Reduce operating expenses, standardize processes and encapsulate Intellectual Property (IP) into customized applications.

Through its revolutionary open, flexible and lightweight architecture, g-station enables customers to reduce operating expenses, standardize business and engineering processes and encapsulate trade secrets and other intellectual property (IP) into customized software applications for automation.

Gladiator g-station is a desktop-based open platform tailored for the optimization of cellular networks. The solution suite comes with a comprehensive set of engineering tools for drill-down troubleshooting and reporting. The platform debuts the industry’s first fully embedded customization and automation engine. Now, you are empowered to customize, automate, and streamline your engineering best practices into standardized and repeatable workflow. The platform features enabling applications and tools tailored to the specific needs of Network Operators, System Integrators, Engineering Services Providers, Test and Measurement Manufacturers, and Infrastructure Manufacturers.

Key Benefits 

• Reduce time spent on processing and analyzing OSS, DT and planning data, including KPIs, from multiple points of view to more quickly arrive at the root cause of network issues.
• Standardize and automate engineering practices for optimization and monitoring across the entire engineering organization.
• Centrally manage usage and information dissemination across the entire engineering organization.
• Reduce “Time to Market” to implement process, KPIs and other customer-driven changes.
• Reduce training costs by centrally capturing and disseminating best practices and Intellectual Property (IP).
• Leverage Gladiator’s embedded expert knowledge to tailor outputs to match your company’s processes.

Four Main Components

1. Input Conversion. Data translators for major test and measurement devices including infrastructure vendors, translating proprietary files into open records inserted into the g-station Database.
2. Database. Flexible, scalable and open; Microsoft’s SQL Server Express edition is native to g-station, providing capacity for projects up to 4GB and leveraging the full capabilities of SQL Server and its development environment.
3. Vizualization. Based on the database records and the ability to synchronize the data between the map, chart, table, graph and other views; allowing for easy search and section of data in one view, while connecting the selected and highlighted data to all other views.
4. Development. Imbedded development environment allows users to automate any function within g-station and the ability to create new customized operations.

Key Features

• Imports and Correlates Supports data collected from a wide range of Drive Test, AFP/ACP and OSS vendors.
• Contains built-in technology-specific Analysis Toolboxes for Drive Test and OSS data.
• Enables integrated, multi-dimensional, synchronized analysis visualization through a common Graphical User Interface.
• Generates standard and custom reports.
• Encapsulates best practices and Intellectual Property (IP) and create new data interfaces through the Application Development Suite (ADS) and Custom Design Center (CDC).
• Analyzes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and multiple events from multiple sources over time through the KPI Trend Viewer (KPI TV) and Event Display Center (EDC).
• Analyzes and reports on benchmarking data through the BM-Flex module.
• Fixed and Flexible License Options with Administrative control of Flex Licenses.

Gladiator g-net is a powerful web-based open platform designed for the management and monitoring of network performance. Its web-based User Interface and dashboard provide comprehensive interactive controls for dynamic data mining, task scheduling, and on-demand access to network resources and reports. The g-net platform is designed with specific features exclusively for Network Operators, System Integrators, Engineering Services Providers, Test and Measurement Manufacturers, and Infrastructure Manufacturers.

G-net supports all major radio access technologies, leading test and measurement tools, and infrastructure types, unifying your access of the network.

Key Benefits

• Reduce time spent on processing and analyzing OSS and DT data, including KPIs, from multiple points of view by up to 300% to more quickly arrive at the root cause of network issues.
• Improve productivity of processing and analyzing KPIs by as much as 600% and overall network performance monitoring efficiency by up to 250%.
• Reduce “Time to Market” to implement new process, KPIs and other changes from 1 week to 1 day.
• Improve engineering organizational speed, efficiency and responsiveness by up to 300% with a scalable, customizable and easy-to-use enterprise solution.
• Reduce training and other operational costs by up to 67%.

Key Advantges

• One platform to unify your business. The integration between g-net and g-station creates a powerful union where the monitoring of network performance results and daily optimization tasks can be controlled and accessed from a common framework. This facilitates seamless control between 3rd party tools, applications, and processes and the management of daily workflow. The g-net platform is designed with specific features exclusively for Network Operators, System Integrators, Engineering Services Providers, Test and Measurement Manufacturers, and Infrastructure Manufacturers. g-net supports all major radio access technologies, leading test and measurement tools, and infrastructure types, unifying your access of the network.
• User friendly. Web visualization provides interactive map, chart, table, graph and other views that are synchronized with each other and delivered over the Internet to active HTML devices. Most importantly, the flexible and extensible task-processing module is responsible for all manipulation of data. This includes initial conversion from proprietary digital formats to open database formats, analysis of the data, production of analysis reports, and action triggering based on data or results. The flexibility of the task module allows users to automate any function within g-net and quickly provide new automated customized operations.
• Uniform. In addition to the open records inserted into the database from proprietary files, g-net creates standard tables based on the underlying technology. This approach allows users and developers to view a standard set of tables that contain data independent of the collection device manufacturer.
• Flexible. Microsoft’s SQL Server Enterprise edition is native to g-net, providing unlimited capacity for projects and leveraging the full capabilities of multiprocessing and virtualized hardware in a data center for rapid processing of massive data sets. g-net utilizes SQL Server Enterprise’s robust management tools for provisioning, configuration, execution, and backup of data and procedures.
• Open. The g-net platform contains three levels of extensibility and open development including customized reporting, scripting, and proprietary development. For many users, the ideal customization solution is based on templates created in the Custom Design Center (CDC) of g-station. For each automated workflow, a CDC report template is created through an intuitive graphical interface that allows drag-and-drop of all visualization components into a design sheet easily compiled into HTML. A g-net task is then created in the task module to execute the CDC report on a specific schedule or event. G-net tasks then automatically publish the report to the web module for distribution as they become available. G-net’s scripting engine provides manipulation of all elements of g-net. In turn, scripts can access a full set of g-net APIs to allow configuration of appropriate users, tasks, schedules and parameters. Script functions from the ADS module of g-station allow for input parameters that can be invoked standalone or in a sequence of other tasks or functions.
• Customizable. For proprietary development, g-net exposes all of its internal data and methods, plus those of the imbedded visualization engines and database, to developers using 3rd party development environments including Visual Studio .NET. From these environments, developers can create their own Graphical User Interfaces and business logic, while leaving the challenging manipulation and visualization of the large data sets to g-net.

Key Features

• Automatically fetch and load Drive Test data and 2G/3G OSS data (counters, alarms, parameter configuration, traces and  measurements).
• Automatically analyze data using built-in Analysis Toolboxes for Drive Test and OSS data.
• Encapsulate best practices and IP through execution of custom KPIs and modules created in Custom Design Center (CDC), Application Development Suite (ADS) and KPI Trend Viewer (KPI TV).
• Synchronize KPIs, Alarms, analysis outputs and trends between multiple views (Map, Graph) for rapid root cause analysis.
• Dynamically define Events based on Configuration Management data changes (e.g. a Parameter change) KPI degradation, or alarms and filter them based on polygons, system queries, KPI thresholds and over dynamically defined Busy Hour for different network elements (BBH, NBH) and different Traffic KPIs (CS, PS, CS-64, HS).
• Generate many different type of reports such as Ranking, Underperforming cells, Comparison, Trends with aging information.
• Automatically process, correlate and generate reports created on CDC, ADS and KPI TV.
• Keep data history for trend performance evaluation.
• Manage large data volumes generated by autonomous and OSS systems (e.g., standard analysis and network evaluation report on 80 GB of data generated in less than 20 min.).

Ranplan Professional

Ranplan Professional – это первое в мире ПО для совместного планирования indoor и outdoor сетей мобильного доступа с поддержкой стандарта 5G New Radio. Данное ПО позволяет моделировать в одном проекте indoor и outdoor сети и рассчитывать их взаимовлияние. Наличие удобных инструментов для создания сложных объектов и продвинутого графического 3D движка и позволяют быстро и точно моделировать объекты любой сложности (бизнес-центры, торговые центры, стадионы, концертные площадки и т.д.) и их внешнее окружение.

Ключевые преимущества Ranplan Professional: 

• Лучшее в своем классе 3D моделирование зданий: модуль Smart CAD Extract позволяет точно преобразовывать 2D планы зданий в 3D модели.
• Быстрое, точное и удобное создание элементов зданий за счет большого набора специальных инструментов – создание лестниц, создание тоннелей, создание вагонов, создание наклонных поверхностей, создание изогнутых произвольным образом стен.
• Быстрый и удобный процесс моделирования сетей связи за счет широкого набора инструментов.
• Большая база данных системных компонентов различных производителей.
• Наличие оптимизационных модулей (частотная оптимизация, оптимизация антенн, оптимизация Small Cells, оптимизация элементов DAS).
  • Intelligent Frequency Optimization – модуль для автоматической оптимизации частотно-территориального плана. 
  • Intelligent Antenna Optimization – модуль для автоматической оптимизации параметров антенн, использующихся в indoor DAS (расположение, тип антенны, азимут, механический наклон).
  • Intelligent Cell Optimization – модуль для автоматической оптимизации параметров объектов типа Small Cells и Wi-Fi Access Points (расположение, модель оборудования, азимут, механический наклон).
  • Intelligent Topology Optimization – модуль для автоматической оптимизации элементов пассивной indoor DAS (типы делителей мощности и кабелей) для получения требуемого распределения мощности между антеннами.
  • Intelligent PCI Planning – модуль автоматической оптимизации PCI плана для сетей LTE и 5G NR.
  • Intelligent RSI Planning – модуль автоматической оптимизации RSI плана для сетей LTE и 5G NR. 
• Симулирование сетевого трафика с помощью модуля Wireless Network Simulation. Данная функция позволяет оценить работу спланированной сети при различной абонентской нагрузке.
• Быстрая и точная 3D ray-tracing модель распространения нового поколения Maxwell, оптимизированная для работы со сложными объектами.
• Генерирование всех необходимых результатов с помощью модуля формирования отчетов.
• Большая база данных материалов для моделирования различных типов перекрытий.
• Добавление в проект геоданных из электронных карт (рельеф, застройка, растительность, клаттеры) для моделирования внешнего окружения.
• Самостоятельное создание объектов застройки и растительности при моделировании внешнего окружения.
• Моделирование indoor и outdoor сетей в одном проекте и анализ их взаимовлияния.

Поддерживаемые технологии: 

• Поддержка различных решений для indoor сетей – active/passive/hybrid DAS, Small Cells, Wi-Fi, leaky cable.
• Поддержка технологий 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), 5G, IoT, Wi-Fi, TETRA, PMR, Public Safety.

Поддержка следующих функций в 5G: 

• NSA и SA варианты развертывания.
• Все частотные диапазоны для 5G NR.
• Многоуровневое развертывание (покрытие, покрытие и емкость, super data layers).
• Все методы дуплексирования в 5G NR (TDD, FDD, SUL и SDL).
• Все варианты нумерологии для 5G NR (sub-carrier spacing, symbol duration, CP, BW, FFT size, TTI).
• Все 7 режимов MIMO (в том числе MU-MIMO и Beamforming).
• Massive MIMO and 3D-MIMO.
• Carrier aggregation (intra-band, inter-band, cross-RATs).
• Взаимодействие между 5G NR и 2G/3G/4G/NB-IoT/WiFi сетями.

Ranplan Wireless работает со всеми заинтересованными производителями оборудования и операторами, чтобы быть на передовой развития технологий.

Полноценная 3D ray-tracing модель распространения радиоволн:

Совместное indoor-outdoor 3D планирование и оптимизация:

Ranplan Professional

Ranplan Professional is the world’s first heterogeneous wireless network planning tool supporting 5G New Radio (NR). Designed for use by an ecosystem of telecommunications companies, it allows customers to precisely and efficiently plan, design and optimise the next generation of indoor and outdoor mobile networks in coordination. Ranplan Professional 3D engine makes it easy and fast to create large venues like business centers, shopping malls, stadiums, concert halls and their external enviroment.

Key Features

• Best-in-class 3D building modelling: Smart CAD extract to enable users to faithfully reconstruct imported 2D models into 3D
• Network System Design allows users to flexibly model and design networks for a wide range of venues and environments
• Large multi-vendor component database
• Optimisation modules (IFO/IAO/ICO/ITO/INP) brings the automation of in-building wireless network design to an unprecedented level
• Wireless Network Simulator (WNS) for traffic capacity simulation
• Fast and accurate true 3D ray-tracing/launching propagation engine optimised for complex indoor scenarios
• A comprehensive set of reports
• Comprehensive materials database and extensive components library
• Seamless integration of GIS and 3D building model
• Simultaneous Indoor and Outdoor design, planning, prediction and capacity simulation
• Planning/optimising indoor-outdoor HetNets in coordination
• Unique indoor to outdoor and outdoor to indoor radio propagation calculation

Supported Technologies

• Supports indoor solutions such as active/ passive DAS, small cells, Wi-Fi, leaky cable
• Supports 3G, 4G (LTE), 5G, IoT, Public Safety, and Smart Cities

Ranplan Professional is the leading 5G network planning platform, supporting:

• Both NSA and SA deployments
• All 5G NR frequency bands
• Multi-layer deployments, i.e., coverage, coverage and capacity, and super data layers
• All 5G NR duplexing modes (TDD, FDD, SUL, and SDL)
• All 5G NR numerology (e.g., sub-carrier spacing, symbol duration, CP, BW, FFT size, TTI)
• All 7 MIMO modes (e.g., MU-MIMO and beamforming)
• Massive MIMO and 3D-MIMO
• Carrier aggregations (intra- and inter-band, cross-RATs)
• Inter-working between 5G NR with 2G/3G/4G/NB-IoT/WiFi networks

Ranplan is working collaboratively with a wide number of stakeholders to be at the forefront of future technlogies

True full 3D ray-tracing coverage prediction:

Indoor, outdoor 3D planning and optimization:

NetGeo

NetChart geolocation module implements proprietary advanced geolocation algorithm that estimates location of hundreds of thousands of simultaneous calls extracted from RNC traces. True coverage patterns and precise locations of call events let engineers to diagnose and resolve network performance problems in much shorter time. To large extent, geolocation module reduces need for extensive drive test campaigns.

The geolocation module provides additional functionalities needed for efficient network optimization, such as. Coverage and usage maps based on RSCP, EcNo, data volumes or call density, interference and pilot pollution maps, event maps based on dropped calls, failed handovers, etc.

Geolocation module includes automated algorithms to detect overshooting cells and misaligned or swapped sectors. Antenna tilt changes on overshooting sectors can be easily verified as geolocation based sector footprints from period before and after tilt change can be compared.

Phone Profiling module enables extensive analysis of multiple performance aspects in relation to device manufacturer, model and software version based on millions of calls extracted from RNC traces. Voice or packet call usage, traffic volumes, roamers, top 50 devices in any category, analysis of RRC and NAS messages, dropped and blocked calls analysis – all per device type or category – is now possible with phone profiling.

In connection with geolocation module usage or event density maps per device type or device category can be visualized. This NetChart capability may support intelligent rollout of small cells based on precise traffic usage maps.