Actix Analyzer

Training for Optimization Engineers

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What is Actix ?

Why do we need Actix ?

Troubleshooting
Data Processing
KPI reporting
A software application
running under Microsoft
Windows

What is the purpose Actix ?

Network performance optimization

Feature testing
Service validation
Problem diagnosis and analysis
Network bench-marking
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Actix delivers support services through service desks located in the UK, US
and Asia, and provides 24x7 access to a web-enabled support system that
allows customers to leverage the power of the Actix knowledgebase, facilitate
self-help and allow Actix to track and communicate the progress of any
logged issue quickly and effectively.
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DAY 1 Morning Session

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Agend
Module
-1
a

GETTING STARTED
Configuring Analyzer

Configuring network information

Modifying threshold values for detecting
events
Configuring how data is aggregated
Configuring maps

Module -2
THE ANALYZER INTERFACE
Examining Data

Viewing attribute data

Reports
Super streaming
Practical Exercise

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Module -1
Getting started

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Getting started
Starting Analyzer
start Analyzer,
select Start Programs Actix Analyzer.
From the Desktop

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Getting started
Starting Analyzer
Selecting an engineering process,
Analyzer Classic
Free analysis mode Analyzers
comprehensive set of data-analysis
tools to investigate any message or
attribute of interest within your
logged data.
Spotlight
Guided through a series of predefined
analyses and reports that
encapsulate sophisticated radio
engineering decision-making
knowledge.
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Getting started
Starting Analyzer
A blank Analyzer workspace then opens:

Tool bar
Attribute Explorer

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Configuring network information
In Analyzer, network configuration information (such as the names,
IDs, and locations of the cell sites, etc.) is stored in a text file that is
called the CellRefs file.
What is is CellRefs file
File Location of the CellRefs file
File used to configure Cell Refs (Structure and format )
Required CellRefs Fields
The network information fields that must be present in the CellRefs
file for Analyzer to work correctly.
Radio technology independent fields
Radio technology specific fields

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Required CellRefs Fields
Radio technology independent fields
Site-Level Fields

Sector-Level Fields

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Required CellRefs Fields
Fields by Technology:
GSM

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Required CellRefs Fields
Fields by Technology:
UMTS

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
CellRefs Structure
In Analyzer, network configuration information is stored in a text
file called the CellRefs file.
The structure of the CellRefs file is defined in the CellRefs
configuration file (DefNetworkData.ini).

C:\Program Files (x86)\Actix\Analyzer\Bin

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
CellRefs Structure

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Obtain site data in tabular format
A delimited text file, which must contain the data listed for the
appropriate technology.
The data may come from a network database or a planning tool
configuration file. Below is an example of a delimited WCDMA file
that could be used to import a site list into Analyzer.
The Excel spreadsheet must be saved as a TEXT file for import
into Analyzer.

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer

Note :
Analyzer does not require the data fields to be listed in a
particular order in the text import file.
The Site ID field must contain a unique value for each site
location. Beware of non-unique Site IDs that is, entries that have
multiple sets of latitudes and longitudes for the same Site ID. Nonunique Site IDs will result in Analyzer displaying site markers on
the map without sector wedges.
Site Names do not need to be unique they are only for display
purposes.
Before importing new cell data into Analyzer, you need to ensure
that Analyzer is pointing to a valid cell site database.
Every Analyzer installation comes with a clean file called
cellrefs.txt, located in the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
To Data\Actix\Analyzer\Bin\CellRefs\Cellrefs.txt
be a valid cellrefs file, the first line must contain the following:

;#NetworkData datafile
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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
To import the data
1. In Analyzer, from the Data tab, select Network Explorer

2. On the toolbar, select Import, then

Import From New Template.

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Modifying threshold values for detecting events
Analyzer determines that certain network events have occurred if
related network parameters exceed specified thresholds.
these threshold values by using the Data tab Configuration
command

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Getting started
Configuring Analyzer
Configuring network information
1. Select File Preferences from the main menu.
2. Browse down to General Settings and locate Use Small Toolbars
3. Uncheck or Deselect the box.

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Getting started
Data Aggregation (Binning)
There are four modes for determining how to divide data into bins:
Time-based binning
Distance binning
Message binning
Location binning

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Getting started
Data Aggregation (Binning)
Time-based binning
combines data in the time domain using a
user-specified duration for the bin. The speed of travel
during logging will affect how many log files you see in a
certain area. The diagram below looks at a one-second bin.

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Getting started
Data Aggregation (Binning)
Distance binning
combines data into bins corresponding to the
distance traveled by the test mobile. This mode is commonly
used for drive test analyses when viewing on a map to
ensure plot points are evenly spaced.

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Getting started
Data Aggregation (Binning)
Message binning
sets the number of messages to average
equal to 1. Each message is placed into its own bin with the
net result of no averaging of the data. Message binning
should not be set to any value other than 1.

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Getting started
Data Aggregation (Binning)
Location binning
analogous to overlaying a spatial grid on top
of the data with a user-definable granularity. This can be
used when examining several drive files crossing over the
same geographic area. This method is often used for
super streams.

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Getting started
Loading Cell Site Data

Open Network explorer

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Getting started
Loading Data Files
Configuring maps
1. Create a new map by selecting Home (or View), Map.
2. Click the Layers button to open the Layer Control dialog.

Change labels for a map layer

From the map window, click the Layers button to open the Layer
Control dialog.
Select a particular layer.
Click the Labels button to open the Label Properties dialog
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Getting started
Loading Data Files
Change labels for a map layer

From the map window, click the Layers button to open the Layer
Control dialog.
Select a particular layer.
Click the Labels button to open the Label Properties dialog

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Practice

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DAY 1 Afternoon Session

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Module -2
THE ANALYZER INTERFACE

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The analyzer interface

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The ribbon provide the full range of commands. To toggle the interface for new windows (for example, for Maps,
Charts, Tables etc., but not the main Analyzer ribbon) between using buttons alone and buttons with text, select:
File > Preferences > General Settings > Use Small Toolbars.
The Attribute Explorer panel shows all log files, repositories and dataset operations.
Various data views (e.g. maps, charts, tables) can be opened in this area.
The Replay control lets step through log file data.
This area reports on any filters in operation and the type of data binning being used.

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The analyzer interface

Load data files
1. From the main toolbar, click the Open Log file button to display the Open
dialog.
2. Select one or more appropriate files.

Files of Type

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The analyzer interface

Find and use data in the Attribute Explorer
Searching for attributes

Filter Mode

Attribute

Display's Group Mode

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The analyzer interface

Selecting analysis options

Queries have a different set of options:

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The analyzer interface

View data using solution reports
Analyzer provides a set of pre-packaged reports, each concentrating on a particular type
of network analysis.
These distil advanced analysis techniques into simple, comprehensive spreadsheet
reports, ready for immediate use by staff of all levels of experience.
Each technology has a different set of reports.
The reports are listed under
The View tabs Pre-Packaged dropdown

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The analyzer interface

View data using the Message Browser

Filters and formats

the display of
selected message
type

Select
Data
Stream

The Message Browser combines an

event panel (sequentially listing call
events) with a panel of Layer 3
messaging, allowing you to pinpoint
the root causes of problems.

Event Panel shows a tree

view of messaging in the
selected data stream

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The analyzer interface

View data using the Protocol Stack Browser

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Viewing Data in Analyzer

Viewing Data on Maps
There are two options for viewing data on maps:
To view any parameter on a new map: Right-click on the
parameter of interest in the Workspace Browser and select
Display on Map.
To view a parameter on a map already open in the
workspace: Click and drag the parameter of interest onto a
map already open in the workspace.
Activity

Modifying Legend Ranges

More Range Display Options
The Map Offset Tool
Adding Annotations to the Map
Formatting Data Labels on the Map
Displaying Lines to Cells on the Map
The Direction Button
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Viewing Data in Analyzer

Replay the data
With a drive test file, you may want to recreate the drive test by
'playing' through the data file from beginning to end. You can do this
using the Replay control from the Home tab.
To move through the messages by one message at a
time, click on a Step button:
Several clicks may be required before any change is
visible on the Map, depending on the binning settings.
To move through each message at a set speed, click a
Play button:

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Viewing Data in Analyzer

View data in a Form
View data attributes for the same data point by using Forms (also called
StateForms).
1. From the View menu, select Forms and select an appropriate
StateForm (or, from the Attribute Explorer, right-click on a stream name,
select Display Form and then the form name).

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Viewing Data in Analyzer

Merging Multiple Drive Files in the Workspace

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Viewing Data in Analyzer

Practical Exercise

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Thank
you !
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