Radio network system planning is a comprehensive optimisation task where different planning targets - coverage, capacity and quality- have a direct influence on each other and where optimised solution is a compromise of these planning areas.
Introduction—Radio Propagation Environment.- Radio System Planning Process.- Configuration Planning and Power Budget.- Coverage Planning Criteria.- Radio Propagation Prediction.- Capacity Planning.- Frequency Planning.- Optimisation.- Radio Network Monitoring.- General Packet Radio System, (GPRS).- Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS).