Modelling and Implementation Issues in Circuit and Network Planning Tools

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Modelling and Implementation Issues in Circuit
and Network Planning Tools

• Jukka K. Nurminen
• 11.6.2003

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Planning Tools

• Automate some of the planning tasks
• Essential for effective operations
• Better plans
• Faster and easier planning
• Distribution of planning competence
• Standard planning process
• Better tools provide competitive advantage
• Mandatory for complex plans
• Important business
• System and network management market 7 billion
  Euros (2002)
• Design automation market 3 billion Euros (2001)
• Plus internal tool development
• The efficient development of planning tools is
  important for companies
• How can it be done?

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RFT for Analog Circuit Design

• Design an electronic circuit fulfilling a given
  specification with
• minimum cost
• minimum power usage
• minimum size
• maximum reuse

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NPS/10 Network Planning Tool

• Plan the transmission network to connect GSM
  basestations with
• minimum cost
• high reliability
• easy maintenance
• flexibility for growth

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How to Balance the Different Needs?

• Limited
• time
• number of developers
• competence

Platform
Features Breadth/Depth
?
New Features
Feature Improvements
Architecture Development
Algorithms
Usability Improvements
General Maintenance
Usability
Product Creation
Product
Testing
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How to Deal with Evolution?
Developers
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What Should Be Automated?
Narrow scope
Wide scope
Solution quality
Solution quality
Acceptable level
Acceptable level
Solution coverage
Solution coverage
Expert system
Human