Verification of WCDMA radio network planning prediction methods with fully dynamic network simulator

The WCDMA based cellular systems offer variability of packet and circuit switched services and therefore are more complicated to plan and control than today's networks. For an operator, it is essential to utilise all possible resources to improve the capacity and quality of service of the radio network. To guarantee the optimum performance, the operator must have means to visualise the offered services and their quality in the radio network-planning phase. The proposed static prediction method is compared with dynamic analysis results. Based on this comparison it is demonstrated that the static prediction method is accurate enough for the radio network planning process. Example results of active set size, dominance and transmit power distributions from both simulators are presented.