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Copyright

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CONTENTS

1

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

2

CREATING BTS FILES ....................................................................................... 6

3

PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 7

3.1

Mandatory cell parameters ........................................................................ 7

3.2

Optional cell parameters ........................................................................... 7

3.3 AMPS cell parameters ............................................................................... 9

3.3.1 Mandatory parameters ...................................................................... 9

3.3.2

Optional parameters ......................................................................... 9

3.3.3

Cell search method .......................................................................... 10

3.4

GSM cell parameters ................................................................................ 11

3.4.1

Mandatory parameters ..................................................................... 11

3.4.2

Optional parameters ........................................................................ 11

3.4.3


3.5

CDMA cell parameters .............................................................................. 13

3.5.1


3.5.2


3.5.3

Cell search method .......................................................................... 14 3.6

UMTS cell parameters .............................................................................. 15

3.6.1

Mandatory parameters with 28-bit cell ID ........................................... 15

3.6.2

Mandatory parameters with 16-bit cell ID and RNC ID .......................... 15

3.6.3


3.6.4


3.7

TETRA cell parameters ............................................................................. 17

3.7.1


3.7.2


3.7.3


3.8

TD-SCDMA cell parameters ....................................................................... 18

3.8.1


3.8.2


3.8.3


3.9

WIMAX cell parameters ............................................................................ 20

3.9.1


3.9.2


3.9.3


3.10

EVDO cell parameters .............................................................................. 22

3.10.1


3.10.2


3.10.3



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3.11

LTE cell parameters ................................................................................. 24

3.11.1


3.11.2


3.11.3


3.12

IDEN cell parameters ............................................................................... 26

3.12.1


3.12.2


3.12.3


4

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ...................................................................................... 27

4.1

User Club ............................................................................................... 27

4.2

Nemo Support Portal ............................................................................... 27

4.3 Phone and Email Support ......................................................................... 27


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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.


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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. After you have saved the as CSV, please check with Notepad (or with similar ASCII

text editor) that your delimiter is either semicolon or tabulator. Also check that your coordinates

have the period (.) character, for example 65.012345. Finally, change the file extension to .nbf.


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3 PARAMETERS

3.1 Mandatory cell parameters

Parameter Keyword Type Description

System SYSTEM String AMPS, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, UMTS,TETRA, TD-SCDMA, WIMAX, EVDOor 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

Note that BSIC number format and separator parameters are defined per BTS file, not per

cell. If these two parameters are included in the BTS file, they must be located at the

beginning of the file on separate rows. See example below.


AntennaHeight

HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000

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

AntennaBeam Width

BEAM Integer Values range from 1 to 360

AntennaIdentification

ANTENNA_ID String Text


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BSIC NumberFormat

BSIC_NUMBER_FORMAT Integer Base Station Identity Code Format. Validvalues are: "OCT", "DEC", and "HEX",Case is insensitive. If this keyword is notspecified, “DEC” is used by default

Cell Range RANGE Integer Cell range in meters.

Cell Type TYPE String NORMAL, REPEATER, SMALL_CELL, orDAS

Neighbor CellName

NCELL_n String Unique identifier of the neighbor n.

Separator SEPARATOR String SEPARATOR can be specified by theSEPARATOR keyword. If this keyword isnot specified, either ; or TAB character isused by default and it is determined fromthe parameter header line

User-definedcolumn name

User-defined name String Text

Example:

BSIC_NUMBER_FORMAT “OCT”

SEPARATOR “;”

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;77;12500;65231;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3


GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2;24;12502; 65231;45;NEMO8;NEMO9;NEMO10


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3.3 AMPS cell parameters

3.3.1 Mandatory parameters


System SYSTEM String AMPS.



ChannelNumber

CH Integer Channel number

SAT SAT Integer Setup Audio Tone

AntennaDirection

DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

3.3.2

Optional parameters


AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth



Cell Type TYPE String NORMAL or REPEATER

Neighbor CellName



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




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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).


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3.4 GSM cell parameters



System SYSTEM String GSM.


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

ChannelNumber

CH Integer ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024.

BSIC BSIC Integer Base Station Identity Code in decimal format. Valuesrange from 0 to 63. If BSIC Number Format is octal orhex, values with octal range from 0 to 77. With hexvalues range from 0 to 3F.

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

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

AntennaDirection


3.4.2

Optional parameters


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

Antenna Height HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000


Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text


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Example:

BSIC_NUMBER_FORMAT "OCT"

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





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)




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3.5 CDMA cell parameters



System SYSTEM String CDMA.



Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

AntennaDirection


3.5.2 Optional parameters


System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identificationand system number identifying the service area andfrequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

Antenna

Height



Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor Cell

Name



User-definedname

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


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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




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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 cellis not available, 28-bit cell ID can be used.

ChannelNumber

CH Integer UARFCN. Value 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

ScramblingCode

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.

AntennaDirection

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 cellis not available, 28-bit cell ID can be used.

ChannelNumber

CH Integer UARFCN. Value 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


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ScramblingCode

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).

AntennaDirection


Note that cell ID must be given either in 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-bitRNCId in 3GPP TS 25.401, section 6.1.5. Integer,base 10 or (with prefix 0x) hexadecimalrepresentation.

AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

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




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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



3.6.4

Cell search method

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


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.

FrequencyBand

BAND Integer Values range from 0 to 15.

AntennaDirection




AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth




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Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

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



3.7.3

Cell search method



Matching Channel + LAC + Band



3.8 TD-SCDMA cell parameters

3.8.1

Mandatory parameters


System SYSTEM String TDSCDMA or TD-SCDMA.



ChannelNumber

CH Integer Values range from 9504 to 10121.

CellParameters Id

CPID Integer Values range from 0 to 127.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell ID (16- bit)

AntennaDirection



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URA URA Integer UTRAN Registration Area

RNC ID RNCID Integer Radio Network Controller ID

AntennaHeight



Antenna Beam

Width




Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

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)




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3.9 WIMAX cell parameters



System SYSTEM String WIMAX.



Frequency FREQ Float Frequency in MHz.

PreambleIndex

PI Integer Values range from 0 to 113.

Antenna

Direction


Base StationID

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



AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor CellName


User-definedcolumn name User-definedname

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


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Base Station ID + Preamble index

Frequency + Preamble index




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3.10 EVDO cell parameters



System SYSTEM String EVDO.



Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

AntennaDirection




System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identificationand system number identifying the service area andfrequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

Antenna

Height



Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor Cell

Name



User-definedname

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


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


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).


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3.11 LTE cell parameters



System SYSTEM String LTE


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If there is no uniquename available for every cell, Cell ID (CID) can beused

ChannelNumber

CH Integer EARFCN number. Values range from 0 to 65535

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

Physical LayerCell ID

PCI Integer Values range from 0 to 503.

AntennaDirection




TAC TAC Integer Tracking area codeTracking area code of the currently used cell. See3GPP TS 124.301 subclause 9.9.3.32.Range: 0 – 65535

AntennaHeight



Antenna Beam

Width




Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text


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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

LTE;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;65535;26841545;2;0;NEMO4;NEMO5;NEMO6

LTE;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name

3;65535;26844545;4;90;NEMO7;NEMO8;NEMO9




Cell Identification (Cell ID) (for serving cell)

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


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3.12 IDEN cell parameters



System SYSTEM String IDEN


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for everycell is not available, concatenation of CH and CC canbe used.

ChannelNumber

CH Integer Values range from 1 to 1200.

Color Code CC Integer Color codeRange: 0 – 15

AntennaDirection




Antenna Height HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000


Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor CellName


User-definedcolumn name User-definedname

String Text

3.12.3

Cell search method



Matching channel number + color code (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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4 TECHNICAL SUPPORT

If you have questions on or beyond this documentation about Nemo tools, please contact our

technical support service through Nemo Support Portal at http://nemosupport.anite.com, call us

(local phone numbers can be found in chapter Phone and Email Support) or send us an email at

[email protected]. Note that for full support you need to have the Maintenance Agreement.

4.1 User Club

Nemo User Club offers several new ways to benefit from Nemo products. You can find it from

http://nemouserclub.anite.com.

Access to the Nemo User Club is restricted to customers with SW maintenance and

Technical Support agreements or partner agreements. If you are an existing Anite Network

Testing customer with SW maintenance and Technical Support agreements, but you are without

access to the User Club, please complete an on-line registration form.

After submitting the requested information, you will receive a personal access key and password by

email in a few days time.

Once you are registered with our User Club, you will a u t o m a t i c a l l y receive e-mails informing you

each time a new version of software for your Nemo Product is released. It is fast, easy, and it is

available to you seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

4.2 Nemo Support Portal

Nemo Support Portal is a web interface for technical support, product-related questions, and RMA

requests. It offers a fast and convenient way to reach our technical support team and submit repair,

warranty repair, and calibration requests. Customers can open a support ticket, follow the status of

existing tickets, and request technical support 24/7/365. Furthermore the Nemo Support Portal

includes a Knowledge Base for the most frequent and latest topics on Nemo Products. Submitting a

ticket via Nemo Support Portal ensures that our technical specialists have all the necessary

information available to solve your support case, resulting in faster response times.

Please go to http://nemosupport.anite.com to access the portal and click “Request access” to obtain

a password to the system.

4.3 Phone and Email Support

During the warranty period, the phone support related to potential software errors is free of

additional charge. Registered users with a valid Maintenance Agreement are entitled to full support.

Nemo Support Portal is the preferred channel for technical support requests, but you can also send

us an email. When emailing, please let us know the number of your Software Maintenance and

Support Agreement.


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