Specifying Technology-Specific Parameters

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This tutorial shows you how you can set up, configure and analyze LTE, WiMAX, WCDMA, GSM and CDMA networks using Overture.

We will start by assuming that the steps in the Tutorial have been run to load in a technology-neutral network. Open the Radios Table by clicking on the Open Radios Table toolbar button () to display all the Radio entities in your network:

The radios table, with no technology-specific flags set

The network from the tutorial is technology-neutral, so no technology-specific data is present in the table above. However, we can use the Technology subsection of the Start Page to quickly add Statistics, Maps and Flags for suitable for your chosen technology. You can navigate to the Technology subsection by first clicking on Network and then clicking on Technology. The Technology subsection looks like this:

The Technology subsection of the Start Page

We will create an LTE network in this tutorial, but the steps are broadly similar for the other technology options (WiMAX, WCDMA, GSM and CDMA). Clicking on the LTE button takes us to the LTE configuration page:

Start Page > Network > Technology > LTE > Technology

Click the Add LTE Parameters button, and then locate the Radios table again:

You can see that three Flags have been appended to the table to hold the values of the N1CellID, N2CellID, and PCI (CellID) network parameters. We can also see that the parameter values for the new flags are all 0; this is the default. Overture has also added and configured a Cover Model for the technology, and a Layer Model and Categorizer for each parameter. If you want to edit or view any of these, you can do so from middle section of the LTE page:

Start Page > Network > Technology > LTE > Settings

If you have the Parameter Optimization module installed, the lower section of the LTE page will look like this:

Start Page > Network > Technology > LTE > Optimization

Clicking the Add Optimizers button will add and configure a set of technology-specific optimizers to help you automatically plan channels and the N1CellID and N2CellID parameters (the setting of the PCI parameter is calculated from these). More information about technology-specific optimizers can be found here.

The network is now set up for LTE planning. You can use the newly-added parameter settings to generate maps and produce statistics.