RF Monitor Tool
Quick Guide
Guillermo Carrizosa
November 2023
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Contents
o Installation
o RF Monitor Tool
o Files to visualize in RF Monitor
o Example
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Installation (1)
T-Mobile Validation - RF Monitor-0000_000073_000000.zip - All Documents
(sharepoint.com)
Builds - Latest builds - Workflow Tool (nokia.com)
MATLAB Runtime - MATLAB Compiler - MATLAB (mathworks.com)
Download a recent version of the RF Monitor tool from the provided links (In case the SharePoint location
is not accessible you can try from the Workflow Tool link to get a latest build)
Download the MATLAB compiler 8.5 (required to visualize data in RF Monitor)
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Installation (2)
Make sure you have admin rights on your Nokia laptop to be able to install the software. Right click on
the executable files and Run as administrator for installation. Once installation is complete you may go
to Control Panel and find that the programs are installed and most likely you will have an icon on your
desktop of the RF Monitor tool.
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RF Monitor Tool (1)
The first time you run the tool you may
require to run the tool as administrator.
By default, it will open an Edge Browser
(http://localhost:8090/#/visualize) you
can also open that link in a Chrome or
other browser.
You will see the RF Monitor icon in the
system tray. You can right click and
Launch in Browser or Exit from there.
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RF Monitor Tool (2)
The tool has three main menus
Files Visualization
Simulation
Help
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (1)
In the Files Visualization Tab we can load files from
WebEM. Go to Diagnostic -> RF Monitoring -> RF Scan
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (2)
In the Files Visualization Tab we can
load files from WebEM. Go to
Diagnostic -> RF Monitoring -> RF
Scan
Select the Radio, Capture Type
Antenna port and the cell.
Note.- In case you cannot run the RF
Scan check if the actRfiTesting
parameter is set to true in
FEATCADM object
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (3)
Save the *.zip file in a known
location. This file will have a *.rfcap
and and *.xml file which can be
visualized in RF monitor
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (4)
Load the file and you will see
something similar like in the
attached snapshots.
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (5)
In order to visualize a PIM simulation file in RF
Monitor.
Go to WebEM Diagnostic -> RF Monitoring -> PIM
Desensitization
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (6)
In order to visualize a PIM simulation file in RF
Monitor.
Go to WebEM Diagnostic -> RF Monitoring -> PIM
Desensitization -> Export Data for PIM Simulation
The *.zip file will contain an *.xml file that you can
visualize in RF Monitor
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Files to visualize in RF Monitor Tool (7)
Go to RF monitor and Browse the simulation
file you previously obtained from WebEM.
In Simulated antenna field select the antenna
port you would like to run the simulation for.
Select the intermodulation values and click on
simulate. It will show an intermodulation
distribution over frequency as observed in the
attached image
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Example
Images of an example of external interference causing RTWP imbalance.
Please refer to the link of a presentation on RTWP and RSSI for the background theory and
further examples.
LDO AME Capability Management - RSSI RTWP Troubleshoot for 2G 3G 4G 5G
- All Documents (sharepoint.com)
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