Seasonal RF Optimization

Over the past years, we’ve come to realize how the drop call rate in most markets in the U.S fluctuates as we move from one season to another. This is also true in other countries, particularly in places in the world where one can experience drastic changes in vegetation due to changes in wheather conditions. In the N.E states of the U.S, statistics show that the drop call rate for most wireless carriers usually is the lowest around the beginning of the year. This is the time when the wheather is cold, and most leaves gone from trees. At springtime, the drop call numbers begin to increase. At summertime they reach their peak before changing to the downward motion during fall…and back to the cycle. This is all relative to the network itself, assuming that there is no change made to it to degrade or improve its performance (i.e: customer load, outage, equipment failure,parameters changes, ect…). I’d like to gather ideas about how to best plan the RF Optimization of a wireless network which automaticaly takes into consideration the seasonal environment changes due essentially to variation in weather conditions.

Your thoughts.

Regards,
Antoine A. Soyoh.
Principal Engineer II
Wireless Facilities, Inc.