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28th July 2003

Europe : Radioplan announced the release of WiNeS 2.0, a software platform for third-generation (3G) network validation and optimization. The platform efficiently supports the network planning, optimization, measurement gathering, and trouble shooting processes of 3G operators due to its unparalleled capabilities for integration, data management, usability, visualization, and key network performance data evaluation.

The WiNeS Platform for 3G has primarily been designed with a value-driven focus in order to empower operators to maximize the capital efficiency of their networks. To this end, the platform comprises several modules that in their combination form a powerful system that entirely supports permanent network validation and optimization based on both planning and measurement data. By using these modules, network operators are enabled to reduce CapEx and OpEx while maintaining sufficient QoS, to increase data service revenues, or to decrease the time-to-market for new services and network upgrades. Lastly, a direct competition analysis is supported to secure a cutting edge position in the increasingly saturated wireless telecommunications market.

The Measurement Module enables very accurate W-CDMA measurements even at high car speed. Concurrently, the receiver performance of a standard UE can be emulated. Thus the system is able to assess both the network coverage in an area and the user’s service quality experience simultaneously. Moreover, the cell broadcast information can be decoded and used to directly verify the network setup and highlight trouble spots. Key performance indicators of the network can be easily extracted from the measurement data, including a direct comparison overview between competing networks.

The Network Optimization Module provides automated optimization support for 3G network planning data. The solution is extremely fast because of its sophisticated target function that makes any time-consuming network simulation redundant in the interactive optimization process. The performance improvement of the optimized network setup can be independently validated regarding QoS utilizing the Dynamic Network Simulator which is another module of the WiNeS Platform. Hence, especially for emerging packet data services this is the most reliable solution available.

Nortel Networks has built a third generation (3G) Wireless Data Network for Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW), which plans to launch Taiwan's first commercial 3G services.