Radio Access Network

Definition of the Master Plan

To define your future strategy, our experts will work with you to assess how a RAN strategy will transform your current network, and define the right network deployment strategy.

Opportunity studies 

• Market needs analysis
• Impact analysis of services to be deployed/decommissioned
• Coverage obligation and other regulatory constraints
• Other Local and/or environmental specificities

Scope of project

• Define the set of technologies to be deployed/decommissioned
• Negotiation of frequency bands
• Inventory of existing on-site resources and configurations and those to be deployed at target
• Evaluation of current contractual arrangements with

RAN Configurations

• Define the panel of RAN site configurations based on data analysis.
• Anticipate the global strategy around the equipment (purchase/re-use).

Roll-out

• Deployment roadmap
• Mapping of resources to be mobilized in purchase and rental including TowerCo contract
• Estimation of costs and amortization
• Study of routing to and from the core network

Designing, Planning and Sizing of the radio network

We have a centralized team of expert network engineers who propose the best configurations for all mobile networks! The proposed solutions will allow you to optimize network coverage and signal quality

Design / Network planning

• Design of Radio sites (city, axis, site...) and Simulation of radio coverage
• ACP study - Automatic Cell planning, AFP Study - Automatic
• Frequency planning et Qualification of optimization actions

Sizing

• Analysis of congested cells
• Identification of the need for new features or new sites
• E2E capacity studies (transmission, routers, core equipment and interfaces...)
• Radio and core settings preparation
• Ensuring the power supply according to the new equipment to be deployed

Optimization

• OSS strategy definition : Fault Management, Configuration Management, Performance Management
• Providing new propagation models for the radio spectrum

Select your vendors with a turnkey purchasing strategy adapted to your needs

Alignment & RFP Launch

• Aligning needs: marketing, commercial, technical (QoS)
• Involving future operators 
• Launching the RFP(s)
• Process selection & Definition of the analysis grid

Audition

• Interview & Evaluate  the candidates

• Analysis of their answers : price, organization and means implemented, RAN equipment, reuse strategy if possible, security, CSR approach, availability, QoS...

Selection

• Negotiate (price, means...) & Contractualize

Supervision & Control of RAN deployment

We'll help you secure RAN operation, marketing and maintenance. Our experts will help you adapt your network to your marketing strategy and to your choice of monetizable services.

Sourcing

• Bill of Quantity routing and verification; customs clearance
• Scheduling of equipment in and out of warehouse
• On-site delivery

Logistics, design and costing

• Centralization of the access request process
• Field studies (installation and de-installation plans.
• Re-use strategy and site plans and DQEs

Site preparation

• Access, Tower/roof loading,
• Design with or without co-location, Power supply, Transmission,
• Radio and Core network parameters

SWAP 

• Gather and coordinate existing and newly integrated players.
• Mobilize the collective to pronounce a Go / No Go

Control and Optimization

• KPIs and alarms, optimization measures, 
• Drive tests, troubleshooting and validations, swap receipts
• Application of penalties/bonuses

Managing the network's life cycle and scalability

Effective network operations and maintenance boost service adoption and usage, maximize customer satisfaction and contribute to a profitable return on investment. Our experts can help you organize and manage this activity:

In advance

• Identify companies with the right skills to carry out on-site operations.
• Building future capabilities as early as the network roll-out process
• Evaluate ground-breaking operating models, such as outsourcing the management of network operations to third parties.

For operational start-up

• Define scope of responsibilities
• Assigning contracts and agreements
• Define network availability and recovery time commitments
• Set technical conditions and timetables for taking over deployed panels

For technical network management

• Process orders/deliveries and assign services to subcontractors
• Management and resource allocation
• Network parameter storage
• Network planning: network capacity monitoring, preventive unsizing and sizing studies

For network supervision

• Monitoring of active network components
• Provide continuous monitoring of network and service quality
• Technical environment alarms (door closures, fire alarms, etc.)
• Problem escalation and reporting

For network maintenance

• Management of maintenance batches (network element stocks and threshold replenishment)
• Handling of alarm signals, qualification and location
• Taking corrective action and recovery with on-site service if necessary

To manage network life and scalability

• Define Network Life Cycle management plans to ensure compliance with technological and/or regulatory changes, Maintain spare capacities.
• Extend the network in line with future residential growth (densification, housing projects, etc.).
• Manage network relocation and undergrounding

Improve the quality of your RAN

To improve your RAN, we offer a performance management system that correlates users' perceived quality with the objective quality of service of RAN components. 

Measuring perceived quality

The quality of your RAN is measured through the experience of its users.

• Define test scenarios for any network, any location and from any device to analyze the network quality experienced by users.

Measuring network performance

To ensure the quality of your RAN and its components over time, you need to be able to measure performance and identify areas for optimization.

• Generate high-quality reports tailored to your needs
• Automate log downloading from the field
• Rapidly obtain Level 1 analyses to identify incidents and implement corrective actions
• Compare performance before and after your incident resolution or maintenance/optimization actions.

To help you achieve your QOE and QoS objectives, we offer a range of solutions that enable you to measure, analyze and identify the necessary optimization plans.