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ICTRFN6098B
Monitor the capacity of and recommend changes to the cellular mobile network

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


Technical officers and engineers may apply the skills and knowledge in the unit. They undertake mobile network performance measurements and report on mobile capacity enhancement to senior management.

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to make recommendations on cellular mobile network systems at the system design level.

You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)

Prerequisites

Not applicable.


Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.




Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to:

source and analyse relevant data to prepare a plan indicating growth potential and recommendations for meeting growth within timeframes

use tools and software packages for forecasting and measurement

identify site or channel capacity, relevant network growth and forecasting growth.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure:

access to sites with cellular mobile network

capacity monitoring data and equipment.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

direct observation of the candidate undertaking a practical monitoring exercise

evaluation of report prepared by the candidate outlining recommendations relating to capacity changes

oral or written questioning to assess required knowledge.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplaces and job role is recommended, for example:

ICTRFN5148A Test and measure cellular phone and network equipment performance

ICTTEN6169A Produce and evaluate architecture designs for convergent cellular mobile networks

ICTPMG8149B Evaluate and use telecommunications management networks.

Aboriginal people and other people from a non-English speaking background may have second language issues.

Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support when required.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and appropriate to the oral communication skill level, and language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge. Questioning techniques should not require language, literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency.

Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs.


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

analytic skills to interpret capacity requirements

communication skills to:

liaise with internal and external personnel on technical and operational matters

relate to work associates, supervisors, team members and clients

literacy skills to:

interpret technical documentation, such as equipment manuals, specifications and service orders

write reports using standard formats

numeracy skills to estimate costs and calculate return on investments

planning and organisational skills to plan, prioritise and monitor own work and coordinate the capacity measurement process in liaison with others

problem solving and ability to convey solutions to others

task management skills to work systematically with required attention to detail

technical skills to:

select and use appropriate tests to measure cell capacity usage

use teletraffic statistical data.

Required knowledge

blocking, non-blocking and grade of service

Erlang B measurements

features and operating requirements of test equipment

field measurements for cell traffic capacity

information required to:

analyse and interpret statistical data as applied to teletraffic measurement

prepare and conduct a capacity measurement

legislation, codes of practice and other formal agreements that directly impact on radio communications site transmission

overview knowledge of:

transmission lines

transmitter and receiver architecture and their impact on radio communications traffic

switching architecture and in particular space and time switching

types of adjustments that need to be made to procedures to meet the requirements of particular sites and environmental conditions

typical issues and challenges that occur in telecommunications cellular capacity design and how these may be addressed

workplace and industry environment.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Traffic levels may be found in:

Erlang or centum call seconds (CCS) form per site:

circuit switching or packet switching networks hardware units

network management tools.

Customer forecast may include:

simulate decrease in traffic requirement

simulate increase in traffic requirement.

Capacity trigger may include:

’no service‘ complaints

business plan targets or forecast method

decisions to target certain clients

decisions to target certain sites

geographical considerations

industry status

investigation for improvement of service.

Coverage includes:

radio base station capacity parameters:

available channels per cell

available channels per sector.

Requirements may include:

frequencies

hardware requirement

radio channels

transmission availability.

Frequency parameters may include:

degree of separation

frequencies

frequency reuse

interference levels

signal levels.

Transmission path and switch resources may include:

transmission capacities:

between switching elements

on radio path

group switch resources.

Transmission medium may include:

coaxial cable

copper cable

microwave link

optical fibre cable

satellite.

Switch parameter settings may include:

switching architecture for arrangements:

routing tables

switching routing

time-space-time (TST).

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Monitor traffic levels from the network management system 
Use approved enterprise plans to identify planned network growth 
Obtain customer forecast data from marketing 
Apply identified data against capacity trigger criteria 
Determine coverage and cell parameters 
Identify requirements for additional capacity 
Recommend changes or additions to frequency parameters and submit to planning personnel 
Assess capacity of transmission path and switch resources and recommend improvements noting transmission medium 
Manipulate traffic through switch parameter settings as a means of relieving traffic congestion 
Determine cost of proposed changes and undertake studies of appropriate return on investment (RoI) 
Organise tests and studies to ensure that increased capacity adequately caters for traffic flow 
Make recommendations for further change to network should the increase capacity not meet need 

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