FUN Wireless Network Planning Tool
Reading through numerous market brochures it’s becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between good and mediocre radio planning tools. The words are the same but the products are not. Where there were once only a few -- there are now many contenders to consider. Evaluating a radio planning tool is both time consuming and expensive, and prudent engineers demand a tool that addresses both today's market needs and tomorrow's requirements.
FUN is a suite of Java based and J2EE conformant wireless network planning tools offering stand-alone or integrated products for radio planning. It offers engineers a number of strategic advantages that differentiate it from the pack. It has not only a pedigree that stretches back nearly 10 years, but has also been developed with vision to address customer's specific needs and the demands of the evolving market place. It is used by some of the most technology-driven operators in the world supporting hundreds of concurrent users, planning and optimising tens of thousands of sites for GSM and UMTS networks.
In summary the high-level advantages that FUN offers are:
An
engineering solution for comprehensive 2G, 2.5G, 3G wireless
and microwave multi-link network design;
A
best in class architecture well suited for large multi-regional
deployments supporting central or distributed architecture and robust
integration capabilities with in-house systems, 3rd party applications,
and powerful data extensibility capabilities;
Flexibility
with stand-alone or small work-group configurations running
on JAVA or Windows;
Rich
GSM, HSCSD, GPRS, and EDGE radio planning and optimisation functionality
with powerful Automated Frequency Planning (AFP) capacity;
Comprehensive
UMTS planning capability with multi-service, multi network analysis (statistical
Monte Carlo and optional fast-algorithm calculation) and integrated GSM
/ UMTS overlay.
The following is a summary of features and differentiators. In addition please see the pdf brochures available from our download page for more information.
FUN Product Highlights
FUN
supports a full range of GSM / HSCSD / GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / Microwave
/ Micro cell wireless network planning;
Support
for modular plug-ins for additional functionality;
Full
range of propagation models including ray tracing models;
Rich
UMTS functionality with both Monte Carlo and optional mathematical network
analysis models;
Open
system architecture using robust and prevalent interface standards such
as CORBA / JAVA / C/C++ API / POSIX/C / X11 / Direct RDBMS access;
Multi-platform
capability including LINUX / UNIX / WINDOWS / JAVA;
Resilient
system architecture that really is open and a stronger foundation for
integration, customisation, and deployment;
Powerful
distributed computing options for either central and or regional deployment
configurations;
Full
utilization of ORACLE’s data administration and management processes All
the data is stored within ORACLE and not replicated from other database
systems, which is often the case thereby complicating deployment and integration
activities;
Powerful
version management functionality permitting each user to create and work
with different network versions, which can be compared, analysed, and
committed to the project;
Enterprise
class GIS underpinning for both vector and raster (see RasDB below) data
management in enterprise database(s) (not slow flat file GIS software).
This increases speed and provides powerful extensibility of data;
Utilization
of COSIRO’s powerful raster database – RasDB provides high performance,
scalability, extensibility of data, and superior integration capabilities.
See the pdf brochures for more information:
FUN
Radio Network Planning Software System Overview
FUN
Radio Network Planning Software for UMTS