Standard

Operating Division: Wireless network

procedures
for Site Department: Wireless Roll out
Acceptance
activities Section: RAN-2

(ICR,PAT,
OSS,SSV
and
Cluster)
for
Ericsson
projects
V1 Dec 2023
 SOP for Acceptance

1. Introduction....................................................................................................................2
2. Objective........................................................................................................................2
3. ICR SOP........................................................................................................................ 2
Basic Requirements...............................................................................................................................2
Checklist for ICR....................................................................................................................3
4. PAT SOP....................................................................................................................... 3
Basic Requirements for PAT.................................................................................................................4
Checklist for PAT...................................................................................................................4
5. OSS SOP........................................................................................................................5
Basic Requirements...............................................................................................................................5
Checklist for OSS...................................................................................................................5
6. Single Site Verification (SSV) Acceptance........................................................................7
Basic Requirements...............................................................................................................................7
A.Necessary Document for SSV Acceptance...........................................................................7
7. Cluster Acceptance........................................................................................................16
Basic Requirements.............................................................................................................................17
B. Tools Required ................................................................................17

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1. Introduction

This working standard will enable us to identify the main acceptance processes of Ericsson
projects roll-out activities during project works such as, new sites/technologies expansion,
layering, and relocation.This document enables us to identify the interactions between Ethio
telecom and Ericsson and the controlling and monitoring methods we can follow in order to
finalize the roll-out milestones as per the given KPI without affecting existing customers.
.

2. Objective

The objective of this document is to guide through the acceptance process that the network
delivered by Ericsson is according to specifications, to get proper demonstration that the
contracted functionality and network features are working correctly, thus assuring the network is
ready for commercial service.
The main objective of this working standard is:
To provide an overview of the overall project roll-out processes and creating awareness of the
tasks.
To identify the interaction with other departments, i.e. the requirements and deliverable.
To provide the main procedures and checklists for each milestone.

3. ICR SOP

Basic Requirements

 Lower level design document of the site and E2E documents.

 ICR acceptance check list document.
 Antenna technician to do physical check on tower.
 Installation completion report – criteria to confirm that, site hardware installation is done
properly as per SOP.

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 ICR should be done based on the ICR criteria. Any change request should be handled as per
ICR issue resolution time KPI. Service affecting ICR criteria should be marked as “critical
for site on-air”.

Checklist for ICR

 Neighbor/RF planning document is delivered.

 Commissioning and Integration is completed.
 ICR criteria document is delivered.
 ICR criteria to be used as a checklist.
 Failed criteria should be handled as per the ICR issue resolution time KPI.

General ICR Procedure

4. PAT SOP

Perform site basic functional and service tests from OMC and On-site respectively.
PAT should be done based on the PAT criteria. Any change request should be handled as per
PAT issue resolution time KPI. The mandatory criteria for site on-air should be prioritized and
accepted before the planned time of site on-air. Service affecting PAT criteria should be marked
as “critical for site on-air”.

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Basic Requirements for PAT

 PAT acceptance document.

 On site engineer to perform the physical tests.

Checklist for PAT

 Service affecting ICR criteria passed.

 PAT criteria document is delivered.
 PAT criteria to be used as a checklist.
 Failed criteria should be handled as per PAT issue resolution time KPI.

General PAT Procedure

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5. OSS SOP

Basic Requirements

Agreed OSS Acceptance document.

Ericsson KPI Monitoring Tools- © Ericsson- BI (https://10.175.11.155:8443/BOE/BI)

Checklist for OSS

Service affecting PAT criteria passed.

OSS criteria document is delivered.
Failed criteria should be handled as per PAT issue resolution time KPI.

General OSS Procedure

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Common KPIs for OSS Acceptance

Step by step procedures to extract OSS performance data

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6. Single Site Verification (SSV) Acceptance

Basic Requirements
A.Necessary Document for SSV Acceptance

1. Signed Single site verification (SSV) Acceptance and Methodology document.

2. Site information file (Cell file in .txt)

3. Updated engineering parameter document for reference purpose.

B. Tools Required
1. Actix ,TEMS or other validated log file analyzer tool

2. License for the analyzing tool(Soft or Hard(dongle), shared or mapped license)

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1. Actix Analyzer Software 2. Hard license

C. Check lists before Acceptance process

1. Install the appropriate version of analyzing software on your Personal computer.

2. Check the compatibility of the Analyzing software and the license.
3. Make sure if the site you analyze has passed physical check(ICR) and PAT acceptance.
4. Check if the log files are collected with the agreed test tool and under the supervision of ET
Person.
5. Check the log file Site ID, Date & time.

General steps for Importing and Analyzing log-file on Actix

Step 1
Click the actix icon to open the software and connect with your license.
Step 2

Insert your cell-file info document clicking on Data Network explorer Open file icon on
network explorer tool bar import the file.

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Match the parameters if the cell-file you inserted is new.

Step 3

Import log-file
Click on Open icon from the the home page and import the files from your original file place.
Step 4
Analyze the log files
Write parameters on the search bar or find the parameter you want to analyse under the drop
downs of your log files according to the technology of your log file
Option 1- Find the parameters on search bar.

Option 2- Find the parameters under the log file drop down.

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Single Site Analysis

Common tests for each technology
2G
1.Short call (SHC)
2. Continuous call (CC)
3. IDLE
4. UL
5. DL

3G
1.Short call (SHC)
2. Continuous call (CC)
3. IDLE
4. UL
5. DL
6. Ping

4G
1 Download (DL)
2. Upload (UL)

Common Analysis Methodology

1. SCH-Short call
To analyze short call, check the Serving BCCH,PSC or PCI,Number of Call attempts,Setups and
completes, call setup time duration are according to threshold( For each sector) .
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2. UL -Upload
Check Uplink throughput,Data transfer Count and the Uploaded file size on table View.( For
each sector)

3. DL -Download
Check , Downlink throughput,Data transfer Count and the downloaded file size on table View.
( For each setor)

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4.Ping
Check the latency of the ping data ,use"Ping_RTT' and use "Task_App_Bytes_UL" to check the
bit rate.

5.SMS

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Check 2 SMS success messages and 4 report messages between Mobile subscriber and network.

6.CSSR (Call Setup success rate for data)

Check if there is outgoing/incoming call setup failure(None in this case), the same procedure is
used for downlink and uplink data .

7. CSFB Success rate(4G to 3G)

Check the success rate of CS call fall back to WCDMA, Call setup time and fast return duration
after(UMTS return to LTE)

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8. Attach/Detach Success rate

Check the attach and detach success rate and RRC success rate.

9. IDLE
To check signal strength (RX_Lev,RSCP&RSRP to check 2G,3G&4G respectively).To check
the below 3G Log file Use "Uu_ActiveSet_SC_0" parameter.

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5.Dedicated
Check the quality of the signal(Rx_Qual,EcNo&SINR to check 2G,3G&4G respectively) for the
below 3G log file use "UuActiveSet_EcNo".(Map view )

Remark
 The threshold values may Vary depending on the acceptance documents for different
projects.
 If the site has multiple frequencies bands in one technology,all the frequencies must be

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tested and validated separately.

 To check measurement in which the analysis results are presented, you can Write click the
parameter and select attribute .

7. Cluster Acceptance
The objective of cluster acceptance is to check the overall network delivered by Ericsson is
according to specifications, to get proper demonstration that the contracted functionality and
network features are working correctly, thus assuring the network is ready for commercial
service.
a)All cluster sites SSV is completed and passed
b)Cluster acceptance documents and KPIs are delivered
c)Cluster boundaries/definition is delivered

Basic Requirements

1. Cluster Acceptance and Methodology document.

2. Site information file (Cell file in .txt)
3. Route defined for specific cluster
4. Updated engineering parameter document for reference purpose.

B. Tools Required
1. Actix ,TEMS or other validated logfile analyzer tool
2. License for the analyzing tool(Soft or Hard(dongle), shared or mapped license)

Common tests for each technology

2G
1.Short call (SHC)
2. Continuous call (CC)
3. IDLE
4. UL
5. DL

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3G
1.Short call (SHC)
2. Continuous call (CC)
3. IDLE
4. UL
5. DL
6. Ping
4G
1 Download (DL)
2. Upload (UL)

Remark
All the the log file checking methods on Single site verification can be applied on cluster
acceptance.
Cluster acceptance should be done based on the cluster acceptance criteria. Any change request
should be handled as per cluster acceptance issue resolution time KPI.
If the site is single site deployed in existing network and no agreement is done with vendor to do
cluster, optimization team should do the cluster test and confirm the performance.

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