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1. 99 7 Economie ama rmana ANA OTT D TD S SLOTS 100 JANE LL oai aa UM M ME d MM EI eT 100 01 eter nM EE 101 1 2 NE cU ERIT 102 7 2 CAPEX 103 Tol Bra E ee 103 22121 112 aE e e r aaa 104 ASN Gateway amp CSN iniit ctn aU iE E D M bM DUM MEE HMM EE 105 E emm 107 ines Uu unica Su cu eve EMI RM 107 adeo eR 108 Ooo BO act t ne ee eee ee ence re ere 108 _ A ee ee eT CTT ee eT Meee me eee en eee a eet ee ee 109 7 4 OPEX 110 pa a nee 110 ESSEN PE MM MI M MM M EE M E 110 BU edic R 112 pote Rcx T T UT 118 Mem 114 622268 Sane nee ere ie ee ee 115 7 42 ales General amp Administralive da ER edad 116 116 customer Acguisilon amp 117 dirige kl NUT T REPE PP PT 118 7 5 119 Es SUE E LL micum MEM m MEM IMMER ME 120 25 5 a E E aE 121 TEA WiMAX User Guide 7 Powered by WiTech 2 WiMAX DB EOS DEM MEME M MM LEE LOU 122 po BOUES DDR
2. hn PM ER i YES 46 Figure 32 Project Setup Load Existing Proll iis iiscnciceccaccssasadancctssmasadseinavastecesssexscstasicieudenscbossansseeies 47 Figure 33 Territorial Analysis Territory Sq pa exes SURUTK UO UNA tA dd m UP EP PEU P N 48 Figure 34 Territorial Analysis Demography sssiissccissnersuesnannansierdssnbnekaasimenerienacenhamnemmuimcanuanansdvemanadeona 50 Figure 35 Service Profile CharacteriZation ccccccseeeeccccceesseceeeceesseeeeceeeseeeessaeeceeesaeaeeeeeesaeaeeeees 52 Figure 36 Service Profile Distribution RateS 2 c 2 20 cs0se0c scnecnenceeesoceeeensnseneresenenseeesmenssuenescseseenceses 54 Figure 37 Market Forecast Penetration 56 Figure 38 Market Forecast Penetration Rate Manual 5 57 Finure 39 Market Forecast Churn RAIG 58 Figure 40 Market Forecast Churn Rate Manual 59 Figure 41 Market Forecast Users Forecast Net 5 61 Figure 42 Market Forecast Users Forecast Net Adds Users 62 Figure 43 Market Forecast Users Forecast Net Users Per Servic
3. ante 123 8 Scenario amp Sensitivity PN SN a aA 125 125 6 1 1 Users Target Percentage Sm oom 126 ge We m D Nee m 127 9 12 Distribution HOLDS uid nu atii on o xt bM sup 128 A ROOT BST ENTRANCE ee eT OPM Vem 130 Lo ee 130 M 132 Buc Base 133 8 2 4 Multiple Antenna 134 Network DENS ION oreeson sa ei niri s 135 BED PROFOU R ea 136 D e e gil gre elec AUS ae ee oki Mu ne ones 136 Polus mmt 137 P Me Ll A 138 9 Parameters pre set to typical recommended values eese 139 9 1 Technical Analysis module 139 141 11 ic 147 TEA WiMAX User Guide 8 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX List of Figures Figure 1 TEA WIMAX Main 1
4. 2 00 2 00 5 2 00 3 2 00 2 00 5 2 00 T 2 00 c 2 00 SG amp A Breakdown 2M General amp Administrative Lam d Marketing amp Sales 1 5 W Customer Acquisition m L Customer Care Ill Billing 1M Bad Debts and Churn 1 Other SG amp A 500 E 0 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Save As BS in use BS Threshold m 2 BS Unlim C Setup Report Help 3 Exit Powered by WiTech 2 Figure 82 G amp A Sales Having selected the Sales General amp Administrative radio button and the G amp A Sales TEA WiMAX User Guide 116 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX vi LED OPEX item from the scroll down menu list Figure 82 it is possible defining the corresponding annual costs in terms of General amp Administrative as Revenues Percentage This row of input data boxes denotes the General and Administrative costs evaluated as percentage of revenues per each year of the analysis period Marketing as Revenues Percentage This row of input data boxes denotes the Marketing costs evaluated as percentage of revenues per each year of the analysis period e Sales as Revenues Percentage This row of input data boxes denotes the Sales costs evaluated as percentage of revenues per each year of the analysis period Customer Acquisition amp
5. 29 Figure 18 PDFCreator installation Step TU La acere that 30 Figure 19 PDFCreator installation Step T T i tretbE Nt RIRs tke aNERIUEPRUEE SE NIE UPS M Tap EDXE 30 Figure 20 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 2 31 Figure 21 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 4 31 Figure 22 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 5 id aw eid ehe EK 32 Figure 23 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 6 44 4 0 nennen nnn 32 Figure 24 Disabling UAC on Windows 7 Step 1 8 nnn nnns 33 Figure 25 Disabling UAC on Windows 7 Step 2 eese sseceesseccc 34 Foure 26 Launching ceu uds dian dca Mori uen te en E 35 MN IT 40 Foue SD Envronneni SGUD a 41 Figure 29 TEA Software License Registration 42 Figure 30 Environment Setup after registration cccccccccccescsessseeeceeeesceeeesseceeeeeeeseaaeeeeeeeessaeageees 43 Figure 31 Project Setup Create New Project
6. Personal wa M Revenues Plan 4 Market Segment 4 Individuals 421 li Household ASN TCO 1 t 4 P amp L 4 Backha Cash Fh i 4 ash Flow Print 1 ot f Save 7 f Save As 85 1 hres hy ze et f Setup f Report f f Exit Powered by WiTech lh lu A vdd Figure 91 Market Analysis Distribution Rates Having enabled the Distribution Rates radio button Figure 91 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis The Service Profile scroll down menu list allows selecting the service profile whilst the Market Segment menu list allows selecting the market segment to be analyzed For each combination of Service Profile Market Segment it is possible to play with the following parameters Distribution This input data box denotes the distribution of service profiles per each market segment TEA WiMAX User Guide 128 Powered by WiTech 9 rec e Check 9c This output data box helps to properly set service profile distribution the sum of service profile distributions must be equal to 100 for each market segment If the sum of service profile distribution is different from 10096 the check box will turn red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct This parameter i
7. Market Forecast Revenues Sarcion Profis Internet Access R Perso Down Link 1 024 0 064 Up Link 0 256 0 016 Coding gorithm VAD d VoIP 0 6 7298 kbps 20 ms 4 19 60 9 Characterization Distribution Rates Monthly Service Fee 18 00 0 00 18 00 Activation Fee Y1 C Annual Variation e Lease Fee Y1 C Annual Variation Out SU 300 00 gt 5 00 4 00 Ind SU 80 00 e 5 00 2 4 00 Ind SU wa 100 00 z 5 00 USB Dongle 90 00 s 00 Prnt Save f Save As BS in use 85 Threshold 110 85 Union Figure 35 Service Profile Characterization After having selected a service profile in the scroll down menu list enabling the Characterization radio button Figure 35 allows configuring the service characteristics of both the Internet Access and VolP services for that profile PIR Mbps Internet Access This input data box denotes the Peak Information Rate PIR that is the maximum allowable data rate that a user may experiment in Down Link Up Link during non busy hours e CIR Mbps Internet Access This input data box denotes the Committed Information Rate that is the minimum bandwidth that is guaranteed to work under normal conditions at any time the bandwidth should not fall below this limit TEA WiMAX User Guide 52 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED e Lines per Users VoIP This input data box denotes
8. 105 Foue EE 107 CAPES ONET GAPE MT Tr 108 aoc DNE tnr NUR 109 Foue Temm 110 FOUG To OFE n mi quid NE mmt 112 Figure 79 OPEX ASN Gateway amp CSN HEP p ENDO VER E QA 113 Foue OFER Backa ai AE AAA 114 Or O HH 115 Figur o2 G amp A MKT Sales ctore aci ed a a Fu cA E RUP UM E 116 Figure 83 Customer Acquisition amp Care seeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeee enne eene nnne nnn 117 Oher t d T 118 ee ME a T TX 120 nale domm 121 gr go M S 122 een v Hera tM TIE MEM ME EPIRI TEM O RE MD IDEM ME 123 Figure 89 Market Analysis Users Target Percentage 126 Figure 90 Market Analysis Pricing Policies IMPR I PEPAE 127 Figure 91 Market Analysis Distribution Rates aissyssavenadzv zva tdi areae pd ep Ea e ERR Rd eid id n 128 Figure 92 Market Analysis Penetration 129 2a eade Me T 130 Figure 94 Technical Analysis Base Station 132 Figure 95 T
9. 85 3 600 BS 3 3 600 2 i 1 1 Cost Per Mbps 8 1 500 s Y1 Customer Acquisition 40 s 1 lay MR n pp 1 i 1 Jen T k E lt S a 5 ols e E 3 3 5 lt 4 la s 4 2 E m Figure 100 E amp F Analysis OPEX Having enabled the OPEX radio button Figure 100 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters Site Lease amp Utilities This column of input data boxes denotes the annual cost for Base Station lease and utilities per each type of Base Station considered in the analysis e Wired Backhaul Cost per Mbps Y1 This input data box denotes the annual connectivity cost per Mbps evaluated at first year of the analysis period Customer acquisition Y1 This input data box denotes the one time customer acquisition cost evaluated at first year of the analysis period Limits Enables to set the lower and upper limits of the range that can be explored automatically by means of the play button per each parameter aforementioned Be careful to set the Upper Limit first and then set the Lower Limit to avoid the Lower Limit being overwritten to zero Until the limits are not
10. 2 Wi WiMAX JED e Certification Profile This scroll down menu list allows selecting a Certification Profile related to the selected WiMAX Forum s System Profile All Certification Profiles approved by the WiMAX Forum are available moreover it is possible to define a Custom Profile for both WiMAX Forum s System Profiles Custom Profile allows to customize the WiMAX technology settings e Frequency Band GHz This scroll down menu list allows selecting a Carrier frequency supported in the selected Certification Profile This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool for the WiMAX Forum s Certification Profile for the Custom Profile it is possible to manually set it e Channel Bandwidth MHz This scroll down menu list allows selecting the nominal channel bandwidth supported in the selected Certification Profile This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool for the WiMAX Forum s Certification Profiles for the Custom Profile it is possible to chose it among a list defined according to the IEEE 802 16d Rev2004 and 802 16e standards Duplexing This scroll down menu list allows selecting the format of the duplexing technique supported in the selected certification profile This is the way Down Link and Up Link data is arranged in a two way wireless transmission Two duplexing techniques are allowed FDD Frequency Division Duplexing and TDD Time Division Duplexing This parameter is automatically set by
11. ces ER ES ES Ee Ce ESSE e a cJ MaxCity1 3 885 6 216 7 7 9 324 10 101 505 076 74 2 503 3 380 5 140 6 025 6 821 3 640 1 237 2 403 912 265 13 876 4 005 8 010 9 871 Figure 38 Market Forecast Penetration Rate Manual Set Checking the Manual Set Number of Acquired Users option Figure 38 allows manually setting the number of forecasted acquired users on the selected geographical Area Market Segment combination e Acquired Users Suggested Values This row of output data boxes provides the number of forecasted acquired users per each year of the analysis period calculated automatically by the tool considering the input penetration rate see above These results can be used as a guideline to manually set forecasted acquired users Acquired Users This row of input data boxes denotes the number of forecasted acquired users per each year of the analysis period this should be irrespective of churn which effect will be determined setting the specific parameter see section 5 3 2 This row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened Chart Penetration Rate Shows penetration curves for all areas TEA WiMAX User Guide 57 Powered by WiTech TEA Dren WIMAX Chart Acquired Users Shows temporal evolution of acquired users number for all areas Table Provides the number of Acquired Lost and Net User
12. T cumma oT o NER 16 Table 2 Main elements of the Graphic User 35 Table GreenMAX sample project configuration 4 5 QUIM T T E 53 Table 5 WiMAX Forum s System and Certification Profiles 68 Table G cena deles PME a MEE 100 Table 7 Pre set parameters Technology 2 139 Table 8 Pre set parameters Equipment Sub module Base Station 139 Table 9 Pre set parameters Equipment Sub module User Terminal 140 Table 10 Pre set parameters Equipment Sub module Multiple Antenna Systems 140 Table 11 Pre set parameters 140 Table 12 Pre set parameters Network DIMENSIONING 141 TEA WiMAX User Guide 12 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 Wi WiMAX LED 1 Introduction In the project lifecycle to build a WiMAX network the initial business planning stage is critical for setting a solid foundation for the success of the initiative Indeed here is where the business case is defined and the budget is allocated This requires a properly run set of market analysis and revenue forecast well calibrated technical cost modeling and a profit amp loss
13. Urban Murnber of Base Stations Coverage Reguinement Capacity Requinerment Aegqured Number of Logica Sectors Number of Users per Sector Offered Capacity Down Link Km up Link IMbps s3 Em Figure 56 Network Dimensioning Access Network For each selected geographical area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural enabling the Access Network radio button Figure 56 allows configuring the following parameters e BS Overlapping Factor This input data box denotes the percentage of overlapping area between two contiguous Base Stations e Number of BS Coverage Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of Base Stations needed to meet coverage requirement These parameters are calculated by the tool taking into consideration each area to be covered and Base Station coverage performance e Number of BS Capacity Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of Base Stations needed to meet capacity requirement These parameters are calculated by the tool taking into consideration each area to be covered capacity demand and Base Station capacity performance TEA WiMAX User Guide 84 Powered by WiTech Number of BS Required This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of Base Stations
14. 64QAM 1 2 64QAM 1 2 Roll out 64QAM 2 3 73 37 713 64QAM 2 3 73 37 N 64QAM 3 4 71 37 7 13 64QAM 3 4 71 37 713 110 00 BSinuse Save As BS Threshold 110 BS Unlim QPSK 1 2x6 Setup J QPSK 1 2x4 QPSK 1 2x2 QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 64QAM 1 2 64QAM 2 3 Report Se Powered by WiTech 4 64QAM 3 4 C Exit ee Modulation Standard Sensitivity Improvement Total Sensitivity Modulation Standard Sensitivity Improvement Total Sensitivity dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 Figure 48 Technology Characterization Step 2 TEA WiMAX User Guide Powered by WiTech 7 13 Down Link 3l Up Link 70 9 wi SoD WIMAX Enabling the Characterization Step 2 radio button Figure 48 allows configuring the following parameters Up Link Subchannelization gain dB This input data box denotes the gain due to subchannelization to improve Up Link coverage e Standard Sensitivity dBm These rows of output data boxes denote the sensitivity estimated according to WiMAX Forum s specifications per each selected modulation in Down Link Up Link e Sensitivity Improvement dBm Down Link Up Link
15. Up Link Enabling this radio button Up Link is taken into consideration in the performance analysis e Multiple Antenna Systems Allows including excluding the multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis With Enabling this radio button multiple antenna system effect is considered in the performance analysis Without Enabling this radio button multiple antenna system effect is not considered in the performance analysis Chart Shows the maximum radius expressed in Km mi for each modulation supported by the systems Table Provides the coverage radius calculated for each modulation in each scenario Please note that for each selected modulation the maximum radius values shown in both the Chart and the Table are calculated assuming centred fed hexagonal cells TEA WiMAX User Guide 80 Powered by WiTech n E WIMAX 6 3 3 Coverage and Capacity TEA D gt Market Analysis _ t amp FAnalysis S amp S Analysis Technology Equipment Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out Down Link Up Link Maduiation Distribution Distribution 1 Radius QPSK 1 2x6 QPSK 1 2x4 Scenario QPSK 1 2x2 Urban aa QPSK 1 2 25 00 2500 G QPSK 3 4 22 00 2200 G i 16QAM 1 2 16 00 16 00 16QAM 3 4 1200 12 00 640 1 2 el bar Maximum Path Loss 5 640 2 3 10 00 10 00 Path Loss Model 2 64QAM 3 4 15 00 15 00
16. use Bs Threshold 7 E 4 110 8 Unlim Setup Report Powered by WiTech d Figure 76 Depreciation Having clicked on the Depreciation button in the upper part of the page Figure 76 allows configuring the following parameters TEA WiMAX User Guide 109 Powered by WiTech TEAO Wi e Years to Depreciate These columns of input data boxes denote the years to depreciate costs for each CAPEX item Base Station User Terminal ASN Gateway CSN Wireless Backhaul Spectrum License Other CAPEX Chart Shows depreciation breakdown per each year of the analysis period Table Provides the depreciation breakdown per each year of the analysis period 7 4 OPEX After having clicked on the OPEX button in the upper part of the page enabling the Cost of Service or the Sales General amp Administrative radio button on the left side menu allows to define its costs for each item selected from the corresponding Item scroll down menu list 7 4 1 Cost of Service Base Station Aug RS TEA 9 gt d Market Analysis 26 Technical Analysis 4 S amp S Analysis Personne C capex 7 7 Depreciation 1 f Statements Site Lease amp Utilities Maintenance amp Spare Technical Support Quality amp Assurance Annual C Annual C Annual C Annual C Operation Annual Other Ann
17. Figure 68 Roll out Roll out Plan For each selected geographical area enabling the Holl out Plan radio button Figure 68 shows an output page which provides the results on network deployment Chart Shows temporal evolution of Base Stations radio links and logical sectors deployment for each geographical area covered by the analysis and the total area to be covered TEA WiMAX User Guide 99 Powered by WiTech 9 wi Techy WiMAX JED 7 Economic and Financial Analysis To start performing the Economic and Financial Analysis select the corresponding F amp A Analysis button in the upper part of the Analysis page Please read the License Limited Maximum Number of Base Stations section in Chapter 4 5 1 if you have a software license with a limited maximum number of Base Stations and this button will not be visible 7 1 Personnel After having clicked on the Personnel button in the upper part of the page enabling the Head Count radio button or the Salaries amp Benefits radio button on the left side allows to define respectively the number and the cost of the personnel divided in four main groups Executive Staff Technical Ops Sales and Other The composition of each group is shown in the following table Table 6 Personnel Composition Executive Staff Technical Ops Sales Other President Operations Manager General Market Manager Marketing CEO Voice Engineer Direct Sales Manager uds Administrative C
18. WIMAX Currency Unit of Length Km Analysis Period number of years 8 MAXCity1 MAXCity2 MAXCity3 Areas 5 MAXCity4 MAXCity5 Personal Residential Service Profiles 3 Business MIMO BS Base Station Types 2 DIV BS Out SU Ind SU User Terminal Types 4 Ind SU wa USB Dongle The three Service Profiles in the GreenMAX sample project were defined having in mind the following associations with the identified target market segments e Personal for Individuals e Residential for Households e Business for Micro Local Units The access network of the GreenMAX sample project was dimensioned assuming the use of a Mobile WiMAX System Profile operating in the 3 5 GHz Band with a channel bandwidth of 10 MHz and supporting TDD as duplexing format The two types of Base Stations defined in the GreenMAX sample project fictitiously named MIMO BS and DIV_BS were both configured with three sectors The MIMO BS Base Station was configured with an EIRP equal to 53 dBm with multiple antenna both at the transmitter and receiver side MIMO 2x2 supporting both matrix A and Matrix B configuration space time coding and spatial multiplexing respectively A Base Station like MIMO BS would be suitable for urban and suburban scenarios TEA WiMAX User Guide 38 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX LED The BS Base Station was characterized by receive diversity and an EIRP also equal to 53 dBm A
19. Coverage amp Capacity Check 100 00 Check 100 00 Multiple Antenna Systems with i Without D Print 7 Save BS in use BS Threshold 3 110 85 Unter Setup 6 Report X f Help gt Powered by WiTech ad Dense Urban d fe ann ce Average Coverage Radius Km Area sq Km Average Capacity Per Sector Down Link Mbps Up Link Mbps Figure 54 Performance Coverage and Capacity For each selected geographical area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural from the scroll down menu list on the left side enabling the Coverage amp Capacity radio button Figure 54 allows configuring the following parameters Down Link Up Link distribution These two columns of input data boxes denote the percentages of influence of supported modulations in Down Link and Up Link e Check These two output data boxes help to properly set modulation distribution the sum of distributions must be equal to 10096 for each market segment If the sum of user distribution is different from 10096 the check box will turn red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct These parameters are calculated by the tool e Multiple Antenna Systems Allows including excluding the multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis With Enabling this radio button multiple antenna system effect is considered in the performance anal
20. Net Throughput Net throughput calculated as percentage on throughput on air excluding overhead e g preamble gap time PHY and MAC headers ACK and overhead by encryption e Modulation Down Link Up Link These two columns of check boxes allows selecting the supported modulation in Down Link Up Link among those provided by the standard certification profiles The Fixed WiMAX system profile supports BPSK 1 2 QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16 QAM 1 2 16 QAM 3 4 64 QAM 2 3 64 QAM 3 4 To select a modulation it is necessary to check the related box for the Down Link and Up Link Characterization Step 2 TEAO WiMAX Characterizatio 9 Characterizatio n Step 1 n Step 2 Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Gaara C Equipment 3 C Performance Up Link Subchannelization Gain dB Sensitivity DL dBm Standard Improvement Sensitivity UL dBm Standard Improvement 10 00 0 00 10 00 20 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 70 00 80 00 90 00 100 00 dBm 12 00 QPSK 1 2x6 QPSK 1 2x4 QPSK 1 2x2 QPSK 1 2x6 QPSK 1 2x4 QPSK 1 2x2 QPSK 1 2 86 37 7 13 QPSK 1 2 86 37 QPSK 3 4 83 37 7 13 6 QPSK 3 4 83 37 16QAM 1 2 80 87 7 13 16QAM 1 2 80 87 Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning 3 16QAM 3 4 77 37 7 13 16QAM 3 4 77 37 713 7 13 Sensitivity 7 13 7 13
21. e Other This column of input data boxes denotes the other costs per each type of User Terminal considered in the analysis 7 2 3 ASN Gateway amp CSN A LTN 2 wi JED n n ee Market Analysis Technical Analysis S amp S Analysis Personnel gt Depreciation OPEX 3 TCO Statements HW SW Y1 C Annual Variation 1 Installation amp Commissioning Other ASN Gateway 200 000 0 00 25 000 z 0 Base Station _ User Terminal ASN Gateway amp CSN HW amp SW Item Cost Y1 Backhauling CSN 35 000 Other HW amp SW Total Y1 Annual Update Installation amp Commissioning Other 7 395 000 5 00 4 30 000 0 Print X tatior ite way ele Back ha Wired t 1 SI trur ensi m 2 Other AP 1 e BS in use BS Threshold f Tr wane Setup Report Help 3 jr su d Powered by WiTech 4 Figure 73 CAPEX ASN Gateway amp CSN TEA WiMAX User Guide 105 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 Wi WiMAX LED Having enabled the ASN Gateway amp CSN radio button Figure 73 allows configuring the following parameters For For ASN Gateway the following types of CAPEX costs are available HW amp SW Y1 Annual Variation This input data box denotes the Hardware and ooftware costs per ASN Gateway defined at first year of the analysis period
22. e Unit of Length To select the unit of length Kilometer or Mile to be adopted during the analyses e Analysis Period Years To define the analysis period from 1 up to 10 years Note that to obtain a correct performance evaluation of all economic and financial outputs when creating a new project it is necessary to set all input parameters penetration rate roll out rate churn rate etc for each year of the chosen analysis period e Area To establish the number of geographical areas to be analyzed from 1 up to 5 areas During the analyses the different areas will handled in parallel and independently TEA WiMAX User Guide 44 Powered by WiTech TEA Wi WiMAX LED one from the others The name of each geographical area can be edited maximum length 8 characters e Service Profile To establish the number of service profiles to be used during the analyses from 1 to 6 profiles The name of each service profile can be edited maximum length 12 characters e Base Station Types To establish the number of types of Base Station to be used during the analyses from 1 to 3 types The name of each type of Base Station can be edited maximum length 12 characters e User Terminal Types To establish the number of types of User Terminal to be used during the analyses from 1 to 6 types The name of each type of user terminal can be edited maximum length 11 characters Show Save Reminder If the check box is selected the
23. 4 E amp F Analysis N 4 S amp S Analysis Technology B Equipment f Performance gt Capacity Demand d work Dimensionin Roll out Factor 1 BS Overlapping 10 00 Number of BS MaxCity2 MaxCity3 tax City4 1 Scenario Coverage Requirement 0 0 41 0 Urban m Capacity Requirement 2 0 0 E 30 S 0 x Required 775 0 41 0 Number of Logical Sectors 9 Access Network Suggested Values 0 0 o 123 o J Backhaul Network L Required 123 Manual set Number of Required 8S Number of Logical Sectors T 8i Base Station 1 x y y 4 y y s Save f Save As EYT 85 Threshold Setup f Report C ext 7 Powered by WiTech Fs urban Number of Base St ations Reguired Number of Logical Sectors Number of Users Sector Offered Capacity Down Link Mbps Up Link Mbps sg Km Figure 60 Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual Set TEA WiMAX User Guide 89 Powered by WiTech TEAO i Checking the Manual Set Number of Logical Sectors option Figure 60 allows manually setting the number of required Logical Sectors for the selected area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural e Number of Logical Sectors Suggested Values This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of Logical Sectors calculated automatically by the tool These re
24. Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual 1 87 Figure 59 Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual Set Total 88 Figure 60 Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual 89 Figure 61 Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual Set Total 90 Figure 62 Network Dimensioning Backhaul 92 Figure 63 Network Dimensioning conditioned Backhaul network 93 Figure 64 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network 94 Figure 65 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network Manual 95 Figure 66 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network Manual Set Total 96 Figure 67 Roll out Roll out 98 Figure 68 Roll out Roll out 99 Fours Personnel Hoad 101 Figure 70 Personnel Salaries and 102 ati tM o ooo 103 Faure EE dz Ter 104 Figure 73 CAPEX ASN Gateway amp
25. QU 5 E i ee 2 FA 1 f Jace ba 1 il 1 s ES TH lu mis CERT rU r 3 1 by Figure 98 Technical Analysis Roll out Rate Having enabled the Roll out radio button Figure 98 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis The Area scroll down menu list allows selecting the geographical area to be analyzed For each geographical area it is possible to play with the following parameter out Rate This row of input data boxes denotes the percentage of year on year deployed infrastructure characterized as annual percentage of implementation on total network dimensioning 8 3 Economic amp Financial Analysis After having clicked on the E amp F Analysis button in the upper part of the page enabling the CAPEX or OPEX radio button on the left side allows to perform the corresponding specific Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 136 Powered by WiTech WIMAX 8 3 1 CAPEX TEA 9 EE Market Analysis Technical Analysis f Analysis 77717 Market Analysis Technical Analysis 8 iw nino Figure 99 E amp F Analysis CAPEX Having enabled the CAPEX radio button Figure 99 allows performing the corresponding Scenario
26. TEA Family of Business Case Analysis Tool 143 emia Sens em LI A airi des 4 t frei rit C ig x NNNM S gt we m d 7 wt wt z m Ld 7 oi wt 7 409 ni emn pans E e Ee Ea i TEAIWiMAX Release 2 2 3 1 ser Guide Revision 1 5 2 June 2011 m I pay ES iere mme c Ctm LL Lu Wre 115141 wn ag is y Se hey a MAR I WIMAX Copyright Copyright 2008 2011 WiTech S p A All rights reserved This publication is protected by national and international copyright laws No part of this publication may be copied or distributed transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic manual or otherwise or disclosed to third parties without the express written permission from WiTech S p A TEA WIMAX software is the exclusive property of WiTech S p A and is protected by national and international copyright laws Use of the software is subject to
27. TEA WiMAX User Guide 115 Powered by WiTech 9 Dren WIMAX e Spectrum License Other Annual This input data box denotes the annual cost related to other possible spectrum license VoIP as Service Fee Percentage This row of input data box denotes the annual VolP connection cost evaluated as percentage of service fee related to the VolP service per each year of the analysis period e Other COS This rows of input data boxes denote the other annual cost of service per each year of the analysis period Chart Shows cost of service breakdown per each year of the analysis period Table Provides the cost of service breakdown per each year of the analysis period 7 4 2 Sales General amp Administrative G amp A MKT Sales EA TD Techy Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis C Personnel C CAPEX 3 C Depreciation TCO Statements General amp Administrative As Revenues Percentage Y1 96 Y2 96 96 96 YS 96 Y6 96 Y7 96 Y8 96 200 W 200 2 00 ft 2 00 b 200 f 2 00 a 200 78 2 00 Marketing As Revenues Percentage Y1 96 Y2 96 Y3 96 Y4 96 Y5 96 Y6 96 Y7 96 Y8 96 Cost of Service 77200 7 200 200 A C 200 4 200 7 200 200 7 200 9 Sales General amp Administrative Sales As Revenues Percentage OPEX Item Y1 96 Y2 96 Y3 96 9 9 9 9 9 Da
28. Number of Lost 0 59 5 3 3 Users FOP CAS ES ERR 60 ce ee 63 6 ene 66 TEA WiMAX User Guide 6 Powered by WiTech 2 WIMAX D JEDE eee EM 66 D een rene een gree rete enantio ree ee ee PHI DENIM VUE 66 oie Ghiaie 9 ee ere ete eee 70 rae ce 71 Bae motto 72 C22 Uar NE dc m 74 6 2 3 Multiple Antenna Systems 0 020000011 76 B E aa LM M E E MES 76 PRESE 77 Gaa Fathi Loss MoO ERR 79 m mca Em 81 aw o cR 82 eo AOW EA BSI uade vicebuneenEsn E AP enr ua uU t SEU LU aA LAM ERE EES T ERN 83 Eom ACeS A Pt Temm 84 Manual Set Number of Required 8 rane 87 6 5 2 Backhaul 2 92 Manual Ser Number of Radio oec nc LE PR 95 22222 BR 97 mre 98
29. amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters Site Acquisition This column of input data boxes denotes the one time cost related to the acquisition of the site where the Base Station is located per each type of Base otation considered in the analysis Logical Sector Y1 This column of input data boxes denotes the logical sector unit cost defined at first year of the analysis period Device Y1 This column of input data boxes denotes the User Terminal unit cost defined at first year of the analysis period Equipment Y1 This columns of input data boxes denotes the hardware cost to implement a single radio link at first year of the analysis period Spectrum License Acquisition This input data box denotes the one time cost related to the WiMAX spectrum license Limits Enables to set the lower and upper limits of the range that can be explored automatically by means of the play button per each parameter aforementioned Be careful to set the Upper Limit first and then set the Lower Limit to avoid the Lower Limit TEA WiMAX User Guide 137 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX being overwritten to zero Until the limits are not set the various input data boxes will have a red background 8 3 2 OPEX TEAS MarketAnalysis 7 Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis fw wore Market Analysis Technical Analysis row Site Lease amp Utilities Annual 4 4
30. e Project This column of input data boxes denotes the project costs related to a single radio link per each type of radio link e Installation and commissioning This column of input data boxes denotes the installation and commisioning costs related to a single radio link per each type of radio link TEA WiMAX User Guide 107 Powered by WiTech TEA wi LD WIMAX Test Activities This column of input data boxes denotes the test activities cost related to a single radio link per each type of radio link e Other This column of input data boxes denotes the other costs per each type of radio link Wired Backhaul Activation Cost per BS This input data box denotes the one time costs related to the activation of the connectivity per a single Base Station e Other This input data box denotes the other costs related to broadband connectivity 7 2 5 Other D gt Market Analysis Technical Analysis X ERE Analysis S amp S Analysis C Personne Depreciation Statements Acquisition Spectrum License 3 000 000 Base Station User Terminal _ ASN Gateway amp CSN Other CAPEX 2 Sackhauling 2 Y3 Y4 Y5 9 Other 0 0 s 0 s 0 0 Y6 E 0 gt 0 0 Breakdown 4 we 5 5ase User i ASN Gatew B Wire 2a Bi
31. 190 592 090 706 540 858 492 570832 256 246 User Terrinal 20 629 545 832 1 054 544 1 510 000 1 601 159 1 000 563 ASN Gateway 225 000 o 0 0 425 000 19 750 19 730 19 750 19 750 19 750 Wireless Backhau C 9 113 000 212 000 214 900 69 100 39 600 Wired Backhaul 7 140 5 580 3 520 11 340 7 980 3 780 Spectrum License 3 000 000 o Other CAPEX 0 0 0 Total CAPEX 4 378 065 1 207 062 2 003 654 1 914 482 2 288 901 1 319 939 41 905 118 320 204 595 322 915 436 305 05 325 599 6 449 22 057 51 537 87 429 113 025 17 500 35 000 35 000 35 000 35 000 35 000 20 000 40 000 40 000 40 000 40 000 40 000 0 5 000 20 000 40 500 55 500 62 000 23 423 211 951 539 514 928 205 1 240 653 1 321 629 9 9 4 637 51 024 145 412 184 884 422 421 01 248 Tech Ops Salary Benefits C 110 250 129 780 150 383 189 315 212 721 310 396 Other COS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tota Cost Of Service C 218 313 597 525 1 159 960 1 892 456 2 530 029 1 888 622 TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP 4 597 182 1 804 587 3 163 614 4 806 928 4 818 930 4 208 561 7 z 7 Figure 85 Chart Shows Total Cost of Ownership breakdown per each year of the analysis period Table Provides the Total Cost of Ownership breakdown per each year of the analysis period 7 6 Statements After having clicked on the Statements button in the upper part of the page enabling the Profit amp Loss Cash Flow or Balance Sheet radio butto
32. After the successful registration of your software license and the activation of the software on your PC in the lower left corner of each page of the tool starting from the Environment Setup page the two output data boxes labelled BS in use and BS Threshold Figure 30 will show respectively the current total number of Base Stations the tool has automatically calculated with the loaded project or that would have been manually set by you in the Technical Analysis Network Dimensioning sub module and the maximum number of Base Stations BS lt 500 or BS lt 1500 or BS Unlimited your software license is granting you If you have a software license with a limited maximum number of Base Station BS lt 500 or BS 1500 the tool will not allow you to complete the business case analysis if the threshold is exceeded In this case the Roll out button in the Technical Analysis the E amp F Analysis button to enter the Economic amp Financial Analysis the S amp S Analysis button to enter the Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis and the Report button to generate the final report will all be disabled i e these buttons will not be displayed To resume the tool s full set of functionalities you will need to either reduce the TEA WiMAX User Guide 43 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED scope of your project changing the setting of those parameters that have an impact on the resulting total number of Base Stations for example reducing t
33. An annual variation that can be either positive increase or negative decrease is considered as percentage on it Installation and Commissioning This input data box denotes the installation and commisssioning costs per ASN Gateway Other This input data box denotes the other costs related to the ASN Gateway CSN the following types of CAPEX costs are available HW amp SW Cost The HW amp SW scroll down menu list allows selecting the hardware and software items related to the CSN component HA DNS DHCP AAA Backup and Proxy PF NMS Billing Rating Router Core IP Centrex Wholesale Platform CRM ERP BPM Other and assign to each of them the related costs defined at first year of the analysis period HW amp SW Total Y1 Annual Update The total costs for CSN hardware and software defined at first year of the analysis period is automatically calculated by the tool The user can define an annual update percentage to consider possible system upgrade Installation and Commissioning This input data box denotes the installation and commisssioning costs per CSN Other This input data box denotes the other CAPEX costs related to the CSN TEA WiMAX User Guide 106 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX 7 2 4 Backhauling XS lil Market Analysis Technical Analysis gt Analysis Analysis S amp S Analysis b Personne eus Depre
34. Antenna Elements in Reception 2 2 2 Penetration Body Loss 0 dB 12 dB 12 dB Table 10 Pre set parameters Equipment Sub module Multiple Antenna Systems Parameter Value Down Link MRC Gain 3 dB Up Link MRC Gain 3 dB Table 11 Pre set parameters Performance ED Dense Parameter Urban Suburban Rural Urban Cell Edge Coverage Probability 75 75 75 75 Lognormal Shadowing Standard Deviation 8 dB 8 dB 7 dB 6 dB Fast Fading Margin 2 dB 2 dB 2 dB 2 dB Interference Margin 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB 1 dB Reference Distance 100 m 100 m 100 m 100 m Path Loss Exponent 4 80 4 50 4 00 3 50 Base Station Height 30 00 m 30 00 m 35 00 m 40 00 m Outdoor SU Height 9 00 m 9 00 m 6 00 m 6 00 m Indoor SU Height 6 00 m 6 00 m 4 00 m 4 00 m USB Dongle Height 1 50m 1 50m 1 50m 1 50m TEA WiMAX User Guide 140 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 wi D gt WIMAX Table 12 Pre set parameters Network Dimensioning ee Parameter Value BS per ASN 200 10 Report The tool can generate automatically a report containing all the main results of the analyses Please note that to avoid the risk of producing a too big document considering the possible combinations of the maximum number of years in the period geographical areas market segments types of equipment service profiles etc only the main assumptions input data and results output data are consolidated in the report In all cases the full set of variables can be collected directly from the t
35. As BS in use BS Threshold gt E 110 05 f Setup f Report f Help E Figure 80 Backhauling Having selected the Cost of Service radio button and the Backhauling OPEX item from the scroll down menu list Figure 80 it is possible to define the corresponding annual costs in terms of Wireless Backhaul e Maintenance amp spare This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for wireless backhaul maintenance and spare parts per each type of wireless backhauling considered in the analysis e Technical Support This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for wireless backhaul technical support per each type of wireless backhauling considered in the analysis Quality amp Assurance This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for wireless backhaul quality and assurance per each type of wireless backhauling considered in the analysis e Operation This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for wireless backhaul operation per each type of wireless backhauling considered in the analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 114 Powered by WiTech TEAO TD tech WIMAX e Other This column of input data boxes denotes the other operational annual costs each type of wireless backhauling considered in the analysis Wired Backhaul e Cost per Mbps Y1 Annual Variation These two input data boxes denote the annual connectivity costs per Mb
36. Base Station 1 User Terminal Types 6 v User Terminal 1 Show Save Remind 4 Save BS inuse BS Threshold ibid NES 4 b Exit y 0 BS Unlim a Powered by WiTech Figure 31 Project Setup Create New Project Load an Existing Project Enabling the Load Existing Project radio button allows to select an existing project through the scroll down menu list Once the project is selected click on the Load button and the related existing set of configuration parameters will be shown in the main configuration area Figure 32 You can modify existing values see the Create New Project section above for a complete description of all parameters and save them in the same project clicking on the Save button or save them into a new project clicking on the Save As button Note that no warning message is displayed when you overwrite an existing project file with the same file name After this click on Start to start performing your analyses entering into the Analysis pages TEA WiMAX User Guide 46 Powered by WiTech TEAO TEA 9 prec Project Name GreenMAX Currency Environment Setup Unit of length 9 Project Setup 9 ad Create New Project Analysis Period Years 8 Load Existing Project Edit Name 5 MaxCity 1 GreenMAX m ad Service Profiles 3 Personal na toad Base Station Types 2 MIMO 8S User Terminal Types 4 5 Out SU ha 1 Show Save Reminder
37. Hop Factor This input data box denotes the factor that takes into account the possibility that a Base Station needs to relay signal through one or more intermediary Base Stations to reach another Base Station Radio Link Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the percentage of radio links implemented with SDH PDH Native Ethernet or Other typology in the considered scenario per each geographical area covered by the analysis Check This output data box helps to properly set radio link distribution per each scenario covered by the analysis the sum of distributions must be equal to 100 If the sum of radio link distribution is different from 10096 the check box will become red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct This parameter is calculated by the tool CLD Pe eee al Market Analysis N E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Roll out Technology D C Equipment Performance capacity Demand N _ Access Network 9 Backhaul Network Manual set _ Number of Radio Links 15 10 5 Print 4 laxCity 1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 laxCity4 MaxCity5 save Save As BS in BS Threshold gt N af 110 BS Setup Report Help Exit 7 A Powered by WiTech P a SDH
38. Powered by WiTech 2 9 et Analysis 4 Technical Analysis 3 i E amp F Analysis 3 545 Analysis Territorial Analysis Service Profile Market Forecast 3 a Other Revenues Y1 v4 C oes 50 0 0 Y t 0 Chart Total Revenues m Reyenipes otal i Print 7 1 1 M Yi EE EXE Y3 Y E ZEE Y 7 77 mn Ss C Save 3 f Save BS inute B5 Threshold E SE 112 Un bin Figure 44 Revenues Total Revenues The Chart menu list allows selecting one of the available charts e Total Revenues Shows temporal evolution of forecasted revenues for ndividuals Households and local units Figure 44 e Revenues per Market Segment Shows temporal evolution of forecasted revenues for each market segment with details on revenues source A Market Segment menu list allows selecting the chart related to market segment to display Figure 45 Table Provides a summary of all Revenues for Individuals Households and Local Units detailing revenues sources TEA WiMAX User Guide 64 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX GREETS Greenies ear main Territorial Analysis Service Profile Market Forecast heren Market ent Seam Revenues Individuals MawCityl Market Segment Individuals aa Service
39. Required Number of Logical Sectors Number of Users per Sector Offered Capacity Down Link Mbps sq Km Up Link Mbps sq Figure 57 Network Dimensioning Access Network Total Having enabled the Access Network radio button and having selected Total in the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 57 will enable you to configure the following BS per ASN This input data box denotes the number of Base Stations supported by one ASN Gateway This parameter is common for all scenarios and to all areas to be covered TEA WiMAX User Guide 85 Powered by WiTech 2 Wi WiMAX JED e Number of BS Coverage Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of Base Stations needed to meet coverage requirement These parameters are calculated by the tool taking into consideration each area to be covered and Base Station coverage performance e Number of BS Capacity Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of Base Stations needed to meet capacity requirement These parameters are calculated by the tool taking into consideration each area to be covered capacity demand and Base Station capacity performance Number of BS Required This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of Base Stations needed
40. Save Save As X BS in use BS Threshold 110 ES Uni C sten Exit nium Powered by WiTech Figure 32 Project Setup Load Existing Project 4 6 Analysis Pages The Analysis pages can be reached clicking on the Start button in the Project Setup page The next four chapters provide a detailed description of all input and output parameters in the different Analysis pages e Market Analysis e Technical Analysis e Economic amp Financial Analysis e Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 47 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX 5 Market Analysis To start performing the Market Analysis select the corresponding Market Analysis button in the upper part of the Analysis page 5 1 Territorial Analysis After having clicked on the Territorial Analysis button in the upper part of the page the Area scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting a geographic area to be analyzed The number of areas and the name of each area to be analyzed should have been set in the Project Setup page For each area it is possible to configure its characteristics enabling first the Territory and then the Demography radio buttons The Apply To All Areas check box allows to apply the configuration of the selected area to all the other areas 5 1 1 Territory TRAC Cw Market Analysi Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis 7 CEPI Service Profile Market Forecas
41. TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 is being installed Output folder C Programmi TES WiMax Wi M A X 2 Do you want the existing project and the license Files to be preserved WiTech SpA Bak Next Figure 7 TEA WiMAX installer Step 6 To publish in PDF format the final report containing all the main results of the TEA analyses a PDF publisher is required We recommend to install PDFCreator version 0 9 6 or higher freely available at http www pdfforge org products pdfcreator Figure 8 shows the pop up message advising to install PDFCreator and the instruction about where to find the software For your convenience Section 3 3 describes the operative steps to install and properly configure PDFCreator TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Installing Please wait while TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 is being installed Create shortcut C Documents and Settings Gabriele Menu Ayvio Programmi TEA WiMAX Report L ER TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 13 To publish in PDF Format the Final report containing all the main results of the analyses a PDF publisher is required We recommend to install PDFCreator version 0 9 6 or higher Freely available at http www pdFforge org products pdfcreator WiTech SpA Back Cancel Figure 8 TEA WiMAX installer Step 7 TEA WiMAX User Guide 24 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX At the end of the installation process you will be asked to reboot the computer Figure 9 TEA WiMAX v2 2
42. Windows Vista has been restarted launch TEA WiMAX software as indicated in the next Chapter 4 TEA WiMAX User Guide 32 Powered by WiTech DD tech WIMAX 3 5 For Windows 7 Users Only Disabling UAC To run TEA WiMAX on Microsoft Windows 7 you will have to disable UAC User Account Control as described below 1 Click the Start Button and type uac into the text field above and then click Change User Account Control settings Figure 24 Disabling UAC on Windows 7 Step 1 Control Panel 1 P Change User Account Control settings jJ See more results uac Shut down Figure 24 Disabling UAC on Windows 7 Step 1 2 Drag down the slider to the lowest level Figure 25 Disabling UAC on Windows 7 Step 2 TEA WiMAX User Guide 33 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX gi User Account Control Settings Choose when to be notified about changes to your computer User Account Control helps prevent potentially harmful programs from making changes to your computer Tell me more about User Account Control settings Never notify me when Programs try to install software or make changes to my computer make changes to Windows settings Mot recommended Choose this only if you need to use programs that are not certified for Windows 1 because they do not support User Account Control Never notify Figure 25 Disabling UAC on Windows 7 Step 2 3 Re
43. access the tool Setup pages where it is possible to manage the tool environment and perform the preliminary steps of a project configuration To generate a report in the form of a web page containing all the main results of the analyses To access to the on line help pages that provide detailed explanations about all dialog boxes and a comprehensive definition of each parameter To exit and close the tool operator fictitiously named GreenMAX operating in an emerging Country When the TEA WiMAX tool is installed the GreenMAX sample project file is provided by default within the package and can be loaded in the tool selecting it from the list of existing projects in the scroll down menu list Please note that the GreenMAX sample project file is overwritten every time the TEA WiMAX tool is updated or reinstalled after having unistalled it If you wish you can use the GreenMAX sample project as a starting project that you can modify with the specific data of your project To preserve the original sample project file you need to save your modified project file with a new name using the Save As button note that there is no warning message displayed when you overwrite an existing project file The following table summarizes the main characteristics of the GreenMAX sample project Table 3 GreenMAX sample project configuration Parameter TEA WiMAX User Guide Powered by WiTech Name 37 9
44. data boxes provides the number of deployed radio links per each year of the analysis period This output is calculated taking into account the percentage of BS without wired backhaul set in Network dimensioning These parameters are calculated automatically by the tool Chart Roll out Rate Shows the roll out function Chart Capacity Balance Shows the difference between offered and required capacity in Down Link and Up Link It allows defining correctly the Roll out Rate in order to meet the request of capacity every year If the represented curve is negative it means that the network is under dimensioned and therefore it would be necessary to reassess the rollout function TEA WiMAX User Guide 98 Powered by WiTech 9 wi YR WiMAX 6 6 2 Roll out Plan TEA 9 gt Technical Analysis Technology Equipment gt Performance 7 Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out Plan Total 350 Area 300 Total t 250 200 Number of 8S Number of Logical Sectors Roll out Rate 3l Number of Radio Links 2 Nu f ASt Roll out Plan Wi Number of ASN 15 A 1 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 7 Save Save To 851 85 Threshold t n use resho oa Setup Report 2 Powered WiTech Number of Base Stations Number of Logical Sectors Number of Radio Links Number of ASN
45. e Bandwidth per Line kbps This output data box provides the bandwidth at the interface between Ethernet and IP layers needed for each VoIP line depending on the selected Coding Algorithm When the Custom coding algorithm is selected this will become an input data box where to enter your choice of bandwidth in kbps needed for each VoIP line TEA WiMAX User Guide 53 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 wi WIMAX 5 2 2 Monthly Service Fee Y1 Annual Variation This row of input parameters allow setting the monthly fee for the selected service profile The fee is characterized by the monthly cost at the first year of the analysis period related to both Internet Access and VoIP services and by an annual variation as a percentage on the total monthly cost which is provided in the output data box The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease One Time Activation Fee Y1 Annual Variation This two columns of input data boxes denotes the one time fees to activate the selected service profile with each type of User Terminal Each fee is characterized by the cost at first year of the analysis period and an annual variation as percentage on it The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease Monthly Lease Fee 1 Annual Variation These two columns of input data boxes denotes the monthly fees to lease each type of User Terminal for the selected serv
46. e Suburban This column of input data boxes allows including multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis for the Suburban scenario e Rural This column of input data boxes allows including multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis for the Rural scenario TEA WiMAX User Guide 134 Powered by WiTech WIMAX 8 2 5 Network Dimensioning TEA e vero Ana PSs Figure 97 Technical Analysis Network Dimensioning Having enabled the Network Dimensioning radio button Figure 97 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters BS Overlapping Factor This row of input data boxes denotes the percentage of overlapping area between two contiguous Base Stations in the considered scenario BS With Wireless Backhaul 96 This row of input data boxes denotes the percentage of required Base Stations that are not linked to wired backhaul in the considered scenario TEA WiMAX User Guide Powered by WiTech 135 9 WIMAX 8 2 6 Roll out Rate TEA 9 gt LI 158 50 Paw wm 5 1 D Bide So x D n m Ad Peete Diri rii j d ct 3 1 5 Habe H a hal Pur
47. following save alert message Remember to save if you want to apply your last modifications To save click Cancel and then Save will pop up reminding you to perform a save whenever this is action would be required that is before you will be moving on to another analysis step When the pop up is shown if you have already saved your modifications or if you do not want to save them simply click on the OK button and proceed on the contrary click on Cancel and then save the modifications in the same project clicking on the Save button or save them into a new project clicking on the Save As button e Save To save the project configuration e Start To start performing your analyses entering into the Analysis pages When you create a new project you need to assign a name to it Note that the default name of a new project is NewProject Do not use a project name which has been already used unless you want to overwrite the existing project file note that there is no warning message displayed when you overwrite an existing project file TEA WiMAX User Guide 45 Powered by WiTech TEA IM a 2 wi YN Project Name NewProject Currency t Setup Unit of length 9 Project Setup 9 Km aa Create New Project Analysis Period Years 10 Load Existing Project Edit Name Areas 5 1 Service Profiles 6 5 Service Profile 1 mol Base Station Types 3 2
48. needed to satisfy both coverage and capacity requirements These parameters are calculated automatically by the tool Number of Logical Sector This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of logical sectors needed to equip the required number of Base Stations These parameters are calculated automatically by the tool TEAS oD Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis 6 S amp S Analysis b C Technology Equipment Performance Capacity Demand NetWork Dimensioning Roll out BS per ASN 200 Number of BS MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCityS Scenario Coverage Requirement 19 14 20 41 13 Total Capacity Requirement 14 15 14 30 15 Required 19 15 20 41 15 9 Access Network Number of Logical Sectors 57 45 60 123 45 _ Backhaul Network Access Network Total 140 Manual set 120 Number of Required BS 100 Number of Logical Sectors 80 Base Station Logical Sectors 60 40 4 _ Print 20 1 MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 4 MaxCity5 save Save As 74 5 BS Threshold TEM N gt c 110 BS Unlim Setup Report Help _ Ext Powered WiTech 1 MaxCity2 MaxCity4 Total Number of Base Stations Coverage Requirement Capacity Requirement
49. of the page Please pay attention to capital and small letters when entering the User Registration Number and the Software License Key because the tool is key sensitive as well as be careful when cutting and pasting the User Registration Number and the Software License Key from the email 9 Software License Registration Webpage Dear Customer please use this Webpage to register your Software License and obtain the Software License Key for the activation of the TEA tool you have installed on your PC Once the form below will be completed with your email address User Registration Number and Lock Code click the Generate License key button and your Software License key will be displayed on the Webpage as well as be sent to you by email at the provided address For your record you can also print the Webpage with all the relevant license data clicking on the Print button Click on the Help button for more information email address Confirm email address User Registration Number Lock Code G6B4AJ13 G6FA 92B6 B23G 8C58 55A5 569 91AD F517 Software License Key Generate License Key Help Print Figure 29 TEA Software License Registration Webpage If for whichever reason the TEA Software License Hegistration Webpage will not open automatically enter the http www witech it teatool activation teaActivation php address in your preferred web browser and open the page manually In th
50. terms and conditions set out in the accompanying End User License Agreement EULA Installing locally or accessing the software online signifies your agreement to the terms of the license agreement WiTech TEA and TEA WiMAX are trademarks of WiTech S p A WiMAX Forum is a registered trademark and WiMAX is a trademark of the WiMAX Forum All other trademarks cited in this document are copyright and property of their respective owners Disclaimer The content of this publication is provided for information only WiTech S p A shall not be liable for any damages or for the loss of information resulting from the performance or use of the information contained herein WiTech S p A makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Further WiTech S p A reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revision or changes WiTech S p A makes no warranties of any kind regarding the TEA WIMAX software and the features and specifications of the software described in this publication are subject to change without notice Revisions will be incorporated into new editions of this publication WiTech S p A Via Giuntini 25 56023 Navacchio di Cascina Pisa Italy Phone 39 050 77 50 56 f
51. the First page clicking on the Enter button as well as from all the analysis pages clicking on the Setup button There are two Setup pages Environment Setup and Project Setup that can be accessed enabling the corresponding radio buttons on the left side menu TEA WiMAX User Guide 40 Powered by WiTech 9 4 5 1 Environment Setup oD User Registration Number Lock Code Generate Lock Code Software License key Status Environment Setup Activate N Not Active Project Setup Name TEA WiMAX Current Version 2 2 2 New Version Available 2 2 2 Upload N Powered by WiTech Figure 28 Environment Setup Software License Registration After having installed the software on your PC see Chapter 3 you must register your Free Trial Software License or Permanent Software License being this your either first received license or a subsequent upgrade to it in order to obtain the Software License Key that will allow the activation of the tool s choice of functional modules and that will enable the limit on the maximum number of Base Stations BS 500 or BS 1500 or BS Unlimited the license is granting you To perform a software license registration make sure your PC is connected to Internet access the Environment Setup page Figure 28 and enter the User Registration Number in the corresponding input data box The User Registration Number is a unique identifier assigned by WiTech to th
52. the average number of VoIP lines needed by each user e Coding Algorithm This scroll down menu list allows selecting the Coding Algorithm combination of VoIP codec packet sample period etc to be supported If your preferred coding algorithm is not present in the list select Custom and enter the your choice of Bandwidth in kbps in the Bandwidth per Line data box e VAD When this check box is selected the Voice Activity Detection VAD technique is implemented that allows a data network carrying VoIP traffic to detect the absence of audio to prevent the encoding of silent packets over the network Most conversations in fact include about 5096 silence VAD also called silence suppression allows saving on network bandwidth When this option is selected only half the throughput normally required by the chosen Coding Algorithm is taken into account for network dimensioning Table 4 summarizes the technical features of the Coding Algorithms supported by the tool Table 4 Supported Coding Algorithms Coding Algorithm per line kbps G 711 64 kbps 20 ms 95 2 G 722 32 kbps 20 ms 82 4 G 722 1 16 kbps 20 ms 48 8 G 723 1A 5 3 kbps 30 ms 25 8 G 723 1A 6 4 kbps 30 ms 27 2 G 726 32 kbps 20 ms 63 2 G 728 16 kbps 10 ms 78 4 G 729a 8 kbps 20 ms 39 2 AMR 4 75 kbps 20 ms 35 6 AMR 7 4 kbps 20 ms 38 4 AMR 12 2 kbps 20 ms 43 2 AMR 6 6 kbps 20 ms 37 6 Custom To be defined by the user
53. the corresponding scroll down menu lists Figure 21 allows to perform a market forecast for that combination enabling first the Penetration Rate and then the Churn Rate radio buttons Finally enabling the Users Forecast radio button will open an output page which provides the results on users forecast TEA WiMAX User Guide 55 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX 5 3 1 Penetration Rate LD Technical Analysis Analysis b S amp S Analysis b Territorial Analysis Service Profile 7371777099 Revenues 2 Penetration Rate Area v2 Y4 Y5 9 Y6 56 Y Ya 96 MaxCityl m 0 05 7 010 K 070 f 250 4 0 5 00 600 6 50 Apply To All Areas Acquired Users Yi Y2 Y4 Y5 Y Y7 y8 77 155 1 087 3 885 6 2316 7 770 9 324 10 101 Penetration Rate Churn Rate _ Users Forecast Market Segment Individuals aa Manual set c Number of Acquired Users 4 00 Save f Save As BS in use BS Threshold 110 BS Uniim Setup Powered by WiTech oe em va ce eec vcn es yw em os MaxCityt Individuals 155 1 087 6 216 7 77 9 324 10 101 23 Figure 37 Market Forecast Penetration Rate After having selected a geographical Area and a Market Segment Individuals Households and Local Units in the respective scroll down menu lists enabling the Penetration Rate radio button Figure 37 allows configuri
54. the same radio propagation channel e Penetration Body Loss dB This output data box provides the average margin for absorption losses due to for example buildings bodies cars etc This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool e Other dB This input data box takes into account other gains for example if in the network dimensioning the direction towards the half power gain is used instead of the max gain e Total Margin dB This output data box provides the total of margins This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool e Multiple Antenna Systems Allows including excluding the multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis With Enabling this radio button multiple antenna system effect is considered in the performance analysis Without Enabling this radio button multiple antenna system effect is considered in the performance analysis Chart Shows the maximum path loss available in Down Link and Up Link for each type of User Terminal considered in the analysis at least modulation Table Provide details of link budget calculation considering the selected Base Station for current scenario and all types of User Terminal considered in the analysis at least modulation TEA WiMAX User Guide 78 Powered by WiTech 9 wi WIMAX 6 3 2 Path Loss Model 2 wi ene E amp F Analysis S amp S Analys
55. 00 0 Large 0 0 00 gt 0 00 0 00 0 00 gt 0 00 0 00 lt 0 Territory Demography T 4 Em 1 zm 2 Pat BS in use BS Threshold 110 f Setup f Report Heip Ext Powered by WiTech 2 Number Total Population 1 647 000 1 222 600 Households 299 670 226 866 Local Units 49 738 37 653 Micro 49 738 37 653 Small Medium Large Figure 34 Territorial Analysis Demography After having selected a geographical Area in the scroll down menu list enabling the Demography radio button Figure 34 allows configuring the following parameters for the market segments in that area Population Inhabitants that live in the analyzed area These are considered as ndividuals in the Market Analysis and usually are the target of Personal Broadband type of services e Households Nuclear families that live in the analyzed area Local Units Headquarters or branches of enterprises and or public and private institutions located in a geographically identified place in the analyzed area Local Units are classified as Micro Small Medium and Large depending on their number of employees TEA WiMAX User Guide 50 Powered by WiTech WIMAX Micro LU from 1 to 9 employees Small LU from 10 to 49 employees Medium LU from 50 to 249 employees Large LU more than 250 employees e Number This column of input data boxes denotes the size of the Popu
56. 03 2 397 616 758 912 968 153 265 321 605 4 647 647 9 945 96 13 876 14 969 1 935 924 4 005 5 087 8 010 9 871 9 882 Figure 39 Market Forecast Churn Rate After having selected a geographical Area and a Market Segment Individuals Households and Local Units in the respective scroll down menu lists enabling the Churn Hate radio button Figure 39 allows configuring the following parameters for that combination e Churn Rate This row of input data boxes denotes the percentage of acquired users that that are forecasted to discontinue their use of service per each year of the analysis period TEA WiMAX User Guide 58 Powered by WiTech WIMAX e Lost Users This row of output data boxes provides the number of forecasted users that are forecasted to discontinue their use of service per each year of the analysis period These parameters are automatically calculated by the tool using the Churn Rate Manual Set Number of Lost Users TEA 9 Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis b 4 S amp S Analysis 3 Territorial Analysis Service Profile c Revenues 3 Area MaxCity1 T i Apply To All Areas Lost Users Suggested Values Y1 YS 2 503 3 263 Penetration Rate 9 Churn Rate Yi Y2 y4 Y5 Y6 Y Users Forecast 8 23 gt 129 505 1 076 x 1 745 2 503 z 3 263 Market Segment Individuals Manual se
57. 1 Hata SUI ECC 33 Okumura Hata e Path Loss Exponent This input data box denotes the rate at which the path loss increases with distance You must set this parameter for all selected path loss models since it is needed to calculate the cell coverage area probability As commonly recommended by literature this parameter has been set equal to 2 for the Free Space path loss model TEA WiMAX User Guide 79 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 Wi WiMAX LED e Reference distance This input data box is shown only after having selected one of the following path loss models Log normal Shadowing Log distance and SUI It denotes the minimum distance from which the model is applicable e BS height This row of input data boxes is shown only after having selected one of the following path loss models Cost 231 Hata SUI and ECC 33 and Okumura Hata They denote the height at which is located the electric centre of each Base Station defined for the project UT height This row of input data boxes is shown only after having selected one of the following path loss models Cost 231 Hata SUI and ECC 33 and Okumura Hata They denote the height at which is located the electric centre of each User Terminal defined for the project e Link Budget Allows selecting Down Link or Up Link to be taken into consideration in the performance analysis Down Link Enabling this radio button Down Link is taken into consideration in the performance analysis
58. 2 Completing the TEA WIMAX v2 2 2 Setup Wizard Your computer must be restarted to complete the installation Do you want to reboot it now TEA 9 WiM A X C Iwant to manually reboot later WiTech SpA Figure 9 TEA WiMAX installer End of the installation 3 3 PDFCreator installation The following figures show the operative steps needed to install and properly configure PDFCreator TEA WiMAX User Guide 25 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX Setup PDFCreator Welcome to the PDFCreator Setup Wizard PDFCreator Version 96 23 This will install POF Creator 0 9 6 an your computer It is recommended that vou close all other applications before continuing Click Nest to continue or Cancel to exit Setup ty odfforge org Figure 10 PDFCreator installation Step 2 15 Setup PDFCreator License Agreement Cs Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation POF Creator About PDF Creator With PDECreator you can create Adobe Acrobat files also known as Portable Document Format PDF files on Windows PC POF Creator is a printer driver it transforms the generic printer commands accept the agreement 1 not accept the agreement M Figure 11 PD
59. 5 p 4 the manufacturer For use of the software that accompanies this EULA Licensed Software By installing copying or otherwise using the Licensed Software you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA IF you do not agree to the terms of this EULA WiTech S p A is unwilling to license the software to you In such event you may not use or copy the Licensed Software If you accept the terms of the agreement click I Agree to continue You must accept the agreement to install WiMAX v2 2 2 Figure TEA WiMAX installer Step 2 TEA WiMAX User Guide 21 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Choose Start Menu Folder Choose Start Menu folder For the WiMAX v2 2 2 shortcuts Select the Start Menu folder in which you would like to create the program s shortcuts You can also enter a name to create a new folder A Esecuzione automatica WiMAX con not create shortcuts WiTech SpA lt Back Figure 4 TEA WiMAX installer Step 3 TEA WiMAX software requires Microsoft NET Framework version 2 0 or higher to run If this component is not already installed on your computer you will be notified by a pop up message as in the figure below Follow the instructions in the message to update your computer TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Installing Please wait while TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 is being installed Output Folder C iProgrammil TEA WiMAX a W
60. 6 Figure 2 installer 21 Figure TEA WIMAX installer Step 2 21 Figure 4 installer 22 Figure 5 TEA WIMAX installer Step 4 00 eee cccccceeccsseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeesseaeaeeeeeeeeessaaaaeees 22 Figure 6 TEA WIMAX installer Step 5 002 2 23 Figure 7 TEA WiMAX installer Step 6 24 Figure 8 TEA WIMAX installer Step 7 020 24 Figure 9 TEA WiMAX installer End of the 25 Figure 10 PDFCreator installation 26 Figure 11 PDFCreator installation Step 9 uasa hse iEEaetU 26 Figure 12 PDFCreator installation Step 4 iicet oett erri cond data 27 Figure 13 PDFCreator installation Step D scsausuid memos astu direi cun e daran Pam SS cs 27 Figure 14 PDFCreator installation Step D ni terat 28 Figure 15 PDFCreator installation Step 7 28 29 Figure 17 PDFCreator installation Step D recta vt Ras ke ME ERES RUP PEAPR I ETUR n Tap
61. 74 gt 6M 1 500 1 1 n Y2 Y Y4 Y5 ve Y7 8 Save 7 f Save As BS i 8S Threshold 2 gt n use resho gt f gt gt g 110 85 Unilin Setup Report Help Exit Powered by WiTech 2 Figure 75 CAPEX Other CAPEX Having enabled the Other radio button Figure 75 allows configuring the following parameters TEA WiMAX User Guide 108 Powered by WiTech 9 e Spectrum License Acquisition This input data box denotes the one time costs related to the WiMAX spectrum license e Other These rows of input data boxes denote the other annual CAPEX costs per each year of the analysis period Chart Shows temporal evolution of CAPEX breakdown Table Provides the temporal evolution of CAPEX breakdown 7 3 Depreciation Depreciation is used in accounting to try to match the expense of an asset to the income that the asset helps the company earn om ERES TEAS ID Market Analysis Technical Analysis fs s M Analysis 7 C capex TCO f Statements Years to Depreciate Years to Depreciate Base Station 5 J Wireless Backhaul 5 User Terminal 2 Wired Backhaul 3 ASN Gateway 5 x Spectrum License 15 CSN 5 Other 0 enre atic i OOK 1 1 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y Save 1 Y Y YA Save f Save As _ gm 85
62. AXYIOLDPROJECTS directory if you answer yes when asked with the Do you want to preserve the existing project files popup message To recover these files after the application is installed again move them manually from this directory to the C Program Files T EA WIMAXYVApache cgi binVT EA data directory 4 2 Main Elements of the Graphic User Interface The following table presents all main elements of the TEA WIMAX Graphic User Interface and explains how to use them Table 2 Main elements of the Graphic User Interface Element Function Notes To enter a value you can write data directly in the box or you can enter data through the upward downward buttons aside the box A value can 3 Input data box be entered in a data box also pasting the content of the clipboard e g you can copy the content of a xls cell and then paste it into the input data box TEA WiMAX User Guide 35 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX 15 Mobile WiMAX K dmm Limits Print L M Save 7 ee TEA WiMAX User Guide Output data box Input text box Scroll down Menu list Check box Radio button Play Table Chart Limits Print Save Save As Powered by WiTech TD recy To display an output You cannot edit this box To enter a text point your mouse inside the box and right click delete the current text and edit the new text To view the option click on the
63. Analysis select the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis button in the upper part of the Analysis page Please read the License Limited Maximum Number of Base Stations section in Chapter if you have a software license with a limited maximum number of Base Stations and this button will not be visible In the Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis pages all data can be entered by means of both a standard input data box and a play button which allows exploring automatically the values in a range You can modify the lower and upper limits of a range The influence of parameter and boundary condition changes can be visualized in real time on the following charts depending on the section you are in e Net Users Shows temporal evolution of actual number of ndividuals Households and Local Units in the network e Revenues Shows temporal evolution of forecasted revenues for ndividuals Households and Local Units e HRoll out Plan Shows temporal evolution of Base Stations radio links and logical sectors deployment for each area involved in the analysis and the total area to be covered CAPEX Shows temporal evolution of CAPEX breakdown Shows temporal evolution of breakdown e TCO Shows Total Cost of Ownership breakdown per each year of the analysis period P amp L Shows main items of the Profit and Loss statement Revenues COS SG amp A EBITDA D amp A EBIT Interest EBT Tax and Net In
64. Base Station like DIV BS would be suitable for a rural scenario As far as Subscriber Units SU the Out SU was imagined to be equipped with a planar 15 dBi antenna with receive diversity an SU like this would be well suited for business users Micro Local Units in this sample project The Ind SU was equipped with a 6 dBi antenna and would be well suited above all for residential users but also for business users The Ind SU wa was imagined to be equipped with a 12 dBi window antenna and would be suitable for all the three market segments taken into account The USB Dongle solution was thought of only for the Personal service profile 4 4 First Page When launching the TEA WiMAX software the following First page will be shown Figure 2 with three buttons in the lower part of the screen Enter To enter the tool accessing by default the Setup pages where it is possible to manage the tool environment and perform the preliminary steps of a project configuration Help To access to the on line help pages that provide detailed explanations about all dialog boxes and a comprehensive definition of each parameter Exit To exit and close the tool TEA WiMAX User Guide 39 Powered by WiTech Comprehensive WiMAX Business Planning and Analysis Tool TEA WIMAX 2 2 2 Figure 27 First Page 4 5 Setup Pages The Setup pages of the tool can be reached by default from
65. Care D gt Analysis Technical Analysis gt Personne capex gt Depreciation 72 TCO X C Statements Customer Acquisition 40 v 0 00 Cost of Service Customer Care As Revenues Percentage Sales General amp Administrative OPEX Item Customer Acquisition amp Care P X 2 Setup Report BS in use BS Threshold 110 85 Uniim Help Exit A Powered by WiTech Figure 83 Customer Acquisition amp Care Having selected the Sales General amp Administrative radio button and the Customer Acquisition amp Care OPEX item from the scroll down menu list Figure 83 it is possible defining the corresponding annual costs in terms of TEA WiMAX User Guide 117 Powered by WiTech TEA Wi e Customer acquisition Cost per user Y1 Annual Variation This two input data boxes denotes the one time customer acquisition costs evaluated at first year of the analysis period and annual variation as percentage on it The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease Customer Care as Revenues Percentage This row of input data boxes denotes the Customer Care costs evaluated as percentage of revenues per each year of the analysis period Other SG amp A TEA Market Analysis Technical Analysis Gian
66. EIE 34 4 2 Main Elements of the Graphic User Interface eese 35 D a Me AAT I EA T EY 39 2575 AS 40 41 Software License 41 License Limited Maximum Number of Base 43 44 MH 44 Dee New POS xg lista M Sq o 44 Loan an QT E 46 EH ak eect ee oe 47 5 48 0 020 07 ERO 48 errs Secret nee 48 mmt e Ts ere ene rene eee eee ee eee ae eer er 50 Da lt Lo uta HER EHE Pd men Tn en eee Tee 52 SEI E a r uei id 52 n 54 E od nU MEN LM E E MM TEE 55 omen 56 Manual Set Number of Acquired 0 57 592 Qum uU EP Tr 58 Manual Set
67. FCreator installation Step 3 TEA WiMAX User Guide 26 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX 15 Setup PDFCreator Type of Installation Please choose the setup settings Please choose the type of installation then click on Standard installation ls installing printer which converts all printable files into pdf fles bitmap files or postecript tiles Server installation installing network printer order to allow computers to create POF files bitmap Fles or postecnpt files within the network Please do not install this version on a terminal server in application mode Figure 12 PDFCreator installation Step 4 13 Setup PDFCreator Printer name Choosing a printer name Please choose a name for the printer POF Creator installs a printer on your computer With this printer each application that is able to print can create POF fles bitmap files er postscript files Mame of printer Figure 13 PDFCreator installation Step 5 TEA WiMAX User Guide 27 Powered by WiTech 2 135 Setup PDFCreator Select Destination Location Where should POF Creator be installed Fox Setup will install POF Creator into the following Folder To continue click IF you would like to select a different folder click Browse C Program FilesiPOFCreator Atleast 19 7 MB of free disk space is required Figure 14 PDFCreator i
68. FO IP Engineer Indirect Sales Manager Other COO IT Engineer Indirect Dealer Manager CTO RF Engineer Direct Sales Rep Vice President Site Tech Sales Support TEA WiMAX User Guide 100 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX 7 1 1 Head Count TEA 9 D gt Market Analysis C Technical Analysis 3 Analysis 13 75 Analysis S amp S Analysis 3 TTT capex depreciation 2 TCO Statements President 1 x 1 1 v 1 M 1 1 1 x 1 6 Head Count gt Salaries amp Benefits Vice President 2 2 x 2 2 2 2 4 r 4 5 4 Group Executive Staff m Head C 4 c Save Save As t BS in use BS Threshold S BS Urim Setup Report Help a Scen Powered by WiTech Pd hihi nh Sih DR De LL 7 7 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 17 Figure 69 Personnel Head Count Having enabled the Head Count radio button Figure 69 the Group scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting the head count group to configure their corresponding numbers For each role a row of input data boxes denotes the number of persons required per each year of the analysis period Number of Site Techs and Sales Support are automatically calculated by the tool requiring as input respectively the number of sites assigned to each technician Sites per Tech and the number of contract stipulated every day Contracts per Day Chart S
69. Factor 1 N This factor takes into account that not all users will consume all their available bandwidth at the same time thus less bandwidth can be reserved when dimensioning the total access capacity Overbooking is in general a method to maximize the usage of physical resources without losing in quality of service This parameter should be set with reference to in order to guarantee CIR throughput VolP Peak Busy Hour Activity Level This input data box denotes the maximum percentage of users calling at the same time in the Chart Shows temporal evolution of aggregate capacity required by users in Down Link and Up Link for all geographical areas considered in the analysis Table Provides the temporal evolution of aggregate capacity required by users in Down Link and Up Link for all geographical areas considered in the analysis 6 5 Network Dimensioning After having clicked on the Network Dimensioning button in the upper part of the page the Scenario scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting the geographic area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural to be characterized Enabling the corresponding radio buttons for each scenario it is possible to configure the characteristics of the Access Network and of the Backhaul Network Please read the License Limited Maximum Number of Base Stations section in Chapter 4 5 1 if you have a software license with a limited maximum numb
70. Fee OF Activation Fes Lease Fee 85 05 Threshold K Saun 3 118 rp p iret ELSE bhit Fes DE be A pA T I kirmas 4 218 LEHET EENT 244 311 Foe 2 uh 35932 153 85 318 325 Tobe Reverses per Info E 53 542 833 arvis jane bere Fes 41 HH HI LEIRA BELIEF kirmas Fes 4 Bi HTF Ti ned T4 BLA Lass Pee ape 223 por ris 4 2 815 14 3 578 TL pee Looe freon Fea 41 971 870 LIH EOL defer ate 4 372 184 piaga RT To ce 231 5983 Fen y TREO ITE E Tote Gee par Lite 4 ET E TET 482 LIEH PEINE UJ Fen 4 d E Balch 831 2 135 984 4 8 TT BRI UD TT Lid E Pee 4 12 470 11611 Beers C 11 524 738 2 7 Figure 45 Revenues Revenues per Market Segment TEA WiMAX User Guide 65 Powered by WiTech 9 6 Technical Analysis To start performing D gt the Technical Analysis select the corresponding Technical Analysis b
71. Hz Duplexing Fixed WiMAX Md 3 5 GHz 3 5 aa ToD 3 50 3 50 TDD 96 96 DL UL Ratio 70 00 Net Throughput 85 00 4 9 Characterization Step 1 Modulation Down Up Data R Link Link h 2 _ Characterization Step BPSK 1 2 QPSK 1 2 Li QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 m 16QAM 3 4 _ _ ___ 8 Do Link 64QAM 2 3 Up Link 64QAM 3 4 a Print 0 00 00 4 00 6 00 8 00 0 00 12 00 3 Save Mbps BS in use BS Threshold Wih 204 BS Unlim C Setup C Report C H Ip C Exit D p Powered by WiTech 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 160 3 4 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 64QAM 3 4 Figure 47 Technology Characterization Step 1 Fixed WiMAX System Profile If the Fixed WiMAX system profile is selected from the corresponding scroll down menu list Figure 47 the following parameters are available e UL Ratio Ratio between Down Link and Up Link sub frame If the selected certification profile supports the duplexing technique this parameter cannot be equal TEA WiMAX User Guide 69 Powered by WiTech TEA 6 1 2 WIMAX to 0 no data rate would be allocated in Down Link and 100 no data rate would be allocated in Up Link If the selected certification profile supports the FDD duplexing wi JED technique this parameter is automatically set by the tool and it is equal to 100
72. PDH Native Ethernet Other Number of Radio Link Figure 64 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network Total Having enabled the Access Network radio button and having selected Total in the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 64 cause the tool to show the following data output summary e Number of Radio Link This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of radio links needed to deploy the network These parameters are calculated by the tool TEA WiMAX User Guide 94 Powered by WiTech Radio Link Distribution This column of output data boxes provides the total number of radio links needed to deploy the network implemented with SDH PDH Native Ethernet or Other typology per each geographical area covered by the analysis Manual Set Number of Radio Links TEA 9 m Market Analysis 3 achy An gt Analysis X S amp S Analysis Roll out Technology 6 Equipment f Performance Capacity Demand 3 Number of Radio Links MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity 5 0 17 0 e o Suggested Values Scenario Radio Link Distribution 94 Urban aa Required i Access Network Check 95 9 Backhaul Network 100 00 Manual set Number of Radio Links Radio Link Tota z H SDH Native Ethernet M Other f Print A a 2 A 3 Max City MaxCity MaxCity Max Ci
73. SUI SW S amp S TCO TDD TEA TTG UT VAD VAT TEA WiMAX User Guide Home Agent Household Hardware Internet Protocol Internal Rate of Return Local Units Mega bits per second Multiple Input Multiple Output Maximum Ratio Combining Network Management System Net Present Value Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OPerational EXpenditures Peak Busy Hour Payback Period Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy Policy Function Peak Information Rate Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Receive Transmit Transition Gap Standard Deviation Synchronous Digital Hierarchy sales General amp Administrative Square Kilometer mile Space Time Code Stanford University Interim a channel model Software Scenario amp Sensitivity Total Cost of Ownership Time Division Duplexing Technical and Economic Analysis Transmit Receive Transition Gap User Terminal Voice Activity Detection Value Added Tax 148 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX VolP Voice Over IP WiMAX Wireless Interoperability Microwave Access TEA WiMAX User Guide 149 Powered by WiTech
74. Scenario Radio Link Total on E SDH 0 0 0 1 0 PDH m 1 1 2 1 Native Ethernet 12 9 13 2 24 9 Other 0 0 0 0 0 _ Access Network Check 13 10 14 2327 10 9 Backhaul Network Radio Link Total Manual set 25 Number of Radio Links 20 SDH PDH 15 W Native Ethernet Other 10 5 ee 1 Co MaxCity5 0 RENE d MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 Save Save As 5 BS Threshold 23 gt atu Setup gt Report p 2 F Powered by WiTech ut c 1 2 Maxcity4 5 Total Native Ethernet Other Number of Radio Link Figure 66 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network Manual Set Total Checking the Manual Set Number of Radio Links option and selecting Total in the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 66 allows manually setting the required total number of radio links Please note that this will overwrite any setting previously done for each specific scenarios Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural e Number of Radio Links Suggested Values This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the suggested total numbers of radio links needed to deploy the network These parameters are calculated by the tool Number of Radio Links Required This row of input data
75. Technology gt Equipment 7 Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out Cell Edge Coverage Probability 96 75 00 lt Lognormal Fade Margin 28 5 40 Base Station Choice Lognormal Shadowing SO 48 8 00 Fast Fading Margin 28 Scenario 9 85 2 00 Urban 4 BS Interference Margin dB Total Margin 100 23123 Penetration Body Loss 98 79 83 Other dB 3 00 49 Maximum Path Loss Path Loss Model Maximum Path Loss Urban J Coverage amp Capacity Ind With B ur K gt Without Multiple Antenna Systems E Ind SU wa T Cw Cane BS in use BS Threshold y 16 12 4 Setup Report Help Exit Down Link Transmit Power dBm 36 00 36 00 36 00 36 00 Gain dB 17 00 17 00 17 00 17 00 Losses dB 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 EIRP dBm 53 00 53 00 53 00 53 00 Multiple Antenna System Gain dB 6 00 6 00 6 00 6 00 Log Normal Fade Margin dB 5 40 5 40 5 40 5 40 Fast Fading Margin dB 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 Interference Margin dB 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 Penetration Body Loss Margin 0 00 12 00 4 00 12 00 Other dB 3 00 3 00 3 00 3 00 Total Margin dB 8 40 20 40 12 40 20 40 Gain dB 15 00 6 00 12 00 2 00 Figure 52 Performance Maximum Path Loss For each selected geographical area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural from the scroll down menu list on the left side enabling the M
76. These rows of input data boxes denote the improvement in sensitivity over the standard values per each selected modulation in Down Link Up Link Chart Shows the sensitivity in Down Link and Up Link per each modulation taking into consideration sensitivity provided by the standard and improvement Table Provides results about sensitivity 6 2 Equipment After having clicked on the Equipment button in the upper part of the page it is possible to configure the technical characteristics of the equipment to be used enabling in turn the Base Stations User Terminals and Multiple Antenna Systems radio buttons TEA WiMAX User Guide 71 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX 6 2 1 J User Terminals Multiple Antenna Systems Base Stations 4 Market Analysis B a 4 E amp F Analysis b S amp S Analysis 4 gt N nensioning Multiple Antenna Systems AAS Diversity MIMO EIRP dBm 53 00 Matrix A MIMO Matrix B MIMO rier Configuration Double Carrier Figure 49 Equipment Base Stations Enabling the Base Station radio button Figure 49 allows configuring the different types of Base Stations selecting them from the corresponding scroll down menu list on the left side The number of types of Base Stations and the name of each type of Base Station to be configured should have been set in the Project Setup page For each type of Base Station it is poss
77. Thus the Market side it will be required to evaluate the potential market for WiMAX services identifying target segments defining service profiles choosing types of User Terminals and finally forecasting Revenues Subsequently on the Technical side this will mean to properly dimension the WiMAX Access amp Backhauling network infrastructures defining the required bill of quantities On the Economic amp Financial side it will mean calculating CAPEX amp OPEX and evaluating all WiMAX Business Plan s Key Performance Indicators Finally a Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis should allow to iteratively fine tune the WiMAX Business Plan analyzing the influence of parameter amp boundary condition changes TEA WiMAX User Guide 13 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED This business planning activity can be better done when equipped with an appropriate decision support tool which has to have some key characteristics First the tool has be based on real best practices that is it should incorporate the real experience coming from having done real projects Second the tool should be equipped with well calibrated WiMAX technology related market technical and economic models Well calibrated means that these models should allow to reliably close the link between revenues and costs and this should happen through a modeling cycle that allows to iteratively calculate investment costs until an optimized result typicall
78. U v2 2 2 This software requires Microsoft NET Framework version 2 0 or higher to run Please update your computer at http www microsoft com downloads enjdefault aspx 1 searching for the Microsoft Framework Redistributable Package and 2 installing the package Following the instruction provided in the download page WiTech SpA Cancel Figure 5 TEA WiMAX installer Step 4 TEA WiMAX User Guide 22 Powered by WiTech TEA XS WIMAX It is possible to install or re install all TEA WiMAX software components from scratch or update an existing installation Figure 6 TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Installing Please wait while TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 is being installed Output Folder TEA WiMAX TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 2 Setup has detected WiMAX v2 2 2 already installed this machine Update the version Click Yes to update this version or No to uninstall and reinstall it 8 WiTech SpA Figure 6 TEA WiMAX installer Step 5 To update the existing installation click Yes on the message shown in Figure 6 To re install the software click No on the message shown in Figure 6 then click Yes on the message shown in Figure 7 to preserve all existing project and license files e click No to delete all existing project and license files TEA WiMAX User Guide 23 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX ER TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Installing Please wait while
79. a among Dense Urban Urban Suburban and Rural scenarios o Dense Urban The inner area of larger cities with the highest population density a lot of multiple tenant offices and residential buildings with great height o Urban The inner area of cities with high population density and many multiple tenant offices and residential buildings o Suburban The areas on the outskirts of cities with moderate population density higher percentage of single family residences business park and strip malls o Rural Small cities and towns located far from the major metro areas with low population density few offices and small businesses Check 9e This output data box helps to properly set scenario distributions the sum of scenario distribution percentages set in the same column above must be made equal to 100 If the sum of scenario distributions is different from 10096 the check box will turn red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct This parameter is calculated by the tool e Area sq Km mi This column of output data boxes provides the extension of Dense Urban Urban Suburban and Rural areas These parameters are calculated by the tool e Target Percentage This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of scenario extension to be served e Target Area sq Km mi This column of output data boxes provides the scenario extension to be served These parameters are calculated by the tool e T
80. all users For the current user only Create a Quick Launch icon Other tasks Associate PDF Creator with the ps file extension Create an entry in the Windows Explorer contest menu EUN Figure 17 PDFCreator installation Step 9 TEA WiMAX User Guide 29 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX 15 Setup PDFCreator Ready to Install PDF Setup is now ready ta begin installing POF Creator on your computer POF FORGE Click Install to continue with the installation click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location Programmi PDF Creator Setup type Custom installation Selected components GPL Ghostscript 8 53 COM samples Help files English help file Languages ENTM Figure 18 PDFCreator installation Step 10 ie Setup PDFCreator Completing the PDFCreator Setup Wizard Version 96 Setup has finished installing an your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup v odfforge org Figure 19 PDFCreator installation Step 11 TEA WiMAX User Guide 30 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX 3 4 For Windows Vista Users Only Disabling UAC To run TEA WiMAX on Microsoft Windows Vista you will have to disable UAC User Account Control as described below 1 Open the Control Panel 2 Under User Account and Fa
81. ally set it when TDD duplexing is selected The Up Link output box provides the number of OFDM symbols in Up Link and is automatically calculated by the tool If the set configuration is not admitted the input box will turn red to alert the user TEA WiMAX User Guide 68 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX vi LED e Overhead Symbols Down Link Up Link These two input data boxes denote the Number of overhead OFDM symbols per frame in Down Link Up Link If the set configuration is not admit the input boxes will turn red to alert the user e Modulation Down Link Up Link These two columns of check boxes allow selecting the supported modulation in Down Link Up Link among those provided by the standard The Mobile WiMAX profile supports QPSK 1 2x6 QPSK 1 2x4 QPSK 1 2x2 QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16 QAM 1 2 16 QAM 3 4 64 QAM 1 2 64 QAM 2 3 64 QAM 3 4 To select a modulation it is necessary to check the related box for the Down Link and Up Link Data Rate Chart Shows the Down Link and Up Link data rate for the supported modulation Table Provides supported modulations and related data rate in Down Link and Up Link TM 9 OLD Market Analysis Market Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis C Equipment Performance Capaci ity Deman a Network Dimensioning Roll out 3 System Profile Certification Profile Frequency Band GHz Channel Bandwidth M
82. alysis allows to iteratively fine tune the WiMAX business plan in real time and total privacy analyzing the influence of parameter amp boundary condition changes for the Market Technical and Economic amp Financial analyses and to view the results instantly in an animated graphical format 19 Powered by WiTech WIMAX 3 Installing the Software 3 1 System Requirements TEA WiMAX software runs on a standard PC environment Basic system requirements are Processor Intel Core 2 Duo or compatible processors at 2 00 GHz Memory 2 GB of RAM for Microsoft Windows XP GB of RAM recommended for Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 7 M Disk Space 300 MB available hard drive space Display Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution monitor Operating System Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Business Ultimate or Enterprise or Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Professional and Ultimate certified support for 32 bit editions In Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 TEA WiMAX requires Microsoft NET Framework version 2 0 or higher to run If this component is not already installed update your computer at http www microsoft com downloads en default aspx 1 searching for the Microsoft NET Framework Redistributable Package and 2 installing the package following the instruction provided in the
83. analysis personne CAPEX Z Depreciation 5 Cost Per User Annual C Billing 2 00 Bad Debts and Churn As Revenues Percentage Yi Y2 1 Y4 58 Y5 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 5 1 00 1 00 1 00 Cost of Service Other SG amp A 9 Sales General amp Administrative a a 5 SA vi 2 6 1 3 4 Y5 0 0 0 0 0 OPEX Item Other SG amp A Y6 Y8 0 0 0 1 Print 3 1 2 BS use BS Threshold I f Setup f Report f Help C Exit UU Powered by WiTech Figure 84 Other SG amp A Having selected the Sales General amp Administrative radio button and the Other SG amp A OPEX item from the scroll down menu list Figure 84 it is possible to define the corresponding annual costs in terms of Billing Cost per user Annual This input data box denotes the annual billing cost user TEA WiMAX User Guide 118 Powered by WiTech 2 Wi WiMAX JED Bad Debts and Churn as Revenues Percentage This row of input data boxes denotes the Bad Debts and Churn impact costs evaluated as percentage of revenues per each year of the analysis period e Other SG amp A This rows of input data boxes denote the other annual Sales General and Administrative costs per each year of the analysis period Chart Shows marketing sales general and adminis
84. any earns for business and short term deposit investments e Tax Rate This input data box denotes the percentage of income paid as tax Chart Shows main all main items of the Profit and Loss statement Revenues COS SG amp A EBITDA D amp A EBIT Interest EBT Tax and Net Income TEA WiMAX User Guide 121 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX Table Summarizes the Profit and Loss statement 7 6 2 Cash Flow 9 lt gt Market Analysis 4 Technical Analysis S amp S Analysis personne capex 7 Depreciation TCO fm rrr Discount Rate 8 00 n Perpetual Growth 0 00 Financing Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 YS Debt Value v 500 000 0 0 0 5 0 Profit amp Loss Cash Flow Y1 C v2 C Y3 cj v4 C1 Y5 Balance Sheet Equity 2 0 0 0 E Lu 10 sccs m f Print gt f Save Save with BS in use BS Threshold f z p no as f Setup Report f Exit gt Figure 87 Cash Flow Having enabled the Cash Flow radio button Figure 87 allows managing the initiative s Cash Flow statement that shows the flow of cash generated by the WiMAX initiative under analysis The following parameters are required to be entered e Discount Rate This input data box denotes the interest rate used to determine the present value of future cash flows e Perpetual Growth Thi
85. at User Terminal side Gain dB Total gain at User Terminal side This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool Connection Losses dB This input data box denotes the losses introduced by components between the output of the receiver antenna and the input of the receiver at User Terminal side e Other dB This input data box denotes other loss at User Terminal side e Losses dB This output data box provides the total losses at User Terminal side This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool e Transmit Power dBm This input data box denotes the power that the User Terminal transmitter produces at its output TEA WiMAX User Guide 74 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED e EIRP dBm This output data box provides the value of the Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power EIRP defined as the power of the transmitter plus antenna gain minus transmission losses at User Terminal side This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool e Penetration Body Loss dB This input data box denotes the margin depending on User Terminal type for absorption losses due to for example buildings body cars etc Multiple Antenna Systems this section allows defining if multiple antenna technology is supported by a User Terminal checking the corresponding check box Diversity MIMO Having selected Diversity MIMO multiple input multiple output option the following parameters need to be configu
86. ax 39 050 75 47 22 e mail teawimax support Owitech it www witech it TEA WiMAX User Guide 2 Powered by WiTech WIMAX Revision History Revision Date 7 Description Changes en 5 27 June 2011 Release for TEAIWIMAX 2 2 3 1 e The Okumura Hata path loss model has been introduced e The application is now compatible with Microsoft Windows 22 July 2010 Release for TEA WIMAX 2 2 3 e Increase of the number of antenna elements at BS and UT side up to 4 antenna elements in TX and RX e Introduction of the Multi carrier configuration feature January 2010 Release for TEAIWIMAX 2 2 2 s ewe etes 00000 04 June 2009 More detailed of manual setting in Technical EL 1 1 10 April 2009 Release for TEA WiMAX 2 2 1 New Installer New software license registration procedure Description of icons in the Start Program menu Introduction of Miles as an alternative unit of length in the Project Setup Brief description of the default Sample Project Introduction of VoIP Coding Algorithm and Voice Activity Detection VAD in the Market Analysis Clarification about the calculation of acquired and lost users in the Market Analysis Introduction of the Over Booking Factor OF for data and Peak Busy Hour PBH Activity Level for VolP in the Technical Analysis Clarification about coverage radius calculation in the Technical Analysis Clarification about the radio link roll out in the Tec
87. aximum Path Loss radio button Figure 52 allows configuring the following parameters e Base Station Choice This list of radio buttons show all the types of Base Stations that were previously defined in the Project Setup page and allows choosing the Base Station type to be adopted in the selected scenario Only one Base Station type is selectable at any time for each scenario to do it enable the corresponding radio button from the list TEA WiMAX User Guide 77 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED Cell Edge Coverage Probability 96 This input data box denotes the probability that a receiver would experience a signal above a certain threshold at the cell edge e Lognormal Shadowing SD dB This input data box denotes the standard deviation of Log Normal distribution Lognormal Fade Margin dB This output data box provides the margin which takes into account that two locations at the same distance from the Base Station can experiment different propagation scenarios due to the presence of obstacles This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool e Fast Fading Margin This input data box denotes the margin which takes into account that the radio propagation channel can change quickly during the communication above all in a mobile access scenario e Interference Margin dB This input data box denotes the margin which takes into account possible interferences if multiple users transmit contemporaneously on
88. boxes allows setting for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of radio links needed to deploy the network These parameters are further split into our rows of input data boxes for the distribution of the different technologies 1 SDH 2 PDH 3 Native Ethernet TEA WiMAX User Guide 96 Powered by WiTech 2 Wi WiMAX JED 4 Other Check f the sum of the technology distributions is different from 100 the check box will turn red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct This parameter is calculated by the tool Please note that if in the Access Network dimensioning you had checked the Manual Set Number of Required BS and selected Total from the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 59 then this second manual set option would be the only one shown by the tool Chart Shows number of radio links needed to deploy the network for each geographical area covered by the analysis These results refer to all scenarios characterizing an area Table Provides the backhaul network dimensioning for each geographical area covered by the analysis 6 6 Roll out After having clicked on the Roll out button in the upper part of the page the Area scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting a geographical area for which to define the Aoll out Rate enabling the Roll out Rate radio button in order to obtain the Aoll out Plan visible by enabling the Roll out Plan
89. buildings Suburban The areas on the outskirts of cities with moderate population density higher percentage of single family residences business park and strip malls Rural Small cities and towns located far from the major metro areas with low population density few offices and small business Figure 106 Report Glossary TEA WiMAX User Guide 144 Powered by WiTech TEA Dren WIMAX File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help TEAO WiMAX Introduction Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis Glossary Acronyms Acronyms AAA Authentication Authorization and Accounting AAS Adaptive Antenna System ASN Access Service Network BPM Business Process Management BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BS Base Station BWA Broadband Wireless Access CAPEX CApital EXPenditures CEO Chief Executive Officer CFO Chief Financial Officer CIR Committed Information Rate COO Chief Operation Officer COS Cost Of Service CRM Customer Relationship Management CSN Connectivity Service Network CTO Chief Technical Technology Officer dB Decibel D amp A Depreciation amp Amortization DNS Domain Name System DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol EBIT Earnings Before Interest and Taxes EBITDA Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization EBT Earnings Before Taxes ERP Enterprise Resource Planning Figure 107 Report Acronyms If you have a PDF publisher each main section of the report can be saved as a separate PDF f
90. calculation over the initiative period with close evaluation of the key performance indicators Misjudgments and mistakes made at this stage will influence heavily the next phases in particular the subsequent detailed project phase Fundamental ingredients of every business case exercise are revenues and costs which quite naturally have to be maximized and minimized respectively On one hand costs are thereby a consequence of the underlying market rollout plan and technology strategies which can be directly mapped on a certain infrastructure required to serve the service demand associated with the revenue predicted On the other hand costs also impact on the chosen technology or chosen technology profile the rollout plan and market strategy For instance the introduction of flat fees has to be based on a sound knowledge of the service production costs and the network capabilities A holistic iterative approach that takes into account all business and technology aspects since the outset is thus key This will ensure that an iterative alignment of the business and technology strategies will be achieved allowing to clearly identify the main cost drivers In other words it is important not to focus on the single facets of the revenue forecast technical decisions and cost calculation but consider all these different aspects in a comprehensive integrated view building the business case through successive approximations
91. ccess Network Manual Set Checking the Manual Set Number of Required BS option Figure 58 allows manually setting the number of required Base Stations for the selected geographical area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural e Number of BS Coverage Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of required Base Stations needed to meet coverage requirement and calculated automatically by the tool These results can be used as a guideline to manually set the number of required BS e Number of BS Capacity Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of required Base Stations needed to meet capacity requirement and calculated automatically by the tool These results can be used as a guideline to manually set the number of required BS e Number of Required BS This row of input data boxes allows to set manually for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of required Base Stations This TEA WiMAX User Guide 07 Powered by WiTech 9 row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened Can oN gt wi JED WiMAX Market Analysis 4 E amp F Analysis D S amp S Analysis b M gt Technol
92. ciation C TCO f Statements Wireless Backhaul Equipment Annual Installation amp Y1 Variation 1 Project Commissioning Test Activities Omer te SDH 30 000 0 00 x 800 m 800 E 300 0 2 Base Station PDH 15 000 000 E 800 x 800 300 a User Terminal Native Ethernet 8 000 0 00 800 gt 800 r 300 v 0 ASN Gateway amp CSN Other 6 0000 E 0 00 E 800 800 300 0 9 Backhauling Other ctivation Cost Per 85 Other Wired Backhaul 1 000 0 Base St 3 User Ter ASN Gat mcs nw kha uw a 3 Sr ens 1 Y2 Y3 Y4 y5 Yt Y7 Y8 Seve Save Bs i BS Threshold n use resho f Setup f Report f Help 7 C ek 110 BS unum Powered by WiTech P pum HS SS ERR E BERTA ee tate Staton C 651 100 502 600 708 540 856 49 570 832 256 246 4 5 822 054 54 1 0 1 001 189 User Term 70 629 555 832 1 0 4 1 810 000 Figure 74 CAPEX Backhauling Having enabled the Backhauling radio button Figure 74 allows configuring the following parameters Wireless Backhaul Equipment Y1 Annual Variation These columns of input data boxes denote the hardware costs to implement a single radio link at first year of the analysis period and annual variation as percentage on it per each type of radio link The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease
93. come e Cash Flow Shows the cash flow statement 8 1 Market Analysis After having clicked on the Market Analysis button in the upper part of the page enabling the User Target Percentage Pricing Policies Distribution Rates or Penetration Rate radio button on the left side allows to perform the corresponding specific Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 125 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX 8 1 1 Users Target Percentage l M 424 1 9 C Market Analysis C Technical Analysis 5 E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis GI Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis 7 Population Households nography MaxCity1 Local Un Users Target Percentage M A 5 2 M a a b a gt 2 get 1 De M _ a 70 00 G M al T 7000 6 gt M 150 Tota Micro gt 70 00 Target 4 Dane acin Small 0 00 E Medium gt o00 G D at et 45 L Medi u t E 0 00 G Net Us 60k Revenues Roll CAPE OPEX TCO P amp Prnt gt Cas C Save Save in reshol Setup f menla 3 B CAPEX 4 a Free Cash Flow ative Free Cash Flow M q on Cash Flow t ty Free Cash f T Net Figure 89 Market Analysis Users Target Percentage Having enabled the Use
94. corresponding check box e AAS a technique to increase coverage and capacity performance Diversity MIMO Having selected the Diversity MIMO multiple input multiple output option the following parameters need to be configured e Number of Antenna Elements Transmission Reception These two input data boxes denote the number maximum 4 of transmission receiver antennas with which the Base Station is equipped e MRC MIMO and MIMO B options are available o MRC is the Maximum Ratio Combining technique to combine multiple signals for a more robust reception It is feasible with at least two receiver antennas o MIMO matrix A technique adopts the Space Time Block Codes algorithm to encode the data streams to enhance system coverage It is feasible with at least two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna o MIMO matrix B technique also known as Spatial Multiplexing MIMO is used to enhance the system capacity It is feasible with at least two transmitter and receiver antennas Whilst MIMO A can be used at the same time with MRC or MIMO B MRC and MIMO B techniques are mutually exclusive Multi carrier configuration This section allows defining if double carrier configuration is supported This technique is used to enhance the capacity per each sector by using two different carriers per each sector The transmit power per carrier in the double carrier configuration is half of the transmit power
95. des for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of required Base Stations needed to meet coverage requirement and calculated automatically by the tool These results can be used as a guideline to manually set the number of required BS e Number of BS Capacity Requirement This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of required Base TEA WiMAX User Guide 88 Powered by WiTech TEAO Wi Stations needed to meet capacity requirement and calculated automatically by the tool These results can be used as a guideline to manually set the number of required BS e Number of Required BS This row of input data boxes allows to set manually for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of required Base Stations This row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened Chart Shows the number of Base Stations and Logical Sectors needed to deploy the network for each geographical area covered by the analysis Also number of Users per sector and Offered Capacity per sq Km mi are given as results These results refer to all scenarios characterizing an area Table Provides the access network dimensioning for each geographical area covered by the analysis Manual Set Number of Logical Sectors Q TEA D 4 Market Analysis Technical Analysis
96. dio button opens an output page which presents the results on users forecast The Chart scroll down menu list allows selecting the chart to visualize e Net Users Shows temporal evolution of effective number of Individuals Households and Local Units in the network Figure 41 e Net Adds Users Shows number of adds for Individuals Households and Local Units per each year Figure 42 e Net Users per Service Profile Shows distribution of users on a specific market segment among the service profile offered Market Segment scroll down menu list allows selecting the chart related to the market segment to display Figure 43 TEA WiMAX User Guide 60 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX m AXE 9 ES WIMAX Technica Analysis Analysis Revenues 7 Net Users Total Area Tw B t To M Apply To All Areas 60K Penetration Rate Chum Rate 50K 6 Users Forecast 40K 8 Individuals Chart E Households Net Users B Local Units 20K 10K Qi Am 7 BS in use BS Threshold P ea Setup Report 7 Car E Powered by WiTech posa 17 419 Figure 41 Market Forecast Users Forecast Net Users TEA WiMAX User Guide 61 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX mM TEA 9 WIMAX Cw gt Markel Forecast i mE Adds Users Total Area i Apply To All Areas 12 2K P
97. download page Internet Connectivity A connection to Internet is only required to complete the License Hegistration procedure and to perform a Software Update No connectivity is required whilst running the tool to perform the analyses Note that some of the system s RAM physical memory may be unavailable due to being used by the graphics card and or not being handled by the system s chipset 3 2 TEA WiMAX Installer To install TEA WiMAX on your PC make sure you have Administrator rights then download and unpack the software in a temporary directory Double click on the TEA WiMAX installer The following figures show the operative steps TEA WiMAX User Guide 20 Powered by WiTech ER TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Welcome to the TEA WIMAX v2 2 2 Setup Wizard This wizard will quide you through the installation of WiMAX v2 2 2 It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting Setup Click Next to continue WiTech SpA Cancel Figure 2 TEA WiMAX installer Step 1 TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 License Agreement Please review the license terms before installing TEA WiMAX v2 2 2 Press Page Down to see the rest of the agreement TEA WiMAX END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT For WiTech 5 WiMAX Software 10 April 2009 IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement hereinafter is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and WiTech
98. e Licensee of the TEA WiMAX software for the purpose of administering the software license and the related End User License Agreement EULA You should have received this identifier in the email with the instructions to download the software from a server or in a communication accompanying the recording media CD ROM DVD USB key etc containing the software After having entered the User Registration Number click the Generate Lock Code button This will cause the tool to automatically display a Lock Code in the corresponding output data box The Lock Code is a signature build of hardware parts or unique serial numbers of the system where the TEAIWIMAX software is being installed and will run TEA WiMAX User Guide 41 Powered by WiTech 9 XD WIMAX In addition to the above also the TEA Software License Registration Webpage at the URL http www witech it teatool activation teaActivation php will be automatically opened on your Figure 29 showing both the User Registration Number and the Lock Code You should then double enter your email address and click the Generate License Key button This will cause your unique Software License Key to be displayed in the corresponding output data box of the TEA Software License Hegistration Webpage as well as to have it sent to you by email at the provided address For you record you can also print the Webpage with all the relevant license data clicking on the Print button in the lower part
99. e Profile 63 Figure 44 Revenues Total HevellliBS 64 Figure 45 Revenues Revenues per Market 65 Figure 46 Technology Characterization Step 1 Mobile WiMAX System Profile 66 Figure 47 Technology Characterization Step 1 Fixed WiMAX System Profile 69 Figure 48 Technology Characterization Step 2 70 Figure 49 Equipment Base Stations sssssessssssssssssseeeeee Figure 50 Equipment User 74 TEA WiMAX User Guide 9 Powered by WiTech 2 Figure 51 Equipment Multiple Antenna Systems 76 Figure 52 Performance Maximum Path 55 77 Figure 53 Performance Path Loss 79 Figure 54 Performance Coverage and nnne nnne 81 Figure Capacity P rici PTT COE 82 Figure 56 Network Dimensioning Access Network 11 1 1 4 nnn nne 84 Figure 57 Network Dimensioning Access Network 85 Figure 58
100. e to be served Up to five geographical areas can be analyzed at the same time and independently The portfolio of service profiles to be offered is defined considering both technical features and pricing policies As for technical features the Internet access service 15 characterized in terms of Peak Information Rate PIR and Committed Information Rate CIR in Down Link and Up Link whereas the VoIP service is taken into account in terms of average number of VoIP lines per user coding algorithms Voice Activity Detection VAD and Peak Busy Hour PBH Concerning pricing policies Activation Fees Monthly Fees and Lease Fees are taken into consideration as revenue sources Up to six different user profiles can be defined In order to evaluate the market size properly the broadband penetration rate and the churn impact are set up per each year of the analysis period and for each considered area Visualization of the revenues forecast charts related to every user profile for each market segment The Technical Analysis has the purpose of dimensioning the WiMAX Access and Backhauling network infrastructures defining the required bill of quantities in terms of number of Base Stations logical sectors radio links and ASN needed to meet both capacity and coverage requirements This can be selected among the standard Fixed and Mobile certification profiles defined by the WiMAX Forum Moreover custom profiles can be defined to complet
101. echnical Analysis Base Station 139 Figure 96 Technical Analysis Multiple Antenna 134 Figure 97 Technical Analysis Network Dimensioning 11 11 1 1 1 2 4 135 Figure 98 Technical Analysis Roll out Rate ae pn hime 136 Foure Oo CAFEA O 137 Foure 100 CaF Anane 138 Figure 101 Report configuration 141 Foure 102 Repor Pes RR E 142 Foure 199 Repon E 143 Figure 104 Report Technical 143 Figure 105 Report E amp F Analysis asser is Vi SkE EE CREER AQURSEEA ARE BEL SR 144 Figure 106 Report Glossary 144 Figure 107 Report Acronyms 210 1 114 6 nata assa asa a ke sa nean 145 TEA WiMAX User Guide 10 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX Figure 108 Page Setup Figure 109 Print TEA WiMAX User Guide 11 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX List of Tables
102. ely customize the use of the WiMAX technology 17 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX Equipment Performance Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out Economic amp Financial Analysis Personnel TEA WiMAX User Guide D gt It is possible to configure up to three types of Base Stations and six types of User Terminals specifying for each of them if Multiple Antenna System technologies are supported A complete link budget analysis is conducted taking into consideration an extended set of parameters The proper Path Loss Model which better reproduces the radio propagation scenario can be chosen among six supported models Cost 231 Okumura Hata SUI ECC 33 Log normal with without Shadowing Free Space To evaluate the feasibility of the offered services in the defined application scenario and to dimension the network infrastructure correctly the capacity required in Down Link and Up Link by the users located in each area to be served is estimated depending on the relevant parameters defined in the Market Analysis such as PIR CIR and number of VoIP lines and Overbooking Factor and PBH Activity Ratio defined in this section As for network sizing this takes into account some relevant parameters such as Base Station overlapping factor existing backbone infrastructures and type of wireless backhauling technology to be adopted SDH PDH Native Ethernet or Other As for network roll out thi
103. em Profile Certification Profile Frequency Band GHz Channel Bandwidth MHz Duplexing Mobile WIMAX 5CL 3 50 10 00 TOD Down Link Up Link Powered by WiTech Down Link Total Data Rate Mbps Data Rate Mbps Data Rate Mbps QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 Figure 46 Technology Characterization Step 1 Mobile WiMAX System Profile TEA WiMAX User Guide Powered by WiTech 66 Wi WiMAX Vi SED Enabling the Characterization Step 1 radio button Figure 46 allows configuring the following parameters System Profile This scroll down menu list allows selecting a system profile choosing between the WiMAX Forum s Fixed WiMAX and Mobile WiMAX system profiles For both system profiles a default combination of Certification Profile Frequency Band Channel Bandwidth Duplexing is shown the first time this page is opened for a newly created project You can set your project combination for the currently selected system profile at any time during the analysis session Moving from one system profile to the other in the scroll down menu list will restore the default combination Default system profile combinations e Fixed WiMAX Frequency Band 3 5 GHz Channel Bandwidth 3 5 MHz Duplexing TDD e Mobile WiMAX Frequency Band 3 5 GHz Channel Bandwidth 10 MHz Duplexing TDD Certification Profile This scroll d
104. enance amp spare This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for User Terminal maintenance and spare parts e Other This column of input data boxes denotes the other annual operational costs for User Terminals TEA WiMAX User Guide 112 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX ASN Gateway amp CSN 9 w 4 Market Analysis b Technical Analysis ERE Analysis Analysis 4 S amp S Analysis f Depreciation 3 272 gt TCO f Statements Maintenance amp Spare Technical Support Quality amp Assurance Annual C Annual C Annual C Operation Annual C Other Annual C ASN Gateway 15 000 10 000 25 000 5 000 5 0 6 Cost of Service Sales General amp Administrative Maintenance amp Spare Technical Support Quality amp Assurance Annual Annual Annual Operation Annual Other Annual C Item c 15 000 10 000 10 000 E 5 000 5 0 x ASN Gateway amp CSN COS Breakdow Ba 2 5M Use B AS 2M n cs 2 Wire 1 5 Wire 3 Spe i Volt 4 Te 4 N e i Y Y2 Y4 Y6 Y7 Save Save As 2 GED BS in use BS Threshold aita r4 y 110 BS Unlim Setup Report Help Powered by WiTech Figure 79 ASN Gateway amp CSN Having selected the Cost of Service radio button and the ASN Gateway amp CSN OPEX item
105. enetration Rate Chum Rate LOK Users Forecast BK Individuals Chart B Households 1 Local Units 6K 2K Y1 Y2 Y4 vs Y6 Y7 Y8 Save BS in use BS Threshold gt CORR Setup 9 Report 7 ee 415 Figure 42 Market Forecast Users Forecast Net Adds Users TEA WiMAX User Guide 62 Powered by WiTech TEA wi WiMAX Analysis Analysis Service Profile Revenues Net Users Per Service Profile Individuals Total Area 45 5K Total na i Apply All Areas 40K _ Penetration Rate 35 5K Churn Rate Users Forecast 30K 25 5K B Personal Chart _ Residential t Business Net Users per Service Profile 7 20K Market Segment 15 5K Individuals aa 10K 5K T Y2 7 save BS use BS Threshold CERO Setup Report 7 Car a Powered by WiTech 29 755 12 126 Figure 43 Market Forecast Users Forecast Net Users Per Service Profile Table Provides a complete view of ndividuals Households and Local Units users distribution per service profile per each year of the analysis period 5 4 Revenues Having selected Total in the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 44 will enable you to configure the following parameter e Other Revenues This row of input data boxes denotes other possible incomes TEA WiMAX User Guide 63
106. entage of required Base Stations that need to be linked through a wireless connection to the backhaul network in the selected scenario e Multi Hop Factor This input data box denotes the factor that takes into account the possibility that a Base Station needs to relay signal through one or more intermediary Base Stations to reach another Base Station e Number of Radio Link This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of radio links needed to deploy the network in the selected scenario These parameters are calculated by the tool TEA WiMAX User Guide 92 Powered by WiTech 9 Dren WIMAX e Radio Link Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the percentage of radio links implemented with SDH PDH Native Ethernet or Other typology in the considered scenario per each geographical area covered by the analysis e Check This output data box helps to properly set radio link distribution per each scenario covered by the analysis the sum of distributions must be equal to 100 If the sum of radio link distribution is different from 100 the check box will become red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct This parameter is calculated by the tool TEA WiMAX Laramie CAMS n of Market Analysis 4 E amp F Analysis b 4 S amp S Analysis b g 4 Roll out Technology 3 4 Equipment 3 4 Performance
107. equency Division Duplexing and TDD Time Division Duplexing This parameter is automatically set by the tool for the WiMAX Forum s certification profiles for the Custom certification profile it is possible to manually set it Table 5 summarizes WiMAX Forum s system and certification profile characteristics Table 5 WiMAX Forum s System and Certification Profiles Frequency Channel System Profile Certification Profile Duplexing Band Bandwidth 3 5 GHz 3 5 MHz TDD 3 5 GHz 3 5 MHz TDD 3 5 GHz 3 5 MHz FDD 3 5 GHz 3 5 MHz FDD Fixed WiMAX 3 5 GHz 7 M Hz TDD 3 5 GHz 7 MHz TDD 3 5 GHz 7 MHz FDD 3 5 GHz 7 MHz FDD 5 8 GHz 10 MHz TDD 5 8 GHz 10 MHz TDD 1A 2 3 GHz 8 75 MHz TDD 1B 5 MHz 2 9 GHz 5 MHz TDD 1B 10 MHz 2 3 GHz 10 MHz TDD Mobile WiMAX 3A 5 MHz 2 5 GHz 5 MHz TDD 3A 10 MHz 2 5 GHz 10 MHz TDD 5AL 3 5 GHz 5 MHz TDD 5 BL 3 5 GHz 7 MHz TDD 5 CL 3 5 GHz 10 MHz TDD If the Mobile WiMAX system profile is selected from the corresponding scroll down menu list Figure 46 the following parameters are available e Symbols per frame This output data box provides the total number of OFDM symbols per frame excluding gap times of TTG and RTG This parameter depends on the channel bandwidth supported by the selected system profile This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool Total Symbols Down Link Up Link Down Link the input data box denotes the number of OFDM symbols in Down Link It is possible to manu
108. er of Base Stations 1 PBH Peak Busy Hour is the sliding 60 minute period during which occurs the maximum total traffic load in a given 24 hour period The busy hour is determined by fitting a horizontal line segment equivalent to one hour under the traffic load curve about the peak load point If the service time interval is less than 60 minutes the busy hour is the 60 minute interval that contains the service timer interval In cases where more than one busy hour occurs in a 24 hour period i e when saturation occurs the busy hour or hours most applicable to the particular situation are used TEA WiMAX User Guide 83 Powered by WiTech TEA Cw XE WIMAX 6 5 1 Access Network ow 9 gt m B Market analysis TWEE tar Analysis S amp S Analysis f gt Technology Equipment Performance Capacity Demand ning Roll out Factor BS Overlapping 10 00 Number of BS MaxCityl MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity S Scenario Coverage Requirement 0 0 0 41 0 a4 I Capacity Requirement 0 0 0 30 0 Required 0 0 0 41 0 Access Network Number of Logical Sectors 0 0 0 123 0 Backhaul Network Manual set Number of Required BS L Number of Logical Sectors n Print N ill Il iL Save gt f Save Cm i Threshol t s ss use BS reshe Setup Report Help Exit y L J Powered by WiTech
109. ersonnel gt Market Analysis gt Equipment gt CAPEX gt Technical Analysis gt Performance gt Depreciation gt E amp F Analysis gt Capacity Demand gt OPEX gt Network Dimensioning TCO Roll Out Statements Figure 1 TEA WiMAX Main Modules A summary of the main functions of each module and sub module is provided in Table 1 Module Sub module Market Analysis Territorial Analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide Table 1 Summary of the functions Function The Market Analysis aims at properly evaluating the potential market for WiMAX services and at making reliable revenue forecasts for the WiMAX services to be offered This analysis is performed taking into account various elements including territorial socio demographic and business parameters and identifying target segment defining service profiles choosing types of User Terminals and finally forecasting Revenues The geographical area of interest is characterized considering 16 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX Service Profile Market Forecast Revenues Technical Analysis Technology TEA WiMAX User Guide D gt key territorial parameters such as the total extension of each area and the percentage of Dense Urban Urban Suburban and Rural types of areas As for main demographic data these are the number of inhabitants households and micro small medium large local units located in the considered area and the related percentag
110. es and assumptions for a fine tuned setting of the tool and to enable a full set of powerful scenario and sensitivity analyses in real time At the end of the analyses a comprehensive final report is automatically compiled and published in editable and PDF formats The report contains a complete summary with tables diagrams and charts of input parameters and assumptions the results of the market analysis the outcome of the technical modeling and the economic and financial statements for up to ten years TEA WiMAX User Guide 14 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 wi SED WIMAX TEA WiMAX is conformant to the IEEE 802 16e d standard and the WiMAX Forum s Fixed Mobile technical profiles Additional custom profiles can be added independently by the user In addition to the Candidate Bands for WiMAX the TEAIWIMAX supports all Custom Bands in the 450 MHz to 60 GHz range TEA WiMAX User Guide 15 Powered by WiTech TEA WIMAX 2 Modules As shown in Errore D gt and Sub modules of the Tool L origine riferimento non stata trovata TEA WiMAX is made up of four main modules according to the main analyses that the tool can perform and each module is constituted by different sub modules Market Analysis gt Territorial Analysis gt Service Profile gt Market Forecast gt Revenues WIMAX Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis gt Technology gt P
111. es the access network dimensioning for each geographical area covered by the analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 91 Powered by WiTech CD WIMAX 6 5 2 Backhaul Network 9 CLD een o Market Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Technology C Equipment 3 d Performance f Capacity Demand Roll out b Factor 96 Factor 96 BS With Wireless Backhaul 40 00 Multihop 0 00 MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCityS Number of Radio Links 0 0 0 17 0 Scenario Distribution 96 SDH 2 00 6 PDH 8 00 Native Ethernet 90 00 G Other 0 00 _ Access Network Check 9 Backhaul Network 7100 00 Radio Link Total Manual set Number of Radio Links 20 SDH 1 PDH 15 Native Ethernet Other 10 5 Prin E E E MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCit y4 MaxCityS Save Save As 5 0 BSinuse BS Threshold s 2 e Tr ss imn Setup Report Help C mus F Powered by WiTech pot Urban PDH Native Ethernet Other Number of Radio Link Figure 62 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network For each selected area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural enabling the Backhaul Network radio button Figure 62 allows configuring BS With Wireless Backhaul This input data box denotes for each geographical area covered by the analysis the perc
112. ets W Total Loss 3 Short Term Liabilities 8 Long Term Liabilities Equity Having enabled the Balance Sheet radio button Figure 88 allows managing the initiative s Balance Sheet statement which is a summary of the initiative balances assets liabilities and TEA WiMAX User Guide Powered by WiTech 123 9 wi Techy WiMAX JED ownership equity are listed as of a specific date such as the end of its financial year The following parameters are required to be entered e Accounts Receivable This input data box denotes the amounts of money billed to customers and owed to company on the balance sheet s date e Accounts Payable This input data box denotes the amounts of money that company owes to suppliers but has not been paid yet on the balance sheet s date e VAT Receivable From Government Days This input data box denotes the days to carry forward the VAT excess credit from the Government e VAT Payable To Government Days This input data box denotes the days to charge the VAT payment to the Government e Year playing on this play button the balance sheet chart will update per each year of the analysis period Chart Shows the balance sheet statement per each year of the analysis period Table Provides details of balance sheet statements TEA WiMAX User Guide 124 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED 8 Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis To start performing the Scenario amp Sensitivity
113. f Capacity Demand Y Factor 96 Factor 96 BS With Wireless Backhaul 40 00 Multihop 0 00 z Scenario Radio Link Distribution Urban SDH 2 00 PDH 8 00 2 Native Ethernet 90 00 z Other 0 00 5 _ Access Network Check 96 9 Backhaul Network 100 00 Radio Link Total 10 5 N Print T E 4 1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 4 5 Save Save BSinuse BS Threshold 110 5 Ore Setup Report gt Powered by WiTech PC 2 L Urban PDH Native Ethernet Other Number of Radio Link Figure 63 Network Dimensioning conditioned Backhaul network Please note that if in the Access Network dimensioning you had checked the Manual Set Number of Required BS and selected Total from the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 59 then the Backhaul Network radio button will enable you to configure the following parameters when selecting one of the specific scenarios Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural Figure 63 in the Scenario scroll down menu list e BS With Wireless Backhaul This input data box denotes for each geographical area covered by the analysis the percentage of required Base Stations that need to be linked through a wireless connection to the backhaul network in the selected scenario TEA WiMAX User Guide 93 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX vi LED e Multi
114. from the scroll down menu list Figure 79 it is possible defining the corresponding annual costs in terms of e Maintenance amp spare This input data box denotes the annual costs for ASN Gateway CSN maintenance and spare parts e Technical Support This input data box denotes the annual costs for ASN Gateway CSN technical support Quality amp Assurance This input data box denotes the annual costs for ASN Gateway CSN quality and assurance e Operation This input data box denotes the annual costs for ASN Gateway CSN operation e Other This input data box denotes the other annual operational costs for ASN Gateway CSN TEA WiMAX User Guide 113 Powered by WiTech TEA Backhauling f RN 9 222 Ce Market Analysis b Technical Analysis b Analysis S amp S Analysis Personnel f Depreciation gt m f Statements Wireless Backhaul Maintenance amp Sp Technical Support Qual amp Assuran ce Ar Annual Annual Operatio A Oth An SDH 300 200 gt 250 250 0 300 200 250 250 0 Native Ethernet 300 200 250 250 0 Cost of Service Other 300 200 250 250 0 Sales General amp Administrative OPEX Item Cost Per Mbps Y1 Annual Variatio Backhauling Wired 1 500 15 00 Ba 3 us mW ES ra 6 m dz 1 Pri p E mes TM ia f Save f Save
115. half of the transmit power per carrier in the single carrier configuration TEA WiMAX User Guide 133 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX 8 2 4 Multiple Antenna Systems TEA 9 Teel cel anal pols DBF TIPO SER gAFanayah 2 Herbet Analysis D Witt 1 Antenne Sprene Pee AMENE eee Profis Radi kwik pac Ev Chi j Base Staten Easigere nit Hapse Sysberis Dinernpr vg D i m Rol p iwi eut Han CAPEL Ex nunge Git ERE ar s PAR 3 LESM toe oc Siew dd 1 1 Lins L eun a L ZI Ex h meet 1 F T A ka Powered iTe Figure 96 Technical Analysis Multiple Antenna Systems Having enabled the Multiple Antenna System radio button Figure 96 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters e Dense Urban This column of input data boxes allows including multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis for the Dense Urban scenario e Urban This column of input data boxes allows including multiple antenna system effect in the performance analysis for the Urban scenario
116. he related check Rural This column of input data boxes allows choosing the Base Station type to be adopted in the Rural scenario Only one Base Station type is selectable to do it select the related check TEA WiMAX User Guide 132 Powered by WiTech TEA wi LED 8 2 3 Base Station Equipment a r m L Bae Staten Chica ae A D 8 irm Hr hec Bre Decree 3 amp pi pa 1 4 1 1 4 1 Lll m D gt Market Analysis Technical J E amp FAnahsis 7 fmi eI dnote eee eee Analysis Gv li Figure 95 Technical Analysis Base Station Equipment Having enabled the Base Station Equipment radio button Figure 95 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters e Multi carrier configuration This column of input check boxes allows defining if double carrier configuration is supported This technique is used to enhance the capacity per each sector by using two different carriers per each sector e Transmit Power dBm This column of input data box denotes the power at each antenna connector The transmit power per carrier in the double carrier configuration is
117. he target extension of the geographical area to be analyzed the target Population the target number of Local Units etc or purchase an upgrade of your software license that will raise the limit Software Update A box in the lower part of the Environment Setup page Figure 28 shows if the installed software is the latest available version In case a new version is available make sure your PC is connected to Internet click on the Update button and an automatic update procedure will start The most common causes for a unsuccessful Software Update could be o The internet connection is not active o There are special or particularly stringent security settings including firewalls and antivirus preventing the software to access the network in this case seek the support of your IT department to change temporarily the security settings until the procedure completes successfully 4 5 2 Project Setup To start performing your analyses with the TEA WIMAX tool you need first to enable the Project Setup radio button and then enable either the Create New Project or Load Existing Project radio buttons to create a new project or open an existing project respectively Create New Project Enabling the Create New Project radio button Figure 31 allows to define the name of the new project and configure the following parameters to set the environment for your analyses e Currency To select the currency to be adopted during the analyses
118. her positive increase or negative decrease e Benefit As Salary Percentage This column of input data boxes denotes the annual benefit evaluated as percentage of annual remuneration for each role Chart Shows the breakdown of Salaries and Benefits per each year of the analysis period Table Provides the breakdown of Salaries and Benefits per each year of the analysis period TEA WiMAX User Guide 102 Powered by WiTech Q T 7 2 CAPEX After having clicked on the CAPEX button in the upper part of the page enabling the Base Station User Terminal ASN Gateway amp CSN or Other radio button on the left side allows to define its corresponding CAPEX costs 7 2 1 Base Station 9 Market Analysis Technical Analysis sas Analysis pS nes Me Personne GNSS Depreciation C opex 2 TCO DE Statements Logical sector Annual Networking Site Acquisition Y1 C Variation Elements C Services Cost Other MIMO BS 1 000 8 000 10 00 2 500 5 Site equipping 5 000 E 0 Base Station J User Terminal E 5 Z ASN Gateway amp CSN DIV BS 1 00 x 8 000 gt 10 00 5 2 500 ite equipping 000 0 Backhauling Other X f Save As BS in use 8S Threshold 110 AS Unlim C Setup Report f Help C Exit 7 f Save 77 Powered by WiTech Figure 71 CAPEX Base Station Having enabled the Base Station
119. hnical TEA WiMAX User Guide 3 Powered by WiTech Analysis Clarification about calculation of Total Cost of Ownership TCO in the Economic amp Financial Analysis Introduction of Shareholder Value in the Economic amp Financial Analysis Introduction of limit setting in the Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis Detailed description of the final Report Detailed description on how to export tables into excel from the final Heport Introduction of publishing of the Report in PDF EN 21 November 2008 Release for TEA WiMAX 2 2 0 TEA WiMAX User Guide 4 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX This page is intentionally left blank TEA WiMAX User Guide 5 Powered by WiTech TEA WiMAX Index Index 6 EET IT T T I TU TTE A 9 ERE 12 1 POM so 13 2 Main Modules and Sub modules of the 16 3 metaling INe DOR OT seen sacar tb Xen i ud MN EIC 20 SEE fe oe ee eee ie ae eee 20 ee m 20 ricus MER TT 25 3 4 For Windows Vista Users Only Disabling UAC 31 3 5 For Windows 7 Users Only Disabling 33 4 misa gemis mee eere mcer UT EN IP 34 ar sce MM IER M M ees MEME
120. hows the breakdown of Head Count per each year of the analysis period Table Provides the breakdown of Head Count per each year of the analysis period TEA WiMAX User Guide 101 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX 7 1 2 Salaries and Benefits TEA Market Analysis 3 Technical Analysis b ERE Analysis Analysis 4 585 Analysis Ine capex Depreciation opex Statements gt Benefits Salary Y1 Annual Variation As Salary Percentage President 80 000 3 00 5 00 60 000 x 3 00 5 00 50 000 3 00 5 00 y Haad Count coo 40 000 3 00 gt 5 00 9 Salaries amp Benefits 40 000 3 00 5 00 Vice President 40 000 3 00 5 00 Group Executive Staff 7 Print oe X _ BEZELE gt 0 Y 3 Y 7 f Save f Save S Threshold t BS inuse B resho EIE f Setup f Report f Hep exit As Powered by WiTech Figure 70 Personnel Salaries and Benefits Having enabled the Salaries amp Benefits radio button Figure 70 the Group scroll down menu list allows selecting the head count group to configure their corresponding costs e Salary Y1 Annual Variation These columns of input data boxes denote the annual remuneration at first year of the analysis period and the annual variation as percentage on it for each role The annual variation can be eit
121. ible to define its key characteristics in terms of Antenna Gain dBi This input data box denotes the gain of the Base Station antenna Other dB This input data box denotes other gains at Base Station side Gain dB This output data box provides the total gain at Base Station side This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool Connection Losses dB This input data box denotes the losses introduced by the components between the output of the transmitter and the input of the antenna at Base Station side Other dB This input data box denotes any other loss at Base Station side Losses dB This output data box provides the total losses at Base Station side This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool Transmit Power dBm This input data box denotes the power at each antenna connector TEA WiMAX User Guide 72 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED e EIRP dBm This output data box provides the value of the Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power EIRP defined as the power of the transmitter plus antenna gain minus transmission losses Base Station side This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool Number of Sectors This input data box denotes the number of logic sectors with which the Base Station is equipped Multiple Antenna Systems This section allows defining the multiple antenna technology supported by the Base Station Two options are available checking the
122. ice profile Each fee is charachterized by the cost at first year of the analysis period and the annual variation as percentage on it The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease Distribution Rates TEA 9 Technical Analysis b E amp F Analysis D E S amp S Analysis 5 Territorial Anatysis Market Forecast Revenues Out SU ind SU Ind SU wa USB Dongle on 5 1 ribution Jistr ibut 56 Individuals 100 00 100 00 0 00 x 0 00 20 00 80 00 100 00 Households 0 00 9 100 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Local Units Micro 0 00 3 100 00 0 00 2 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 5 0 00 0 00 0 00 G 0 00 0 00 Characterization Distribution Rates Mediu f Save f Save As Figure 36 Service Profile Distribution Rates After having selected a service profile in the scroll down menu list enabling the Distribution Rate radio button Figure 36 allows configuring the assigned distribution rates of that profile on each TEA WiMAX User Guide 54 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED market segment defined as Individuals Households Local Units Micro Local Units Small Local Units Medium Local Units Large e Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the percentage of ndividuals Households Micro Local Units Small Local Units Medium Local Units and Large Local Units associated t
123. ile by first clicking on File in the menu bar in the upper left corner of the page and then clicking on Page Setup If you have installed the recommended PDFCreator publisher use the following configuration settings for Margins amp Header Footer Figure 108 to produce an optimal PDF page layout Page Setup Format amp Options Margins amp Header Footer Margins millimeters Bottom 127 Headers amp Footers Left Center Right blank v Page of Figure 108 Page Setup TEA WiMAX User Guide 145 Powered by WiTech WiMAX Then again from the File menu click on Print selecting PDFCreator as the printer in the popup menu Figure 109 Print When the creation of the PDF file has terminated save it in the destination folder of your choice specifying a different PDF file name for each section of the report You can also save the web pages with the report one page for each main section on your PC as html files The html files can be opened with Microsoft Word or similar to perform a final editing and or reformatting of the content to produce your own personalized set of reports and presentations All tables generated by the tool can be imported into MS Excel for further editing following the steps below 1 Generate the Report section where the table you are interested in is 2 Save the Report
124. is Technology 3 Equipment capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out 3 Path Loss Model Path Loss Exponent Reference Distance m Log normal Shadowing E 4 50 100 00 Scenario Urban Radius Urban j Maximum Path Loss Link Budget 6 Path Loss Model Down Link OPSK 1 2 x6 _ Coverage amp Capacity Up Link SK 1 2 x4 PSK 1 2 x2 QPSK 2 a PSK 3 4 EE Multiple Antenna Systems IAM 1 2 9 gt gt With 16QAM 3 4 Pe _ Without 64QAM 1 2 640 2 3 SSS 64QA M Print 2 0 00 0 20 0 40 60 0 80 1 00 1 20 1 40 1 60 K m Save C Save BS inuse BS Threshold 7 10 86 Unlim Setup Report Help _ 4 Exit m Em d J Powered by WiTech ut Radius Km Dense Urban Urban Suburban Ruri Modulation QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 Figure 53 Performance Path Loss Model For each selected geographical area scenario Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural from the scroll down menu list on the left side enabling the Path Loss Model radio button Figure 53 allows configuring the following parameters e Path Loss Model The scroll down menu list allows selecting the path loss model to be adopted to model the environment choosing among Log normal Shadowing Log distance Free Space Cost 23
125. is case in addition to your email address you will need to enter the User Registration Number and the Lock Code manually and then click the Generate License Key button After having obtained your unique Software License Key enter it in the corresponding input data box in the Environment Setup page of the tool and click the Activate button After a few seconds the TEAIWIMAX software should be activated and the message Active Figure 30 should appear in the Status output data box TEA WiMAX User Guide 42 Powered by WiTech TEA Wi WiMAX JED If you reinstall the TEA WiMAX software on your PC after having unistalled it you have only to enter the User Registration Number and the Software License Key into the Environment Setup page and then click the Activate button without the need of following all the steps of the previous procedure TEA 9 EY User Registration Number Lock Code CCBBB742 Generate Lock Code 170 3ADB 8781 6GBF 1B16 4 7 6706 Software License key Status Environment Setup _ Project Setup BS in use BS Threshold 0 5 Untim Figure 30 Environment Setup after registration After having installed the TEA WiMAX software and registered its software license for the first time successive reinstallations of the software using the same Software License Key are only possible on the same system that generated the original Lock Code License Limited Maximum Number of Base Stations
126. lation and the number of Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units located in the considered area Total Number of Local Units is an output data box and the parameter is calculated by the tool Dense Urban Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of Population Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units located in Dense Urban scenario e Urban Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of Population Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units located in Urban scenario e Suburban Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of Population Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units located in Suburban scenario e Rural Distribution 95 This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of Population Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units located in scenario e Check 9e This column of output data boxes helps to properly set scenario distributions the sum of scenario distribution percentages in the same row must be made equal to 100 If the sum of scenario distribution is different from 10096 the check box will turn red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct These parameters are calculated by the tool e Target Percentage This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of Population Households Micro Small Medi
127. le WiMAX which operates in the 3 5 GHz with a channel bandwidth of 10 MHz and supports the TDD as duplexing format The supported Data Rates and related Sensitivity are summarized below Table 24 Data Rate Figure 104 Report Technical Analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 143 Powered by WiTech File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help TEAO WiMAX Introduction Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis Glossary Acronyms 4 E amp F Analysis 4 1 Personnel The personnel structure has been defined considering all typical roles in a WiMAX company as summarized below The Head Count projections are as follows Table 50 Head Count Executive Staff President CEO CFO coo CTO Vice Presidents Technical Ops Operations Manager Voice Engineer IP Engineer IT Engineer RF Engineers Site Techs Sales General Market Manager N Direct Sales Manager Indirect Sales Manager Indirect Dealer Manager Direct Sales Reps Sales Support Marketing gt a a a 3 gt E 3 N gt gt gt E C b d 1 Figure 105 Report E amp F Analysis File Edit View Hist
128. lst the Market Segment menu list allows selecting the market segment to be analyzed For each combination of geographical area market segment it is possible to play with the following parameter e Penetration Rate These columns of input data boxes denote the percentage of forecasted users on the specific market segment per each year of the analysis period 8 2 Technical Analysis After having clicked on the Technical Analysis button in the upper part of the page enabling the Profile Base Station Choice Multiple Antenna Systems or Network Dimensioning radio button on the left side allows to perform the corresponding specific Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis 8 2 1 Profile Hall TP Th m Merket Aralrsis YE Techwlest Ansiysis Anh C SS 7 Pes Eme 1 da venis Prues y Baad Chase Maz Dass nig WAKE Vat 00 TOL 2l II Galan fil i 53 gi WM 1 is a SEAT all 1 1 a li i ama Figure 93 Technical Analysis Profile Having enabled the Profile radio button Figure 93 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters TEA WiMAX User Guide 130 Powered by WiTech
129. mily Safety settings Figure 20 click on Add or remove user accounts 2m Search Aaintenance 1 Vindows Safety nputer Set up Parental Controls Add or remove user qs 5 A Appearance and uter s security status gt SN Personalization Change desktop background Internet Customize colors anrl tacke aye Figure 20 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 2 3 Under your user account click on the Go to the main User Account page link 4 Under Make changes to your user account Figure 21 click on the Change security settings link Make changes to your user account Change your password Remove your password Change your picture Change your name Change your account type Manage another account Change security setings Figure 21 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 4 TEA WiMAX User Guide 31 Powered by WiTech 9 Dren WIMAX 5 Inthe Turn on User Account Control UAC to make your computer more secure click to unselect the Use User Account Control UAC to help protect your computer Figure 22 and then click on the OK button 8 UserAccounts Change Security Settings M m Search 2 Turn on User Account Control to make your computer more secure We recommend that you leave User Account Control UAC on because it helps prevent unauthorized changes to your computer When UAC is on and you are using an admi
130. n on the left side allows to manage the corresponding statement for the WiMAX initiative under analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 120 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX 7 6 1 Profit amp Loss TEA X Market Analysis j Technical Analysis Analysis C 5 amp 5 Analysis J Personne caPEX Depreciation OPEX amp Sa Expense 599 Inecene 99 5 Interest Rate 7 00 1 00 Tax Rabe 10 00 i Profit amp Lass 15 0 Cash Flow ES D Balance Sheet TT L es EBITDA T DAA i ERIT ELE Income n an H4 m ini x En 1 1 EREEEES 3 Fi Y2 5 Y7 f save Save As Y e f Setup gt Report Ext Powered by VerTech Figure 86 Profit amp Loss Having enabled the Profit amp Loss radio button Figure 86 allows managing the initiative s Profit and Loss statement that indicates how revenue is transformed into net income The purpose of the income statement is to show whether the WiMAX initiative made or lost money during the analysis period The following parameters are required to be entered e Interest Rate Expense This input data box denotes the interest that a company pays to bondholders banks or private lenders e Interest Rate Income This input data box denotes the interest that a comp
131. ng the following parameters for that combination e Penetration Rate This row of input data boxes denotes the target percentage of forecasted users irrespective of churn which effect will be determined setting the specific parameter see section 5 3 2 on the target market segment per each year of the analysis period e Acquired Users This row of output data boxes provides the number of forecasted users on the target market segment irrespective of churn which effect will be determined setting the specific parameter see section 5 3 2 per each year of the analysis period These parameters are automatically calculated by the tool TEA WiMAX User Guide 56 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX Manual Set Number of Acquired Users TEAO D gt Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis SEQ S amp S Analysis Territorial Analysis Service Profile 099 Revenues Area MaxCityl EA Apply To All Areas Acquired Users Suggested Values Y1 Y2 Y3 YS Y 7 Y8 77 155 1 087 3 885 6 216 7 770 9 324 10 101 Penetration Rate Acquired Users Churn Rate Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y Y8 Users Forecast 77 155 1 087 5 3 885 S 6 216 7 770 9 324 10 101 Market Segment Individuals E aid Manual set Number of Acquired Users L Print Save f Save As BS in use BS Threshold 110 BS Untim Setup 7 Report 7 7 Powered by WiTech Ere
132. nistrator account Windows will ask you for permission when you try to do something that requires administrative rights such as installing software or changing settings that affect other users When UAC is on and you re using a standard account Windows will ask for an administrator password to make these types of changes User Account Control UAC to help protect your computer Figure 22 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 5 6 You will be then prompted to reboot your computer Figure 23 Do so when ready ole 2 G Y 8 User Accounts Change Security Settings Search B Turn on User Account Control UAC to make your computer more secure We recommend that you leave User Account Control UAC on because it helps prevent unauthorized changes to your computer When UAC is on and you are using an administrator account Windows will ask you for permission when you try to do something that requires administrative rights such as installing software or changing settings that affect other users When UAC is on and you re using a standard account Windows will ask for an administrator password to make these types of changes Microsoft Windows x Use User Accou You must restart your computer to apply these changes Before restarting save any open files and close all programs Restat N Cancel Figure 23 Disabling UAC on Windows Vista Step 6 7 Once
133. nna Systems Enabling the Multiple Antenna Systems radio button Figure 51 allows configuring the following parameters AAS gain dB These rows of two input data boxes denote the gain in Down Link ad Up Link due to Adaptive Antenna System AAS technique e MRC Gain dB These input data boxes denote the Down Link and Up Link gain due to Maximum Ratio Combining technique This parameter depend on number of receiver antennas e Matrix A MIMO Gain dB These input data boxes denote the Down Link and Up Link gain due to MIMO matrix A technique This parameter depend on number of transmitter and receiver antennas e Matrix B MIMO Gain These input data boxes denote the Down Link and Up Link gain due to MIMO matrix B technique This parameter depend on number of transmitter antennas 6 3 Performance After having clicked on the Performance button in the upper part of the page the Scenario scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting the type of geographical area scenario Dense TEA WiMAX User Guide 76 Powered by WiTech 9 Urban Urban Suburban Rural to be characterized Enabling the corresponding radio buttons it is possible to configure the characteristics of the Maximum Path Loss Path Loss Model and Coverage amp Capacity for each scenario 6 3 1 Maximum Path Loss ID C Market Analysis GRA ree eu C E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis b
134. nstallation Step 6 15 Setup PDFCreator Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Custom installation 20MB I POF Creator Toolbar for Intemet Explorer and Firefox COM samples E Help files v English help file French help file German help file Lanauanes Curent selection requires at least 46 7 of disk space Figure 15 PDFCreator installation Step 7 TEA WiMAX User Guide 28 Powered by WiTech TEAO wi D gt WIMAX The PDFCreator Toolbar is not necessary for TEAIWIMAX so you do not need to select it from the list of components to be installed Setup PDFCreator SE Select Start Henu Folder PDF Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue click Nest IF vau would like to select a different folder click Browse Browse Don t create a Start Menu folder q Figure 16 PDFCreator installation Step 8 15 Setup PDFCreator Select Additional T asks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing POF Creator then click Additional icons Create a desktop icon gt For
135. o each Service Profile Check 9e This column of output data boxes second from the left helps to properly set service profile distribution the sum of service profile distribution percentages related to each market segment must be made equal to 100 If the sum of service profile distribution is different from 10096 the check box will turn become red alerting the user that the entered configuration is not correct These parameters are calculated by the tool e User Terminals Distributions 9e This row of input data boxes denotes the User Terminal distribution related to the selected service profile per each market segment Check 9e This column of output data boxes last on the right helps to properly set User Terminal distribution the sum of User Terminal distributions related to a market segment on the same row must be equal to 10096 per each service profile If the sum of User Terminal distribution is different from 10096 the check box will turn red alerting the user that the entered configuration is incorrect These parameters are calculated by the tool Chart Service Profile Distribution Shows the distribution of Service Profiles on each market segment Chart User Terminal Distribution Shows the distribution of User Terminals on each market segment 5 3 Market Forecast After having clicked on the Market Forecast button on the upper part of the page selecting a geographical Area and then a Market Segment in
136. of Users per Sector Offered Capacity Down Link Mbps sq Km Up Link Mbps sq Km Figure 61 Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual Set Total Checking the Manual Set Number of Logical Sectors option and selecting Total in the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 61 allows manually setting the required total number of TEA WiMAX User Guide 90 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX LED Logical Sectors Please note that this will overwrite any setting previously done for each specific scenarios Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural e Number of Logical Sectors Suggested Values This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of Logical Sectors calculated automatically by the tool These results can be used as a guideline to manually set Logical Sectors Number of Logical Sectors This row of input data boxes allows to manually set for each geographical area covered by the analysis the total number of Logical Sectors This row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened Chart Shows number of Base Stations and Logical Sectors needed to deploy the network for each geographical area covered by the analysis Also number of Users per sector and Offered Capacity per sq Kilometer mile are given as results These results refer to all scenarios characterizing an area Table Provid
137. ogy Equipment b 4 Performance X Capacity Demand Roll out BS per ASN 77200 Number of BS MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity5 Scenario Coverage Requirement 19 14 20 41 13 Total Capacity Requirement 14 15 14 30 15 Required 7 19 15 JAC 20 4 15 9 Access Network Number of Logical Sectors 57 45 60 15123 45 J Backhaul Network Access Network Total 140 Manual set 120 Number of Required BS 100 L Number of Logical Sectors 80 Base Stati Logical S 60 40 Print 20 m i T i MaxcCity 1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity5 Save Save As 7 BS in use BS Threshold gt T ot T aS UTI Setup Report Help C exit 2 Powered by WiTech E er Ss 1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 4 Total Number of Base Stations Required Number of Logical Sectors Number of Users per Sector Offered Capacity Down Link Mbps sq Km Up Link Mbps sq Figure 59 Network Dimensioning Access Network Manual Set Total Checking the Manual Set Number of Required BS option and selecting Total in the Scenario scroll down menu list Figure 59 allows manually setting the required total number of Base Stations Please note that this will overwrite any setting previously done for each specific scenarios Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural e Number of BS Coverage Requirement This row of output data boxes provi
138. on Fee Y1 These columns of input data boxes denote the one time fees to activate the service per each type of User Terminal Each fee is characterized by the cost at first year of the analysis period e Monthly Lease Fee Y1 These columns of input data boxes denote the monthly fees to lease each type of User Terminal Each fee is charachterized by the cost at first year of the analysis period TEA WiMAX User Guide 127 Powered by WiTech wi Limits Enables to set the lower and upper limits of the range that will be explored automatically by means of the play button per each parameter aforementioned Be careful to set the Upper Limit first and then set the Lower Limit to avoid the Lower Limit being overwritten to zero Until the limits are not set the various input data boxes will have a red background 8 1 3 Distribution Rates Market Analysis Technical Analysis ear analysis verme Markel Analysis f Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis 4 Distribubon 1 we 4 Service Profile 298 f MEME al ll 1 Out SU 0 00 _______ Users Target Percentage B 2 EE E Pricing Policies 8 9 Oistribution Rates Ind SU wa 20 00 Penetration Rate US8 Dongle e 80 00 s 100 00 Ini Service Profile eve a i21 i a
139. ool pages To generate the report click on the Report button This will open a configuration page where you can select which sections of the report you want to compile then click on the Load Report button to publish it Figure 101 Wi TEA ED Select which sections you wish to put into the report Market Analysis Territorial Analysis Service Profile Market Forecast Revenues Technical Analysis Technology Equipment Capacity Demand v Network Dimensioning Roll Out Economic and Financial Analysis Personnel CAPEX Depreciation v TCO Statements Glossary Acronyms C Load Report N BS in use BS Threshold Setup C Back Help 3 C Exit D Powered by WiTech Figure 101 Report configuration page TEA WiMAX User Guide 141 Powered by WiTech TEAO wi JED WIMAX The report will contain all relevant input output data that would have been entered configured by you and or calculated by the tool until that moment The data will be arranged in a convenient mix of text tables and charts The report will be published in the form of web pages a page for each one of the main sections selected Figure 102 Figure 103 Figure 104 Figure 105 Figure 106 and Figure 107 To move from a page to another one select it from the page list on the top of the page File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help TEA 9 WiMAX Introduc
140. ory Bookmarks Tools Help WiMAX Introduction Market Analysis Technical is E amp F Analysis Glossary Acronyms Glossary Market Analysis Territorial Analysis Area sq Km Extension of the Total Dense Urban Urban Suburban Rural areas to be analyzed measured in square kilometers The Area could be a region a country or town rather than a village Its size should typically depend on the desired degree of precision of the results and on the accuracy of input data you have available to characterize the area Market Segment Population Inhabitants that live in the analyzed area These are considered as Individuals in the Market Analysis and are the target of Personal Broadband Services Households Nuclear families that live in the analyzed area Local Units Headquarters or branches of enterprises and or public and private institutions located in a geographically identified place in the analyzed area Local Units are classified as Micro Small Medium and Large depending on their number of employees Number Size of the Population and the number of Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units located in the considered area Scenario Dense Urban The inner area of larger cities with the highest population density a lot of multiple tenant offices and residential buildings with great height Urban The inner area of cities with high population density and many multiple tenant offices and residential
141. otal Target Area sq Km mi This output data box provides the total area to be served This parameter is calculated by the tool e Target distribution 95 This column of output data boxes provides the weight in percentage terms of each scenario on the total area to be served These parameters are calculated by the tool Chart Shows total extension of the Dense Urban Urban Suburban and Rural areas and the related target to be covered at the end of the analysis period TEA WiMAX User Guide 49 Powered by WiTech 9 wi ren WIMAX Table Provides global results for total area analyzed total area extension total extension of Dense Urban Urban Suburban and Rural scenarios and the weight in percentage terms of each scenario on the total area to be covered 5 1 2 Demography w E Technica E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis CARAT service Profile Market Forecast Revenues 1 D Urb Urb rba R T T Number Distribution Distribution Distribution Distribution 6 Check 56 Percentage 9s Number Population 222 000 0 00 0 00 100 00 0 00 100 00 70 00 z 155 400 Households 53 070 0 00 x 0 00 100 00 0 00 100 00 70 00 37 149 Area MaxCityl m Local Units 8 808 6 166 Apply To All Areas Micro 8 808 2 0 00 G 0 00 100 00 5 0 00 G 100 00 70 00 6 6 166 Small 0 0 00 0 00 4 0 00 G 0 00 0 00 G 0 Medium 0 0 00 gt 0 00 5 0 00 0 00 gt 0 00 0
142. own menu list allows selecting a certification profile related to the selected WiMAX 5 system profile All certification profiles approved by the WiMAX Forum are available moreover it is possible to define a Custom certification profile for both WiMAX Forum s Fixed WIMAX and Mobile WiMAX system profiles Selecting the Custom certification profile in the scroll down menu list allows to customize the WiMAX technology settings Frequency Band GHz This data box provides the carrier frequency supported in the selected certification profile This parameter is automatically set by the tool for the WiMAX Forum s Fixed WIMAX and Mobile WiMAX certification profiles For the Custom certification profile it is possible to manually set it Channel Bandwidth MHz This data box provides the nominal channel bandwidth supported in the selected certification profile This parameter is automatically calculated by the tool for the WiMAX Forum s certification profiles for the Custom certification profile it is possible to chose the channel bandwidth in the list defined by the IEEE 802 16d Rev2004 and 802 16e standards TEA WiMAX User Guide 67 Powered by WiTech 9 WIMAX ED Duplexing This data box provides the format of the duplexing technique supported in the selected certification profile This is the way Down Link and Up Link data is arranged in a two way wireless transmission Two duplexing techniques are allowed FDD Fr
143. per carrier in the single carrier configuration TEA WiMAX User Guide 73 Powered by WiTech a TEA wi JED WIMAX 6 2 2 User Terminals an PERS 9 lt gt Market Analysis Analysis B 4 S amp S Analysis N j f i i rk Di 6 TE echnology Equipment _ Performance Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out Antenna Gain dBi Multiple Antenna Systems 15 00 Gain dB Diversity MIMO Other dB 0 00 4 Nu mber of Antenna El t Connection Losses dB Trasmiss lon 1 0 00 7 2 Base Stations Losses dB EIRP dBm L Reception 2 9 UserTerminals Other dB 0 00 42 00 gt Multiple Antenna Systems 0 00 MRC Matrix MIMO User Termina 1 mit P dBm Matrix B MIMO Out SU aa 27 00 Figure 50 Equipment User Terminals Enabling the User Terminal radio button Figure 50 allows configuring the different types of User Terminals selecting them from the corresponding scroll down menu list on the left side The number of types of User Terminals and the name of each type of User Terminal to be configured should have been set in the Project Setup page For each type of User Terminal it is possible to define its key characteristics in terms of e Antenna Gain dBi This input data box denotes the gain of the User Terminal antenna Other dB This input data box denotes other gains
144. ps evaluated at first year of the analysis period An annual variation that can be either positive increase or negative decrease is considered as percentage on it Other COS TET D gt Market Analysis Technical Analysis Sas Analysis personne capex 7 7 Depreciation Statements WiMAX Annua 116 Other Annual Spectrum License 0 v 0 VoIP As Service Fee Percentage Yi 56 Y2 58 Y4 YS 1 Y6 1 Y 9 YS 56 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 Cost of Service Other COS Sales General Administrative 210 Ys 0 0 0 0 0 Item Other COS RB Y6 Y Y8 0 0 0 4 3 Us 8 AS in wi 56 Backha 1 5M m Wi Backhaul 1 Spectrum ense 1 Volt 4 Bn T h Ops Salaries amp Benefits 500K ther COS d Print s f Save gt f Save As Cm gt gt BS in use 85 Threshold o S Setup 7 Report gt Powered by WiTech Figure 81 Other COS Having selected the Cost of Service radio button and the Other COS item from the scroll down menu list Figure 81 it is possible defining the corresponding annual costs in terms of e Spectrum License WiMAX Annual This input data box denotes the annual cost related to the WiMAX spectrum license
145. r Target Percentage radio button Figure 89 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis The Area scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting the geographical area to be analyzed For each area it is possible to play with the following parameter Target Percentage 9e This column of input data boxes denotes the percentages of Population Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units to be served TEA WiMAX User Guide 126 Powered by WiTech WIMAX 8 1 2 Pricing Policies TREAT wm Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F analysis 9 nme Technical Analysis Analys X Monthly ice Out 50 Distribution Rates l mo A uv sa eas Figure 90 Market Analysis Pricing Policies Having enabled the Pricing Policies radio button Figure 90 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis The Service Profile scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting the service profile to be analyzed For each service profile it is possible to play with the following parameters Monthly Service Fee Y1 This row of input data boxes denotes the fees for the service offered The fee is characterized by the monthly cost at the first year of the analysis period related to both Internet Access and VoIP service One Time Activati
146. radio button Figure 71 allows to configure the following parameters for each type of Base Station The number of types of Base Stations and the name of each type of Base Station should have been set in the Project Setup page For each type of Base Station it is possible to define its key CAPEX costs in terms of e Site Acquisition This column of input data boxes denotes the one time costs related to the acquisition of the site where each type of Base Station is located TEA WiMAX User Guide 103 Powered by WiTech e Logical Sector Y1 Annual Variation These two columns of input data boxes denote respectively the logical sector unit costs defined at first year of the analysis period and the annual variation as percentage on it The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease e Networking Elements This column of input data boxes denotes the total costs of the hardware per Networking elements e Services Cost This column of Services scroll down menu lists allows selecting the type of service related to Base Station implementation Site equipping Civil Works Project Installation and Commissioning and Test Activities For each type of service it is required to enter the related cost in the corresponding cost input data box e Other This column of input data boxes denotes the other costs per each type of Base Station 7 2 2 User Terminal Market Analysi
147. radio button Please read the License Limited Maximum Number of Base Stations section in Chapter 4 5 1 if you have a software license with a limited maximum number of Base Stations and this button will not be visible TEA WiMAX User Guide 97 Powered by WiTech TEAO LD WIMAX 6 6 1 Roll out Rate D gt Market Analysis fcm Ww Analysis S amp S Analysis f Technology Equipment 320 Performance Capacity Demand f Network Dimensioning Roll out Rate 20 00 z 35 00 55 00 i 78 00 90 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 Max 1 tal D n a amm j e6 9 Roll out Rate f Save 7 BS use BS Threshold 119 05 Roll out Plan Number of BS Y1 Print Number vna Link Y YO Y Y 0 0 8 10 11 12 12 12 f Save 5 f Setup f Report C ext Powered by WiTech Figure 67 Roll out Roll out Rate For each selected geographical area enabling the Roll out Rate radio button Figure 67 allows configuring Roll out Rate This row of input data boxes denotes the percentage of year on year deployed infrastructure characterized as annual percentage of implementation on total network dimensioning Number of BS This row of output data boxes provides the number of deployed Base Stations per each year of the analysis period These parameters are calculated automatically by the tool Number of Radio Links This row of output
148. red Number of Antenna Elements Transmission Reception These two input data boxes denote the number maximum 4 of transmission receiver antennas with which the Base Station is equipped e Depending on the number of antennas MRC MIMO A and MIMO B options are available o is the Maximum Ratio Combining technique feasible with at least two receiver antennas o MIMO matrix A technique adopts the Space Time Block Codes algorithm to encode the data streams to enhance system coverage It is feasible with at least two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna o MIMO matrix B technique also known as Spatial Multiplexing MIMO is used to enhance system capacity It is feasible with at least two transmitter and receiver antennas TEA WiMAX User Guide 15 Powered by WiTech 9 w WIMAX 6 2 3 Multiple Antenna Systems 2 D gt Market Analysis E amp F Analysis b C S amp S Analysis Technology mr Performance Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Roll out AAS Gain dB Down Link Up Link MRC Gain dB 1x2 Base Stations Down Link 3 00 6 _ User Terminals Up Link 9 Multiple Antenna Systems Matrix A MIMO Gain dB Down Link 6 00 z Up Link Matrix B MIMO Gain dB Down Link 1 30 Up Link Setup f Report C Help Exit Powered by WiTech Figure 51 Equipment Multiple Ante
149. s b Technical Analysis b S amp S Analysis A personne Depreciation opex TCO f Statements Device Y1 Annual Variation 1 Installation amp Commissioning Other Out SU 200 15 00 z 150 0 Base Station Ind SU 130 10 00 5 0 0 9 User Terminal ASN Gateway amp CSN Backhauling Ind SU wa 140 5 10 00 0 5 0 USB Dongle 100 10 00 0 0 Other 8888 Y1 2 amp Y 3 85 use BS Threshold 2 eS Unten AP S Term Powered by WiTech 2 Figure 72 CAPEX User Terminal TEA WiMAX User Guide 104 Powered by WiTech i Having enabled the User Terminal radio button Figure 72 allows to configure the following parameters for each type of User Terminal The number of types of User Terminals and the name of each type of User Terminal should have been set in the Project Setup page For each type of User Terminal it is possible to define its key CAPEX costs in terms of e Device Y1 Annual Variation These columns of input data boxes denote the device unit costs defined at first year of the analysis period and annual variation as percentage on it The annual variation can be either positive increase or negative decrease e Installation amp Commissioning This column of input data boxes denotes the installation and commissioning costs for one single device
150. s calculated by the tool User Terminals Distributions 9e This column of input data boxes denotes the User Terminal distribution related to the selected Service Profile per each market segment e Check This output data box helps to properly set User Terminal distribution the sum of User Terminal distributions must be equal to 10096 per each service profile If the sum of User Terminal distribution is different from 10096 the check box will become red alerting the user that the entered configuration is incorrect This parameter is calculated by the tool e Penetration Rate 1 Users Target Percentage 58 H usehc ds edium LU t Large LU a 9 Penetration Rate 6 9 2 50 2 1 4 LJ Y5 gt 400 6 D a a 1 1 2 al xCity1 3 ers TEA D gt Market Analysis Technical Analysis Ear Analysis 9 farkeL Technical Analysis Analysis Y 4 E m s EM i cot bl Figure 92 Market Analysis Penetration Rates TEA WiMAX User Guide 129 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX vi LED Having enabled the Penetration Rate radio button Figure 92 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis The Area scroll down menu list allows selecting the geographical area whi
151. s for Individuals Households and Local Units per each year of the analysis period 5 3 2 Churn Rate 2 WiMAX Tech Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Territorial Analysis 4 Service Profile C Revenues X Churn Rate Area Y1 Y2 96 96 Y4 95 YS 96 Y6 96 Y7 96 Y8 96 MaxCityl 10 00 6 10 00 7 10 00 10 00 A 10 00 6 10 00 10 00 10 00 i Apply All Areas Lost Users Yi Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 ys 8 23 129 505 1 076 1 745 2 503 3 263 _ Penetration Rate 9 Churn Rate _ Users Forecast Churn Rate 1 Lost Users MaxCity1 12 0 6K Market Segment Individuals mal 10 0 9 9 6 9 5 8 00 6 00 3K Manual set 4 00 2K l Number of Lost Users 2 00 1K 0 009 1 3 4 6 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Individuals 6 Households Micro LU Small LU Medium LU Large LU BIndividuals BHouseholds WMicro LU Small LU Medium LU Large LU Save As Cum 2 7 BS use BS Threshold a 110 BS Unlim Setup gt Report Help C exit D me Powered by WiTech 4 i n S f i City1 1 087 3 885 6 216 7 77 9 324 10 101 129 505 1 076 474 2 503 3 263 958 3 380 5 140 6 821 6 838 2 414 971 34 64 3 900 454 706 7i 1 237 1 503 2 265 2 4
152. s input data box denotes the rate of growth of the cash flows e Financing This scroll down menu list allows selecting the Financing item to characterize per each year of the analysis period the following parameters o Debt Value This input data box denotes the amount of loan money in the referring year TEA WiMAX User Guide 122 Powered by WiTech 9 WiMAX Annual Interest rate 95 This input data box denotes the annual interest rate applied to debt value got in the referring year o Years to Pay off This input data box denotes the years in which the loan got in the referring year will be paid off Chart Shows the cash flow statement Table Summarizes the cash flow statement 7 6 3 Balance Sheet 9 Market Analysis Technical Analysis Analysis 585 Analysis 7 Personme 7 caPEX Depreciation opex tco NETT MNA Days VAT Rate Accounts Receivable 60 20 00 Accounts Payable 30 20 00 VAT Payable To Government Profit amp Loss _ Cash Flow 9 Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Y1 100 Year 1 1 8 amp n 5 Print Save f Save As f Report 4 Help 2 exit BS in use 8S Threshold Setup 3 Powered WiTech Figure 88 Balance Sheet VAT Receivable From Government Equity This rows of input data boxes denote the equity capital of the company Days 30 Current Assets Long Term Ass
153. s is defined in terms of the percentage of year on year deployed infrastructure The economic and financial feasibility of the WiMAX initiative can be assessed after having calculated CAPEX and OPEX expenses and having estimated some key indicators such as EBITDA Net Income NPV PBP and IRR The personnel costs are analyzed considering all the typical roles in a WiMAX company executive staff technical ops 18 Powered by WiTech 9 Depreciation TCO Statements Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis TEA WiMAX User Guide D gt sales marketing general amp administrative people and defining their salary and benefits To forecast expenditures all main CAPEX and figures for the WiMAX initiatives are defined and calculated such as spectrum license cost broadband connectivity cost network and system equipments costs Base Station ASN Gateway CSN etc costs of labor for network management charging billing and customer care costs marketing and sales cosis Evaluation of the Depreciation breakdown A Total Cost of Ownership is calculated in order to fully evaluate all direct and indirect costs related to the WiMAX initiative Profit amp Loss Cash Flow and Balance sheet statements are produced to understand whether the WiMAX initiative makes or not a positive Net Income during the analysis period The Scenario amp Sensitivity An
154. scroll down menu list To select one of the elements displayed in the scroll down menu list click on it The currently selected choice is displayed on the menu list element and the scroll down menu list is automatically closed To hide the options click again on the scroll down menu list To select an option check the box To enable an option select the button In a list of radio buttons the options are mutually exclusive only one radio button at time can be enabled To explore automatically the values of a range you can change the lower and upper limits of the range When present this buttons allow to display the real time results of each section of the tool in tabular format or in graphical format respectively To set the lower and upper limits of the range of values that can be automatically explored in the Scenario amp Sensitivity Analysis To print the current screen To save the last modifications in the same project file before moving on to another analysis step To save the project file including the last modifications in a new file before moving on to another analysis step Do not use a project name which has been already used unless you want 36 WIMAX 4 b Set up Report Report Help gt Help Exit 4 3 Sample Project Please note that the screenshots in the next chapters refer to a sample project for a greenfield ED to overwrite the existing project file To
155. section page as a html file 3 Open the html file with Word 4 Select and Copy the whole table and then Paste it into the xls file TEA WiMAX User Guide 146 Powered by WiTech 9 11 Acronyms Authentication Authorization and Accounting AAS Adaptive Antenna System ASN Access Service Network BPM Business Process Management BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BS Base Station BWA Broadband Wireless Access CAPEX CApital EXPenditures CEO Chief Executive Officer CFO Chief Financial Officer CIR Committed Information Rate COO Chief Operation Officer COS Cost Of Service CRM Customer Relationship Management CSN Connectivity Service Network CTO Chief Technical Technology Officer dB Decibel dBi Decibel isotropic dBm Decibel referenced to one milliwatt D amp A Depreciation amp Amortization DNS Domain Name System DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol EBIT Earnings Before Interest and Taxes EBITDA Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization EBT Earnings Before Taxes ECC Electronic Communications Committee E amp F Economic amp Financial EIRP Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power ERP Enterprise Resource Planning FDD Frequency Division Duplexing GUI Graphical User Interface TEA WiMAX User Guide 147 Powered by WiTech TEAO WIMAX HA HH HW IP IRR LU Mbps MIMO MRC NMS NPV OFDM OPEX PBH PBP PDH PF PIR QAM QPSK RTG SD SDH SG amp A sq Km mi STC
156. set the various input data boxes will have a red background TEA WiMAX User Guide 138 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 Wi WiMAX LED 9 Parameters pre set to typical recommended values 9 1 Technical Analysis module In addition to the setting defined by the WiMAX Form for the Fixed WiMAX and Mobile WiMAX oystem Profiles to help run the Technical Analysis a number of relevant parameters in this module are by default pre set to typical recommended values when you create a new project You can change these values at any time during the analysis A summary of the pre set parameters is provided below Table 7 Pre set parameters Technology Sub module Parameter Value DL UL Ratio 70 Throughput Percentage 8596 Down Link Overhead Symbols 6 Up Link Overhead Symbols 3 Table 8 Pre set parameters Equipment Sub module Base Station Parameter Value Transmit Power 36 dBm Antenna Gain 17 dBi Other Gain 0 dB Connection Losses 0 dB Other Losses 0 dB Sector Number 3 Number of Antenna Elements in Transmission 1 Number of Antenna Elements in Reception 2 TEA WiMAX User Guide 139 Powered by WiTech WIMAX Table 9 Pre set parameters Equipment Sub module User Terminal Outdoor USB Parameter Indoor SU Dongle Transmit Power 2 dBm 2 dBm 23 dBm Antenna Gain 15 dBi 6 dBi 2 dBi Other Gain 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB Connection Losses 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB Other Losses 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB Number of Antenna Elements in Transmission 1 1 1 Number of
157. start your system 4 Once Windows 7 has been restarted launch TEA WiMAX software as indicated in the next Chapter 4 4 Running the Tool 4 1 Starting the Software Double click on the TEA WiMAX icon on Start menu gt All programs gt TEA WiMAX to launch the TEAIWIMAX software Figure 26 TEA WiMAX Report Log E TEA Log TEA WIMAX WIMAX EULA te TEA WIMAX Release Notes Te WIMAX User Guide Uninstall TEA WiMAX User Guide 34 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED Figure 26 Launching TEAIWiMAX Clicking the other icons in the menu performs the following actions e Report Log Displays the log of the errors that could happen during the generation of the final Report you might be asked to send this log to the TEA WiIMAX Support Team to help troubleshooting e Log Displays the log of the errors that could happen whilst running the tool you might be asked to send this log to the TEA WiMAX Support Team to help troubleshooting WiMAX EULA Displays the End User License Agreement EULA in PDF format e TEA WiMAX Release Notes Displays the Release Notes in PDF format containing information about known late breaking issues and possible workarounds for those issues e TEA WiMAX User Guide Displays this document in PDF format e Uninstall Uninstalls all the application components from the PC However the existing project files will be saved in the C Program Files TEA WIM
158. sults can be used as a guideline to manually set Logical Sectors Number of Logical Sectors This row of input data boxes allows to manually set for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of Logical Sectors This row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened m 198 2 gt Ww YD WiMAX eer eee Market Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Technology b Equipment Performance f Capacity Demand N vork Dim ng Roll out 3 BS per ASN 200 Number of BS MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity5 Scenari Coverage Requirement 19 14 20 41 13 _ Total Capacity Requirement 14 15 14 30 15 Required 19 15 20 41 15 Number of Logical Sectors 9 Access Network emen Values 57 45 60 123 45 J Backhaul Network Required 57 45 60 123 45 ccess Networ Tota 140 Manual set 120 _ Number of Required BS 100 Number of Logical Sectors 80 Base Station HL c 7 60 40 Print 20 i il 1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity5 save Save As 7 BS use BS Threshold E gt gt am ur 110 BS Unlim Setup Report ort _ 2 8 27 Powered WiTech P d Total Number of Base Stations Coverage Requirement Capacity Requirement Required Number of Logical Sectors Number
159. t Number of Lost Users f Print 5 f Save s f Save BS in use BS Threshold 110 65 Setup Report Help Powered by WiTech 9 871 Figure 40 Market Forecast Churn Rate Manual Set Checking the Manual Set Number of Lost Users option Figure 40 allows manually setting the number of forecasted lost users on the selected area market segment combination e Lost Users Suggested Values This row of output data boxes provides the number of forecasted lost users per each year of the analysis period calculated automatically by the tool considering the input churn rate These results can be used as a guideline to manually set forecasted lost users e Lost Users This row of input data boxes denotes the number of forecasted lost users per each year of the analysis period This row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened TEA WiMAX User Guide 59 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX LED Chart Churn Shows churn curves for all market segments Chart Lost Users Shows temporal evolution of lost users for all market segments Table Provides the number of Acquired Lost and Net Users for Individuals Households and Local Units per each year of the analysis period 5 3 3 Users Forecast After having selected a geographical Area in the scroll down menu list enabling the Users Forecast ra
160. t Revenues Total Area sq Km 1 250 00 T Target Are T t b P sq Km D b H Dense Urban 0 00 0 00 0 00 x 0 00 0 00 MaxCity1 d k Urban 0 00 0 00 0 00 8 0 00 0 00 To Areas HERMAN Suburban 100 00 1 250 00 15 00 187 50 100 00 Rural 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 h Total Target Are Km 9 Territory 100 00 187 50 Demography E Print 1 rba rbar Guburha ra am 6 BS in use 85 Threshold n f Setup f Report gt f 7 d Powered by WiTech 7450 00 1 010 00 Dense Urban 0 00 0 00 Urban 1 250 00 125 00 Suburban 2 600 00 390 00 Rural 3 300 00 495 00 Figure 33 Territorial Analysis Territory After having selected a geographical area in the scroll down menu list enabling the Territory radio button Figure 33 allows configuring the following parameters for that area TEA WiMAX User Guide 48 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED e Total Area sq Km mi This input data box denotes the extension of the geographical area to be analyzed measured in square Kilometers miles The area could be a region a country or a town rather than a village Its size should typically depend on the desired degree of precision of the results and on the accuracy of input data you have available to characterize the area e Distribution This column of input data boxes denotes the distribution percentages of total are
161. the tool for the WiMAX 5 certification profiles for the Custom certification profile it is possible to manually set it TEA WiMAX User Guide 131 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX vi LED 8 2 2 Base Station Choice TEA Rol out Rabe Al 11 T f Mareetarairs fmm 2 717717 i TEF n c c mi il i i mi ai doc Pag L 1 my la il E 1 71 3 d sa de ls er Figure 94 Technical Analysis Base Station Choice Having enabled the Base Station Choice radio button Figure 94 allows performing the corresponding Scenario amp Sensitivity analysis playing with the following parameters 1 Dense Urban This column of input data boxes allows choosing the Base Station type to be adopted in the Dense Urban scenario Only one Base Station type is selectable to do it select the related check Urban This column of input data boxes allows choosing the Base Station type to be adopted in the Urban scenario Only one Base Station type is selectable to do it select the related check Suburban This column of input data boxes allows choosing the Base Station type to be adopted in the Suburban scenario Only one Base Station type is selectable to do it select t
162. tion Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis Glossary Acronyms TEA WiMAX Report Project Name GreenMAX Data Created 2009 03 27 19 17 1 Introduction This report contains all relevant data for the Market Technical and Economic amp Financial analyses of the GreenMAX Project The analyses have been carried on with the support of the TEA WiMAX tool from WiTech and cover a period of 8 years File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help ze TM TEA Figure 102 Report Introduction WiMAX Introduction Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis Glossary Acronyms 2 Market Analysis 2 1 Territorial Analysis The Project analyzes 5 geographical areas The territory and demography data related to each area are summarized in the tables below Table 1 MAXCity1 Territory Area sq Km Target Area sq Km Target Distribution MAXCity1 1 250 187 50 Dense Urban 0 0 0 Urban 0 0 0 Suburban 1 250 187 50 100 Rural 0 0 0 Table 2 MAXCity1 Demography Number Target Number MAXCity1 Population 222 000 155 400 Households 53 070 37 149 Local Units 8 808 6 166 Micro 8 808 6 166 Small 0 0 Medium 0 0 TEA WiMAX User Guide Powered by WiTech 142 9 WIMAX Figure 103 Report Market Analysis WiMAX Introduction Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis Glossary Acronyms 3 Technical Analysis 3 1 Technology The considered WiMAX Forum Profile is 5CL Mobi
163. to satisfy both coverage and capacity requirements These parameters are calculated automatically by the tool Number of Logical Sector This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of logical sectors needed to equip the required number of Base Stations These parameters are calculated automatically by the tool It is possible to manually set the Number of Required Base Stations and or the Number of Logical Sectors checking the corresponding check box TEA WiMAX User Guide 86 Powered by WiTech TEAS Cw YES WIMAX Manual Set Number of Required BS TEA 9 Market Analysis b E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis b Technology Equipment Performance Capacity Demand 6 Roll out Number of BS MaxCity1 Ma Max City ty4 Scenario Coverage Requirement 0 0 0 41 0 Urban aa f Capacity Requirement 0 0 0 30 0 Required 41 67 Access Network Number of Logical Sectors 0 0 0 123 0 Backhaul Network Manual set Number of Required BS Number of Logical Sectors Base Stat f Print D it 1 1 f Setup f Report f 3 gt 7 a 85 in use BS Threshoid aita 110 BS Un bm ow ere y WiTech Number of Base Stations Number of Logical Sectors Humber of Users per Sector Offered Capacity Down Link Km Up Link Km Figure 58 Network Dimensioning A
164. trative costs breakdown per each year of the analysis period The marketing sales general and administrative items costs includes salaries and benefits Table Provides marketing sales general and administrative costs breakdown per each year of the analysis period 7 5 TCO After having clicked on the TCO button in the upper part of the page Figure 85 an output page will open which will present TCO Total Cost of Ownership results in order to fully evaluate all direct and indirect costs related to the WiMAX initiative under analysis It is important to underline that the TCO for Base Station User terminal ASN Gateway CSN Wireless Backhaul Wired Backhaul shown in the chart are referred to the sum of Capex and Cost Of Service COS The breakdown of these costs is provided in the Table TEA WiMAX User Guide 119 Powered by WiTech TEAO WiMAX Market Analysis Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis a Total Cost of Ownership 5M 4M Base Station m User Terminal 3M ASN Gateway mcs m n W Wireless Backhaul m M Wired Backhaul Spectrum License VoIP Wi Tech Ops Salaries amp Benefits 2M x 71 Other CAPEX E Other COS i E T 4 E 4 1M 1 Li a 0 Y1 Y2 Y3 4 YS Y6 Y7 Y8 BS inuse BS Threshold P aT CO ms t Powered by WiTech oe base Ration 1
165. ty 4 yxCit y f Save f Save 5 s P du use BS Threshold Setup Report N f Help f Exit Powered by WiTech Urban SDH PDH Native Ethernet Other Number of Radio Link Figure 65 Network Dimensioning Backhaul network Manual Set This option allows manually setting the number of radio link on the specific scenario per each geographical area covered by the analysis e Number of Radio Links Suggested Values This row of output data boxes provides for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of radio links calculated automatically by the tool These results can be used as a guideline to manually set radio links e Number of Logical Sectors This rows of input data boxes denote for each geographical area covered by the analysis the number of radio links on the specific scenario This row of input data boxes is pre set with the values calculated automatically by the tool the first time this page is opened TEA WiMAX User Guide 95 Powered by WiTech n CD wi 2 WiMAX arket Analysis 1 1 Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Technology Equipment D Performance f Capacity Demand Roll out b Number of Radio Links MaxCity1 MaxCity2 MaxCity3 MaxCity4 MaxCity5 Suggested Values 12 12 12 17 12 Required 3 5 10 2 14 aC 27 10
166. ty and assurance e Operation This column of input data boxes denotes the annual operational costs e Other This column of input data boxes denotes the other annual operational costs TEA WiMAX User Guide 111 Powered by WiTech User Terminal TRACT Cw EY Market Analysis Technical Analysis fw 9 C IC analysis Personne CAPEX D E Depreciation 3 aA TCO f Statements gt Maintenance amp Spare Annual C Other Annual Out SU 10 0 Ind SU 5 0 Ind SU wa 2 Cost of Service USB Dongle 0 0 _ Sales General amp Administrative OPEX Item User Terminal 7 m lt lt rc COS Breakdown 2 5 v M Print _ MB ia Yi Y2 Y Y4 Y5 16 f Save 3 f Save As BS in use BS Threshold a 110 Report 3 f Help Powered by WiTech 2 85 Unlim Setup Figure 78 User Terminal Having selected the Cost of Service radio button and the User Terminal OPEX item from the scroll down menu list Figure 78 it is possible defining the corresponding annual costs associated to each type of User Terminal The number of types of User Terminals and the name of each type of User Terminal should have been set in the Project Setup page For each type of User Terminal it is possible to define its key OPEX costs in terms of e Maint
167. ual MIMO 85 3 600 480 n 250 gt 300 300 gt 0 Cost of Service DIV BS 3 600 480 250 300 x 300 x 0 gt Sales General amp Administrative Item Base Station Ba i3 us m ASN mcs Sw ed Backha p s a C Print Fi 1 Other Save f Save As B BS in use BS Threshold AS W 7785 Union f Setup Report Figure 77 Base Station TEA WiMAX User Guide 110 Powered by WiTech 9 Wi WiMAX LED Having selected the Cost of Service radio button and the Base Station OPEX item from the scroll down menu list Figure 77 it is possible to define the corresponding annual costs associated to each type of Base Station The number of types of Base Stations and the name of each type of Base Station should have been set in the Project Setup page For each type of Base Station it is possible to define its key OPEX costs in terms of e Site Lease amp Utilities This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for Base Station lease and utilities e Maintenance amp spare This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for Base Station maintenance and spare parts e Technical Support This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for Base Station technical support e Quality amp Assurance This column of input data boxes denotes the annual costs for Base otation quali
168. um and Large Local Units to be served e Target Number This column of output data boxes provides the size of the Population and the number of Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units to be served These parameters are calculated by the tool Chart Shows the number of Population Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units and the related target to be served at the end of the analysis period Table Provides global results for all area analyzed total size of the Population and total number of Households Micro Small Medium and Large Local Units and total target to be served TEA WiMAX User Guide 51 Powered by WiTech 9 lt gt WIMAX 5 2 Service Profile After having clicked on the Service Profile button on the upper part of the page the Service Profile scroll down menu list on the left side allows selecting the service profile to be defined The number of service profiles and the name of each service profile to be defined should have been set in the Project Setup page For each service profile it is possible to define its key characteristics enabling the Characterization radio button and the assigned distribution on the different market segments Individuals Households and Local Units enabling the Distribution Rates radio button 5 2 1 Characterization ug TERR Xm Market Analysi Technical Analysis E amp F Analysis S amp S Analysis Territorial Analysis
169. utton in the upper part of the Analysis page As a help to perform the Technical Analysis a number of relevant parameters in this module are by default pre set to typical recommended values when you create a new project You can change these values at any time during the analysis A summary of the pre set parameters and their default values is provided in Chapter 9 6 1 Technology After having clicked on the Technology button in the upper part of the page it is possible to configure the technological characteristics of the WiMAX network enabling first the Characterization Step 1 radio button and then the Characterization Step 2 radio button on the left side 6 1 1 TEAS Characterization Step 1 2 Characterization Step 2 Print f Save f Save As BS use BS Threshold 110 8 Unia Characterization Step 1 Market Analysis ferc WU t amp FAnalysis S amp S Analysis Modulation QPSK 1 2x6 QPSK 1 2x4 QPSK 1 2x2 QPSK 1 2 QPSK 3 4 16QAM 1 2 16QAM 3 4 64QAM 1 2 64QAM 2 3 64QAM 3 4 f Setup gt Total Symbol Overhead Symbols Down Link 29 6 Up Link 18 3 Down Up Data Rate Link Link 4 E x M LLL LLL 5 00 5 00 10 00 15 00 20 00 Mbps f Report C ext Equipment 7 Performance 7 Capacity Demand Network Dimensioning Rol out Syst
170. y minimized costs is achieved that is able to sustain the service demand associated with the revenue predicted Third point the tools should be able of presenting manageable Input and Output with meaningful correlations that is each model should understand and manage the correlations between model input and output and its validity range Last but not least the tool should support an iterative way of working by design in particular the scenario amp sensitivity analysis activity should be supported natively TEA WiMAX by WiTech supports and provides exactly all of the above TEA WiMAX is a unique application capable of performing thorough techno economic analyses in an integrated manner to deliver a reliable Business Case for a WiMAX initiative in a fast accurate and dependable manner TEA WiMAX is the latest member in the TEA a family of tools that WiTech has built over four years of extensive industry experience in supporting major operators and equipment suppliers in several strategic initiatives and projects At the heart of TEA WiMAX there is a set of powerful and comprehensive market engineering and economic models tailored to the WiMAX technology TEA WiMAX is very easy to use through a completely new carefully designed interactive dashboard style Graphic User Interface built with BusinessObjects Xcelsius This interface allows a fast and simplified configuration of more than five hundred different input variabl
171. ysis TEA WiMAX User Guide 81 Powered by WiTech TEA 9 Wi WiMAX vi LED Without Enabling this radio button multiple antenna system effect is not considered in the performance analysis Chart Average Radius Shows the average coverage radius expressed in Km mi for each scenario Chart Average Capacity per Sector Shows the average capacity per sector expressed in Mbps in Down Link and Up Link for each scenario Table Provides the average coverage and capacity results for each scenario Please note that the average coverage radius values shown in both the Chart and the Table are calculated taking into account the lowest order modulation the most protected and the least performing in terms of throughput 6 4 Capacity Demand TEA 9 D gt Market analysis _ fec I E amp F Analysis s amp SAnalysis C Equipment Performance 664777777777 Network Dimensioning Roll out Technology Individuals Households Micro LU Small LU Medium LU Large LU PBH Activity Level 56 0 00 2 30 00 50 00 0 00 0 00 5 0 00 2 u Down Lini f Save As Figure 55 Capacity Demand After having clicked on the Capacity amp Demand button in the upper part of the page Figure 55 itis possible configuring the following parameters TEA WiMAX User Guide 82 Powered by WiTech Wi WiMAX Vi SED e Internet Access Overbooking

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