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Motivation

Motivations to develop a new wireless Networks planning tool:

New wireless networks technologies, e.g. LTE-Advanced (4G)

Freeware

Consider real input, as location of existing antennas

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Context

LTE-A (Long Term Evolution Advanced )

Mobile Communication Standard

4 Generation (4G)

3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)

Peak data rates: downlink - 1 Gbps; uplink - 500 Mbps

Spectrum efficiency: 3 times greater than LTE

Average user throughput to be 3 times that of LTE

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Context

Outdoor Femtocell

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Context

Outdoor Femtocell

Coverage and capacity improvementsEquipment

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Context

Programming Languages

JavaScript over HTML with CSS

Programming Tools:

Eclipse with Google Plugin for Eclipse & Google Web Toolkit

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Planning Tool

Overlays from

Google Maps toGoogle Earth

Electricity

Transmission

Network

Social Statistics

Data

Green Zones -

Electromagnetic

Security

DTT, Mobile

Network and Radio

Antennas

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Research Enquiries

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Investigation Questions Electricity Transmission

Network

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Secundary Station Support Infrastructure Companies

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Companies

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Investigation QuestionsGreen Zones

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Investigation QuestionsGreen Zones

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Investigation Questions - Antennas

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Companies

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APIs & Developer Products

Google Maps Javascript API Google Earth API

Google Static Maps API

Google Geocoding API

Google Fusion Tables API Google Documents List Data API

KML

Google Chart Tools

Google Image Charts API

Google Plugin for Eclipse

Google Web Toolkit

Google SketchUp

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Goals

Provide a wireless networks planning tool to LTE-A with

Femtocells

Easy to Use

Fast Results

Close to real results

Minimize Energy Costs (Green Communications)

Minimize Implementation Costs for new Networks

Useful for Mobile Telecommunications Companies Useful for Academic Study

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Research Method

Problem

Identification

Define Objectives

for a solution

Design and

Development

Demonstration

Evaluation

Design Science Research

Methodology Process

Model Composed

by 6 activities: Communication

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Biography Review

Radio Coverage Prediction

using Longley Rice

Radioplan - RF Optimisation

[CRC-COVWEB]

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Scheduling

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Companies Involved

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