What is Actix Spotlight ? Product Mission Statement: Highly interactive solution-finding product for the troubleshooting and optimisation of the most common radio problems. Target User Persona: Optimization engineering teams Product Characteristics: Scalable desktop workflow product for wide area coverage analysis, event- based troubleshooting and solution finding Utilizes the latest SQL Server DB storage technology Contains ‘Radio Network Investigation’ solution finding analyses Coverage, Neighbor, and Interference analysis Includes HSDPA Troubleshooting analysis Built-in ‘Reporting’ capabilities
What the market is telling us.... Scalability Customers need a more scalable product for everyday optimization that can cope with the demands of 3.5G data analysis Workflow Customers want a mechanism of embedding ‘best practices’ captured by sr. users into a defined workflow that can be rolled out in mass to engineering teams Greater engineering efficiencies Workload is rising, while engineering staffing is likely to remain constant. Need to introduce a greater degree of automation into the ‘day in the life’ of wireless engineers Engineering in a managed workflow
Actix Spotlight- Optimisation in a Managed Workflow Dashboard(s) Event- based troubleshooting Radio Network Investigation Event KPI investigation Reporting Detailed drilldown
Actix Spotlight- Scalability for the growing demands of 3G data analysis Actix Spotlight utilizes a desktop DB. This allows customers to: Store up to 4GB of processed data per DB project * Re-attach to the processed data instantly Visualize cluster-wide KPIs (e.g. drops) for detailed analysis and seamlessly drill down into specific failure instances 3G rollout and optimization has placed a greater demand on traditional software tools as the volume of data collected is only growing, not shrinking. Engineering teams must work more efficiently. The use of scalable, workflow management tools is essential to meet this increased workload at current and future staffing levels. * The amount of raw drive data that can be processed is dependent on the collection tool vendor and number of devices processed into the DB
Actix Spotlight Radio Network Investigation- Neighbour List Analyses What is in the Neighbor Analyses ? Provides clients with the capability to groom neighbor lists based on scanner data for sites within a user defined radius of the cell selected. Performs Neighbor List audits for 3G→3G and 3G→2G neighbor relationships Export results directly to a CSV file for easy import and updates directly to the switch.
Actix Spotlight Radio Network Investigation- Coverage Analyses What is in the Coverage Analyses ? Cell Footprint Analysis- Select cells in the map and determine the coverage footprint for each cell Best Server Analysis Select cells in the map and determine where that cell is the best server Grade of Service- Easily determine the relative grade of service as regards to EcIo and RSCP for cell(s) selected based on user defined thresholds Cell Overspill analysis- visually determine where cells are overshooting their coverage design boundary The design distance is configurable
Actix Spotlight Radio Network Investigation- Pilot Pollution Analyses What is in the Pilot Pollution Analyses ? Identify ‘inbound’ vs. ‘outbound’ pilot pollution and visually see the offending sectors on the map Determine the relative degree of pollution for each cell and prioritize which cells in the network are strong candidates for down-tilts and coverage optimization Available for both scanner and handset data
Actix Spotlight- Event Based Troubleshooting Includes KPI Troubleshooting for Low Throughput Call Failures Dropped Calls Automatic qualification and problem scope classification by cause (e.g.): Interference Pilot Pollution Poor UL/DL Coverage Missing Neighbor Drilldown in a user-defined time window around selected events and step through message level detail
Actix Spotlight- KPI Reporter What is the KPI Reporter ? Minimize workflow process breaks by reporting, troubleshooting, and optimising in a single process Embedded analysis reports showing which metrics ‘Pass/ Fail’ against a designed benchmark Report(s) can be tailored to suit specific metrics of the client .
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