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How it works

ASTRIX - Key Points

ASTRIX is the Radio Planning Tool with all the necessary functionality to plan your radio network.

Key points for choosing ASTRIX:

  • Teleplan Globe is a long term partner, ensures our commitment to develop and support ASTRIX for the future.
  • Exceptional propagation modelling accuracy. Radio propagation results are the critical factor for all work in a Radio Planning Tool
  • Automatic propagation model tuning
  • Integrated automatic CDMA network optimization
  • Superior speed. This is important for planning efficiency
  • Flexible geographical interface – allowing the user to get the ”feel” of the network
  • Integrated Network Database – designed for network administration
  • Open systems architecture – allowing integration and interfacing with other systems

System

  • Multiresolution and seamless map management - handles maps of various resolutions with ease
  • Effective data resource management - allowing for production of unlimited size predictions, arrays and plots
  • Fail-safe site database management with the integrated network database tool
  • Easy administration and clear split between live and work databases
  • Standalone or centralized operation
  • Integratable API
  • Stable and well proven

Tool

  • Excellent propagation and interference modules - providing reliable estimates for network size and capacity
  • Automatic propagation model tuning - simplifies greatly the previously labour intensive process of model tuning
  • Advanced antenna editor with features for backlobe suppression for wall mounts
  • Identification of areas with interference due to multipath propagation (Q15)
  • Useful data comparison module for before-after plots (coverage, interference, traffic)
  • Easy network, site and cell editing with drag-and-drop, "offset" and "hide" functionalities

Support

  • Fast access to the ASTRIX user manual from all modules with the Fn1-key
  • Dedicated customer support - assistance with map orders and set-up
  • Integration towards customer specific and 3rd part application