscriber contentment, reducing churn
•• Reduce network maintenance costs and the time
in planning networks
•• Analyse future and current capacity scenarios
with static and dynamic simulators, and deploy
optimum solutions
•• Analyse coverage, interference and traffic across
multiple technologies
•• View capacity planning scenarios
•• Plan and optimise neighbour relationships
•• Share information throughout the organization
within a multi-user environment
•• Switch between textual and map analysis for
quick interpretation of results
•• Generate sophisticated statistics and reports
•• Harness drive test data for increased accuracy of
path loss predictions
•• Auto-tune propagation models
•• Understand business cases for new
technology networks
ASSET supports the following technologies:
GSM, EGPRS, UMTS FDD, HSPA, Mobile / Fixed WiMAX / BWA, CDMA2000, EV-DO Rev 0 / Rev A, DVB-H, TETRA,
AMPS / TDMA
ASSET and the ENTERPRISE suite are powered by an Oracle database for resilience, scalability and to best
support data exchange with other network operations.
Unlock ASSET’S potential:
•• Coverage and capacity planning using the Monte
Carlo simulator
•• Detailed outputs and reports
•• Neighbour analysis
•• Automatic cell planning (power and antenna)
•• Seamless and effective integration of any
external content within ENTERPRISE via
web services
•• Faster path loss predictions with seamless
user experience
•• Highly efficient scheduled and automated
generation of statistics
•• Fast and accurate resource planning
improvements save up to 50% of engineer’s time
saving operator OPEX - more accurate plans
reduce CAPEX
•• Up-to-date statistics produced reliably and
regularly at minimal OPEX for the operator
•• Create ‘what if’ financial analysis scenarios for
comprehensive evaluation
ASSET key features:
•• Multi-technology analysis – Each technology
pack expands the high performance ASSET
simulator with a comprehensive set of coverage/
interference/ capacity facilities appropriate to
that technology. These output results can then
be analysed spatially on the map view or using
the simulation reports. When used in
conjunction with each other, the simulator
becomes multi-technology aware and can model
the transition of traffic between UMTS and GSM.
•• Multi-technology projects – ASSET’s database
is able to simultaneously model all technologies
without having to swap between projects.
•• Web enabled – Capable of seamlessly and
effectively integrating any web based
content, complementing the engineers
experience with related information
originating from external sources. The web
based content integration endows ASSET
with the ability to easily integrate into large
scale multi-application environments.
•• Data analysis – Powerful multi-user dynamic
and static filtering capabilities allow multiple
views of the network configuration to be created
and shared amongst individual users and teams.
For more information, or to arrange a demonstration, please contact
our sales team on sales@aircominternational.com and a local
representative will be in touch.
•• Detailed reporting options – Composite reports
for a 360° network view, sector based handoff
reports, for more detailed data analysis,
downlink performance reports, throughput
reports for traffic monitoring, QoS, site/node
reports and more. Reports may be saved to TXT,
Excel®, and XML formats, with PDF, BMP and TIFF
outputs for archiving data more effectively.
•• Multi-user access - The ASSET database is
shared across multiple users (and multiple
sites), with a current view of the network
always available, without the requirement
to synchronise manually. A powerful in-built
security system ensures that network privileges
may be specified to manage individual and
group access at multiple levels.
•• Shared database - ASSET data may be shared
across multiple tools: - no manual uploads of
databases required, saving operator time and
minimising risk of errors.
•• Set-up and configuration wizards – An
improved user interface adds a number of
wizards to save time and free the user from
tedious manual tasks, ensuring rapid rollout
of new sites, and fast optimisation of
existing configurations.
About AIRCOM International
AIRCOM is an independent provider of Consultancy and training
network and data management tools
and services. The company specialises AIRCOM also offers a comprehensive
in end-to-end network planning, sharing, range of consultancy services, to advise
outsourcing and OSS optimisation for IP businesses at every stage of their
and cellular networks. network lifecycle.

Headquartered in the UK with offices in We also run a number of highly

14 countries, AIRCOM has more than 10 acclaimed training courses, held at
years’ experience across 135 countries international locations, not only for
for over half the world’s mobile AIRCOM’s own product lines, but also
operators, including more than 4 million for various technologies, including 3G
man hours working on 3G networks and WiMAX core network convergence,
alone. The top 20 global operators HSPA technology and applied planning
depend upon AIRCOM’s tools and and optimisation.
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