DT Report Preperation Using TEMS & MAPINFO

Table of Contents How to Export & Plot Rx_Level _Sub (Dedicated Mode MS) & Rx_Level_Full (Idle Mode MS).................................................................................................................... 3 TEMS PART.............................................................................................................. 3 MAPINFO PART......................................................................................................... 8 How to Export & Plot HANDOVER EVENTS (Handover & Handover Failure)..............14 TEMS PART............................................................................................................ 14 MAPINFO PART....................................................................................................... 18 How to Export & Plot SQI.......................................................................................... 21 TEMS PART............................................................................................................ 21 MAPINFO PART....................................................................................................... 25 How to Export & Plot RX QUAL.................................................................................31 TEMS PART............................................................................................................ 31 MAPINFO PART....................................................................................................... 36

NOTE: On completion of Drive test, these plots to evaluate the Quality/Coverage of BTS site. MS1: Used in Dedicated mode MS2: Used in Idle Mode

How to Export & Plot Rx_Level _Sub (Dedicated Mode MS) & Rx_Level_Full (Idle Mode MS) TEMS PART 1. Select the logs which you have recorded during the drive test. 2. Open TEMS. Click on Logfile in Main Menu >Export Logfile>, New window with name as “Export logfile will open”. See Figure1.

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3. Click on the “+” sign in Export Logfile window. Add Export Order window will open. See Figure2.

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Figure 2 Select the Format as Mapinfo Tab-file by clicking drop down list Use the Browse file tab to select the log files you want to export in Input files Click/Check Merge output if multiple logs have been recorded during drive test. This option will export all logs in “1” Mapinfo Tab file Use the Browse dir to select the location to save this export Prefix and Suffix helps to select proper name to export

4. Click on the Setup tab, Mapinfo Tab file Setup window will appear. See Figure3

Figure 3 1. Select GSM from Available IEs. 2. Select RxLev Sub (dBm) and RxLev Full (dBm) 3. Respective MS can be selected by using Edit. In above figure,MS2 -RxLev Full (dBm) & MS1-RxLev Sub (dBm)

4. Options tab is used to events export. Except in events plot always check Export events but do not plot events in MapInfo and click OK. See Figure4

Figure 4 5. Start the conversion. See figure5

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6. On successful conversion, Export Result window will appear. Close the window and exit from TEMS. See figure6

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MAPINFO PART Open Mapinfo & Plot sites (Orientation) 1. Go to Main Menu >File>open>Select the Path where you have export the log files>Open. Exported data will be plotted. See Figure7

Figure 7 2. Filled circles in Blue color caused due by pauses during the DT. To discard Right click>Select the export layer>Display>Check Style Override>Click Symbol >change Symbol Style. See Figure 8

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3. Final output. See Figure9

Figure 9 4.

For Rx_level_Full/Sub Create thematic map. Mapinfo Main Menu>Map>Create Thematic Map. See figure 10

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5. Select the Option of Ranges>Region Ranges Default>Next

Figure 11 6. Select the exported Table in Table TAB and than pick the filed you want to plot. Here we are plotting Rx_Level_Sub. Don’t forget to check the Option of Ignore Zeros and Blanks while plotting RX.

Figure 12 7. Go to Ranges Tab and select the Method “CUSTOM”. How many ranges you want to define can be select by changing in TAB of # of ranges. Set Round By Tab as None always. Define the ranges in Custom Ranges Tab and press Ok. See Figure 13

Figure 13 8. Select Styles. Uncheck the Replace Layer Style. Click Options Tab and select All Attributes instead of Color. Display symbols can be modified by setting and click Ok. See Figure 14

Figure 14 9. Select the Legend Tab. Give the Title of Legend in Title Tab. Select all ranges and check the Show this Range and Show Record Count. Click OK. See Figure 15

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10. Final Output as shown below. Legend can be displayed by check legend TBA in Main Tool Bar. See Figure 16

Figure 16 11. This created thematic Legend can be saved for future to save time. See Figure 17

Figure 17 For Rx Level Full, select Rx_Level _Full Export in Thematic map step Go to Step 6.

How to Export & Plot HANDOVER EVENTS (Handover & Handover Failure) TEMS PART 1. Open TEMS. Click on Logfile in Main Menu >Export Logfile>, New window with name as “Export logfile will open”. See Figure18.

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2. Click on the “+” sign in Export Logfile window. Add Export Order window will open. See Figure19

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Figure 19 Select the Format as Mapinfo Tab-file by clicking drop down list Use the Browse file tab to select the log files you want to export in Input files Click/Check Merge output if multiple logs have been recorded during drive test. This option will export all logs in “1” Mapinfo Tab file Use the Browse dir to select the location to save this export Prefix and Suffix helps to select proper name to export Click on the Setup tab, Mapinfo Tab file Setup window will appear. See Figure20

Figure 20 3. Click the Options TAB. In Events Select Export events and Plot events in MapInfo with unique symbol. See Figure 21

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4. Events are ready to export. Click the “Start” button in “Export log file” window. Start the conversion. See Figure22

Figure 22 5. On successful conversion, Export Result window will appear. Close the window and exit from TEMS. See Figure23

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MAPINFO PART 1. Open Exported Events in Mapinfo. Select the Create Thematic Map option by using MAP TAB in Main Menu. Select the Individual TAB in Thematic Map window. Point IndValue Default will be selected to plot create thematic Map. See figure 24

Figure 24 2. Pick the field of Events, click next. Don’t forget to check Ignore Zeros and Blanks

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3. Click Styles; Select all events except Handover & Hanover Failure . Select Symbol None in Style. It will not appear in the final result.

Figure 26 4. Select Handover form list> Click Style> Font as Custom Symbol click Add and pick the Hanover symbol form C:\Program Files\Common Files\MapInfo Shared\MapX Common\Custsymb and add.

Handover 5. Select Handover failure form list> Click Style> Font as Custom Symbol click Add and pick the Hanover symbol form C:\Program Files\Common Files\MapInfo Shared\MapX Common\Custsymb and add

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6. Select the appropriate symbol. 7. Final Output. See Figure 27

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How to Export & Plot SQI TEMS PART 1. Open TEMS. Click on Logfile in Main Menu >Export Logfile>, New window with name as “Export logfile will open”. See Figure28.

Figure 28 2. Click on the “+” sign in Export Logfile window. Add Export Order window will open. See Figure29

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Figure 29 Select the Format as Mapinfo Tab-file by clicking drop down list Use the Browse file tab to select the log files you want to export in Input files Click/Check Merge output if multiple logs have been recorded during drive test. This option will export all logs in “1” Mapinfo Tab file Use the Browse dir to select the location to save this export Prefix and Suffix helps to select proper name to export

3. Click on the Setup tab, Mapinfo Tab file Setup window will appear. Select GSM in Available IEs, Pick the SQI for Dedicate mode MS. Most important is Change the NODATA value from -1 to 100 or any value doesn’t fall in the range. See Figure30

Figure 30 4. Options tab is used to events export. Except in events plot always check Export events but do not plot events in MapInfo and click OK. See Figure31

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5. Start the conversion. See figure32

Figure 32 6. On successful conversion, Export Result window will appear. Close the window and exit from TEMS. See figure33

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MAPINFO PART Open Mapinfo & Plot sites (Orientation) 1. Go to Main Menu >File>open>Select the Path where you have export the log files>Open. Exported data will be plotted. See Figure34

Figure 34 2. Filled circles in Blue color caused due by pauses during the DT. To discard Right click>Select the export layer>Display>Check Style Override>Click Symbol >change Symbol Style. See Figure35

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3. Final output. See Figure36

Figure 36 4. For Rx_level_Full/Sub Create thematic map. Mapinfo Main Menu>Map>Create Thematic Map. See figure37

Figure 37 5. Select the Option of Ranges>Region Ranges Default>Next see figure38

Figure 38 6. Select the exported Table in Table TAB and than pick the filed you want to plot. Here we are plotting SQI. Don’t check the Option of Ignore Zeros and Blanks while plotting SQI. See figure39

Figure 39 7. Go to Ranges Tab and select the Method “CUSTOM”. How many ranges you want to define can be select by changing in TAB of # of ranges. Set Round By Tab as None always. Define the ranges in Custom Ranges Tab and press Ok. See Figure40

Figure 40 8. Select Styles. Uncheck the Replace Layer Style. Click Options Tab and select All Attributes instead of Color. Display symbols can be modified by setting and click Ok. See Figure41

Figure 41 7. Select the Legend Tab. Give the Title of Legend in Title Tab. Select all ranges and check the Show this Range and Show Record Count. Click OK. See Figure42

Figure 42 8. Final Output as shown below. Legend can be displayed by check legend TAB in Main Tool Bar. See Figure43

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9. This created thematic Legend can be saved for future to save time. See Figure 44

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How to Export & Plot RX QUAL TEMS PART On completion of Drive test, generate these plots to evaluate the coverage of BTS site. Generally MS1: Used in Dedicated mode, MS2: Used in Idle Mode 7. Select the logs which you have recorded during the drive test. 8. Open TEMS. Click on Logfile in Main Menu >Export Logfile>, New window with name as “Export logfile will open”. See Figure45.

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9. Click on the “+” sign in Export Logfile window. Add Export Order window will open. See Figure46.

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Figure 46 Select the Format as Mapinfo Tab-file by clicking drop down list Use the Browse file tab to select the log files you want to export in Input files Click/Check Merge output if multiple logs have been recorded during drive test. This option will export all logs in “1” Mapinfo Tab file Use the Browse dir to select the location to save this export Prefix and Suffix helps to select proper name to export

10. Click on the Setup tab, Mapinfo Tab file Setup window will appear. See Figure47

Figure 47 8. Select GSM from Available IEs. 9. Select Rx_Qual 10. MS1 will be selected by using Edit. In above figure, MS1 –Rx_Qual Sub is selected.

11. Options tab is used to events export. Except in events plot always check Export events but do not plot events in MapInfo and click OK. See Figure48

Figure 48 12. Start the conversion. See figure49

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13. On successful conversion, Export Result window will appear. Close the window and exit from TEMS. See figure50

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MAPINFO PART Open Mapinfo & Plot sites (Orientation) 1. Go to Main Menu >File>open>Select the Path where you have export the log files>Open. Exported data will be plotted. See Figure51

Figure 51 2. Filled circles in Blue color caused due by pauses during the DT. To discard Right click>Select the export layer>Display>Check Style Override>Click Symbol >change Symbol Style. See Figure 52

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3. Final output. See Figure53

Figure 53 4. For Rx_level_Full/Sub Create thematic map. Mapinfo Main Menu>Map>Create Thematic Map. See figure54

Figure 54 5. Select the Option of Ranges>Region Ranges Default>Next. See figure55

Figure 55 6. Select the exported Table in Table TAB and than pick the filed you want to plot. Here we are plotting SQI. Don’t check the Option of Ignore Zeros and Blanks while plotting SQI. See Figure 56

Figure 56 9. Go to Ranges Tab and select the Method “CUSTOM”. How many ranges you want to define can be select by changing in TAB of # of ranges. Set Round by Tab as None always. Define the ranges in Custom Ranges Tab and press Ok. See Figure 57

Figure 57 7. Select Styles. Uncheck the Replace Layer Style. Click Options Tab and select All Attributes instead of Color. Display symbols can be modified by setting and click Ok. See Figure58

Figure 58 10. Select the Legend Tab. Give the Title of Legend in Title Tab. Select all ranges and check the Show this Range and Show Record Count. Click OK. See Figure59

Figure 59 11. Final Output as shown below. Legend can be displayed by check legend TAB in Main Tool Bar. See Figure60

Figure 60 12. This created thematic Legend can be saved for future to save time. See Figure 61

Figure 61