Synchronized Radio Networks

Synchronized Networks Provides synchronization among a cluster of cells or all cells within a GSM network. Benefits of network synch with proper frequency planning:
Possible to avoid interference between two close cells Manage allocation of interference based on traffic distribution, move the interference away from critical areas Better performance gain for IRC compared to an asynchronous network Synchronization aids in the identification of the neighboring cells, which is needed for HO and location measurements

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C/I Synchronized Networks

Frame Synchronization between cells belonging to different sites is possible MAIO Planning is not restricted to the site ICDM (Inter Cell Dependency Matrix) can be used to identify interfering cells

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C/I Synchronized Networks A Synchronized Radio Network is possible to deploy on a small scale within a limited area or on a grand scale over a larger area Synchronization of cells in a GSM radio network is realized per:
TG Co-sited TG Cluster Radio Network

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Transceiver Group Synchronization

C/I Transceiver Group Synchronization TG Synch maintains synchronization of all channels within a cell. TG Synchronization allows:
one cell to be served by one TG or a TG cluster comprising colocated TG synchronization of a number of adjacent cells served by one or more co-located TG

Synchronization source can be either PCM, Optional Internal Oscillator, GPS or other TG

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Transceiver Group Synchronization

C/I TG Synchronization Synchronization of bursts in cells realized by one TG or one TG cluster

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Transceiver Group Synchronization

C/I TG Synchronization Synchronization of bursts in cells realized by multiple TGs or TG clusters

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Transceiver Group Synchronization

C/I TG Synchronization Synchronization of bursts realized by TGs in multiple sites

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C/I TG Synchronization GPS as a common source for calculation of nominal position The number of GPS receivers per site could be minimized with TG cluster synchronization so that only the master TG needs to have a GPS receiver connected. The master TG is Frame Synchronized to the Nominal Position and all the slave TGs are Frame Synchronized to the master TG

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Transceiver Group Synchronization

C/I TG Synchronization The start position of each TDMA frame is aligned in time to the nominal start position. The start position of the transmitted TDMA frames is synchronized between the cells The start position in one cell does not drift in time relative the start position in the other cell.

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C/I TG Synchronization Planning of the FN offset introduces a difference in frame number offset between two cells Planning of the FS offset introduces a difference in the frame start offset between two cells that are synchronized to the Nominal Position

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Synchronized Network Planning

C/I Synchronized Network Planning Planning of frequencies, HSN, FN offset and MAIO to utilize the advantages of synchronized cells needs to be done. This could be based on different strategies.
1. Fixed HSN and planned FN offset 2. Planned HSN and fixed FN offset 3. Planned HSN and planned FN offset

The first strategy is recommended by Ericsson!

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C/I Synchronized Network Planning HSN
Use the same HSN in all cells in the synchronized area Use a non-zero HSN

FNOFFSET
The FN Offset is used to set different positions in the Hopping Sequence to cells using the same non-zero HSN Avoid FN Offsets that are any multiple of 51 or close to 51 Avoid FN Offsets that are multiple of 13 if DTX is used Locating performance is improved in cells using a shift in the FN Offset. Synchronization to different neighbors becomes easier.

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C/I Synchronized Network Planning MAIO
Use MAIO Planning in cells using the same HSN and FN Offset to avoid using the same frequency at the same time

TSC
Assign different TSC to potential co-channel interferers Same TSC within a MAIO cluster to free up TSCs when synchronizing the network The TSC is generally controlled by the BCC parameter. The TSC parameter is only possible to configure directly in an OL/UL subcell structure.
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C/I Synchronized Network Planning FSOFFSET
A difference of 40 is needed for co-channel co-TSC combination

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C/I Synchronized Network Planning with SYROX SYROX
Provides better performance and prevents errors during manual planning

SYROX requires following inputs,

R10 or R11 (TSC recommendation requires R11) Synchronization Cluster(s), where each cell have at least one Channel Group that frequency hop over one specific Frequency Hopping Set An ICDM created by FAS, during peak hours and should be accumulated for a couple of weekdays
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C/I Synchronized Network Planning with SYROX SYROX algorithm generate the following for one Synchronization Cluster at a time:
HSN (Hopping Sequence Number) FNOFFSET (Frame Number Offset) MAIO List (Mobile Allocation Index Offset List) Since MAIO values will be assigned by SYROX for each Transceiver it is very important that the values of NUMREQBPC reflect the current situation in the network TSC (Training Sequence Code, R11 needed)

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C/I Synchronized Network Planning with SYROX SYROX procedure: Start RNO from the OSS-RC workspace menu, or from ONE (OSS Network Explorer) With SYROX, the following tasks can be performed:
Handling synchronization clusters Click Options -> SYROX Synchronization Clusters Generating SYROX result Click Tools -> SYROX Generate Result.

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Synchronized Network Planning

C/I Synchronized Network Planning with SYROX With SYROX, the following tasks can be performed:
Open the SYROX Recommendation Report Select a SYROX result in the Recording Results tab in the RNO main window Click Reports -> SYROX -> SYROX Recommendation Report.
Synchronization Cluster BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 BSS_sync_DC_29 MAIO Cluster 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
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Cell Name DCBSC56/WAC037C DCBSC56/WAC037C DCBSC56/WAC039B DCBSC56/WAC057C DCBSC56/WAC057A DCBSC56/WAC081A DCBSC56/WAC081B DCBSC56/WAC081C
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FNOFFSETTSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 7 28 7 28 7 28 7
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MAIO List 0,6,11 17,23 20,10,1 16,3 18,5 6,19 2,12,21 10

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C/I Synchronized Network Planning with SYROX

A view of both the input data and output data of the SYROX algorithm

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Synchronized Network Planning

C/I Synchronized Networks The following Guideline can be used for Synchronized Network Activation

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