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ATDI Spectrum Management Software Architecture
General description
Our solution uses a standard and open architecture (SOA) with high concern over security.
From the outside world (Internet) the regulator’s customers can access services through the ICS online application. The functionalities available are, among others: input application notices, consult and fix validation errors, consult status of previous applications, consult previously accepted data…
ICS online has its own database (application forms, validation results…) and has been divided into a Web server and an application server.
This yields two advantages:
1. A better security since a firewall can separate the two components and improve security on the database;
2. More flexibility in allowing some integration of ICS Online functionalities into other Web servers.
The ICS online application can also handle service requests from other EIS applications, through an SOA adapter (XML based).
The Enterprise information system (EIS) world consists in various applications:
* ICS manager for handling assigned frequencies and other spectrum management data;
* ICS telecom for handling technical analysis;
* Other pre-existing regulator applications (finance system, case management system, customer management system…) some of whom can be thick clients while others can be based on an intranet server and light clients.
Cooperation between EIS Applications as well as the ICS Online application is done through the SOA open architecture (Web services). To improve security, an XML firewall can filter service requests coming from the outer world (allowing only queries from the ICS Online application server).
ICS telecom is a Windows (x86/x64) application optimized for technical analysis computations; it can run both:
* As a standalone application on a personal computer;
* Together with an adapter to service SOAP requests.
ICS telecom includes Add-on technology based on an Application Programming Interface (API).
An Add-on (a Add-on DLL) can customize and add new functionalities to the ICS telecom application: add functions, new reports, communication with other applications, workflow facilities, and of course add new web services callable by other applications.
The API for developing plug-ins is public so the regulators can design their own add-ons.
ICS manager is a .NET application; its database can be SQL Server or Oracle; it can run in two distinct environments:
* In the ‘back office’ configuration, it runs as a standalone application on a Windows personal computer (2 tiers). So it needs access to the database server over a LAN. It needs also access to a file server (common storage for cartography resources). This configuration also has a tight coupling with ICS telecom.
* Together with an adapter to service SOAP requests.
ICS manager can be customized through a plug-in technology. A plug-in (a .NET DLL) can customize and add new functionalities to the ICS manager application : add new menus, new data views, communication with other applications, workflow facilities, and of course add new web services callable by other applications.
The API for developing plug-ins is public so the regulators can design their own plug-ins.
The diagram below summarizes the architecture:
ATDI Spectrum Management Software Architecture
Add-ons are now available for ATDI applications
Add-ons available for ICS telecom, HTZ warfare and ICS manager:
* Export the coverage on Google earth (free).
* Generate reports on Acrobat Reader of all the microwave links displayed on the map: Path budget and network scheme (quotation on demand).
Integration of Web services in ICS manager and ICS online
Available ICS online web services:
* Get Distance: Calculates the distance between two points (in km)
* Search: Reports an arranged address list corresponding to specific research criterions.
* Check User Session: Check if a user is properly connected.
* Convert Coordinate: converts the coordinates of a point from one coordinate system to another.
* Get Coverage Center: Reports the coordinates of the centered point of a RF coverage.
* Detach Coverage: Erase the coverage files of the server and delete the corresponding files in the database.
* Add New Network, Delete Network, Change Network Name: Network management in the database.
* Report CDMA, Report BFWA, Report VSAT: Get back the report information depending of the type of network (e.g. the name of the best server, the field-strength level, the coordinates of the point on which the analysis is done…).
APIs available in ATDI tools
From now, ATDI decided make available to all a set of APIs for ICS telecom, HTZ warfare and ICS manager. These APIs allows Add-ons development and the integration in external applications. E.g.:
* Propagation models
* Frequency assignment functions
* WNS server access
* Process control
* Work flow
* Billing
* Custom reports
ATDI announce the creation of web services for ICS telecom
This will allow the parallelization of the processes in clustering mode.
ATDI Iberica sales office in Madrid has moved
ATDI Iberica, sales office in Spain marketing ATDI products and services, has relocated office into an up-market area in Madrid, the Salamanca district.
Spacious and well located, ATDI Iberica office now offers training facilities in a fully equipped room for up to 5 people.
A skillful team of engineer’s expert in web applications development recently joined the Madrid office. This broadens and enhances ATDI’s competences with the expertise in web-oriented applications in addition to ATDI’s existing services of technical engineering and the range of software products for radio network planning and video streaming.
Telephone, fax and email remain unchanged.
ATDI Iberica
C/ Hermosilla, 46 2º 28001 Madrid
Tel: +34 915 982 136
Fax: +34 915 970 103
Skype : atdi_iberica
www.atdi.es
Compatibility analysis between fixed, mobile and radar communication systems and windfarms.
ICS telecom and HTZ warfare are now featuring a full module dedicated to the analyses of potential disturbances that might be issued by wind turbines on surrounding systems of telecommunication. These analyses can be performed at various levels :
• Estimation of the received signal and interference levels due to reflection on a wind turbine or a wind farm on Fixed (Microwave links), Mobile or Radar systems.
• Analyses of geometrical and radio constraints to respect by a wind turbine facing various types of radars : High and Medium Altitude, Low Altitude, Landing...
The calculations are made in agreements with the current ITU recommendations and European decrees and take into account not only the communication system to be protected but also the geometry of the wind turbines (height of the Mast, length of the Blades, RCS, ...). The results can be made of maps and tables...
Do not hesitate to contact us (support@atdi.com) for any additional information.
Human Exposure and FCC-OET-B65 MPE Compliance Calculations
ATDI releases a new white paper that follows the article originally written by ATDI – Sami Nedhif in May 2008 introducing ICS telecom’s capabilities for calculating Health safety and Field Strength Exposure. This paper is in response to the high volume of enquiries that the original article generated requesting clarification on the compliance calculations referenced by the FCC Guidelines described in the OET Bulletin 65. This article describes the methodology used in ATDI software tools to quickly prepare a rooftop CAD project, and an MPE analysis.
A proper MPE analysis requires all the standard components of a fully featured RF Planning tool like ICS telecom plus dedicated functionalities and user customizing capabilities. The ATDI suite of tools streamlines the process and imports the information provided from a CAD drawing in a user-friendly manner easy to replicate repeatedly. No training is required.
Read the white paper to learn more about Human Exposure And FCC-OET-B65 MPE compliance calculations.
If you have any questions or would like ATDI to run a demonstration for you in person or via on-line web connection, please feel free to contact Sean Yun or Daniel Humire at the contact information listed below.
Sean Yun
Direct: +1 703 848 4750 ext. 206
Email: syun@atdi.com
Daniel Humire
Direct : +1 703 848 4750 ext. 207
Mobile: +1 703 678 3300
Email: dhumire@atdi.com
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2009
28-29 April 2009
Suntec, Singapore
Hall 403-404 Stand No: 99
Join ATDI at the largest WiMAX network event in the Asia region with over 4000+ attendees including operator representatives.
For more information visit: asia.wimax-vision.com
Mobile LTE network design with ICS telecom
Currently, UMTS networks worldwide are being upgraded to High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) in order to increase data rate and capacity for downlink packet data. In the next step, High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) will boost uplink performance in UMTS networks.
However, in order to ensure the competitiveness of UMTS for the next 10 years and beyond, concepts for UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) have been investigated. The objective is a high-data-rate, low-latency and packet optimized radio access technology. This white paper describes the main features of the LTE concept and how these features can easily be handled by ICS telecom. Today, the ICS telecom software is able to provide a full solution for the LTE network design as well as for the coverage simulations, interference and traffic analysis and regarding the MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services) network management.
Read the white paper
AVS Video Solutions is the most complete software solution for the management, broadcasting and revenue generation for your video events live on the internet.The AVS Video Solutions suite and its components is targeted at broadcasters, producers of content, advertisers and specialized agencies Read the white paper
http://avssolutions.atdi.fr/
ITU-R P. 1812 propagation model...
...available FREE of charge for ICS telecom & HTZ warfare clients*
contact: support@atdi.com
* With valid maintenance contract
New HF module available in ICS telecom and HTZ warfare!
ICS telecom and HTZ warfare include a new module dedicated to HF propagation based on the ITU-R P.533 and ITU-R P.1240 recommendations. Through an intuitive interface, it becomes easy to manage HF antennas, save HF stations and perform calculation all over the world in just a few clicks! This new module can display S/N maps, perform communication statistics calculation and define the Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF) as well as the Frequency of Optimal Transmission (FOT).
Read the white paper
 
ATDI leads hands-on workshop for Asian broadcasters and regulators.
Under the auspices of the Asian Broadcasting Union and the ITU, ATDI and Broadcast Australia jointly conducted the ‘UHF-VHF BAND PLANNING FOR DIGITAL TV BROADCASTING SERVICES’ workshop in Kuala Lumpur, from July 21-24 2008. Participants hailed from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, UAE, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, with an even mix of regulators and broadcasters.
This workshop provided both theoretical and hands-on sessions, with a vast contribution of real-world experience brought in by both ATDI and Broadcast Australia, as well as the numerous broadcasters and regulators who attended the workshop. ICS telecom, ATDI’s flagship radio planning tool, was used extensively during the hands-on sessions and generated enormous interest and praise from the participants.
The level of participation to this workshop, and the extent and intensity of discussions, reflects the growing importance of DTTV in the region, and underlines ATDI’s commitment to providing state of the art software solutions and services to the broadcast and regulatory community.
Long Term Evolution (LTE) with ICS telecom!
The rising E-UTRA technologies such as LTE are easily handled by ICS telecom. This sophisticated planning tool is uniquely designed to cope with the specific characteristics of LTE such as :
- wide frequency band (from 700MHz to 2.6GHz);
- large choice of possible bandwidths (from 1.4MHz to 20MHz);
- FDD or TDD modes;
- MIMO antennas;
- ...
ICS telecom includes features dedicated to the spectrum management of an LTE network with specific scheme like DL OFDMA and UL SC-FDMA. It also handles handover analysis with existing technologies (WiMAX, 3G, ...), advanced site selection (reuse or add new), thereby greatly facilitating the radio planning process for operators who are implementing LTE technology gradually. Of course, the band sharing analysis and optimization :
- between operators,
- between different technologies (WiMAX, CDMA, ...),
- between neighboring countries,
are only a few clicks away...
ICS telecom can also help to compare the pros and cons of different technologies, as well as to select or validate equipment performance.
Thanks to its built-in versatility and flexibility, ICS telecom is the long-term radio planning tool of choice for evolving technologies and planning needs.
HCM (Harmonised Calculation Method)
ATDI is the first software provider to offer a complete open-database solution for the 2005 HCM agreement for fixed service and land mobile service. This solution is fully integrated in the ICS spectra suite edition, ATDI's solution for regulators. Thanks to the new HCM module, users will be able to make coordination calculations according to the Vilnius 2005 agreement with a few clicks of the mouse.
The HCM module features:
• Complete integration of the HCM tools (Border, Morphological, Topographical data + programs).
• Easy selection of the appropriate program version (6.xx or 7 for mobile, 2.0x for fixed).
• Coordination calculations (Transmitters vs Receivers, Transmitters vs Lines).
• Audit function to keep track of incoming and outgoing coordinations.
• Exchange of lists.
GE06 (Geneva 2006)
ATDI's software suites ICS spectra edition and ICS Broadcast edition enables a complete planning process for Terrestrial digital radio-communication services (T-DAB and DVB-T) according to the procedure approved in Geneva during the RRC06 meeting.
The GE06 module features:
• Connection to GE06 database.
• Import of Assignments and Allotments from the GE06 database.
• Import/Export of GE06 electronic notices (GS1, GT1, GS2, GT2, GA1).
• Integration of the revised 1546 propagation model.
• Computation of calculation points from any entry to the GE06 plan.
• Comparison of a plan entry’s calculation point versus real networks.
SMADEF (version two)
WATCH this space! SMADEF Format version 2 will be released soon.
ATDI launches NEW German website
ATDI's news, information and brochures are now translated in German and you can find them on .
RRC06: ATDI helps administrators to a smooth approval process.
ATDI's customers get best in-class results at RRC06 for the agreement of the new digital broadcast plan: more than 30% of the countries were supported by ATDI's software suite and consulting services. Read the article
exhibition & conferences
CABSAT 3 - 5 March 2009
Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
Zabeel Hall, Stand No: ZT4
CABSAT is an unmissable event with 9,300 visitors from over 100 countries, including broadcasters,
commercial entities, telecoms operators, government, NGO's and military.
ATDI will exhibit at CABSAT to improve business relationships in this rapidly growing industry.
For more information, please visit : www.cabsat.com
WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2009
28-29 April 2009
Suntec, Singapore
Hall 403-404 Stand No: 99
Join ATDI at the largest WiMAX network event in the Asia region with over 4000+ attendees including operator representatives.
For more information visit: asia.wimax-vision.com
European Spectrum Management 2009
The Management Centre Europe, Brussels
15-17 June 2009
Stand: No:1
Join our ATDI representatives at this leading Spectrum Management Conference. This year the focus addresses issues on spectrum policy and strategy for advanced wireless services in Europe.
For more information visit: www.spectrummanagement.eu
Communicasia 2009
16-19 June 2009
Singapore
Hall No: 3 Stand No:3H2-11
For several years ATDI have participated in this prestigious event and this year our ATDI representatives return to exhibit! The combined show focuses on all aspects of ICT industry, the technology of IPTV, Mobile Entertainment and WiMAX.
For further information visit: www.communicasia.com/main.htm
WiMAX Megna 'regional focus'
23-24 June 2009
Dubai, UAE
Hall: tbc, Stand No: tbc
ATDI will participate in this extremely popular 2 day event which is fully endorsed by the WiMAX Forum! Join ATDI to discuss the hottest topics within the telecoms industry and what WiMAX solutions we can offer to you. This is an event you cannot afford to miss!
For further information visit: www.wimaxision.com/newt/l/wimaxvision/events/megna
ITU Telecom World
5-9 October 2009
Geneva, Switzerland,
Palexpo Venue, Hall 2, Stand No: 2462
Join ATDI in this crucial world-class event for the global telecommunication and ICT sector. The focus which underpins this entire event is Open Networks and highlights the importance of ITU World 2009 in developments of telecommunication and ICT industries.
www.itu.int/WORLD2009/visitor_info/about.html
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