EXHIBIT 10.21
LICENCE AGREEMENT
FOR USE OF
MOBILE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL'S CELLULAR
NETWORK PLANNING TOOL "PLANET"
BETWEEN:
MOBILE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL PLC
AND
DSC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS.............................................. 1
2. GRANT OF LICENCE......................................... 2
3. DURATION................................................. 3
4. USE...................................................... 3
6. CHARGES.................................................. 3
7. DOCUMENTATION............................................ 4
8. MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT........................ 4
9. TRAINING................................................. 6
10. EXCLUSIONS, WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES................... 6
11. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS....................................... 7
12. FORCE MAJORED............................................ 7
13. ASSIGNMENT............................................... 8
14. TERMINATION.............................................. 8
15. GENERAL.................................................. 9
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Note: Portions of this exhibit indicated by "[*]" are subject to a confidential
treatment request, and have been omitted from this exhibit. Complete, unredacted
copies of this exhibit have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as part of this Company's confidential treatment request.
LICENCE AGREEMENT
THIS LICENCE is made between:
1. THE LICENSOR: MOBILE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL PLC
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2. THE LICENSEE: DSC Communications Limited
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IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Licence, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions have the following meanings:-
1.1 "Annual Software Upgrade and Maintenance Charge" means the Annual
Software Upgrade and Maintenance Charges specified in Part 4 of
Appendix 1.
1.2 "Associated Company" means any company which is either the parent
undertaking or a subsidiary undertaking of the party in question or a
subsidiary undertaking of such party's parent undertaking or any other
person controlled by or under the same control direct or indirect as
the party in question "parent undertaking" and "subsidiary.
undertaking" shall have the meanings attributed thereto in Section 21
of the Companies ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ of England.
1.3 "Commencement Date" means the Date of Delivery or four weeks from the
date of this Licence, whichever shall be sooner.
1.4 "Date of Delivery" means the date of delivery specified in Part 5 of
Appendix 1.
1.5 "Initial Period" means the period specified in Part 7 of Appendix 1
1.6 "Initial Set-Up Charge means the charge specified in Part 1 of
Appendix 1.
1.7 "Licence Charges" means the charges specified in Part 3 of Appendix 1,
together with any further additional charges for Major Upgrades or
which are otherwise agreed between the Licensor and the Licensee from
time to time, all as more particularly referred to in clause 6.
1.8 "Licensed Software" means the cell planning computer Licensed Software
"PLANET" specified in Appendix 2 in respect of which this Licence is
supplied and includes:
1.8.1 any part of the Licensed Software:
and
1.8.2 any replacement, modification, upgrade or addition to the
Licensed Software released by the Licensor to the Licensee
pursuant to this Licence.
1.9 "Location" means the address or addresses specified in Part 6 of
Appendix 1.
1.10 "Major Upgrades" means any replacement, modification., upgrade or
addition to the Licensed Software developed by the Licensor which (at
the Licensor's entire discretion) is not released by the Licensor to
the Licensee free of charge in the normal course of business but which
is offered by the Licensor to the Licensee for an additional charge or
charges.
1.11 "Specified Computer" means the computer system configuration specified
in Part 8 of Appendix 1 and compatible computer which the Licensor
shall have specifically approved of in writing for this purpose.
1.12 "Standard Upgrades" means those replacement, modifications, upgrades
or additions to the Licensed Software developed by the Licensor which
are (at the Licensor's entire discretion) released by the Licensor to
the Licensee in the normal course of business for no additional
charge.
1.13 "Supporting Documentation" means the Licensor's User Guide and any
other supporting documentation at any time provided by the Licensor to
the Licensee.
2. GRANT OF LICENCE
The Licencor hereby grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive and non-
transferable right by way of licence to use the Licensed Software (Version
2.5) on the Specified Computer at the Location from the date hereof on the
terms and conditions herein contained.
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3. DURATION
Subject to the provision for earlier termination hereinafter contained,
this Licence shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall continue in
force in perpetuity unless and until terminated by either party giving to
the other not less than 12 month's written notice of termination expiring
on the last day of the Initial Period or on any anniversary thereafter.
4. USE
4.1 The Licensee will not be entitled to use the Licensed Software on any
computer other than the Specified Computer at the Location, except
where the Specified Computer cannot be Used because of equipment or
software malfunctions, the Licensee may temporarily use the Licensed
Software on another computer. The Licensee must give the Licensor
written notice within 30 days after beginning use of the Licensed
Software on a back-up computer under this provision.
4.2 The Licensed Software shall be used only at the Location for the sole
purpose of planning and optimising the Licensee's Wireless Local Loop
Network. The Licensed Software shall not be used for any other
purpose including but not limited to providing a data processing
service to any third party whether by trade or otherwise.
5.10 that the risk of loss and damage to the Licensed Software and
Supporting Documentation supplied to the Licensee shall be the
Licensee's from the Date of Delivery. In the event of loss or damage
to the Licensed Software, the Licensee will immediately inform the
Licensor
5.11 that the Licensee shall follow all reasonable instructions given by
the Licensor from time to time with regard to the use of the Licensed
Software.
6. CHARGES
6.1 The Initial Set-Up Charge, the initial Licence Charge and the first
Annual Software Upgrade and Maintenance Charges shall be paid by the
Licensee to the Licensor on or before the Commencement Date upon
receipt by the Licensee of the relevant invoice from the Licensor
6.2 For all subsequent years after the first year of this Licence, the
Licence Charges and Annual Software Upgrade and Maintenance Charges
shall be invoiced in advance (for each year of the Licence) to the
Licensee.
6.3 The Licence Charges and Annual Software Upgrade and Maintenance
Charges shall be fixed for a period of three years. Thereafter they
shall be increased (but
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not decreased) for each subsequent year of this Licence by the
percentage increase in the UK Retail Price Index for the previous
year.
6.4 All Initial Set-Up Charges, Licence Charges and Annual Software
Upgrade and Maintenance Charges payable hereunder are exclusive of any
value added tax (if appropriate) which shall be paid by the Licensee
at the rate and in the manner for the time being prescribed by English
Law.
6.5 The Licensee shall pay the legal costs of the Licensor incurred in
connection with the preparation, negotiation and compilation of this
Agreement.
6.6 Unless otherwise agreed or specified in this Licence, all invoices are
due and payable within 30 days of the date thereof.
6.7 If any sum under this Licence is not paid by the due date then
(without prejudice to the Licensor's other rights):
6.7.1 the Licensor reserves the right to charge interest on such sums
on a day-to-day basis from the due date of payment (both dates
inclusive) at the rate of 4% above the United Kingdom base rate
of National Westminster Bank plc for the time being in force.
6.7.2 The Licensor shall not be obliged to provide any maintenance
and technical support in whole or in part.
6.8 The designated representative of the Licensee and Licensor for billing
purposes is:
Licensee: DSC Licensor:
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DSC Communications Ltd. Mobile Systems International Plc
5 New Square 1 Harbour Exchange Square
Feltham London E14 9GE
Middlesex TW14 8HA
7. DOCUMENTATION
The Licensor shall supply to the Licensee free of charge one copy of the
Supporting Documentation. Additional copies are available at a standard
charge.
8. MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
8.1 The Licensor shall use reasonable endeavours to rectify as a matter of
urgency any major inherent malfunctions or errors with the Licensed
Software (which for the avoidance of doubt does not include any
malfunction or error which shall have been caused by the Licensee).
The Licensor reserves the right at its discretion to
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carry out work to resolve any such major inherent malfunction or
errors at the Licensor's premises. Any minor inherent malfunctions or
errors with the Licensed Software which cannot be resolved over the
telephone will be addressed by the Licensor as soon as is practicable.
8.2 Technical Support (comprising verbal advice and assistance) for
matters not involving any inherent malfunction or error with the
Licensed Software will be made available to the Licensee by the
Licensor by telephone during the Licensor's normal working hours in
the United Kingdom and will be provided free of charge for a maximum
of four hours per month. Any such technical support required by the
Licensee in excess of four hours per month will be charged for by the
Licensor to the Licensee at the Licensor's standard hourly charges in
force at the relevant time for such technical support.
8.3 Further design and engineering services may be requested by the
Licensee and agreed between the Licensee and the Licensor subject to
tile availability of appropriate personnel of the Licensor and at the
discretion of the Licensor. Any such further agreed design and
engineering services shall be provided by the Licensor to the Licensee
upon the basis of the Licensor's standard consultancy charges in force
at the relevant time.
8.4 The provision of all maintenance and technical support and the
rectification of any malfunctions or errors in the Licensed Software
shall be conditional upon:
8.4.1 the Licensee having provided adequate information in respect of
any error or malfunction in the Licensed Software.
8.4.2 the Licensee not being in breach of the Licence.
8.4.3 the Licensed Software not having been used for any purpose
other than its intended purpose or otherwise incorrectly used
or misused.
8.4.4 the Licensed Software being used only on the Specified
Computer.
8.4.5 the provision of a satisfactory, database and format pursuant
to Clause 4.
8.4.6 the Licensee having incorporated all replacements,
modifications, Standard Upgrades or additions to the Licensed
Software issued by the Licensor to the Licensee.
8.4.7 the Licensee having not otherwise changed the Licensed Software
8.4.8 the malfunction or error not having been caused by any willful
or negligent act or omission of the Licensee; and
8.4.9 any error or malfunction of the Specified Computer having been
rectified.
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8.5 Where a replacement, modification, Standard upgrade or addition to
the Licensed Software has been released by the Licensor to the
Licensee, it shall be accepted and used by the Licensee with the
benefit of the maintenance and technical support provided pursuant to
this Licence except where the Licensee elects to retain and use the
superseded issue of the Licensed Software, in which case the Licensor
is only obliged to provide a maintenance and technical support
service upon terms to be agreed between the Licensor and the
Licensee.
9. TRAINING
Unless otherwise agreed, one training course of four days duration for up
to three persons nominated by the Licensee will be provided by the Licensor
at its office in London prior to delivery of the Licensed Software. Such
training courses shall be provided by the Licensor to the Licensee at the
standard rate specified in Part 2 of Appendix 1. The Licensor shall be
entitled to charge and recover from the Licensee all travel, hotel,
subsistence and out of pocket expenses incurred by its personnel where such
training courses are not provided at the Licensor's premises.
10. EXCLUSIONS, WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES
10.1 Subject to Clause 8.4 and without prejudice to Clause 10.2 hereof the
Licensor warrants that the Licensed Software will perform
substantially in the manner specified in the supporting
documentation.
10.2 Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Licence, the
Licensor's liability shall be restricted to using all reasonable
endeavours to rectify any inherent malfunction or error in the
Licensed Software (which for the avoidance of doubt does not include
any malfunction or error which shall have been caused by the
Licensee). Save as aforesaid the Licensor will be under no liability
(except liability for personal injury or death resulting from the
Licensor's negligence) whether contractual or tortious for any loss
or damage of any kind whatsoever whether or not caused directly or
indirectly by any negligence on the part of the Licensor or any of
its servants or agents and all conditions warranties and stipulations
expressed or implied statutory customary or otherwise which but for
such exclusion would or might subsist in favour of the Licensee are
hereby expressly excluded.
10.3 This Licence sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the subject matter herein and supersedes and replaces all
prior communications, representations, warranties, stipulations,
undertakings and agreements, whether oral or written between the
parties.
10.4 The Licensee agrees to indemnify and hold the Licensor harmless from
and against any and all costs, claims, expenses, damages and losses
including reasonable legal fees arising out of or resulting from
unauthorised use or
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disclosure by or other acts of the Licensee relating to the Licensed
Software or the Supporting Documentation which results in damage of
whatsoever nature to the Licensor.
11. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
11.1 The Licensor warrants that to the best of its knowledge and belief at
the date of this Licence, it is not aware that the Licensed Software
infringes any rights of any third party.
11.2 If the Licensee should receive notification from a third party that
the Licensed Software is purportedly infringing a third party's
rights, the Licensee shall allow the Licensor at the Licensor's
expense to conduct any negotiations or litigation and/or settle any
claim. The Licensee shall make no admission without the Licencee's
prior written consent. The Licensee shall give all reasonable
assistance to the Licensor in any proceedings which the Licensor may
decide to institute or defend. The Licensee may not itself institute
any proceedings in respect of any such matters without the prior
written consent of the Licensor.
11.3 If at any time an allegation of infringement of any third party's
rights is made in respect of the Licensed Software or if in the
Licensor's reasonable opinion such an allegation is likely to be
made, the Licensor may at its entire discretion:
11.3.1 at its cost modify or replace the Licensed Software so as to
avoid infringement
11.3.2 obtain for the Licensee the right to continue using the
Licensed Software
11.3.3 terminate this Licence forthwith, and/or
11.3.4 offer the Licensee the right to terminate this Licence.
11.4 Except to the limited extent expressly stated in this Clause 11, the
Licensor will be under no liability whether contractual or tortious
for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever arising directly or
indirectly by any negligence on the part of the Licensor or any or
its servants or agents and all conditions warranties and stipulations
express or implied statutory customary or otherwise which but for
such exclusion would or might subsist in favour of the Licensee are
hereby expressly excluded.
12. FORCE MAJORE
Neither party shall be liable for any delay in performing any of its
obligations hereunder if such delay is caused by circumstances beyond the
reasonable control of the party so delaying and such party shall be
entitled to a reasonable extension of time for the performance of such
obligations.
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13. ASSIGNMENT
The Licensee shall not assign sub-licence or otherwise transfer this
Licence or any of its rights or obligations hereunder whether in whole or
part without the prior written consent of the Licensor except in the case
of licences for PlaNET Version 2.6 Standard Features plus Airplan Module
for Commercial Systems and Trial Systems.
14. TERMINATION
14.1 Notwithstanding anything else contained herein this Licence may be
terminated:
14.1.1 by the Licensor forthwith on giving notice in writing to the
Licensee if the Licensee:-
14.1.1.1 shall fail to pay any sum due under the terms of
this Licence and such sums remain unpaid for 14
days after written notice from the Licensor that
such sum has not been paid
14.1.1.2 commits any breach of any term of the Licence
(other than any failure by the Licensee to make any
payment hereunder in which event the provisions of
Clause 14.1.1.1 shall apply) and shall have failed,
within 30 days after the receipt of a request in
writing by the Licensor so to do, to remedy the
breach
14.1.2 by either party forthwith on giving notice in writing to the
other if the other party, being a company, shall have a
receiver, manager, administrative receiver, administrator or
liquidator (or person of similar status) appointed or shall
pass a resolution for winding-up (otherwise than for the
purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction) or a court shall
make an order to that effect or being a partnership shall be
dissolved or being an individual shall become bankrupt or
shall die or if the other party (whether a company or not)
shall enter into any composition or arrangement with its
creditors or shall become insolvent.
14.2 On the termination of this Licence, howsoever arising, the Licensee
must return to the Licensor the Licensed Software and Supporting
Documentation and all copies thereof in the possession of or under
the control of the Licensee. The Licensee shall at its own cost and
expense comply with such requirement within 7 days of termination and
shall at the same time certify to the Licensor in writing that the
Licensed Software in whatever form has been obliterated from any
computer of computers in the possession of or under the control of
the Licensee.
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14.3 The termination of this Licence, howsoever arising, will be without
prejudice to the rights and duties of' either party accrued prior to
termination. The Clauses in this Licence which expressly or by
implication have effect after termination will continue to be
enforceable notwithstanding termination.
15. GENERAL
15.1 The illegality invalidity or un-enforceability of any clause of this
Licence will not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of
the remainder.
15.2 No forbearance, delay or indulgence by either party in enforcing the
provisions of this Licence shall prejudice or restrict the rights of
that party, nor shall any waiver of its rights operate as a waiver of
any subsequent breach.
15.3 Any act or omission of any Associated Company of the Licensee which
if it had been committed or omitted by the Licensee would have been a
breach of this Licence by the Licensee will be deemed to be a breach
of this Licence by the Licensee who will be liable to the Licensor
accordingly.
15.4 All notices which are requested to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be sent to the address of the recipient herein set
out or such other address as the recipient may designate by notice
given in accordance with the provisions of this clause. Any such
notice may be delivered by hand or by first class pre-paid letter
(air mail if appropriate), facsimile or telex and shall be deemed to
have been served:
-if by hand- when delivered
-if by first class post - on the day on which it would normally have
arrived in the due course of post
-if by facsimile or telex - when despatched.
a) if to the Licensor: Commercial Director
Mobile Systems International Plc
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b) if to the Licensee: ▇▇▇▇ Senior
DSC Communications Limited
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15.5 The formation, construction, performance, validity and all aspects
whatsoever of this Licence shall be governed by English law and the
parties hereby agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of
the English Courts.
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Signed by
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duly authorized for and on behalf of THE duly authorized for and on behalf of THE
LICENSOR LICENSEE
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APPENDIX 1
Part 1 Initial Set-Up Charge *
Minimum order 10 days initial consultancy support at * per day.
Part 2 Training
See Course Costs as attached
Part 3 Licence Charge
PlaNET Version 2.5 standard features plus Airplan Module
* per licence per annum.
Upgrade to PlaNET Version 2.6 standard features free of charge.
PlaNET Version 2.6 standard features plus Airplan Module for
Commercial Systems limited to 500 Systems (Pounds)* per licence.
PlaNET Version 2.6 standard features plus Airplan Module for Trial
Systems limited to 50 systems (Pounds)* per license.
Payment Terms:
Initial 4 licenses for PlaNET Version 2.5 standard features plus
Airplan Module:
25% on Installation
25% on Delivery of PlaNET Version 2.6 Beta Version
50% on Delivery of PlaNET Version 2.6
Thereafter payable on Delivery
Minimum order 3 trial licences per quarter through 1996, payable
quarterly in arrears.
Thereafter payable on Delivery
Minimum order 2 Commercial licenses 3rd quarter 1996, payable
quarterly in arrears.
Thereafter payable on Delivery
Part 4 Annual Charge for Maintenance,
Technical Support and Standard Software Upgrades
PlaNET Version 2.6 standard features plus Airplan Module no additional
charge.
PlaNET Version 2.6 standard features plus Airplan Module for
commercial Systems 20% license charge.
[*] Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted portions.
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Payment Terms:
Annual Maintenance payments are payable in advance, the first payable
on Delivery.
Part 5 Date of Delivery (to be completed)
Part 6 Location
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Part 7 Initial Period
The period of one year from the Date of Delivery
Part 8 Specified Computer
Serial No. ______________________
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APPENDIX 2
SCHEDULE 1
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
1. PlaNET Module Description Version 2.5
1.1 The following description applies to the Licensed Software "PlaNET" Version
2.5
1.2 Propagation Prediction Routines;
1.2.1 up to 400x400 km area size, any grid size (500, 100, 50mm, currently
only one grid size at any time)
1.2.2 obstruction loss calculations using land heights terrain data and
multiple "knife edges
1.2.3 clutter correction for all pre-defined clutter types
1.2.4 consider clutter effects along a radial from the base station to the
mobile station
1.2.4 Detailed antenna masking for different antenna types with full
tilting capability, antenna masks may be edited or viewed via a user
friendly editor
1.2.5 up to six (6) antennae per site, any type and alignment of antenna
1.2.6 simple height correction factors
1.2.7 prediction of any number of cells (as a background task)
1.2.8 prediction routines optimised for speed
1.2.9 custom model per cell capacity via user-friendly editor
1.2.10 clutter data may be edited with the user-friendly data editor
1.2.11 propagation model programming interface (optional)
1.3 Coverage Array Generation
1.3.1 for any area size and any number of cells
1.3.2 most likely server/section calculation
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1.3.3 network coverage at up to eight (8) user specified signal levels
from composite coverage
1.3.4 multiple level signal coverage (contour) bands from composite
coverage
1.3.5 for each pixel a text symbol is used to identify the cell coverage
1.3.6 ▇▇▇▇▇ curves per base station
1.3.7 interactive change of antenna number, type, orientation, power and
tilt without re-predicting cell
1.4 Signal and Interference Analysis
1.4.1 mean and percentage coverage at up to eight (8) user-specified
levels for network (on line)
1.4.2 mean and percentage coverage at up to eight (8) user-specified
levels for individual sector (GSM cell)
1.4.3 C/cl between any two GSM cells (only one interferer currently)
calculated for downlink interactively either inside most likely
server boundary or inside overlap between cell predictions.
1.4.4 system wide worst cast C/cl analysis and display using database of
channels
1.5. Ideal Grid Generation
1.5.1 creation and manipulation of hexagonal grids
1.5.2 cell splitting
1.5.3 best fitting of ceil locations to grid
1.5.4 Hexagon settings includes the ability for:
1.5.4.1 Hexagons can be displayed in a three leaf clover pattern
with each hexagon in the clover representing separate
sectors
1.5.4.2 Hexagons can be rotated through 0(degree) through to
90(degree)
1.6 Mapping Data
1.6.1 display of height data by line contouring, grey shading or multi-
coloured block fill
1.6.2 vector data such as roads, railways, coastlines etc. easily overlaid
onto any data
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1.6.3 land usage (clutter) data easily displayed
1.6.4 interactive line shows co-ordinates of mouse pointer together with
height, clutter and signal information
1.6.5 user may choose between longitude and latitude of Cartesian co-
ordinate grid for UTM projected data
1.7 Height Path Profile
1.7.1 height path profiling may be done interactively between two (2)
points from:
1.7.1.1 point to point 1.7.2.2 site to point 1.7,3.3 site to site
1.7.2 automatic compensation for the Earth's curvature if required
1.7.3 a text file of path profile can be produced to be used externally if
required
1.8 Multi-User site Database
1.8.1 file locking and automatic update of changes from other users
1.8.2 up to five (5) user definable status fields per cell
1.8.3 active status flag setting allowing selection manipulation of cells
with selected status
1.9 Frequency Planning
1.9.1 user definable frequency groups
1.9.2 interactive allocation of channels to cell
1.9.3 graphical representation of frequency groups
1.9.4 database of channel allocations per ceil
1.10 Automatic Frequency Planning (Optional)
1.10.1 frequency allocation method using distribution of frequencies
through they arc being planned. The plan may use the minimum number
of frequencies required or all or the frequencies available
1.10.2 for OSM systems, the BCCH is automatically allocated as the first
planned TCH. This TCH is marked with an asterisk when displayed in
the carrier data-base
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1.10.3 given a control channel plan, the control channel colour code can
be planned automatically
1.11 Cell Indexing
1.11.1 alpha-numeric cell IDs permitted
1.12 Outputs and User interface 1.12.1 "Open Look" graphical interface
1.12.2 user friendly mouse operated software with pull-down menus and
buttons
1.12.3 user definable defaults for all parameters
1.12.4 possibility to use dBuv/m instead of dBm
1.12.5 creates FCC forms filled out with data from PlaNET which generates
high quality Postscript output
1.12.6 user definable default for display colours via user friendly
interface
1.12.7 superposition of all data types
predictions
best servers
coverage
hexagons
clutter data
height data
road data
C/cl etc
1.12.8 outputs HPGL, HPGL/2, postscript
1.12.9 scaling to any scale/size of hard copy plot
1.12.10 "what you see is what you get" for hard copy output
1.13 Search and Zoom Facility
1.13.1 screen search and display on cell ID cell name or text string
1.13.2 suggests closest match where no actual match found
1.13.3 zoom in and out facility, using mouse
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1.14 Report Generator
1.14.1 apply logical filters to select data for a report
1.14.2 select the order in which data is included in a report
1.14.3 preview reports
1.15 Key Information for Plots
1.15.1 map co-ordinates and grids
1.15.2 sector/cell IDs/names
1.15.3 key description of signal level clutter and vector data
1.15.4 current data
1.15.5 antenna direction, type, tilt and tx ertp
1.15.6 antenna/ground heights
1.16 On-Line Facility
1.16.1 easy-to-use on-line help facility available for the majority of
functions
1.17 Radio Survey Analysis
1.17.1 plot route and position with Rx median signal level and relevant
survey parameters
1.17.2 perform linear regression of lob (distance)/m vs. Rx signal
level/dBm
1.17.3 compare predictions with survey
1.17.4 plot differences
1.17.5 calculate and display overall residuals
1.17.6 detailed analysis printout available
1.17.7 suggest K1, K2 values as well as the K clutter factors
1.18 Traffic Analysis System
1.18.1 load traffic data into polygons
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1.18.2 load traffic data from switch data
1.18.3 spread traffic based on vectors (roads), land use and polygons
1.18.4 scale traffic for growth planning
1.18.5 compute traffic per sector, subscribers per sector, channels
required blocking based on erlang B or C
1.18.6 display or plot traffic density and grade of service
1.18.7 perform what-if analysis altering cell configuration and adding
capacity sites
1.19 Test MS Tool
1.19.1 X-Y plots
1.19.2 Statistics
1.19.3 GSM/DCS 1800 L3 messages
1.20 Handover Tool
1.20.1 neighbour lists can be automatically created or loaded from file,
creating a new list will automatically rewrite the content of the
list. The list can be edited manually
1.20.2 lists of anomalies can be created which show the differences
between the current and previously loaded neighbour list. It can
also show non-mutual neighbours
1.20.3 generates a list of non-mutual neighbour anomalies in the currently
loaded neighbour list
1.20.4 information about anomalies can be displayed and the status of the
cell-neighbour relationship modified
1.20.5 enhanced search facilities enable information about cells and
neighbours to be highlighted on the main PlaNET screen
1.20.6 user definable hysteresis level
1.20.7 percentage probability of handover
1.20.8 conversion of non-mutual handover to mutual relationships
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1.21 Databuild (optional)
1.21.1 Databuild is designed to aid the operator of a cellular network
maintain the vast quantity of radio data that is associated with
the network
1.21.2 Databuild has been engineered to act as both a stand alone
repository of radio parameter data and to be run in conjunction
with PlaNET
1.21.3 Underlying Databuild is a commercial database providing the usual
features associated with database management systems, such as data
integrity, and co-operative working
1.21.4 The parameter data is user configurable and so file tool can handle
data pertaining to many types of equipment
1.21.5 The user my enter constraints upon the data to help reduce the
accidental input of incorrect parameter values
1.21.6 values of parameters may be set on the result of calculations,
these calculations may include other parameters
1.21.7 The tool has been designed to allow the user to maintain the
history of the parameters as they evolve
1.21.8 It enables charges to individual parameters to be queried and
provides a number of general querying facilities
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF MOBILE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL'S CELLULAR NETWORK
PLANNING TOOL "PLANET"
BETWEEN
MOBILE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL PLC ("the Licensor")
AND
DSC COMMUNICATIONS LTD ("the Licensee")
WHEREAS, THE LICENSOR AND THE LICENSEE entered into a Licence Agreement for
the use of Planet ("the Agreement") effective from the 16/th /November 1995;
WHEREAS, THE LICENSOR AND THE LICENSEE now wish to amend the Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, THE LICENSOR AND THE LICENSEE hereby agree to amend the
Agreement as follows:
Amend the parties that the Licence is made between to read:
2. THE LICENSEE: Airspan Communications Ltd
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Amend 6.8 to read:
Licensee: ▇▇▇▇ Senior
Airspan Communications Ltd
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Amend 15.4 to read:
-if by facsimile- when despatched
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