Method of simulating operating conditions of a telecommunication system requiring a limited amount of computing power

A simulation device for simulating operating conditions of a telecommunication system including a plurality of radio base stations and a plurality of mobile transceivers, comprising:

• simulation means for simulating the telecommunication system to create at least one operation condition between the plurality of radio base stations and the plurality of mobile transceivers;
• computing means for computing at least one value of an interference parameter of at least one of said mobile transceivers of the at least one operation condition of said simulating means or selecting means, the interference parameter being indicative of an amount of interference affecting a communication between said mobile transceiver and an associated radio base station;
• identification means for identifying radio base stations and mobile transceivers that generate an amount of interference attaining a predetermined level of significance and affecting said communication;
• and
• selection means for selecting data of an operation condition of radio base stations and mobile transceivers identified by the identification means for computation by the computing means.

A method of testing a radio network controlling unit configured to manage ongoing communications between mobile transceivers and radio base stations in an actual deployment of a telecommunication system, comprising:

• using a simulation device to simulate a behavior of said radio network controlling unit, said radio network controlling unit substituting for a management module, by performing the steps of:
• computing at least one value of an interference parameter of at least one of said mobile transceivers, the interference parameter being indicative of an amount of interference affecting a communication between said at least one mobile transceiver and an associated radio base station;
• identifying radio base stations and mobile transceivers that generate an amount of interference attaining a predetermined level of significance and affecting said communication;
• selecting data of radio base stations and mobile transceivers identified by the identifying step for computation;
• simulating movements and ongoing communications of said mobile transceivers according to a given set of operating conditions of the radio base stations and transceivers;
• and
• updating said given set of operating conditions of the radio base stations and transceivers with respect to said simulated movements and ongoing communications of said mobile transceivers,
• wherein the simulating and updating steps operate asynchronously with respect to each other.

A method of testing a radio base station configured to be included in a simulated telecommunication system when actually deployed, comprising:

• using a simulation device to simulate a behavior of said radio base station, said radio base station being connected to a simulation module, by performing the steps of:
• computing at least one value of an interference parameter of at least one of said mobile transceivers, the interference parameter being indicative of an amount of interference affecting a communication between said at least one mobile transceiver and an associated radio base station;
• identifying radio base stations and mobile transceivers that generate an amount of interference attaining a predetermined level of significance and affecting said communication;
• selecting data of radio base stations and mobile transceivers identified by the identifying step for computation;
• simulating movements and ongoing communications of said mobile transceivers according to a given set of operating conditions of the radio base stations and transceivers;
• and
• updating said given set of operating conditions of the radio base stations and transceivers with respect to said simulated movements and ongoing communications of said mobile transceivers,
• wherein the simulating and updating steps operate asynchronously with respect to each other.

A simulation device for simulating operating conditions of a telecommunication system including a plurality of radio base stations and a plurality of mobile transceivers, comprising:

• a simulation device configured to simulate the telecommunication system to create at least one operation condition between the plurality of radio base stations and the plurality of mobile transceivers;
• a computing device configured to compute at least one value of an interference parameter of at least one of said mobile transceivers of the at least one operation condition of said simulating device or selecting device, the interference parameter being indicative of an amount of interference affecting a communication between said mobile transceiver and an associated radio base station;
• an identification device configured to identify radio base stations and mobile transceivers that generate an amount of interference attaining a predetermined level of significance affecting said communication;
• and
• a selection device configured to select data of an operation condition of radio base stations and mobile transceivers identified by the identification device for computation by the computing device.