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Date 2002/07/29 2002/09/09 2002/09/09 Revision version 1.00 1.01 1.10 Description Initial transmittal Revision completed based on review comments The drive test distance table is added, and the guide to the drive test equipment operation is revised. Author Liu Yu & Liu Yong Liu Yu Liu Yu
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Table of Contents
1 Principle and Purpose of CW Test..........................................................................................................8 1.1 1.1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 2.1 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Model in Mobile Communication .................................8 1.1.1 Influencing Factors of the Electromagnetic Wave Propagation......................................8 Classification of the Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Model ...................................8 Purpose of CW Test ..............................................................................................................10 Basic Principles of CW Test .................................................................................................10 Site Selection ........................................................................................................................11 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 3 4 Site Selection Principle .................................................................................................11 Site Selection Criterion .................................................................................................12 Test Environment..................................................................................................................12 Drive Test .............................................................................................................................14 Drive Test Flow ............................................................................................................14 Test Route .....................................................................................................................14 Drive Test Speed...........................................................................................................15 Bad Data in Drive Test..................................................................................................15 Ec Test ..........................................................................................................................15 Directional Antenna ......................................................................................................16 Special Condition Treatment ................................................................................................15
CW Test Flow.......................................................................................................................................11
Test Result Analysis .............................................................................................................................16 Appendix 1: Guideline for CW Test Tool Operation.........................................................................16 4.1 4.2 Hardware Connection ...........................................................................................................16 Software Setting....................................................................................................................17 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.2.5 Database File Creation ..................................................................................................17 Project Creation ............................................................................................................17 Parameter Configuration ...............................................................................................17 Data Collection .............................................................................................................18 Data Export ...................................................................................................................18
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List of Tables
table 1 table 2 CW test distances in different environments ................................................................................15 CW test parameter table................................................................................................................20
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List of Figures
figure 1 figure 2 figure 3 figure 4 figure 5 figure 6 figure 7 Schematic diagram of site selection criterion .......................................................................12 CW test environment ............................................................................................................13 Drive test equipment connection diagram.............................................................................16 Operation Graphic Illustration 1 ...........................................................................................17 Figure 1 Operation Graphic Illustration 2.............................................................................18 Figure 1 Operation graphic Illustration 3.........................................................................19 Operation graphic Illustration 4 ............................................................................................20
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wave propagation data in the target area for the CW test, so as to obtain the accurate electromagnetic wave propagation model for the network planning before the WCDMA network setup; it also describes the principles that must be followed to guarantee the accuracy of the test data.
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1.1
1.1.1
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Model in Mobile Communication Influencing Factors of the Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
The propagation model is the base of the cell planning in mobile communication network. The accuracy of the propagation model is related to the rationality of the cell planning, and it is also related to that whether the operators meet the subscriber's requirements with relatively economical investment. Because of the wide land in our country, the propagation environments in different provinces and cities are various. For instance, compared with that of the city in the plain area, the propagation environments of the city in the hilly area are distinctively different, and their propagation models are different from each other. Therefore, if considering only the experiences but without considering the influences by different parameters, such as the different terrain, clutter , constructions and the plant covers, the coverage and the quality problems will occur in the established network, or the established NodeBs are in too high density, resulting in resource waste. With the rapid development of the mobile communication network in our country, the operators pay more and more attentions to the matching problems between the propagation models and the local environments. The propagation environment plays the key role in the radio propagation model setup. The main factors that determine the propagation environment of a specific area include: 1. 2. 3. 4. Natural terrains (mountains, hills, plains, water areas, etc.); Number, heights, distributions and material properties of the man-made Plant cover characteristics in the area; Weather;
constructions;
Furthermore, the radio propagation model is also influenced by the system working frequency and the mobile station movement. In the same areas, if the working frequencies are different, the receiving signal fading conditions will be different; the propagation environment of the static mobile station is distinctively different from that of the fast moving mobile station.
1.1.2
The study on the propagation model can be divided into two types: one is the theoretical analysis method based on the radio propagation theory; the other is the actually testing statistics method based on
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quantities of test data and experience formulae. In the mobile communication system, because the mobile station moves continuously, the propagation channel is influenced not only by the Doppler effect, but also by the terrines and the clutters. In addition, the own interference of the mobile system and the outside interference cannot be neglected. Based on the above-mentioned properties of the mobile communication system, it is difficult to realize strict theoretical analysis, it is usually required to approximate and simplify the propagation environment, which will lead to big error of the theoretical model. The most famous statistics model is the Okumura model, which is the propagation model expressed in the curve diagram made through the statistics based on quantities of the test data by Okumura in Japan. On the basis of the Okumura model, use the regression method to simulate the analytic experience formula for the computer calculation. Those experience formulae include the Okumura-Hata formula applied to GSM900 macro cell and the Hata extension formula applied to GSM1800 macro cell. In addition, there are also the Walfisch formula applied to the micro cell and the Keenan-Motley formula applied to the indoor propagation environment. The calculations of these experience formulae are complicated and with big or small errors with the actual environment. Therefore, in the actual field strength prediction, the corrected Okumura-Hata model is usually taken as the prediction model,. In the planning software, the propagation model actual local radio environment. can be tunned after CW test according to the
1.2
P(d)=Pt*d-nS(d)R(d)
(1)
Where, P(d) refers to the received signal power, which is the function of the distance between the NodeB and the mobile station; d-n refers to the space propagation loss, and n is usually 3 ~ 4; S(d) refers to the shadow fading, which is caused by the rolling terrain, the constructions and other obstacles in the propagation environment, and it is also called long-term fading or slow fading; R(d) refers to the multipath fading, which is caused by the multipath propagation of the mobile propagation environment, and it is also called short-term fading or fast fading. The property of slow fading agrees with the logarithm normal distribution, while fast fading agrees with the Rayleigh distribution or the Ricean distribution. Fast fading is the fast jitter overlapping on slow fading. Because the antenna height of the common mobile station is lower than the height of the surrounding constructions, and the carrier wavelength is far smaller than the construction size, the dynamic changing range of the signal in the distance of half a wavelength can reach 40dB (higher than the mean value by 10dB, and lower than the mean value by 30dB) at the sides of the mobile station. For the mobile communication system, the analysis in Formula (1) is not very convenient; in order to carry out the analysis on the mobile communication propagation by means of the random process theory, Formula (1) can be expressed as:
r(x) = m(x)r0(x)
(2)
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Where, x refers to the distance, r(x) refers to the received signal; r0(x) refers to the Rayleigh fading; m(x) refers to the mean value, which is the composition of long-term fading and space propagation loss,
x+ L
m( x ) =
and it can be expressed as:
1 r ( y )dy 2 L x L
3
Where, 2L refers to the mean length of the sampling interval, and it is also called the intrinsic length. Because the terrain and the clutter are fixed in a certain period, for a specified site, the mean at a specified location is definite. value
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Purpose of CW Test
As described above, the electromagnetic wave propagation model is closely related to the specific
terrain and clutter. There is usually big error in the classic propagation theoretical analysis, so the actual test statistics method is adopted in practice, that is, correct the experience formula with quantities of test data; in this case, CW test is necessary. m(x) in Formula (3) is the mean propagation model. value, which is the data expected to be measured and recorded in CW test. It is the value most approximate to the predicted value of the This document describes only the collection method and flow of the test data required for the model tuning, but not to discuss the tuning method of the experienced propagation model with the actually tested data. Note that, if the model parameters of the cities with the similar terrain and clutter are available, they can be used directly in the coverage prediction. In this case, it is unnecessary to repeat CW tests and model tuning, so as to save the human and the material resources.
1.4
area by using the electromagnetic wave propagation test data of the typical area, and to apply this model to the target area. Therefore, CW test should follow at least the two basic principles below: 1. Typicalness. The collected test data must be typical enough to represent the electromagnetic wave propagation property in this area. For example, there are mountains and plains in an area, so the data collection should cover these two conditions. Another example, in a test, if the satellite is blocked in GPS location, or there are high constructions blocking at the near end of the transmission antenna, the bad data will probably occur, and they must be filtered in the post-processing; otherwise they will influence seriously the typicalness of the test data. The influencing factors of the electromagnetic wave propagation properties in a certain area are extensive, including terrain, clutter, etc., these factors should be considered in CW test. 2. Balance. The collected test data must reflect the electromagnetic wave propagation properties of an area "in proportion". For example, in a certain area, the mountain area
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takes 20% of the total area, and the plain area takes 80%, the test data should reflect this proportion approximately for the purpose of weighting in important areas. In data collection, besides the balance between terrain and clutter, the balance between distance, height and direction should also be considered. For instance, in a CW test, if most test data are collected within a range beyond 1000m away from the site, but few data are collected within it, when the propagation model is tunned with the test data, the far end (beyond 1000m) of the propagation model curve will be accurate, while the near end of the curve is inaccurate . From this example, we can know that the balance of closely related to the test purpose. Some points of attention will be introduced in Part 2-CW Test Flow in this document, and they are presented based on the basic principles, and the main purpose is to guarantee the accuracy and the typicalness of the test data. CW test is
CW Test Flow
There are 3 steps in the CW test: site selection, setup the test platform and drive test.
2.1
2.1.1
Site Selection
In order to carry out the CW test, it is necessary to select an appropriate site to transmit RF signal. Firstly, the CW test serves the planning of the business network , so its site selection should follow the principle of the site selection of the business network, for instance, the antenna height selection. Secondly, the following special principles for site selection should be followed in CW test: 1) The site number. Before test, it is necessary to identify the test site location and the number of sites. According to the general experiences, in the big city with dense population, the test sites should be no less than 5; for the medium or small city, one site is enough. This mainly depends on the antenna height of the test site and its EIRP . 2) 3) Typicalness. The site selection principle is to make the station cover all types of clutters in the planning area (The clutter types come from digital map.). Multiple types of models. If multiple models are required to describe the propagation properties of the test environment, the area corresponding to each model should be well defined (e.g., different geographical conditions, distance by which the antenna is higher than the clutter, etc.). Only in this case, the model of each area can be clearly marked; meanwhile, the transition area between the models should be as small as possible. 4) Areas overlapping. Increase the measurement overlapping areas to the maximum; however, ensure that the distance between the sites is appropriate.
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Obstacles. If there are distinctive obstacles, they should be filtered in the data post-processing. Furthermore, because of the limit of the installation conditions, the temporary omni-directional antenna will probably be installed at the building sides, thus the signals in the other siides direction will probably be blocked by the building, and the building itself becomes the obstacle. In this case, attention should be paid to the test route for the path selection. Ensure that the test route is in the direction where the signals have not been blocked and avoid to go into the shadow area.
2.1.2
In the actual tests, site selection can be carried out in convenience for the tests according to the following criterion: The antenna height should be more than 20m; The antenna should be higher than the nearest obstacle by more than 5m.
figure 1 Schematic diagram of site selection criterion The obstacle herein refers mainly to the highest building on the roof where the antenna is. As the site, the building should be higher than the average height of the surrounding buildings.
2.2
Test Environment
After the site is selected, start to setup the test platform. An individual tone RF signal is required for CW test. Transmit RF signal with the amplifier and the
antenna, and receive it with the drive test equipment. The transmission subsystems include transmission antenna, two pieces of feeders, high power amplifier, high-frequency signal source and antenna support. The receiving subsystems include test receiver, GPS receiver, test software and portable computer.
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figure 2
CW test environment
After the setup of the test platform is finished, open the signal source to transmit RF signal, and start the drive test. In CW test data post-processing, the effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of the test site should be known, so diagram: 1) transmission power of the signal source; 2) loss of RF cable 1; 3) gain of the amplifier; 4) loss of RF cable 2; 5) gain of the transmission antenna; 6) gain of the receiving antenna. Meanwhile, in the practice of the project, pay attention to the following : 1) The signal source. Adjust the transmission power to make the transmission power at the antenna interface be between 5W and 20W (Since it is the individual tone signal the low signal source should be set to avoid the radiation damage. 2) The sum of the lengths of RF cable 1 and RF cable 2 should be bigger than 10m at least, so as to ensure that the RF signal has little radiation on human body. 3) In the amplifier selection, pay attention to its gain, so as to ensure enough antenna, such as, bigger than 5W. 4) The omni-directional antenna is usually adopted as the transmission antenna. 5) The receiving antenna gain is usually 0dBi. 6) The antenna height is bigger than 20m, and higher than the roof by more than 5m, as described in 2.1. 7) If there is no pole resource for the antenna post on the roof, the antenna support should be prepared in advance. power transmited by transmited, the receiving sensitivity is high, which is usually 5W.). Before the test on the system, the initial transmission power of it is necessary to record the signal gain by each part of the CW test environment
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2.3
2.3.1
Drive Test1
2.3.2
Test Route
In the test route selection, divide the areas with the similar terrains and clutters according to different geographical forms at first, or divide the areas according to the digital map information, and then design the route according to: 1) Terrain: The test path must cover all the main terrains in the area. 2) Height: If the terrain in the area rolls up and down abruptly, the test path must cover the terrains with different heights. 3) Distance: The test path must cover the positions in the area at different distances to the site. Because the calibration distance of CW test is mainly in the influencing range of the site, in the typical environment, refer to Table1. 4) Direction: The test numbers of the points in the longitudinal and in the latitudinal directions should be consistent with each other, because when the mobile station is within 3km away from the test site, the received signal will be influenced seriously by the site surrounding building structures and the antenna height; the signal strength parallel to the signal propagation direction differs from that vertical to the propagation direction by about 10dB. 5) Length. The total route length of a CW test should be bigger than 60km. 2 Note that the test length herein refers to the route length after geographical averaging, and the repeated route can only be calculated once. After the route is designed, the route length can be read from the digital map. 6) Point Number. The more the test points, the better. Generally, it is better that the number of the test points of each site should be more than 10000, or the test time should be over 4 hours. 7) Overlapping. The test paths of different sites can be overlapped to the maximum, so as to improve the tunned model reliability. 8) Obstacle. When the antenna signal is blocked by the building at a side of the antenna, the vehicle route should be arranged appropriately. Do not go into the shadow area behind the building at this side. it is unnecessary for the test distance to exceed 2 times of the future cell radius. For the drive test distance
1There
are three sampling methods with the professional CW test equipment: sampling according to time;
sampling according to pulse; sampling according to distance. Only the test equipment with which the sampling is made according to time is discussed in this document.
2According to the sampling rate of 1 point/6m after sampling data smoothing, 10000 points should be sampled in the test
route no less than 60km.
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table 1 CW test distances in different environments Dense urban Urban Suburb Rural Environment Voice coverage radius (km) 1.78 2.16 5.87 23.62 (without indoor coverage) Corresponding drive test 4.2 5 14 56 distance (km) Voice coverage radius (km) 0.48 0.81 2.97 16.8 (with indoor coverage) Corresponding drive test 1.2 2 5 40 distance (km) Note: The coverage radius in the above table are obtained according to the link budget tool in Reference [3] (take the smaller one of the uplink and the downlink coverage radius as the cell coverage radius), the uplink and downlink loads are both set to 50%, and the drive test distance is obtained by multiplying the coverage radius by 2.4 (multiply the coverage radius by 2, and then add with 20% margin).
2.3.3
The drive test speed is related to the two factors below: this case, the influence by Rayleigh fading can be thoroughly eliminated. 2) Sampling frequency f: which refers to the sampling points of the drive test equipment within 1s. The upperlimit of vehicle speed is determined by the following conditions: The moving distance of the drive test vehicle during the time that the drive test equipment takes to obtain 1 sampling point equals to the sampling distance d (the distance between the sampling points), namely: (1/f )*v=d So, v=f*d, where, d is within ~/4. Suppose that the drive test equipment supports the sampling frequency of 1000HZ, have d equal to the carrier wavelength (0.15m) at 2G band, the upper limit of the vehicle speed will be 150m/s, namely 540km/h. If d is equal to /4, the upper limit of the vehicle speed will be 135km/h.
2.3.4
The bad data (test results in abnormal conditions) must be removed from the sampling data, for example, the test results in the following conditions::