STATISTICAL REPORTING / ALERTING TOOLS: Important parameters are collected (from the ROP or peg counts) or calculated (as formulas of peg counts) and passed through a statistical process control (SPC) routine. The mean and standard deviation are found and compared against "process control limits". Subscribed users are alerted of parameters falling outside specified limits. Example: in the case of a gross measurement of lost calls (however those are defined to a TDMA network) per sector, certain sites will have more lost calls than others due to higher traffic volume or difficult RF environments. As such cases are expected, it would be inefficient to have alerts on sites based only on "high" dropped call volume. Such a case would lead to alerts on already identified problem sites causing problems on low traffic sites to be missed. This problem is avoided by determining if the sector's lost call count has moved more than a pre-determined amount, i.e. 3 s, from historical mean (calculated for the same hour/day on stored data). In this manner alerts can quickly and accurately pinpoint troubled sites.

TOOL REGISTRATION: A web-based front-end allows the user to select from a set of reports and alerts (see above). Each report is capable of being formatted and sent to pager/SMS/email, allowing the user to select the delivery mechanism(s) of preference. Further, since reports run nightly, hourly, etc., users are able to select the times for report transmission. On-call and vacation schedules are also accommodated.

DATA STORAGE: Wireless environments typically have a significant number of calculations and ROP parsing results that may take extended periods of time to run on raw data. With IAS data storage software specifically designed for the wireless environment, results are automatically archived eliminating the need for time-based trending analysis to return to the raw data for calculations.

ROP PARSERS: Generic and specific ROP parsers that search for a given event and count/graph occurrences.

DESIGN TOOLS: These include data conversion programs for antenna pattern files, importation of drive test results into the design tool, calibration of the design tool, etc.

ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER (ECO) SYSTEM: A web-based front end allows the user to see a graphical representation of a cell site providing an "as is" view showing antenna types / heights / tilts / azimuths as well as cell equipment frames / sectors /cards and amplifiers. The user logs in and creates a new ECO and requests changes by using the mouse to select the desired cards or antennas. Selected changes are highlighted on the screen. A text description of the changes is automatically generated and serves as the body of an email which is sent to those who need to approve the request. A PDF of the graphical view is sent as an attachment.

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