Capacity and design planning of special event - moblie solution : a case study in Nascar Motor Sport | |
| Author | Khan, Fahim Mohammad |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.TC-10-03 |
| Subject(s) | Mobile communication Code division multiple access |
| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Telecommunications, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Research studies project report ; no. TC-10-03 |
| Abstract | Mobile communication industry is growing on a fast rate, considering in terms of coverage, services, technology and handsets. Cellular communications are established mostly through fixed cell towers, however when there is a mass gathering such as special events or emergency situations, fixed cell towers might not be able to provide coverage during such times. Therefore alternative solutions in addition to fixed cell towers are considered. This research study considers cells on wheels as an alternative solution for providing the coverage of an outdoor auto-racing special event. The main objectives of this research is to study and document the coverage and design planning as well as the capacity planning for NASCAR motor sporting event through a cellular approach. Based on the performance data measured on the Radio Access Network, the traffic characteristics such as access failures, equipment failures, drops, carried traffic, mean holding time, traffic profiles etc. are studied in this research. The case study of this research is performed for Sprint‟s (US) CDMA 2000 1xRTT network and 1xEV-DO network at Texas Motor Speedway where the special event took place. A total of five cells on wheels within the event arena and one permanent BTS are considered. Each site has three sectors and in each sector six carriers are allocated for the 1xRTT voice network and three carriers for the EV-DO broadband data network. To maintain a good quality of service and user experience, before the event takes place, a set of KPI goals are fixed such as the daily dropped call rate has to be lower than 1%, busy hour combined block rate below 1.5%, average forward throughput greater than 1,000 kbps etc. Detailed analysis has been shown for the final race day where the users‟ attempts and traffic were the highest. The results of the traffic profiles show that all the BTSs have performed according to the requirements. The user behavior for both the voice and data network during this event is also studied. It is observed that before the final race started, the voice service was dominant but as the race started the carried traffic of the voice network decreased although the data usage were high. This is due to the reason that this event was very loud. After the race finished the voice traffic again increased but the data traffic decreased as people exit the arena. From this event, we can observe that subscribers tend to use more EV-DO enabled services which are able to support high bit-rate applications. |
| Year | 2010 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. TC-10-03 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Telecommunications (TC) |
| Chairperson(s) | Erke, Tapio J. ; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Ahmed, Kazi M. ;Rajatheva, R.M.A.P. ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology; |
| Degree | Research studies project report (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 |