Designed to fit the life cycle of a network, the first two of the following services are targeted at new networks and the other three are for expanding coverage or capacity of the network.

Network Design Services offer:

Licence application support

Cell Planning

Coverage expansion

High capacity planning

Indoor cell planning

Core Network Design

This service provides the Operator with an initial design for setting up the network. Its specifications cover equipment, the number of cells, potential sites, and use of channels and frequency band, amongst other things. It also provides all data needed to apply for a licence.

Our support includes map data handling and model parameter optimisation, and nominal cell planning. Having decided on its specifications, the Operator can then obtain the network equipment needed or to seek quotations.

This allows the Operator to develop a strategic and tactical plan to establish and provide for the new network. It includes analysis of coverage, the number of subscribers needed, the sites that are potentially available, frequency, and other information.

Cell Planning includes:

Map data handling and propagation model optimisation

Nominal cell planning

Site selection

Final radio network design

Verification of radio network design

This provides the Operator with a plan for expanding the coverage of the cellular network. This plan includes information such as equipment specifications, the number of sites, and use of frequencies and channels.

It also includes a rollout plan and a suggested schedule and strategy for implementing the network.

Our coverage expansion service includes:

 Nominal cell planning

 Site selection

Final radio network planning

Verification of radio network planning

This service provides the Operator with a plan for expanding the capacity of the cellular network. It provides advice on the equipment and features as well as the number of cells needed to meet capacity requirements. It provides an evaluation of potential sites and the use of frequencies and channels.

It also includes final tuning and verification of quality. Final tuning verifies that the solution we propose fulfils all the Operator's high capacity planning requirements.

Our High Capacity Planning service offers the following solutions:

Building small macrocells

Tighter re-use of frequencies with a Multiple Frequency Re-use (MFR) pattern

Hot-spot microcells and contiguous microcell layer

Dual-band networks

This service provides the Operator with a design for the indoor network, in four different phases:

Preparation

System design

Verification

Following the verification, a survey or a detailed physical analysis and RF Propagation testing is carried out. The results of this can then be mapped with CAD. Structural analysis and fiber / coax runs are then considered. 

This service provides for network architecture design, network element design and dimensioning, circuit switched and packet based transport network design and dimensioning, IN systems design and dimensioning. The core network is designed from perspectives of cost effectiveness, grade of service, capacity, robustness and redundancy, while allowing for future expansion and reengineering as new services and features are planned.