Despite the wide theoretical and technical knowledge about the capabilities of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) elements, there is no specific methodology for designing from scratch either the network sub-system (NSS) or the base station subsystem (BSS) parts or optimizing and expanding the existing NSS/BSS architecture, by forecasting future requirements in terms of network elements/resources. Thus, for an evolving network operator who wishes to have a network running at lower cost, offering a competitive quality of service (QoS) to its subscribers, a planning, optimization and forecasting tool (POFTool) is of pivotal importance. This paper aims at identifying the main features of a proper POFTool that efficiently supports dimensioning and optimization studies for a combined GSM/General Packet Radio System (GPRS) network and proposes an evaluation methodology which enables prioritization of alternative core network configurations according to operator-driven criteria
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机译:尽管对移动通信(GSM)元素的全球系统的能力提供了广泛的理论和技术知识,但没有针对网络子系统(NSS)或基站子系统(BSS)部件或优化的特定方法并通过预测网络元素/资源的未来需求来扩展现有的NSS / BSS架构。因此,对于希望拥有以较低成本运行的网络运行的不断发展的网络运营商,为其订阅者提供竞争质量(QoS),计划,优化和预测工具(Poftool)具有关键重要性。本文旨在识别适当的Poftool的主要特征,可有效地支持组合的GSM / General Packet无线电系统(GPRS)网络的尺寸和优化研究,并提出了一种评估方法,其能够根据操作员驱动的替代核心网络配置的优先级化标准
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