- Ramandeep Kaur

Create workspaceLayer controlMapper tool to create cell sites - 1 carrierMapper tool to create cell sites - Multiple technologies with multiple carriersMapper tool to verify existing/proposed neighbor listCreate drive routesRoute ConvertorCreate Actix polygon i.e. "CingularProject001"Thematic mapNeighbor list creation based on market specific strategies for all marketsCell classification assignment based on market specific strategies for all markets

A workspace is a list of all the tables, windows, and settings being used, stored in a file with the extension .WOR. Workspaces are a convenient way to return to a previously created map without having to open each table file individually. The workspace keeps track of the following elements:

Map, Browser, Graph, 3DMap, and Layout windows, including their size and position

Query tables created from base tables using either the Select or SQL Select statements (queries on queries will not be saved)

GraphsThematic mapsLegend windowsCosmetic objectsLabelsStyles for fonts, symbols, lines, and fill patterns used to display

objects

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Open the mapper and create the thematic map using MAP tab

With MapInfo Professional’s workspace feature , the process can be automated and can get back to the business of creating maps and analyzing data sooner. MapInfo Professional uses workspaces to save work setup from session to session.

Save the workspace as .wor file

To view the contents in the workspace file, open the .WOR file in MapInfo Professional, a text editor or word processor.While exiting MapInfo Professional, the workspace (MapInfo.wor) stores the last session. If there are files which are not required in the workspace, make sure you close them before exitingThe Workspace Packager tool can be used to create a copy of the current workspace in a new folder, and copy all the data referenced by the workspace in the same folder. Using this tool, the workspace looks to these internal references to find the data and .TAB file, so we can open this workspace no matter where you have moved or copied that folder, even if moved it to a different computer. To access this tool look in the Tool Manager (on the Tools menu, click Tool Manager).

Maps consist of tables displayed as layers.�Each table can be viewed on a transparency, and these transparencies are then stacked to create a map Order of layers controls the �appearance of map �Layers can be tables, thematic views of tables or mapped queries �The “Layer Control´ dialog is a tool to help manipulate the layers.

� Accessed by:

Menu (Map > Layer Control)Right-Click in a map window > Layer Control

Layer Control Button

Layer Control Dialog Box

Layer Control Dialog allows to:Add / Remove layersChange order of layers (influencing map composition)Change layers display propertiesControl layers labeling Turn layers on or off

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1. Visibility: Can the layer be viewed in the current map window? If not, it may mean that the table containing the data for that layer is not open.

2. Editable: This must be checked in order to be able to make changes to a layer.

3. Selectable: Objects must be selected if they are to be used in analysis. More than one layer may be selectable at the same time. If a layer is editable it is automatically selectable.

4. Auto-label: Labels the layer with the first column of the data in the browser, i.e. with the leftmost column of the data table. This feature is unchecked by default.

To add a layer to the current Map window: Click in the Main toolbar to display the Layer Control dialog box.Click the Add button. A list of available layers displays.Select the layers you want from the list, using the Shift key to select

adjacent layers and the Ctrl key to select nonadjacent layers. Click OK to add the layers to the Layer list. Drag the new layers to the

appropriate position in the Layer Control list as necessary.Click OK to display the new layers.

To reorder the layers in a map, click in the Main toolbar to display the Layer Control dialog box. Do one of the following:

Select the layer or layers want to reorder and use the Up and Down Reorder buttons to position the layer(s) where you want them.

Click the layer or layers and drag it (or them) to the new position. When we use the click and drag method, the cursor changes and as we move the cursor, a marker displays indicating the layer's new position.

Note: Since the Cosmetic layer is always the top layer, reordering has no effect on it. We cannot move a layer above the Cosmetic layer.

To remove a layer from the current Map window: Click in the Main toolbar to display the Layer Control dialog box.Click the layer or layers you want to remove, using the Shift key to

select adjacent layers or the Ctrl key to select random layers.Click the Remove button. MapInfo Professional removes the layers

from the list.Click OK in the Layer Control dialog box to redisplay the Map window

without the removed layers.

Select the layer and hit remove

The Display Options dialog box enables to customize the display for each layer in a Map window. To change the display options of a layer:

Click in the Main toolbar to display the Layer Control dialog box.Do one of the following:

- Select a layer and click the Display button. - Double-click a layer.

Using either method, the Display Options dialog box displays. Change the default styles for the layer, set the zoom at which a layer

displays, and show line direction, object nodes and centroids. To make changes to the Style Override or the Zoom Layering options,

select the check boxes.

The Zoom Layering options allow to determine zoom levels at which the selected layer displays, so that the map layer displays only when the map's zoom level falls within this preset distance. The Show options at the bottom of the Display Options dialog box, allow you to set the way points, lines and regions display on the current layer.

To change the style, check and click the style override button and change the style, color or pixels of the layer.

Make the new selections in this box and click the OK button to return to the Display Options.

In the Display Options dialog box, click OK to return to the Layer Control dialog box.

Click OK to see your changes on the Map window.

To label a map object using the Label tool: Make sure that the layer containing the objects

you want to label is selectable. Click the Label button in the Main toolbar.Click on an object with the Label tool to display

a label for that object. MapInfo Professional labels the object with the values.

To change label options, choose Map > Layer Control. The Layer Control dialog box displays.

Press the Label button. The Label Options dialog box displays. Specify the desired label options, (Label Partial Objects, Allow Duplicate Text, Allow Overlapping Text, Styles, Position etc.)

The anchor point is the label's position relative to the map object. Click on one of the buttons in the Label Style dialog box to select an anchor point. There are nine choices. The default anchor point varies with the type of map object you are labeling:

Regions default to Center.Lines default to Below Center.Points default to Right.Label offset is how far away a label is from its

anchor point. Specify the number of half spaces you want the label to be from the anchor point in the Label Offset box.

Each map has a cosmetic layer by default , which serves as a scratch pad for temporary data‡.This layer can be used to store map objects temporarily, with the ability to save or discard objects‡.Objects in the cosmetic layer are saved in workspaces‡.Objects in cosmetic layers are not by default saved to tables, they can be saved or discarded by selecting menu items from the Map menu.Cosmetic layer is always the topmost layer.

As mentioned, objects in the cosmetic layer can be saved into their own table‡ accessed by: Menu (Map > Save Cosmetic Objects)In the save dialog that appears choose a location and name to save the table Click OK‡ The table will be added to MapInfo list of current tables

We can save or clear the cosmetic layers

Mapper tool helps us in mapping the information of cell sites into pictorial view.To get the mapper tool for MapInfo, we have to save a Mapping.mbx file in the tools of MapInfo.Open the MapInfo and hit Crtl+U, save the file in the tools of MapInfo.

Saving mapping.mbx file in Tools

Package

Go to Tools > Tools Manager > Click the Mapping Wizard.

Mapper Tool

The mapper tool shows up in the right corner of MapInfo window.

Mapper is .txt (TAB delimited- save as excel in .txt) file which consists of the site information of 1st carrier sites. Following are the attributes of the site info:

Site Name, MTX_Site ID, Site_Name, deci_lon, deci_lat, antenna angle of

opening, azimuth, beamwidth, radius, frequency, Layertype, DL UARFCN,

Layer Size, Market, RNC and sector number.

The column wise info of one of the sectors of site PAPHU1802: Site_Name ----- PAPHU1802 MTX_Site_ID------PAPHU18021 Site_Name_id ------PAPHU1802 deci_lon ------------ -75.35037518 deci_lat ------------- 40.38621426 antennaAngleOfOpening -------- 120 Azimuth-------- 30 Beamwidth --------- 40 Radius--------- 650 Name_Abbreviation-------- PAPHU18021 SC -------- 240 FrequencyBand --------- Band_V LayerType-------- 850 Dl Frequency Number -------- 4385 LayerSize----------- 4 Market---------- PHILLY RNC ------------ LPTPPAMACRAR10 Sector ----------- 1

Creating cell_sites - 1 carrier

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Import the Mapper using Map Info and label the cell sites using Layer Control.

Click ‘Mapper’ and import the given mapper.

•Mapper is a .txt (TAB delimited) file

Map Info is creating a mapper displaying sites

1st Carrier sites for Philly Market

Information of the sector

This mapper consists of the site information of all the existing technologies and multiple carriers of each technology. e.g. UMTS (UARFCN 4384,612,412,437,4360) and GSM (Band 850 and 1900).

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Import the Mapper using Map Info and label the cell sites using Layer Control.

GSM sector Info

UMTS sector Info

MOU2144 site have 3 UMTS carriers and 2 GSM bands

Select the serving ,neighbor cell and priority from dump

Find the site

Select the sector for neighbors to display

To avoid this warning, we can delete Femto cells from the neighbor list. If the warning still shows up there is indiscrepancy in neighbor list

PAPHU14471 PAPHU14771PAPHU14471 PAPHU18897PAPHU14471 PAPHU18138PAPHU14471 PAPHU18139PAPHU14471 PAPHU18898PAPHU14471 PAPHU15247PAPHU14471 PAPHU14477PAPHU14471 PAPHU18899PAPHU14471 PAPHU18019PAPHU14471 PAPHU18933PAPHU14471 PAPHU14478PAPHU14471 PAPHU14731PAPHU14471 PAPHU15248PAPHU14471 PAPHU18757PAPHU14471 PAPHU14479PAPHU14471 PAPHU18758PAPHU14471 PAPHU14777PAPHU14471 PAPHU14737PAPHU14471 PAPHU18939PAPHU14471 Femto-PAEPA-955PAPHU14471 Femto-PAEPA-935PAPHU14471 Femto-PAEPA-915PAPHU14471 PAPHU19171PAPHU14471 PAPHU19072PAPHU14471 PAPHU19172PAPHU14471 PAPHU18241PAPHU14471 PAPHU18242PAPHU14471 PAPHU15451PAPHU14471 PAPHU18443PAPHU14471 PAPHU18741PAPHU14471 PAPHU15454PAPHU14471 PAPHU18743PAPHU14471 PAPHU18744PAPHU14471 PAPHU14521PAPHU14471 PAPHU15457PAPHU14471 PAPHU18449PAPHU14471 PAPHU18746PAPHU14471 PAPHU14523PAPHU14471 PAPHU18208PAPHU14471 PAPHU18747PAPHU14471 PAPHU14524PAPHU14471 PAPHU18749PAPHU14471 PAPHU14527PAPHU14471 Femto-PAEPA-965PAPHU14471 Femto-PAEPA-945PAPHU14471 Femto-PAEPA-925PAPHU14471 PAPHU18693PAPHU14471 PAPHU18891PAPHU14471 PAPHU18892PAPHU14471 PAPHU15241PAPHU14471 PAPHU18893PAPHU14471 PAPHU18751PAPHU14471 PAPHU14472PAPHU14471 PAPHU18752PAPHU14471 PAPHU14473

Site for which drive routes are created

1. Select the cosmetic layer to draw the drive routes

2. Change the color of drawing tool

Drawing tool - Polyline

Hit ‘S’ to snap the roads for accurate routes

Route Converter is tool used to convert the .tab files of drive routes in .txt to use in street atlas.

It is a macro provided by Alcatel-Lucent.

Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet

Hit Export after selecting the Drive Route layer.

This step exports .tab file into .mif file which is input for route converter. MIF file is saved in the same location as of TAB file.

MIF file created in Step 1

Select the cosmetic layer.

Open the saved polygon in MapInfo

Click in the polygon for info

Name the Polygon

Thematic maps are maps which are of one particular variable. This may be, for example, a map showing the DL UARFCN of each site / sector on a mapper.

select the type of map appropriate for data.

Thematic attribute

Change the color and style of each value

Select ‘Ranges’

Select the SC as field

Customize the ranges- in this example we are finding co-PSC for 324. The number of ranges should be 3 and range the PSC as 0- 324, 324-325 and 325-511.

Change the color of ranges using Styles button.

Color the required range of PSC i.e. 324-325 in this case (red) and assign none to other two ranges.

Harley Neighbor Strategy

F1/F2/F3 - Intra (Up to 2 tier) max 30F1 - Inter Only Colocated max26

F2 - F1 Co-located and first tier CommercialF2 - F3 Colocated & directly shooting (Max. 4-5 )

F3-F1 Co-located and first tier commercialF3-F2 Colocated and &Directly shooting (Max.4,5) Also define these sites F1,F2 & F3 to commercial first tier Neighbors.

F1 - F1 Intra up to 2 tiersF1 - F2/F3 only Co located and if site is only 1900F1 - F4 only directly shootingF2/F3 - F2 /F3 Intra up to 2 tiers OR if site is only 1900/850 (F2-Max.

30 , F3- Max.24)F2 - F3 Co located & Directly shootingF3-F2 Co located & Directly shootingF2/F3 - F1& F4 Co located & directly shootingF4-Intra up to 2 tiers (Max.30)F4- F2/F3 co located OR if site is only 1900F4-F1 Co located & Directly shooting first tier. also define these sites F1,F2, F3 &F4 to commercial first tier

Neighbors.Intra - F1,F2,F4 - Max. 30 , F3-Max.24Inter- F1,F2,F3,F4 -Max.26

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

Core SettingsFor Core F1 850 Cells : SHO_CFor Core F2 1900 Cells : IFHO_CFor Core F3 1900 Cells : IFHO_CFor Core F4 850 Cells : SHO_C

Border Settings:For Border F1 850 Cells : IRAT Core to GSMFor Core F2 1900 Cells : IFHO_B to F1 850For Core F3 1900 Cells : IFHO_B to F2 1900For Core F4 850 Cells : IFHO_B ( extremely aggressive to F2 1900)