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1. 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 29 34 Finally the wires should be connected to the antennas For each wire to be connected to an antenna right click on the wire and choose Add Endpoint Ste NodeBdemo 5 4 vire SD Taper uu S Oo A A Tarla Edit gt Add Taper Add Endpoint l Sa ToFloor Delete to get ffi Endpoint This Endpoint can then be named so it will be easy to select it from the Edit Antenna window To name the Endpoint right click on it and choose Edit to get t gt Endpoint Editor ame Cha In future release this Endpoint could also be linked to an antenna from the Endpoint Editor Once all endpoints have been created each antenna can be linked to the appropriate Endpoint In the Edit Antenna Editor double click on the antenna or right click and chose Edit as follows Project EN a Demo_InCov A o BuildingC Floord1 E fl Map BD Configuration edit E Obstacle Map 21 Sources El Antennal Coi 2 Antennaz C01 T Outdoor Ante lt gt 0 Channel 342 1 Q 1 Channel 342 4 Choose the desired Endpoint lt gt Edit Omni Antenna Bmx Name Antennal C01 BTS End point Location X Power EIRP dBm Channel Cell InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 30 34 Note that the BTS and the entire feeding network can support mu2. 5dB z B ti 3 5 dB asap 7 i D 16dBm cr 3 5 0B E 14dBm cr 13dBm cr 10m LCF1 2 D 0 7dB d E 1 0dB A i B 1 1dB ezin K2 G 4 D 27dBm cr D 27dB E 26dBm cr E 4 0dB G 26dBm cr Bar A5 738 450 7 0 5 dB 35 dB 2 0dBi 35m LOr12 1 0 dB 86010023 Kaidi ZAPD 21 Parking Bellerive 23 2 E 3 5dB c12 10 dB c3 C6 3508 G 3 8dB si f 4 7 00B D 26dBmicr E 25dBmicr G 25dBmicr K13 K8 0 5 dB 40m LCF7 8 43m LCF1 2 D 1 7dB D 3 0dB 6323610 E 2 5dB 4 3dB c9 Fy 10 dB 3 50B BT GSM RBS 2202 In InCov it will look like this note that a simpler feeding network for 5 antennas is shown here ef Taper 5 54 ToFloorc gt Taper 3 5 Wire EndpointC01 Antt So Wire EndpointOo1 Ant 5 44 ToFloorA ef Taper ja Wire Endpoint Add Ormini Sab Wire EndpointA00 Patch ah Wire EndpointAQd Ant InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 26 34 To start adding a feeding network you will first add a BTS we use the same term BTS for a GSM BTS or a UMTS Node B Right click on the project name and choose Add BTS Project Update Coverages Recompute All Coverages Add Folder Add Region Add BTS and to input the following parameters Name System and its Power dBm here NodeBdemo UMTS and 30 dBm Mame o NodeBdemo And right click on the Wire to Edit it a NodeBdema Eee ga AMire gt Add Taper H Ad
3. Help Recompute All Coverages EE Add Folder i Add Region Add BTS Type in BuildingA Floor00 puppe sl Bx Mame ciim Aa Cancel You see now a new folder for your floor plan in the project window Demo_InCoy H E Building Floo0 TD Building FloorQ0 Right click on BuildingA Floor00 and choose Add Map Update Coverages Recompute All Coverages Building Type Add Configuration Rename fn Delete Lookin 3 irion mec 4 Dema MLE Li R00 PG hee Re cert Qecunerh Cresitop Pick the following file a00 jpg in the folder InCovDemo IndoorProjects hats Carrie Note that you can add any graphic file hie Comparar scanned hand drawn screen copy i Herak Pisces File rares ali JPG InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch Fika al typi Imaga Ek in all most used format like jog bmp etc InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 8 34 Expand the BuildingA Floor00 node by clicking the button Building FloorQ0 Project x E BuildingE Flool a edit Click edit nearby Configuration This way your map will show up oy Demn Inss a Buding Fam a Hap b G Conganaont gji Buking Fleorfi fi Corigumien gdi ing You might have noticed again that a scale in meters is shown at the top left side of the map This scale is probably wrong as there is no easy way to gu
4. With the power adjustment tool the coverage does not z require update Mowe the slider to shift the channel power Add 1 1dBm to channel 2 M In fact as the name suggests it is the cell power which is adjusted by right clicking on any antenna in a cell and choosing Adjust Cell Power It is recalled that a cell is defined by a channel and that all the antennas on that channel contributes to the coverage of this cell You are encouraged to play with both the Adjust Cell Power which is very fast and Edit on any particular antenna to get the desired coverage You will easily discover that the computation takes a non negligible time only if you change the power setting of one antenna with respect to the others in the same cell on the same channel Note To rename a Configuration by right click on the gin ac F gui a Update Coverages F5 Configuration folder or its name and choose Rename s Sor d gt i A x Recompute All Coverages F6 E A y Configuration Sex ee A Pi Add Obstacle Map _ Obste Name TEST Configuration 0 CH System Frequency gt x d 4 Export Measurement Points Map amp Delete To save your project Ctrl S or File gt Save InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 21 34 Now you will learn how to take into account the coverage or interference from outdoor antennas placed far away from the building under in
5. amp InCov_Demo 3 BuildingC Floor 0 Update Coverages Recompute All Coverages a Edit Al Add Text Note System Frequency Obstacles Attenuation gt HN Export Measurement Points However the consistency between the System frequency and the channel is not yet insured and great care should be used when mixing configuration with different systems With the current version it is recommended to simply define two separate projects or to copy a region building and simply paste in the project menu InCov_Demo in the screen shot below Project x InCov_Demo 3 BuildingC Floor10 9 Configuration edit C Obstacle Map r Sources 0 Channel 342 1 1 Channel 342 2 Map 3 copy of BuildingC Floor10 3 Configuration edit biti Note the copied configuration after it was pasted Sources 0 Channel 342 1 out of date 1 Channel 342 2 out of date T Map 6 2 Help to insure consistency InCov provides some help to insure consistency in the design For example if you try to link an antenna with a Default cell to a given BTS End point lt gt Edit Omni Antenna Sex Name Omni Antenna BTS End point NodeB GSM900 demo UMTS EndpointA00 Omni Location x Power EIRP dBm af Channel 2 Cell Default you are notified that the cell is not defined InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 32 34 This
6. of InCov which is still under development This version is for testing purpose only You should have received this version to help us serve your needs Thus we are eager to receive your feedback at jean frederic wagen hefr ch or daniel galley ericsson com WARNING This version is under development and must be used for testing purpose only Click to proceed After having clicked anywhere on the black window you should obtain this gt InCov Incredible Edition m Eile View Conliguration Toob Windows Hep PEE j ae Configuration Editor Buildingt Floo01 Configuration1 ms Leal a Lemp ias E MS Rudding Flooiit zl BS Cont geratont adi O O OO m Legend doe l 70 io 80d m 20 i 90d3m SO ERNE i Purely Bug Report Seng ture Roig nest Notice the scale in meters the two antennas and the legend for the received power InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 2 34 You can adjust the power of an entire cell by right clicking on any antenna in that cell and choosing Adjust Cell Power A cell is defined by its radio channel In our example there are only two antennas each defining a different cell i e each with a different channel Q With the power adjustment tool the coverage does not 2 require update Move the slider to shift the channel power Substract 2 dBm from channel 342 1 a For example subtracting 100dB from the left antenna leaves only the coverage of th
7. save but do not use Save As In future releases we might introduce colored walls to let the user choose various wall types and wall attenuation if deemed necessary Since usually InCov predictions are rather robust with respect with inaccurate wall descriptions metallic shelves locations special walls etc please let us know what are your needs and send us your project with an indication of where a poor accuracy is observed In InCov you can toggle Show Hide Map the original floor plan as shown below InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 15 34 i an Incredible Se SESE eee File View Configuration Tooke Windows Help ii wasn i B ranfii Damo liw w BS Gid rgt F oanl s B 3 id res Fon B Caigestcn at E se Now you are ready to place an antenna click on the Omni Antenna tool JOS lt Lonfiguration Editor Configuration a a S apelul iee and click to place the antenna where you TAHAA Se want For example Right click the antenna gt Edit InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 16 34 Edit Adjust Channel Power Delete a Fower dEr Channel Cell Note that the Location X and Y might differ from above since your co reference might not be exactly as shown in this manual Then compute the coverage as already described clicking the blue gear MLY Incredible E
8. 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 19 34 You will notice that if you drag the patch antenna near a wall and click the antenna will snap on the wall and the patch direction is set automatically but you can change it of course as you will see 43 7 CUISINE FROUDE To stop adding patch antennas or to change the orientation right click to get the arrow pointer and click on the patch antenna to select it ics fh ica Now you can choose the direction by clicking on the square tip of the patch antenna You can also edit manually the direction angle by editing the patch antenna right click choose edit lt gt Patch Antenna Hame Patch Antennad BTS N C v Location x Fower EIRP abn T Channel Cell to get any desired direction here 32 InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 20 34 Note that in an open space the effect of a patch antenna is better seen The steps necessary to obtain the following screen copy is left as an exercise for the reader E Configuration Editor 100x100 100x100_config lel x 7 ay Em a q ce ge ny mee ee pce ce ee es es ed an The patch antenna is not yet fully calibrated in this release of InCov so the user might prefer to use an omni antenna instead As for all antennas you can also adjust the power on the patch antenna by right clicking on this kind of antenna and choosing Adjust Cell Power Adjust Power 2 Q
9. a To further demonstrate the effect of an outdoor coverage generator the following result shows the same outdoor coverage generator as above but in free space Pe ee ee ee a a r ee ee a hb cil aa ce ee ee be iea Soci cic me EOE ieee ek moo ne ilata Carni PL b cit Editor Bante ao ale bert Fi SE View Cearaka Tos Winker Heke ae Se ermm lm ee SAk InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 25 34 5 Adda feeding network InCov allows you to a feeding network from the UMTS Node B or GSM BTS to each antenna This feature has not yet been fully tested We welcome any comment The idea is to help you verify the feeding network and the power settings once the antenna layout has been chosen A feeding network may look like this as an example A4 738 450 D 19dBm cr i E 16dBm cr i 2 0dBi G 15dBm cr er extension A9 A8 Belerive g2 738 450 738 450 2 0dBi 2 0dBi Attique Bellerive 23 2 me Bellerive 23 19dBmicr E 15dBm cr G 14dBmicr K18 D 16dBm cr D 18dBm cr 22m LCF1 2 E 13dBm cr E 15di D 1 6dB G 12dBm cr E 2 3d G 2 5d K17 30m LCI K12 D 2 42m LCF1 2 E3 D 3 0dB G 3 E G A2 738 450 2 0dBi 1er Bellerive 32 7 D 23dBmicr E 20dBm cr 738 450 G 19dBmicr 2 0dBi ice 1er tage Bellerive 23 m LCF D 1 6d E 2 3dI 2 5 D 23dBm er G 25d E 22dBm cr G 21dBm cr G 4 3di k21 A15 3508 6m LCF1 2 800 10137 Puce 2 00Bi FARDAN
10. agen eif ch KTI Project Nr 9155 1 Enjoy and let us know InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 34 34
11. cell is not present at this endpoint To let you verify your design InCov will provide the at the antenna connector A The power will be set to 24 7 accordingly to the endpoint s Cancel If you then change manually the Power EIRP dBm field of the antenna the link to the Endpoint is lost N C for Not Connected is displayed in the BTS End point field If you change the antenna EIRP using Adjust Cell Power you will be not warned but the power adjustment will have no effect a warning will be implemented in a future release The warning will let you choose between disconnecting the antenna or adjusting the BTS power and thus adjusting the power on all other antennas linked to this BTS If you wish other consistency check please let us know 6 3 Obstacle attenuation In very special building the default value of the wall attenuation can be changed and additional building wall type can defined using the following menus Right click on the project InCov_Demo lt gt InCov Incredible Edition File View Tools Windows Help Eitor Buildingc F sph e Bu Update Coverages a Recompute All Coverages 20 30 Add Folder Add Region B Al Add Text Note Obstacles Attenuation gt W Copy from Program Edit or on a chosen configuration gt InCov Incredible Edition Eile View Tools Windows Help itor Bui
12. d Endpoint InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 27 34 And insert the appropriate parameters Length m and Loss dB the Name of the wire is optional Wire Editor Name Wire Output dBm 0 5 24 5 Loss dB Now you can add a taper after the wire right click on the wire gt Add Taper Add Endpoint Delete And add as many Wire as there are output connectors to the taper Ste NodeBdemo So adding 2 Wires for a tapper with two output ports for example gives fel ModeBdema eS Wire SS Wire iy Wire At this point it is recommended to edit each wire enter the appropriate loss and length and perhaps choose a different name for each wire 4 NodeBderno eis Wire Gf Taper Sa ToFloorl Sa ToFloor InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 28 34 Then you can Edit the Taper right click on the Taper icon to choose the appropriate Connected wire in the list box and to type in the correct taper Loss dB parameters here 3 5 dB for example 2 Taper Editor Name Taper Output Lat 2 Connected wire ToFloorc v Cutout Loss dB dEr cancel __ok J do not forget same for the second output i e Taper Editor Taper Outp 2 3 2 Connected wire utout dEr system Input abr Loss dB ums zas B zs You can continue to add tapers and wires to each line to complete the feeding network InCov
13. d on pe f x a 7 q Fie View Configraton Took Windows Help Prajal Duma iato w Baldrgt Aoi D Gaida Fee s D Coigear pi BB Seren E Obsiscie Map p Channel Dalii Gh hsp HEEE ls Note that only a single computation per cell needs to be performed so if you add several antennas with the same channel all these antennas will belong to the same cell The total coverage will be InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 17 34 computed and cannot be dissociated for example if two more omni antennas are added you will notice that only a single computation for all 3 antennas is performed assuming you have set all 3 antennas with the same channel channel 2 in this example Power EIRP dBm Channel Cell above InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 18 34 3 Patch antennas We will now add a patch antenna Select the patch antenna tool p ee a Patch Antennab Ed _ To better see the introduction of the patch antenna it is suggested that you toggle off the obstacle map and coverage display by clicking on the following icons Now you can move the patch antenna icon on the map as shown below Configuration Editor BuildingA Floor00 Configuration JOK Om 20 40 60 80 100 SALLE DE CONFERENCE ADD OG DARA HALL CENTRAL ADD 14 HALL SE cic Re A0012 SELF SERVICE A0025 InCov
14. ditor window as show below 2 Configuration Editor BuildingA Floor00 Configuration im e Now you need to create a wall map so that the program knows on your floor plan what is a wall and what is not we call it the Obstacle Map Right click Configuration gt Add Obstacle Map gt From Map fet Demo_InCov Lo Building Flao 5 Building Floortd AE Configureties E Map Update Coverages F5 Recompute All Coverages F6 Edit Add Obstacle Map i From Map 4 Export Measurement Points Rename fj Delete InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 11 34 You might get the following window showing only a portion of the building map if you do maximize the window Obstacle Map Converter DEJ E EF i TF FEF fH E i E EFE a Toi a a ap elie ace Ba ae Se barge Ce eg ee ETAF le ad I Ep d Such that it looks more like this Obstacle Map Converter Jag k Adjust the level slider until you feel you get all of the walls Use the shrinking slider to reduce the size of the obstacle map Smaller obstacle maps are faster whereas bigger produce a more accurate coverage predictions Level J Shrinking J Shrinking factor 1 Number of pixels 1 091 millions SALLE DE CON ERENCE He CENTRAL ADO 14 f SALL SELONUAIRE AOD 12 A00 02 has REPOS tAPHIE v lt gt Adjust the Level slider until you think you hav
15. e almost all of the walls With the Shrinking slider you can reduce the size of the Obstacle Map A smaller size will lead to faster computations and not necessarily less accuracy Click OK when satisfied InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 12 34 You can then obtain something like this here 52 000 pixels 22 Obstacle Map Converter mmx O Adjust the lewel slider until you feel you get all of the walls Use the shrinking slider to reduce the size of the obstacle map Smaller obstacle maps are faster whereas bigger produce more accurate coverage predictions V I shrinking i i u I shrinking factor 4 54753 Mumber of pixels 52 55 thousands or like this by adjusting the Shrinking factor 19 000 pixels Obstacle Map Converter Adjust the level slider until you feel you get all of the walls Use the shrinking slider to reduce the size of the obstacle map smaller obstacle maps are faster whereas bigger produce more accurate coverage predictions J shrinking 7 i J shrinking factor 7 500264 Number of pixels 19 21 thousands InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 13 34 You can adjust the Level to suppress some details as you can see in the following two screen copies notice that a wall also disappeared as the Level was decreased es Obstacle Map Converter max Adjust the level slider until you feel you get all of the walls Use the shrinking slid
16. e right antenna B mge Moot G Wan 7 Congar mrii Adjust Power 342 1 Q With the power adjustment tool the coverage does not require update Mowe the slider to shift the channel power Substract 100dBm from channel 342 1 O O Oe ies N E Pele SB Oe rs lus S a WRU Et wasn ce to get the following window Edit Omni Antenna Adjust Cell Power Delete Name Antennal C01 BTS N C lv Location X 27 50m Power EIRP dBm _ 50 Y 17 75m InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 3 34 By default the Coverage dBm is shown A Legend dose e el vit But you can also view the best server map the two antennas here are on two different channels Notice the change in the Legend the color and the name Coverage are chosen automatically Please let us know if manual choices should be included in future releases Legend uae Coverage 0 E 100 den BS Note the legend and the threshold are easy to change to your taste using the Configure Color Blender button in the Configuration Editor window From dB To dB InCov_Demo a BuildingC Floor10 InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 4 34 Note that all results in this manual are presented assuming an UMTS system as shown below 3 amp Demo Ino Building Floollt Recompute All C
17. er to reduce the size of the obstacle map smaller obstacle maps are faster whereas bigger produce more accurate coverage predictions Shrinking CT J shrinking factor 7 500264 Number of pixels 19 21 thousands ex Obstacle Map Converter max O Adjust the level slider until you feel you get all of the walls Use the shrinking slider to reduce the size of the obstacle map smaller obstacle maps are faster whereas bigger produce more accurate coverage prec usii shrinking ee ae J shrinking factor 7 500264 Number of pixels 19 21 thousands InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 14 34 You can then edit the Obstacle Map image to further modify the map In order to do this double click your Obstacle Map in the project window or right click and edit f Demo_InCoyv a BuildingC Flood a obstacle y Q 0 Channe oo 1 Channg The conventional Microsoft Windows application Paint will open as follows In the following example we added a wall that was erased in the Level Shrinking process File Edit View Image Colors Help n SCRE See n CE ETEN E EEE For Help click Help Topics on the Help Menu Usually it is recommended that you remove things that are not walls typically texts However you will see that our prediction algorithm is rather robust with respect to these kinds of artefacts Once you have finished simply save and close MS Paint or close and
18. ess it so it was set to 25 cm per pixel as a default value for all new map To set the appropriate scale right click Map and choose Co reference Et error a E buing Foo SE EudinigA rat Lonii ei InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 9 34 to get MCoreference Map DE bit bF e Ma ahh Ed a beo p s puar ee ee 7 es m a eee oa jj eI T e a el 5 fel yil m ia AELA Maximize the window as you might not see the whole building as you would like to and then click and drag the mouse in the map to get the scale at some appropriate location of your choice H Coreference Map eu Cres sirean fe rep es ing tE l him pF bhi m e ee ony coe mti pond ered he eee apr x r LE x ira id rw Eam Cu ira Ce piri ji Lario Be J Ursa ana cnc map sed mod Ihe 4 i Tea end parla lesions mn maler ir ark ane ant parr erd the segta eighh You must now enter the coordinates z m UU ir u U or one set of x amp y coordinates and a distance Sia 1 m Lai 1 in 15 dear ite m 1 87 2y rr 12 Hl Iam 19 2687 InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 10 34 Note that you can still modify the scale after having entered the values x 0 y 0 and d 15m in this example Once you are Satisfied click OK at the bottom right of the Coreference Map window You will now get the correct scale in the Configuration E
19. hoose Edit anywhere in the red rectangle delimiting the Outdoor Coverage generator points Enter the following parameters lt gt DistantAntennaForm Bmx Name BTS End point Power EIRP dBm Outdoor 1 NC x Location X 4g Channel Outdoor Cell TS_outdoor v Power dBm Note that the angle to enter in the DistantAntennaForm depends onthe Direction of the incoming radio waves location of the outdoor antenna as from the outdoor antenna shown in the figure In our example we can use an angle of 300 or 60 minus sixty degrees Upon request it is possible to change the 0 reference and the angle sign to be positive in the clockwise direction InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 24 34 You have then completed the insertion of an outdoor coverage generator To compute its effect just press F5 or click the blue wheel E like for an antenna For example the following figures present the predicted coverage with all other antennas at 100 dBm so their coverage can be neglected On the right the result shows that the radio On the left the power for the outdoor coverage from the outdoor antenna is antenna has been increased by 20 dB to attenuated by the wall The prediction outside exaggerate the penetration effect of the building should not be considered outdoor to indoor propagation D bw ne ConMpurader Dier ri Anpi Fier CE Ee Dis e e
20. ldingc Floor i InCov_Demo BS Building Fiori n Configuration ece L20 J0 Uwi m Update Coverages x z 7 e Recompute All Coverages G4 Edit fd Hap Add Obstacle Map AD Add Text Note System Frequency ils Copy fram Project Edit Export Mersirement Points Copy Rename Delete And then choose Edit to get the window Configuration Obstacles shown below InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 33 34 The configuration 1 dB cm for the black wall is shown gt Configuration Obstacles x Program Project Config dB cm dB cm dB cm C Jooo 0 00 0 00 0 00 ME 100 1 00 1 00 27 40 ZZ Color Config dB px Program Project Config dB cm dB cm dB cm 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Color Config dB px Ha oo 1 00 27 40 Wd 7 Toconclude You can now experiment with InCov and let us know how we can improve it for you or with you by contacting Jean Fr d ric Wagen About InCov Incredible Edition X jean frederic wagen hefr ch InCoviE 41 26 429 6553 voice an eae Copyright 2007 2008 EIA FR and Ericsson AG 41 78 737 4273 mobile EIA FR Fribourg Switzerland Indoor wireless network planning tool wape njf SKYP E This software planning tool for cellular radio and wireless indoor coverage is under development Authors MSc Michel erly EIA FR Daniel Galley Ericsson Jean Fr d ric Wagen EIA FR Contact w
21. lti system e g UMTS and GSM gt BTS Editor Mame i NodeB GSM4 00 demo Fower dBm mE rj The parameters of each wire and taper can be adjusted lt gt Taper Editor lt gt Wire Editor Name Wire Length m 10 Connected wire Wire Output J dB System Input dBrn Lass dB 0 5 29 5 od 25 Loss dB UMTS 26 5 3 GSM 24 7 3 L cancel_ Lox Thus the correct Endpoint powers are computed Endpoint Editor eg Name Endpoint Add On Power dBm Mame BTS End pointi Location MC Power EIRP dBm odeB GSM900 demo UMTS Endpoint C01 Antt ModeB GSM900 demo UMTS Endpointlo Ant2 Channel NodeB GSM300 demo UMTS Endpoint A00 Orni NodeB GSM300 demo UMTS EndpointAdd Patch Cell ModeB GSM900 demo UMTS EndpointAdd Ant NodeB GSM400 demo GSM Endpoint C01 Antl NodeB Gsh400 demo Gshd Endpointlo1 Ante InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 31 34 6 Interesting features of the InCov tool 6 1 Multi system antennas and copy paste In this release each system e g UMT and GSM must use a different set of antennas i e different Configuration As the position of the antennas will usually remain the same for the cellular systems GSM GPRS UMTS using multi band antennas the antenna configuration can easily be copied right click on the configuration and select copy Project Bj
22. one computation even if there are many antennas ona same channel as usual in indoor coverage This is a major time saving compare to other tools If you moved the antenna in each cells you will get PixelFlow Running Channel 342 1 completed TENERA AANA AN E AAA A A AE AN AA A A o RRR E AR Channel 342 2 being executed by Local DLL 2 seconds Eres Notice the indication of the total elapsed time Click Cancel or tab enter to close this window Once computed the new Best Server or coverage map shows up JDS ah 5 i Legend close overage 100 dBm miola z Note that you can zoom or un zoom the display to best fit you screen or better position an antenna by clicking the hand tool Kl and then scrolling the mouse wheel On some laptops you might want to try l pressing the two buttons and moving you finger on InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch the right side of the pad The scale is of course changed accordingly Now you are going to learn how to input and use your own floor plan 2 Add Your Indoor Map Now we are going to add another building floorplan and we will give it a scale in meters Right click on the Demo_InCov and choose Add Region we use the term Region instead of Floorplan to be more generic in case of femto cell planning for example 4 InCov Incredible Edition File View Configuration Tools Windows
23. overages Edit However to choose another System Frequency IEEES02 1 1a 5400MHz range just select the appropriate one e g select WIFI ISM 2 4 2400MHz weak UMTS 2100MHz WiFi ISM for ZigBee or Bluetooth system GSM 1900 1500MHz GSM 1800 1800MHz GSM 900 900MHz GSM 400 400MHz Prope Demone Configuration Edi G idg Poo a cas 3 x E ep ee A Cenkqumbas sihi Lod B i j lent one charmwmia cmeuroga in uul of ceo Lo ey _ _ _ e Pi m Bue Sot AA T Signal HEj 4 De Em dal z 108 Jd Bim You will notice that after having made some changes to the antennas such as having moved them the coverage becomes out of date pr Ad least one channel s coverage is out of date You need to compute the coverage again to update it to the new antenna configuration This is achieved either by pressing the F5 key or by clicking the Update Coverages button the rightmost ay button of the toolbar i e the blue gear Minor note the first time you use some action which will save the project you are warned with the following window To avoid this reminder just click This action will save your project Do not show this message again Do not show this message again Cancel The coverage is then recomputed InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 5 34 Recall that each channel or cell requires
24. r 4 InCov i A Incredible Edition ey GUI Demo Getting started InCov is a radio network planning tool for indoor coverage InCov is developed at the EIA FR in collaboration with Ericsson InCov handles both indoor and outdoor to indoor coverage Indoor coverage is shown first Outdoor to indoor coverage is shown in Section 4 If you intend to use InCov it is strongly recommended that you go through this manual in sequence using a color copy This manual will explain the steps to use the software with screen shots so you might want to read it just to learn the features InCov provides namely Coverage based on scanned floor plan no AutoCAD even hand drawn plan might be sufficient Easy adjustment of cell power for all antennas covering the cell Single computation for all antennas in a cell on the same channel Optional power setting via a feeding network As InCov is still under development please do not hesitate to let us know your need using the contacts at the end of this document To install the InCov demo just extract the InCovDemo folder from the received ZIP file Open the InCovDemo folder 1 Start InCov Double click on InCov exe i i In or exe a om Incoy Incredible Edition oF EI4 FR Fribourg Switzerland You should get note that it may take a few seconds to start ye InCov Incredible Edition InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 1 34 Then you are warned that you are using a version
25. vestigation 4 Coverage from outdoor antennas InCov allows you to compute the indoor coverage from outdoor antennas The example below guides you to add the coverage from a single outdoor antenna You should only have measurements or predictions of the received power at a number of outdoor locations and know the approximate direction of the outdoor antenna For example consider the following situation The indoor coverage from the outdoor antenna will be computed after entering an outdoor coverage 2 3 generator as a broken line El with the appropriate parameters next page 10 20 InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 22 34 called Outdoor Coverage Generator a CuidoarloyeragqeGen and click in the Configuration Editor window to enter the first point as shown below Configuration Editor BuildingA Floor00 TEST Configuration OK lO gt Sa e x Om 10 Finish by right cliking InCov 2008 EIA FR wagen hefr ch 23 34 and you will get Note that it is easy to add extra points Just click with the tool when an Outdoor Coverage Generator is selected It is also easy to remove a point by just clicking on the point to be removed when the tool is selected Then right click as usual to terminate the insertion of an Outdoor Coverage Generator To edit the parameters of the Outdoor Coverage generator double click or right click and c
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