Network Planning, Design and Optimization
Network Planning
Stream works in concert with our client’s sales and marketing organization to determine market penetration objectives, proposed coverage and performance specifications. Then based on these we finalize network design criteria, performance specifications and link budgets.
Stream’s engineers then work with clients to design a network that will insure that these design criteria and performance specifications meet the goals and objectives.
Services include:
- Network & system design
- Dimensioning
- Architecture design
- Radio planning design
- Microwave interconnection
- Backhaul
- Capacity management
- In-building Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
Network Design
Stream’s engineers analyze coverage objectives and establish design parameters based on the design criteria. We obtain performance specifications and data regarding potential sites, performs subscriber analysis and work as a team with our client.
Services include:
- Propagation tests and model tuning
- Verifying subscriber demand data
- Microcell, picocell and femtocell modeling and frequency planning
- Microwave interference analysis
- Regulatory filings and compliance
- Testing and analysis of proposed sites
- Identifying antenna positions and equipment locations
- Final system designs
Network Optimization
Stream assists in establishing and maintaining maximum network performance, providing comprehensive testing and re-calibration services, as well as preparation for migration to 3G, or 4G, technologies.
Our range of services includes:
- Monitoring network performance
- Testing network elements
- Tuning the network for performance
- Identifying elements that need to be upgraded or replaced
- Providing high level reports
- Performing functional and system drive testing
- Test plan development
- Frequency plan revisions
- Equipment capacity expansion analysis
Stream collects and processes performance data, recommending and implementing changes that result in the maximum level of network performance.
Core Network Design and Optimization
Stream’s core network design and optimization solutions include mobile softswitch, IP infrastructure, media gateways, Mobile Packet Backbone Network (MPBN) and microwave and optical transport solutions to provide for the management of voice and data traffic.
Our services include:
- Traffic forecast
- Bandwidth design
- Number analysis design
- Access network design
- Service interconnection design
- Signaling network design
- IP network design
- Synchronization plan
- Expansion plan
- Logical and physical node dimensioning
- Network security plan
- Redundancy and QoS plan