RAT is an advanced post-processing tool designed for analyzing drive-test data in cellular networks, supporting various technologies such as 2G, 3G, and LTE. It enhances service performance and organizational efficiency while providing automated KPI reporting, data management, and network fault identification. The tool facilitates widespread data sharing and analysis for RF engineers, significantly improving network performance and reducing operational costs.

1. RAT - Radio Analyzing Tool Boosting Network Performance Peter Dahlberg, Bo Wisenfelt

2. RAT is an advanced post-processing and analysis system for drive-test data of cellular networks. RAT is a GIS supported, feature rich, 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 4G (LTE) post-processing tool. RAT allows RF engineers to easily Analyze, View and Solve Network- and Service-performance problems. Developed by RF-engineers for RF-engineers! RAT - Radio Analyzing Tool

3. Introduction of RAT RAT improves your service performance improves organizational efficiency lower your OPEX and CAPEX enables enterprise wide visibility of drive test data RAT providing a cost-effective RF optimization of RAN in cellular networks. It also provides automated KPI report generation and auto fault identification

4. Architecture Multi vendor - data gathering UE and Scanner Customer’s Network configuration dB Drive test equipment RAT system Local client and Client-Server based Solution RAT Server Network Configuration RAT Clients

5. Architecture Desktop application Microsoft XP or Vista SQL Server MS SQL Server 2005/2008 Windows 2003/2008 Server Windows XP/Vista

6. RAT - product family RAT Client ‐ User application User interface for Analyzing, Reporting and Managing drive tests RAT‐Central File Storage Area – File Archive central file storage area RAT‐Database Server ‐ Data Management Platform Client-server application for drive test data and statistical recourses RAT‐UE ‐ Handheld drive test devices RAT-UE and RAT-UE professional, outdoor and indoor measurements RAT‐UE ‐ Manager Administration and monitoring of multiple RAT-UE’s RAT‐Mon and RAT‐Mon indoor Suitable for Sales departments, Customer care and Professional end-users

7. Key features Radio Network Analysis Automated report generation and auto fault identification for missing neighbors, interfering cell ranking, KPI’s and other professional quality reports. Technologies supported, GSM , WCDMA, HSPA and LTE. Future support will include CDMA2000, WiFi, etc… Generates detailed performance and neighbor analysis for optimization engineers GIS user interface Stored data presented in GIS view and able to be searched by geo reference Enterprise wide data sharing All users have direct access to all drive test data Network Configuration Data Sources Automated import of network data RAT track all network changes over time

8. Radio Network Analysis Network performance analysis suite Covers both 2G, 3G and also LTE/4G, allowing the user to simultaneously access the quality of both networks individually and combined. Analysis with cell prioritization Coverage Quality Overspill analysis, Pilot pollution Data GPRS/HSPA performance Report generator, Integrated professional quality reports Advanced Performance-Report Generator Advanced Fault-Report Generator Powerful BI/OLAP analysis of drive-test data

9. Typical work flow

10. RAT-UE – Handheld drive-test terminal Drive-test terminal based on Symbian S60, supporting out-door and in-door measurements, with GPS support. RAT-UE - Drive-test terminal RAT-UE and RAT-UE professional support GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA and future LTE GPS easy to use and very cost-effective detailed data with coverage, quality, cell, neighbors, etc automatically record the test log files automatically export the test log files to RAT and RAT-Server enables network analysis and benchmarking Indoor measurements together with the RAT-indoor application

11. Roadmap of 2009/2010 Technology support Support of CDMA2000, TETRA and WiFi Support of NEMO and other drive test terminals RAT-Mon Enchased functionality for coverage maps based on real measurements Enchased functionality for customer complaints with GIS visualization Network performance Integration of service performance metrics from RAN and Core network Enchased data-correlation and calculated impact of theoretical network changes Datamining Enchased OLAP analysis of drive-test data RAT-UE Enchased functionality in RAT-UE professional

12. Summary Radio Network Analysis Display signal strength, interference, handover, dropped calls, quality, pilot pollution, neighbour validation and much more Coverage & overspill analysis, pilot pollution with cell prioritization Multiple technologies, i.e. GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSPA and LTE Powerful report tool and management reports Centrally Shared Database Centralized data management for fast and easy access All data available and visible for the whole organization Improves performance visibility and reduces unnecessary re-drives Automated management reports based on real drive-test data Licensing models "Right-To-Use License" (RTU) or “End-User License Agreement” (EULA).

13. Benefits You will improve your service performance improve organizational efficiency lower your operating costs enables enterprise wide visibility of drive test data

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