ProVision Communications Announces WiMAX And LTE Network Planning Tool Upgrade

ProPhecy upgrade enhances usability, introduces multiple
basestation optimisation across an entire network
BRISTOL, England--(Business Wire)--
ProVision Communications has announced the release of ProPhecy(TM)
2.3, an important upgrade to its advanced network planning and
optimising tools for both WiMAX and LTE.

The new version of ProPhecy(TM) enables the import and display of
multiple basestation data from spreadsheets or other file types,
allowing the user to work with multiple basestations on a single
display, and to create and save groups of basestations to work with at
any one time. This breakthrough in functionality provides the network
planner with an even more intuitive working environment and enhanced
usability, allowing the network to be visualised and optimised as a
whole.

ProPhecy(TM) also delivers other significant usability
enhancements in this latest release, improving both tool navigation,
functionality and result visualisation. An example, is by using a
right-click when over basestations in the display map, relevant site
information is provided. These right click menus are
context-sensitive, in the display map the site information displayed
includes site ID, site name, site group and location. Another area
that has been enhanced is the interactive and easy-to-use 'Route'
creation utility. This feature allows complete flexibility in the
definition of route and waypoints. Selected points are now displayed
in a list format, showing the coordinates of each point, and the user
is able to edit a specific point to define or modify the coordinates
accurately.

"ProPhecy remains the most accurate WiMAX planning tool on the
market," commented ProVision's Director of Wireless Technology, Prof.
Andrew Nix. "But now the user experience has been significantly
enhanced with a new user interface. With the introduction of new
tools, such as a flexible sectorisation filter, functionality has been
improved to ease the design of multi-basestation networks. The user
can now plan WiMAX network in a natural and intuitive manner."

Using ProPhecy to plan a network improves the quality of service
(QoS) and maximises the data throughput per user while substantially
reducing capital investment and operating costs (CAPEX and OPEX). With
full 3D planning and modelling capability based on Radar Cross Section
techniques, ProPhecy is one of the most advanced and accurate network
planning tools currently available for both urban and rural
environments. Results are dramatically better than those obtained with
traditional network planning methods that have not been optimised for
use with non line of sight (NLOS) systems.

ProVision Communication Technologies Ltd
David Smee, +44 117 970 5970
Marketing Manager
david.smee@provision-comm.com
http://www.provision-comm.com
or
Publitek Limited for ProVision Communication Technologies
Helen Duncan, +44 (0) 1225 470000
Associate Director, Publitek Limited
helen.duncan@publitek.com
www.publitek.com

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