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For Long Term Evolution-Advance (LTE-A), this paper aims to minimize the cost of the radio link and the network infrastructure, taking into account the distribution of subscribers, the location of the area to cover and the quality of service constraints. The coverage and capacity planning, and its optimization are proposed for the urban area at Taiz city, Yemen. This paper involves hands-on simulation exercise on planning and optimization of LTE-A network using ATOLL planning software tool. After LTE optimization by using Automatic Cell Planning (ACP), Automatic Frequency Planning (AFP), Monte-Carlo algorithm and neighbor planning, the coverage, signal level and throughput have been improved. In addition, overlapping has been reduced. The optimization process improves the coverage rate from 90% up to 98.04%, Carrier-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio (CINR) from 65.04% up to 77.6%, and total traffic supported by the network increases after the optimization by 30%.
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Shaddad, R.Q. et al. (2018). Planning and Optimization of LTE Radio Access Network for Urban Area at Taiz City, Yemen. In: Saeed, F., Gazem, N., Patnaik, S., Saed Balaid, A., Mohammed, F. (eds) Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology. IRICT 2017. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59427-9_31
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