PERFORMANCE MONITORING OR GROWTH MANAGEMENT

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

benchmark existing performance : dropcall % , access failure % , traffic levels.
identify problem cells and clusters : weigh cells and clusters against one another.
look for signs of overload : TCE or walsh minutes - excessive ? soft handoff excessive ?
required number of channel elements - excessive?
forward power overload : originations , handoff blocked
Traffic trending and projection : track busy hour traffic on each sector ; predict exhaustion.
develope plant for expansion, multiple carriers.

Optimization Requirements

• performance optimization requires several things :

1. a stable system
2. performance expectation and performance goals
3. a good understanding of CDMA2000 : general RF technology , transmitter and receiver basics CDMA signal characteristics ; a) the different CDMA channels and what they do. b) how mobile and base station power are regulated during a call. c) the basic steps of how a call is set up, how handoffs happen, etc. d) how noise and interfering signals affect the call.
4. a good data measurement / analysis capability

• improving performance in one area should not degrade performance in some other area.