ution of these 4G networks is not driven only by the mobiles industry. Moreover, standards-defining bodies like the IEEE are still in the process of producing standard recommendations. A major challenge is the planning of handovers not only between different generations of networks but also between different technologies of the same generation (All-IP to WLAN etc.), while maintaining the QoS standards. Appendix A Integrated Network Planning Tool: Nokia NetAct Planner Ari Niininen Nokia Networks A.1 OVERVIEW OF NETACT PLANNER NetAct Planner is a multi-user environment planning tool based on a Windows platform. It has several interfaces to other planning systems, measurement tools and the Nokia NetAct network management system for deploying plans into the network and back into the planning tool, as shown in Figure A.1 1. Table A.1 provides a summary and is displayed at the end of this section. A.2 THE RADIO PLANNER Radio Planner is an efficient and flexible solution for radio network planning. It offers effec- tive support in all phases of the radio network planning process for multi-user organisations in an office environment. Furthermore, PC compatibility with laptop computers enables field use and provides planning engineers with real mobility. Radio Planner is specially developed for the planning of all types of GSM and TETRA networks. Radio Planner was designed using a systems approach, which helps to provide Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning & Optimisation A.R. Mishra. © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0-470-86267-X INTEGRATED NETWORK PLANNING TOOL: NOKIA NETACT PLANNER Radio 2G Radio Network WCDMA Planning 3G Radio Network Planning Integrated Data & Quality Environment Field Measurement Analysis Microwave Link Planning Rollout Transmission Transmission and IP Network Site Acquisition & Planning Project Tracking Figure A.1 Nokia NetAct Planner integration mobile subscribers with continuous coverage, capacity, quality and service content. Radio Planner supports standard GSM features such as frequenc