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Diamond 1.2 Presentation

GSM Network Engineering Team

January 2008


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All Rights Reserved Alcatel-Lucent 20062 | GSM-WiMax Network Engineering | June 2007

Outline

1. Overview

2. How it works

3. Key Features


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1Overview

About Diamond

Whats new?

Screen shot


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About Diamond

Diamond is a tool built for Mobile networks with Alcatel-Lucent BSS equipment. It worksacross only B9 Release, including Maintenance Releases MR1 and MR4. From a structural

perspective, Diamond provides three modules:

Traffic Analysis Module.

Diamond is a Traffic Follow-up Tool created to provide radio network engineers easy way ofmonitoring traffic on live EGPRS networks.

Dimensioning Module.

Diamond is a network dimensioning tool designed to evaluate infrastructure requirements

according to observed traffic over each interface (Air, Abis, AterMux, Gb), includingLocation Area and GP/GPU. It works well as complementary with AMT (ArchitectureManagement Tool).

Estimation module.

Diamond estimates the network infrastructure required to support specific load and optionsrequirements for custom scenarios.

To get Diamond, please go to the Network Engineering internal website:http://aww.quickplace.alcatel.com/QuickPlace/mnd_pcs-psf/Main.nsf/Follow the links: home>technology>2g>evolium bss release introduction>b9 release> b9dimensioning tools

There you will find the latest version of Diamond and the user guide.


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Whats new? (2/2)

Folder containing TSL script,Readme and Help files

Component tool to checkinput text files

Diamond Item

In the startup program of your computer, Diamond looks like this


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Screen shot


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2How it works

Installation procedure

Usage steps


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Usage steps

Diamond allows user to work under two functional modes: Counter input and manual

input.

Dimensioning

Defining Parameters

Review Results

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

User scenarios

Step 4

Step 4Step 5

Importing Data

Traffic Analysis

Building Project

Review Results

Step 2

Step 6 Step 3

Step 1

Defining Parameters

Dimensioning

Counter Input Mode.Working withdata gathered on live networks.

Manual Input Mode.No dataavailable. Working with own values.


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Importing Data

Running TSL script on NPA or OMC-R (MPM). Script to retrieve a set of indicators/PM counters over 1 week from metrica database.

Running steps:

FTP the script in directory you can log on. Username: metrica

Open the terminal window

Make sure the script file is in unix format: file B9Dim_TSL_V8.tslIf the result is ascii text, then type: dos2unix B9Dim_TSL_V8.tsl B9Dim_TSL_V8.tsl

Make sure the variables /alcatel/npr/tqlclients/binand /alcatel/npr/tslserver/binare in the path by typing: echo $path.

If they are not pathed, type:set path = ($path /alcatel/npr/tqlclients, /alcatel/npr/tslserver/bin)

Type command tsl -nowin B9Dim_TSL_V8.tsl

Ouput results: to be found in the directory tmp. The file names are B9_File_01.txt,B9_File_02.txt,, B9_File_13.txt

Importing Data

It will be replaced by anew script adapted to

NPO for B10


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Importing Data

Running AMT script on OMC-R. Script to retrieve a set of configuration files. The only used is cell.csv file.

Running steps

Please visit AMT .NET website http://pcs.tm.alcatel.ro/amtfor more detailsabout thescript.

Importing Data

Checking retrieved files

An utility tool could be given to end-users to check files (NULL values, missing values)

If files are highly corrupted, please run the script again, or check related data on MPM/RNO.
http://pcs.tm.alcatel.ro/amthttp://pcs.tm.alcatel.ro/amt


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Importing Data

N.B: This tool might show all the files are in a rightformat, however, it doesnt mean that the number

of measurements in each file is enough for thedimensioning. If the minimum measurementnumber per day is less than 12, a warning messagebox will pop-out. And if it is less than 5, user issuggested reloading the data.

Importing Data

Checking retrieved files This tool is used to check:

Wether the data files are empty.

Wether the data files have any errorsor not.

Wether this file is empty.

Wether the data values are NULL.

Wether all the counters have thesame sample number on the sameday.


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Building Project

Available with the Project Managerin Diamond.The set of files obtained by running the scripts isprocessed by Diamond for delivering you a project,

utilizing the project manager that store a database

on a local server. This project is reusable as you

want.

Defining Parameters

Diamond allows user to set the following parameters

for dimensioning.

Radio and configuration parameters Be aware that Radio parameters are only used if

the values are not available at cell level.

Dimensioning method in the toolbar

Busy hour definition in the toolbar

Building Project and Defining Parameters


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Traffic Analysis and Dimensioning

Graphsselection

scales

Data analysisperiod

Traffic Analysis

Traffic Analysis moduleavailable for Air, Abis, AterMUx, Gb interfaces, and also for GPUsand Location Areas.

Generates traffic graphs.

Specific graphs and scales for each network element.

AterMux interface: CS/PS/SS7 traffic, Number of free/available/maximum busy GCHs


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Traffic Analysis and Dimensioning

Dimensioning

Dimensioning moduleavailable for Air, Abis, AterMUx, Gb interfaces, and also for GPUs andLocation Areas.

Analyzes traffic data to generate infrastructure requirements.

Provides information about the network element under analysis.

Analytical part based on telecom-traffic laws (Erlang B/C, Kaufman-Roberts algorithm)

GoS section

Resultssection

Informationsection


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User Scenarios

Example: AterMux dimensioning with MCS

Method

GoS settings

SS7 blocking = 0.5%

CS blocking = 2%

PS quantile = 99.9%

PS service delay = 0 s

User scenarios

Available with the manual input module.

Only for manual input mode.

Estimating network infrastructure

Forecasting network infrastructure

Results

SS7 level: 39 connections, 1 Link, SS7 real blocking = 0.4254%

CS level : 107 TCHs, 1 dedicated Link, CS real blocking = 1.9216%

PS level: 407 GCHs, 1 GPU, 4 PS Links/GPU, PS real quantile = 99.9%


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3Key Features

Navigation pane

Parameters settings

Dimensioning methods

Export in excel


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Navigation Pane and Toolbar

Navigation Pane

The navigation pane presents the network elements in the BSSpart in a tree structure. All Elements are grouped by package.

Element names are: Cell, BTS, BSC, GPU, PVC, LA, RA, MFS,

OMC.

Network elements can be directly manipulated through acontext menu.

Toolbar

The toolbar contains buttons or list for direct access to the main functions of Diamond.

Functionalmode

Rundimensioning

Trafficanalysis

Busy hourselection

Dimensioningmethods

ProjectManager


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Export in Excel

Diamond allows user to export traffic analysis, dimensioning results and counter values for

more than one NE of the same type in excel. A wizard is prompted to the user when he

wants to perform previous actions.

Excel export of counter values


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