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Drive Test Lesson: by Oka Handiman

This document discusses key performance indicators for drive test data collection and CDMA network optimization. It outlines several important metrics including frame erasure rate (FER), mobile receive power, Ec/Io, and mobile transmit power. FER is an excellent call quality statistic that indicates overall transmission link performance. Mobile receive power shows signal levels at the handset and too little or too much power can cause problems. Ec/Io is important for measuring pilot pollution, forward link interference, and sector traffic load. Mobile transmit power indicates reverse link interference issues. Together, analyzing these indicators from drive test data can help identify network problems and guide optimization efforts.

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Drive Test Lesson: by Oka Handiman

This document discusses key performance indicators for drive test data collection and CDMA network optimization. It outlines several important metrics including frame erasure rate (FER), mobile receive power, Ec/Io, and mobile transmit power. FER is an excellent call quality statistic that indicates overall transmission link performance. Mobile receive power shows signal levels at the handset and too little or too much power can cause problems. Ec/Io is important for measuring pilot pollution, forward link interference, and sector traffic load. Mobile transmit power indicates reverse link interference issues. Together, analyzing these indicators from drive test data can help identify network problems and guide optimization efforts.

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By Oka Handiman

Drive Test Lesson



2
Introduction
The Purpose of drive test activity is to capture
actual data of the current CDMA et!ork"
Drive test data #lo$ file% sho! the condition of the
&' environment" They are the primary $au$es
used to $uide CDMA optimi(ation and
trou)leshootin$"

3
Performance Indicator
*
'+&
*
Mo)ile &eceive Po!er
*
+c,Io
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Mo)ile Transmit Po!er

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'+&
'+& stand for 'rame +rasure &ate
'+& is an e-cellent call .uality /summary0 statistic
'+& is the end1result of the !hole transmission
link
*
if '+& is $ood2 then any other pro)lems aren3t
havin$ much effect
*
if '+& is )ad2 that3s not the pro)lem 1 it is 4ust
the end1result of the pro)lem
5 !e must investi$ate other indicators to $et a
clue !hat is $oin$ on
*
'+& 6alue #7%

5
Mo)ile &eceive Po!er
Mo)ile &eceive Po!er e-pressed in d)m"
Measured all si$nal receive po!er at handset side"
&eceive po!er is important2
1
too little receive si$nal #1899 or !eaker% !ould
leave to much noise in the si$nal 2 )ad '+& and
other pro)lems"
1
too much received si$nal #1:; d)m or hi$her%
could drive the phone3s sensitive first amplifier
into overload2 causin$ intermod and code
distortion on received CDMA si$nals
&< Level

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+c,Io
*
+c is the ener$y of a sin$le sector3s Pilot
*
Io is the po!er sum of all the si$nals reachin$
the mo)ile"
*
+c,Io is the important indicator for net!ork
performance
*
Bad +c,Io can indicate pro)lems like pilot
pollution2 for!ard link interference #indicate
nei$h)our list pro)lems"
*
+c,Io also indicate traffic load at the sector"

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Mo)ile Transmit Po!er
Mo)ile Transmit Po!er the actual &' po!er output
of the handset transmitter
Ma-imum handset transmit po!er is =: d)m"
Mo)ile Transmit Po!er is indicator for &everse link
interference" If only this parameter is )ad2 it
means there is e-ternal reverse link interference"
Typical T- po!er
1
>=: d)m in a covera$e hole
1
9 d)m near middle cell
1
1;9 d)m up close to BT?

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Conclusions
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Mo)ile &eceive Po!er and Mo)ile
Transmit po!er are the indicator for
covera$e si$nal"
*
If these t!o indicators sho! !eak
value it is sho! that the covera$e at
that area is !eak"
*
+c,Io and '+& are the indicator for
call performance"
*
@eak +c,Io !ill )e follo!ed !ith
!eak '+&" It means there is pro)lem
in the net!ork"

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