Base Station Format Nemo

Base Station File Format

Version 1.12

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Revision 1.12.01 Last Edited December 2012

1 GENERAL STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................. 5

2 PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................. 5

2.1 MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS ....................................................................................... 5

2.2 OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS ............................................................................................ 6

2.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 7

2.3.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 7

2.3.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 7

2.3.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 7

2.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................... 8

2.4.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 8

2.4.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 8

2.4.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 9

2.5 CDMA CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 10

2.5.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 10

2.5.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 10

2.5.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 11

2.6 UMTS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 12

2.6.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID .................................................... 12

2.6.2 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID .............................. 12



2.7 TETRA CELL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................. 15




2.8 TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 16




2.9 WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 18




2.10 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 20




2.11 LTE CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 22




1 GENERAL STRUCTURE

The first row of the file contains the keywords that define the order of the parameters in the following lines. Keywords are separated with semicolon or tabulator character.

Other rows in the file contain the cell definitions. Each line describes one cell and contains a set of parameters describing the cell as well as the site in which the cell resides. For both site and cell information, there are both mandatory parameters and optional parameters. Site and cell parameters are separated with semicolon or tabulator character.

The file format supports three data types: integer, float and string. Integer type is defined as a numeric value without dot character. Float type is defined as a numeric value with dot character. String type is defined as a set of any printable ASCII characters except semicolon.

2 CREATING BTS FILES

BTS files can be created, for example, with MS Excel. Type in the cell parameters and save the file in CSV format. Finally, change the file extension to .nbf.

3 PARAMETERS

3.1 MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter Keyword Type Description

System SYSTEM String AMPS, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, UMTS, TETRA, TD-SCDMA, WIMAX, EVDO or LTE.

Site Name SITE String Name of the site.

Cell Name CELL String Name of the cell.

Latitude LAT Float Latitude of the site in degrees.

Longitude LON Float Longitude of the site in degrees.

Decimal degrees (DD) express latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions and are used in many Geographic Information Systems (GIS), web mapping applications such as Google

Maps, and GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS). As with latitude and longitude, the values are bounded by ±90° and ±180° each.

Positive latitudes are north of the equator, negative latitudes are south of the equator. Positive longitudes are east of Prime Meridian, negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian. Latitude and longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.

3.2 OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS


Antenna Height

HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000

Antenna Tilt TILT Float Values range from -90 to 90.

Antenna Beam Width

BEAM Integer Values range from 1 to 360

Cell Range RANGE Integer Cell range in meters.

Cell Type TYPE String NORMAL or REPEATER

Neighbor Cell Name

NCELL_n String Unique identifier of the neighbor n.

User-defined column name

User-defined name

String Text

3.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS

3.3.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS


System SYSTEM String AMPS.



Channel Number

CH Integer Channel number

SAT SAT Integer Setup Audio Tone

Antenna Direction

DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

3.3.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS


Antenna Height



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;SAT;CID;DIR

AMPS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;140;1;11503;45



3.3.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell based on the following algorithm. Matching Channel + SAT

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched

only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

3.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String GSM.


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cell is not available, concatenation of LAC and CI can be used.

Channel Number

CH Integer ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024.

BSIC (dec) BSIC Integer Base Station Identity Code in decimal format. Values range from 0 to 63.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell identification. Values range from 0 to 65535.

LAC LAC Integer Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535.

Antenna Direction




RAC RAC Integer Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255.

Antenna Height HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000


Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;LAC;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;64;1;12500;65231;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;41;1;12501; 65231;90;NEMO5;NEMO6;NEMO7

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2;1;12502; 65231;45;NEMO8;NEMO9;NEMO10


Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell and neighbor cells based on the following algorithm.

Matching CellId + LAC Matching CellId + BCCH Matching BCCH Channel + BSIC (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors) Matching BCCH Channel (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)



3.5 CDMA CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String CDMA.



Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

Antenna Direction




System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identification and system number identifying the service area and frequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

Antenna Height



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR

CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90

CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55


Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based on the following algorithm.

Matching Channel + Pilot Matching Pilot



3.6 UMTS CELL PARAMETERS

3.6.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID


System SYSTEM String UMTS.


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cell is not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.

Channel Number

CH Integer UARFCN. Values ranges:

UMTS 850, from 4357-4458,1007,1012,1032,1037,1062,1087

UMTS 900, from 2935-3090

UMTS 1900, from 9662-9938,412,437,462,487,512,537,562,587,612,637,662,687

UMTS 2100, from 10550 to 10850.

UMTS 2100 AWS, from 1535-1740,1887,1912,1937,1962,1987,2012,2037,2062,2087

.

Scrambling Code

SCR Integer Values range from 0 to 512.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell ID. The 28-bit Cell Identity (“UC-Id” in 3GPP) is a

Concatenation of RNC-ID and C-ID.

Antenna Direction

DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360.

3.6.2 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID


System SYSTEM String UMTS.


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cell is not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.

Channel Number

CH Integer UARFCN. Values ranges:

UMTS 850, from 4357-4458,1007,1012,1032,1037,1062,1087

UMTS 900, from 2935-3090

UMTS 1900, from 9662-9938,412,437,462,487,512,537,562,587,612,637,662,687

UMTS 2100, from 10550 to 10850.

UMTS 2100 AWS, from 1535-1740,1887,1912,1937,1962,1987,2012,2037,2062,2087

Scrambling Code

SCR Integer Values range from 0 to 512.

Cell ID CID_16 Integer Cell ID. The 16-bit Cell Identity. C-ID.

RNC ID RNCID Integer RNC ID. The 12- bit RNC identity. Cell-ID (28 bit) = RNC-ID (12 bit) + CI (16 bit).

Antenna Direction


Note that Cell ID must be given either with 28- bit (CID) or 16-bit format (CID_16) combined

with 12- bit RNC ID (RNCID).





URA URA Integer UTRAN Registration Area

RNC ID RNCID Integer Radio Network Controller ID. Equal to the 12-bit RNCId in 3GPP TS 25.401, section 6.1.5. Integer, base 10

or (with prefix 0x) hexadecimal representation.



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example with 28- bit Cell ID:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10838;;123811;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3



Example with 16- bit Cell ID:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID_16;RNC_ID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10838;;58275;1;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3




Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and monitored set cells based on the following algorithm.

Matching Cell ID Matching Carrier + SCR (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)



3.7 TETRA CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String TETRA.




Main Carrier CH Integer Values range from 0 to 4095.

Frequency Band

BAND Integer Values range from 0 to 15.

Antenna

Direction




Antenna Height



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;LAC;CH;BAND;DIR

TETRA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;3652;124;3;90





Matching Channel + LAC + Band



3.8 TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String TDSCDMA or TD-SCDMA.



Channel Number

CH Integer Values range from 9504 to 10121.

Cell Parameters Id

CPID Integer Values range from 0 to 127.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell ID (16- bit)

Antenna Direction






URA URA Integer UTRAN Registration Area

RNC ID RNCID Integer Radio Network Controller ID



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;CPID;DIR

TDSCDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10120;;;96;0





Matching Cell ID (16 bit) Matching Carrier + Cell Parameters Id (also for neighbor list)



3.9 WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String WIMAX.



Frequency FREQ Float Frequency in MHz.

Preamble Index

PI Integer Values range from 0 to 113.

Antenna Direction


Base Station ID

BSID String Base Station ID. Six colon separated hex values in double quotes.





Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;FREQ;PI;DIR;BSID

WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;2550.000;67;90;03:0f:21:00:02:72

WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;2550.000;68;180;03:0f:21:00:02:73

WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2550.000;69;270; 03:0f:21:00:02:74



Base Station ID + Preamble index Frequency + Preamble index



3.10 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String EVDO.



Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

Antenna Direction




System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identification and system number identifying the service area and frequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

Antenna Height



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR

EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90

EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55


Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based on the following algorithm.

Matching Channel + Pilot Matching Pilot

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell is selected. The cell is

matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

3.11 LTE CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String LTE


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If there is no unique name available for every cell, Cell ID (CID) can be used

Channel Number

CH Integer EARFCN number. Values range from 0 to 65535

Cell ID CID Integer Cell identification Cell identification of the current cell. Range: 0 – 268435455

Physical Layer Cell ID

PCI Integer Values range from 0 to 503.

Antenna Direction




TAC TAC Integer Tracking area code Tracking area code of the currently used cell. See 3GPP TS 124.301 subclause 9.9.3.32. Range: 0 – 65535



Antenna Beam Width




Neighbor Cell Name



User-defined name

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;CID;PCI;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

LTE;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;65535;26842545;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3





Cell Identification (Cell ID) (for serving cell) Matching Channel number + Physical Layer Cell ID (for both serving and neighbor cells)

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell is selected. The cell is

matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

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