Evaluation and Optimization of GSM Network in Jenien City, Palestine

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dc.contributor.authorMkheimer, Baha
dc.contributor.authorJamoos, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-26T08:36:27Z
dc.date.available2018-08-26T08:36:27Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a case study about the evaluation and optimisation of GSM network in Jenien City, Palestine. Two approaches are used to evaluate the network performance, namely: key performance indicators (KPIs) and drive test. The initial evaluation of the network showed that about 0.76% of the initiated connections are dropped. In addition, about 7.76% of the collected samples from the drive test lie in level 4 which is the worst level in terms of signal quality and signal strength. Moreover, only 65.5% of the collected samples lie in level 1 which is the best level in terms of signal quality and strength. A new traffic channel (TCH) and broadcast control channel (BCCH) frequency plans are proposed to decrease TCH drop rate, reduce interference level and boost signal quality. The proposed plans are implemented into the network. Two kinds of optimisation procedures are adopted. The first one is manual optimisation while the second one is by using specific optimisation tools. According to the comparative study, we carried-out between the performance of the network before and after optimisation, the average TCH drop rate is reduced from 0.76% to 0.62%. In addition, the percentage of samples in level 1 is increased from 65.5% to 76.8% while the percentage of samples in level 4 is decreased from 7.76% to 5.16%.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank the Palestine Cellular Communications Co., Ltd (Jawwal) for their support of this research project.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1744-2869
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.alquds.edu/handle/20.500.12213/776
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInderscience Publishers, Geneva, SWITZERLANDen_US
dc.subjectglobal system for mobileen_US
dc.subjectGSMen_US
dc.subjectmobile network evaluationen_US
dc.subjectmobile network optimisationen_US
dc.subjectdrive testen_US
dc.subjectkey performance indicatorsen_US
dc.subjectKPIsen_US
dc.subjectTCH drop rateen_US
dc.subjecthandover success rateen_US
dc.subjectsignal qualityen_US
dc.subjectsignal levelen_US
dc.subjectPalestineen_US
dc.titleEvaluation and Optimization of GSM Network in Jenien City, Palestineen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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