Ricardas PilitauskasTelecommunication Solutions DepartmentHnit-Baltic

Co-operation with educational institutions: Teaching telecommunications using GIS –

Lithuanian experience

• Established in 1993• Authorized Esri Inc. distributor and leader in Baltic

States• 500 clients in Lithuania and abroad• Subsidiary companies:

�Envirotech in Latvia�AlphaGIS in Estonia

• Partners:

Planning

• Design

• Optimization

• New technology/service

Sharing

• Network viewer

• Customer care

• Marketing campaigns

• Sales

Mapping performance (KPI)

• Network

• Complaints

• Sales

• Marketing effectiveness

Cellular Expert – wireless network planning tool

Cellular Expert Customers50 Cellular Expert Resellers all over the world.80+ Cellular Expert customers in 33 countries

Cellular Expert: Who uses it?• Cellular Expert covers wide

range of the wireless systems:� 4G (LTE, WiMAX)� 3G (UMTS, HSPA, CDMA)� 2G (GSM, EDGE, GPRS)� Wireless transmission networks� Military and rescue networks

(TETRA)� Broadcasting (DVB-T, T-DAB)� Other systems in frequency range up

to 40 GHz

Universities that successfully participate in program

Vilnius University

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Kaunas University of Technology University of Applied Sciences in Vilnius

Faculty of Physics - Department of RadiophysicsFaculty of Electronics - Department of Telecommunication EngineeringFaculty of Telecommunications and ElectronicsFaculty of Electronics and Informatics

Faculties involved

The rest of the world:Ball State University, USAUNCG (University of North Carolina - Greensboro), USATechnical Educational Institute of AthensNational Technical University of GreeceTechnological Institute of Crete, Department of Information SystemsTei Kalamatas / Branch of Sparta Department of Technology of Information & TelecommunicationsGreek Telephone Training CenterSchool of Engineering, GreeceUniversity of Cyprus, Department of PhysicsTechnological Institute of Larisa, GreeceBizerte University, TunisiaInstitute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, India

Theoretical electronicsElectrodynamicsSignal processingRF propagationNetwork design

Study programs

Competencies and core technical abilities required to be successful as a professionalTheory to practiceTheoretical models implementationProfessional planning softwareFamiliar environment

Practical laboratory exercise

Many years experience working with educational institutionsCustom solutions Standard solutionsThird party data support

Our experience

Education programEducational software based on ESRI ArcGIS for wireless telecommunication network planning – Cellular Expert LabKit Pack

Tailored Lab exercises

Professional support

Consultation and trainings

Students

Set of

Labs•Prepared Lab

exercises

Software•GIS software

•Cellular Expert

Data

• GIS data

• Cellular Expert Data

Lector

Advanced

Set of Labs

•Full set of standard exercises

•Editable exercises

Software•GIS software

•Cellular Expert

Data

•GIS data

•Cellular

Expert

data

• Software distributed for R&D

• GIS data and Cellular Expert data

• Professional supportR&D

Cellular Expert LabKit Pack

Sample topicsIntegration of Cellular Expert with Matlaband use for wireless network modelingComparative analysis of LTE and WiMAX network coverage and capacityTraffic spreading and estimationAnalysis of mesh networks, coverage and interference predictionMIMO antennas and adaptive modulation influence for network capacity and coverage

ExampleWiMAX vs LTE

ScenarioStudents finished theoretical part about technologiesPractical part is to select which technology is more acceptable for Tallinn : WiMAX or LTE

What’s deliveredGIS + Radio planning softwareData (GIS, Equipment parameters)DescriptionStep by step scenarioReport template

Results� Coverage Prediction� Service availability� Adaptive Modulation� Throughput, Spectral Efficiency and

Power Budget calculation� LTE coverage prediction (RSRP, RSRQ,

RS-SINR, etc.)

ExampleTraffic simulation

ScenarioStudents finished theoretical part about signal processingPractical part is to design equipment, simulate network traffic and check real situation

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3D Buildings Data Exchange Between ArcGIS and Matlab

Data exchange using 3D multi-patch shapefiles

Network Simulation Architecture

SummaryCurrent sollutions

LabKitLabKit PackTailored Lab exercisesProfessional supportConsultation and trainings

PlansExpand set of laboratory exercises Theoretical background

Thank you!

Ričardas PilitauskasRPILITAUSKAS@HNIT-BALTIC.LT