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Base StationFile Format

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Revision 1.13.01 Last Edited April 2013


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1 GENERAL STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................. 52 CREATING BTS FILES .................................................................................................................... 53 PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................. 5

3.1 MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS ....................................................................................... 53.2 OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS ............................................................................................ 63.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 7

3.3.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 73.3.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 73.3.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 7

3.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................... 83.4.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 83.4.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 83.4.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 9

3.5 CDMA CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 103.5.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 103.5.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 103.5.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 10

3.6 UMTS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 113.6.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID .................................................... 113.6.2 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID .............................. 113.6.3 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 123.6.4 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 12

3.7 TETRA CELL PARAMETERS................................................................................................. 133.7.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 133.7.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 133.7.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 13

3.8 TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 143.8.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 143.8.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 143.8.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 15

3.9 WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 163.9.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 163.9.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 163.9.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 16

3.10 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 17


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3.10.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 173.10.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 173.10.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 17

3.11 LTE CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 183.11.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 183.11.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 183.11.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 18


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1 GENERAL STRUCTURE

The first row of the file contains the keywords that define the order of the parameters in the followinglines. Keywords are separated with semicolon or tabulator character.

Other rows in the file contain the cell definitions. Each line describes one cell and contains a set ofparameters describing the cell as well as the site in which the cell resides. For both site and cellinformation, there are both mandatory parameters and optional parameters. Site and cell parametersare separated with semicolon or tabulator character.

The file format supports three data types: integer, float and string. Integer type is defined as a numericvalue without dot character. Float type is defined as a numeric value with dot character. String type isdefined as a set of any printable ASCII characters except semicolon.

2 CREATING BTS FILES

BTS files can be created, for example, with MS Excel. Type in the cell parameters and save the file in

CSV format. Finally, change the file extension to .nbf.

3 PARAMETERS

3.1 MANDATORY CELL PARAMETERS

Parameter Keyword Type Descript ion

System SYSTEM String AMPS, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, UMTS,

TETRA, TD-SCDMA, WIMAX, EVDOor LTE.

Site Name SITE String Name of the site.

Cell Name CELL String Name of the cell.

Latitude LAT Float Latitude of the site in degrees.

Longitude LON Float Longitude of the site in degrees.

Decimal degrees (DD) express latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions andare used in many Geographic Information Systems (GIS), web mapping applications such as GoogleMaps, and GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using degrees, minutes, and seconds(DMS). As with latitude and longitude, the values are bounded by 90 and 180 each.


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Positive latitudes are north of the equator, negative latitudes are south of the equator. Positivelongitudes are east of Prime Meridian, negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian. Latitudeand longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.

3.2 OPTIONAL CELL PARAMETERS

Note that BSIC number format and separator parameters are defined per BTS file, not per

cell. If these two parameters are included in the BTS file, they must be located at the

beginning of the file on separate rows. See example below.


AntennaHeight

HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000

Antenna Tilt TILT Float Values range from -90 to 90.

AntennaBeam Width

BEAM Integer Values range from 1 to 360

BSIC NumberFormat

BSIC_NUMBER_FORMAT Integer Base Station Identity Code Format. Validvalues are: "OCT", "DEC", and "HEX",Case is insensitive. If this keyword is notspecified, DEC is used by default

Cell Range RANGE Integer Cell range in meters.

Cell Type TYPE String NORMAL or REPEATER

Neighbor CellName

NCELL_n String Unique identifier of the neighbor n.

Separator SEPARATOR String SEPARATOR can be specified by theSEPARATOR keyword. If this keyword isnot specified, either ; or TAB character is

used by default and it is determined fromthe parameter header line

User-definedcolumn name

User-defined name String Text

Example:

BSIC_NUMBER_FORMAT OCT

SEPARATOR ;

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;LAC;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;64;77;12500;65231;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;41;42;12501;5231;90;NEMO5;NEMO6;NEMO7GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2;24;12502;65231;45;NEMO8;NEMO9;NEMO10


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3.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS

3.3.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS


System SYSTEM String AMPS.



ChannelNumber

CH Integer Channel number

SAT SAT Integer Setup Audio Tone

AntennaDirection

DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

3.3.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS


AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor Cell

Name



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;SAT;CID;DIR

AMPS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;140;1;11503;45



3.3.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell based on the following algorithm. Matching Channel +SAT

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell i s selected. The cell is matched

only i f distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).


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3.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String GSM.


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cellis not available, concatenation of LAC and CI can beused.

ChannelNumber

CH Integer ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024.

BSIC BSIC Integer Base Station Identity Code in decimal format. Valuesrange from 0 to 63. If BSIC Number Format is octal orhex, values with octal range from 0 to 77. With hexvalues range from 0 to 3F.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell identification. Values range from 0 to 65535.

LAC LAC Integer Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535.

AntennaDirection




RAC RAC Integer Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255.

Antenna Height HEIGHT Integer Values range from 0 to 1000

Antenna Tilt TILT Float Values range from -90 to 90.Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

BSIC_NUMBER_FORMAT "OCT"

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;LAC;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;64;1;12500;65231;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;41;1;12501; 65231;90;NEMO5;NEMO6;NEMO7

GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2;1;12502; 65231;45;NEMO8;NEMO9;NEMO10


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Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell and neighbor cells based on thefollowing algorithm.

Matching CellId + LAC Matching CellId + BCCH Matching BCCH Channel +BSIC (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors) Matching BCCH Channel (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)




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3.5 CDMA CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String CDMA.Site Name SITE String Name of the site.


Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

AntennaDirection




System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identification andsystem number identifying the service area andfrequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth



Cell Type TYPE String NORMAL or REPEATERNeighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR

CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90

CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55


Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based onthe following algorithm.

Matching Channel +Pilot Matching Pilot




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3.6 UMTS CELL PARAMETERS

3.6.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 28 BIT CELL ID


System SYSTEM String UMTS.Site Name SITE String Name of the site.

Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cellis not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.

ChannelNumber

CH Integer UARFCN. Values ranges:

UMTS 850, from 4357-4458,1007,1012,1032,1037,1062,1087

UMTS 900, from 2935-3090

UMTS 1900, from 9662-9938,412,437,462,487,512,537,562,587,612,637,662,687

UMTS 2100, from 10550 to 10850.UMTS 2100 AWS, from 1535-1740,1887,1912,1937,1962,1987,2012,2037,2062,2087

.

ScramblingCode

SCR Integer Values range from 0 to 512.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell ID.The 28-bit Cell Identity (UC-Id in 3GPP) is a

Concatenation of RNC-ID and C-ID.

AntennaDirection

DIR Integer Values range from 0 to 360.

3.6.2 MANDATORY PARAMETERS WITH 16 BIT CELL ID AND RNC ID


System SYSTEM String UMTS.


Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cellis not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.

ChannelNumber

CH Integer UARFCN. Values ranges:

UMTS 850, from 4357-4458,1007,1012,1032,1037,1062,1087

UMTS 900, from 2935-3090UMTS 1900, from 9662-9938,412,437,462,487,512,537,562,587,612,637,662,687

UMTS 2100, from 10550 to 10850.

UMTS 2100 AWS, from 1535-1740,1887,1912,1937,1962,1987,2012,2037,2062,2087

ScramblingCode

SCR Integer Values range from 0 to 512.

Cell ID CID_16 Integer Cell ID.The 16-bit Cell Identity. C-ID.

RNC ID RNCID Integer RNC ID. The 12- bit RNC identity. Cell-ID (28 bit) =RNC-ID (12 bit) +CI (16 bit).

AntennaDirection



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Note that Cell ID must be given either with 28- bit (CID) or 16-bit format (CID_16) combined

with 12- bit RNC ID (RNCID).





URA URA Integer UTRAN Registration Area

RNC ID RNCID Integer Radio Network Controller ID. Equal to the 12-bit RNCIdin 3GPP TS 25.401, section 6.1.5. Integer, base 10

or (with prefix 0x) hexadecimal representation.



Antenna BeamWidth BEAM Integer Values range from 1 to 360



Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example with 28- bit Cell ID:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10838;;123811;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3

UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;10838;;123758;2;0;NEMO4;NEMO5;NEMO6

UMTS;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;10838;;123769;4;90;NEMO7;NEMO8;NEMO9

Example with 16- bit Cell ID:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID_16;RNC_ID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10838;;58275;1;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3




Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and monitored set cells based onthe following algorithm.

Matching Cell ID Matching Carrier +SCR (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors)




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3.7 TETRA CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String TETRA.Site Name SITE String Name of the site.



Main Carrier CH Integer Values range from 0 to 4095.

FrequencyBand

BAND Integer Values range from 0 to 15.

Antenna

Direction




AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;LAC;CH;BAND;DIR

TETRA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;3652;124;3;90





Matching Channel +LAC +Band




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3.8 TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String TDSCDMA or TD-SCDMA.



ChannelNumber

CH Integer Values range from 9504 to 10121.

CellParameters Id

CPID Integer Values range from 0 to 127.

Cell ID CID Integer Cell ID (16- bit)

Antenna

Direction






URA URA Integer UTRAN Registration Area

RNC ID RNCID Integer Radio Network Controller ID






Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;CPID;DIR

TDSCDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10120;;;96;0




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Matching Cell ID (16 bit) Matching Carrier +Cell Parameters Id (also for neighbor list)




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3.9 WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String WIMAX.Site Name SITE String Name of the site.


Frequency FREQ Float Frequency in MHz.

PreambleIndex

PI Integer Values range from 0 to 113.

AntennaDirection


Base StationID

BSID String Base Station ID. Six colon separated hex values indouble quotes.





Antenna BeamWidth




Neighbor Cell

Name



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;FREQ;PI;DIR;BSID

WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;2550.000;67;90;03:0f:21:00:02:72

WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;2550.000;68;180;03:0f:21:00:02:73

WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2550.000;69;270; 03:0f:21:00:02:74



Base Station ID +Preamble index Frequency +Preamble index




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3.10 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String EVDO.Site Name SITE String Name of the site.


Pilot Number PN Integer Values range from 0 to 10000.

Channel CH Integer Channel

AntennaDirection




System ID SID Integer System ID. SID presents international identification andsystem number identifying the service area andfrequency block.

Network ID NID Integer Network ID.

AntennaHeight



Antenna BeamWidth



Cell Type TYPE String NORMAL or REPEATERNeighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR

EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90

EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55


Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based onthe following algorithm.

Matching Channel +Pilot Matching Pilot

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell i s selected. The cell is

matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).


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3.11 LTE CELL PARAMETERS



System SYSTEM String LTESite Name SITE String Name of the site.

Cell Name CELL String Unique identifier of the cell. If there is no unique nameavailable for every cell, Cell ID (CID) can be used

ChannelNumber

CH Integer EARFCN number. Values range from 0 to 65535

Cell ID CID Integer Cell identificationCell identification of the current cell.Range: 0 268435455

Physical LayerCell ID

PCI Integer Values range from 0 to 503.

AntennaDirection




TAC TAC Integer Tracking area codeTracking area code of the currently used cell. See 3GPPTS 124.301 subclause 9.9.3.32.Range: 0 65535






Neighbor CellName



User-definedname

String Text

Example:

SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;CID;PCI;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3

LTE;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;65535;26842545;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3





Cell Identification (Cell ID) (for serving cell)

Matching Channel number +Physical Layer Cell ID (for both serving and neighbor cells) matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).