The Neighbor Planning component is part of the Parameter Optimization Module. It helps you design a pre-build neighbor plan for the Radios in your network.

Installing the Parameter Optimization Module

The Parameter Optimization Module can be installed by clicking the Install button on the Parameter Optimization product page. Once installed, you will need to restart Overture to use this module's features.

Accessing the Neighbor Planning Component

The parameter optimization module adds several new buttons to the Toolbar:

Clicking the Neighbor Planning button () will display its properties in the Properties Window:

You can also access the neighbor planning component from the Optimization > Neighbors menu option.

The Parameter Optimization module comes with several process pages to help you use its various functions. You can access the page for the neighbor planning component from the Start Page, by first clicking on Optimization, then on Parameter Optimization, and finally on Neighbor Planning:

The functions of this page are described here.

The Neighbor Planning Process

A simplified version of Overture's Neighbor planning algorithm is given below:

        For each server radio
            Find all potential neighbors where the mobility score is above the given threshold
            Sort the potential neighbors by decreasing mobility score
            Trim the potential neighbors to the given neighbor limit
            Assign the resulting neighbor list to the server
    

The neighbor planning uses the Mobility Matrix to produce a score for each potential server-neighbor pair.

Properties

The neighbor planning component has the following properties:

• Neighbor Limit. This is the maximum number of radios that will be assigned to any radio.
• Threshold. This is the minimum mobility score between radios that permits a neighbor relationship.

Actions

The RF planning component provides the following actions:

• Start. This starts the neighbor planning process. When it completes, the neighbor lists for all active radios will be updated.
• Export, MapInfo, One Relation per Row. This will generate a MapInfo file where every server-neighbor relationship is represented by a single straight line.
• Export, MapInfo, One Relation per Server. This will generate a MapInfo file where a "spider-plot" of neighbor relationships is drawn for each server.
• Export, Excel. This lets you export the neighbor relations to Excel.
• Import, Excel. This lets you import the neighbor relationships from Excel. The expected format is the same as written out by the Export, Excel action.
• Analyze Neighbor Plan, By Distance. This creates a Table that displays the distance between each server and neighbor relationship in the network.
• Analyze Neighbor Plan, By Distance and Mobility. This creates a Table that displays the neighbors, their distances and their mobility scores for each server.