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内容

1 Co-Antenna Challenges

2 Huawei Service Solution

3 Huawei Capability

4 Successful Case

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Co-antenna System Need Coordinated Planning，High Requirement
of Network Performance
Network Evolution/Co-site Building
• insufficient tower space
Space/Bearing
• limited bearing
Rent & Cost
• Site space lower utilization
• Rent cost is higher
Installation Cost • High cost of new antenna
• New antenna service cost
• Environment protection
Maintenance • High cost of multi antenna
maintenance
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Co-antenna Key Challenges
KPI target is different
Multi-network co-exist，RF
 Solve space and bearing issues
optimization is very difficult for
different KPIs
 improve resource utilization
and reduce rent cost Service Qos is different
Different network has different
 Reduce antenna installation quality and Qos requirements.
cost
Antenna refresh impact
Reduce antenna maintenance
KPI
LTE network tuning might
cost
impact 2G/3G KPI, difficult to
coordinate and optimize
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内容

1 Co-Antenna Challenges

2 Huawei Service Solution

3 Huawei Capability

4 Successful Case

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Multi-RAT Antenna System Evolution Services Offering
G/U Swap+LTE
Scenarios G/U/L upgrade Swap G/U/L New-build
New-build
VIP Care
Multi‐RAT Co‐antenna Network Multi-RAT Co-antenna Network
RF Initial tuning RF Initial performance care
Planning & Design Joint Optimization

 Interference test & analysis  Multi‐RAT co‐antenna RF Initial   RF  Initial performance  Care   Multi‐RAT Co‐antenna 

tuning • Multi‐RAT network routine  network Joint Optimization
Solution  Site Survey
• SSV (Single site verification) • ACP performance 
audit
 Propagation Model Tuning  • Cluster level RF performance initial  optimization
tuning
• Multi‐RAT performance 
 Co‐Antenna Design monitor • Advanced RF specific 
• Service solution design performance improvement
• Multi‐RAT VIP & VIC monitor
• Co‐antenna system 
• Multi‐RAT Co‐antenna  • Worst Cell Troubleshooting
parameter design
system troubleshooting

pathloss convert  network topology  over coverage

LTE SINR interference  multi-target  traffic balance
KeyTech between different  evaluation and  evaluation and
factor correction optimization
frequency bands optimization  optimization

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Coordinated Planning & Optimization by ACP，Ensure
Optimal Network Performance
Network Tuning Targets Setting Antenna
azimuth
grid  level scan  data
Grid level  MR data

Coverage Quality Capacity Antenna

Mechanical
down tilt
Antenna electron
down tilt

Cell transmit
MR & statistics power

Path loss
Traffic map Height
Matrix 调整前后覆盖面积对比 覆盖对比呈现

Digital Map Antenna files

Antenna type Traffic Comparison Serving-cell  
Comparison
Engineer Optimization objective ：
Cell Load
Parameter GSM：Rxlev, Overlapping，overshooting
UMTS: RSCP, Ec/Io, Overlapping，overshooting cost sorting Cell load Comparison Parameters 
Other data input LTE: RSRP, SINR, Overlapping，overshooting ajustment Comparison

Grid level data source ACP process ACP output GIS presentation

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 内容

1 Co-Antenna Challenges

2 Huawei Service Solution

3 Huawei Capability

4 Successful Case

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Rich data source for Co-antenna Coordination ACP
optimization
Coverage forecast Data DT Data MR/AGPS Data

Advantages: Easy to collect data Advantages: High real-time performance Advantages: high accuracy

Disadvantages: low accuracy Disadvantages: High cost of data collection Disadvantages:Difficulty of collecting and analyzing

Planning stage Optimization stage

Path loss Data source combination Path loss Matrix acquisition principle

ACP supports three kinds of data sources: DT, MR 
Use high-precision data Priority
and prediction :
 In the scenario of  no high accuracy MR data source
use coverage forecast or DT/Scanner data

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Visualization analysis based on geographical
AGPS MR/MR based traffic map Statistics data based traffic map
Clutter Class Weight
Sea Water 0
Seaport Area 2 PS(kbits/s) CS(Erlangs)
Land Water 0 Cell1 983.583 7.0172
Fishpond 0 Cell2 438.548 2.9145
Residential 4 Cell2 623.127 5.2931
Industrial 4
Sub Urban 6
… … …
MR Collection
Urban 10
… …

 MR data collection  Cell statistic data

 50m MR geographic  Clutter based traffic
 MR traffic model matching
 Grid level traffic map  Cell level traffic
distribution

High Precise, High requirement of data collection Low Precise, Low requirement of data collection

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ACP Algorithm Makes Co-antenna Parameter Precise Tuning

Weak Coverage before ACP ACP Algorithm Improved Coverage after ACP

Performance Desired KPI

tilt

Azimuth Initial KPI

50m traffic positioning precision

Target Coverage gain improve 3~5dB
 Support Multi-RAT network
Configuration  Minimized impact to 2G/3G KPI
 Support Multi-scenarios
（Inc.AAS）

 Industry leading ACP algorithm ensure network tuning based on multi-optimization targets

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Key Features of Co-Antenna Optimization Tool 
LTE SINR Network topology Select the first layer base station
Interference factor correction evaluation and limitation
Rating cell by antenna azimuth angle
Using MR/Scanner/DT AGPS data to  Ensure good coverage with 
correct the interference, ensure the  reasonable topological structure Chose topN cell according to the score

accuracy of forecast
Calculate cell coverage radius by those  cell

Calculate tilt angle by coverage radius  

Over coverage
Conversion between
evaluation and optimization
frequency bands U2100 
TxPower

solve or improve over coverage problem   DT/AGPSMR data can not be acquired in a 
In  ACP optimization process  new scenario ，calculate path loss through   UL Co- U2100Path
Antenna lossL1900Pathl
existing network data
oss?
U2100 
Rxlevle
LTE UMTS

Traffic restriction RFParameter tuning

multi-objective cooperative optimization
Traffic absorption

Threshold
Avoid high-load cell  become overload 
after coverage optimization In addition to the Single RAT  network ， there are multi-RAT   cooperation coverage  
Low load Medium load High load
scenario , In this kind of scenario ，U-Net tool support mult-target optimization
Coverage  allow traffic  prevent traffic 
control increase Slightly increase

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Platform，Expert and Resource
GSC
 Multi-RAT simulation
 MR geographic

RNAC MBB ITC

 6 module E2E analysis  E2E network evaluation

 Performance monitoring
3  Deep service analysis
 Joint trouble-shooting  Network refresh verification
 Fast TTM  Data smooth migration
2 4
IFOS SmartRNO
 Refarming frequency tuning
1 5  Special optimization
 Co-antenna tuning  Cell parameter change
 GL inter-band interference management
control  GUL coordination swap

4600+ global RF engineers, 500+ RF experts; 1200+ LTE RF engineers, 200+ LTE RF
experts
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 内容

1 Co-Antenna Challenges

2 Huawei Service Solution

3 Huawei Capability

4 Successful Case

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Case 1: Co-antenna Coordination Enhance Operator E KPI
Background： Solution: ACP after network swap and improve coverage and network quality
 Operator E is the only national
ACP strategy design  Enhance VIP area  Clutter weight 
operator
based scenarios coverage modification
 Z is the only vender of ET before
2013 Propagation model  Design different Down tilt strategy design 
 Huawei has got service of capital tuning for site planning optimization target for hill land
city and other 6 circles from ET in
Dec 2013

Challenges： Benefit: Improved GSM/UMTS network coverage and quality

 311 swap sites and 411 new sites, capacity
Pre- ACP
Improved:
swap should be finish within 3
months
Network 73%
Coverage Network
 Cell parameters need plan for Improved: quality
different scenarios with big work Post- ACP 31% Improved:

 30% coverage and 70% capacity 13%

improvement

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Case 2:ACP Optimization for Co-antenna in Operator C
Challenges： Solution: ACP based on MR data, ensures overall network performance
 Difficult to make Co-antenna
tuning

 Weak Coverage and interference KPI and Geographic Co-antenna Parameter Co-antenna KPI
synchronous optimization Evaluation planning Validation

 TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE performance
balance
 Exist Network KPI evaluation
 Traffic geographic based on MR
 Weak coverage and inference
identification
 Coverage and quality target
configuration
 ACP searching algorithm
 Iterative cell parameters
planning
 Accurate planned parameter
tuning
 Field driver test verification
 Co-antenna network optimization

Benefit: Improved TDS/TDL network coverage and quality

 Up to 7 dB TDL coverage gain
 No impact for TDS network quality
Co-antenna Site  Planning efficiency and accurate enhanced for fast tuning

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Case 2:ACP Optimization for Co-antenna in Operator C
Coverage driver test before ACP Coverage driver test after ACP

Tuning cell choose

Tuning RF parameter choose

Tuning scope setting

Up to 7 dB TDL coverage gain and improved TDS

coverage

GAIN GAIN
Antenna combination setting

 Multi areas can be combined to one tuning area for general planning
 Different co-antenna cell combination for specific scenario

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Case 3：ACP Improve Operator M UMTS Network Performance
Background： Solution: multi-band ACP based on MR
 Operator S is the biggest operator Engineer Parameter

in Counter M, which has 30+ RNC, Digital Map Electri Azimuth

c tilt
（10+ in the capital ） and more Antenna files
Antenna
than 2000 base stations Mechanical
Cell Load type
tilt Antenna
 multi-RAT(GUL)，UMTS including Cell Load height
U900 and U2100 band （F1、F2、 Path loss Matrix
F3）。 output
data input ACP process ACP GIS  

Challenges： Benefit: increase coverage and traffic

 Customers want to optimize the
Traffic increase aft ACP
coverage of UMTS network，improve
network traffic absorption capacity 18.9%
U900 CS
 Difficult to guarantee the optimization
effect if use traditional optimization U2100 CS 6.1%
method
The proportion of RSCP>-75dBm increased form
89.88% to 95.84%

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