ProVision Communications announced the release of ProPhecy 2.3, an important upgrade to its advanced network planning and optimizing tools for both WiMAX and LTE.

The new version of ProPhecy enables the import and display of multiple base station data from spreadsheets or other file types, allowing the user to work with multiple base stations on a single display, and to create and save groups of base stations 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 visualized and optimized as a whole.

ProPhecy also delivers other significant usability enhancements in this latest release, improving tool navigation, functionality and result visualization. An example is when using a right-click when over base stations 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.

Using ProPhecy to plan a network improves the quality of service (QoS) and maximizes the data throughput per user while substantially reducing capital investment and operating costs (CAPEX and OPEX). With full 3D planning and modeling 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 optimized for use with non line of sight (NLOS) systems.

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