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About Forsk
Forsk is an independent company providing RF
planning software solutions to the wireless industry. Owned by
its founders, Forsk is completely independent from equipment
suppliers and telecom operators.
Forsk began as a software company providing customised RF
planning solutions to the telecommunications industry and was
involved in the early stages of the GSM technology. In 1997,
Forsk released the first version of Atoll, its Windows-based RF
planning solution. Since then, Atoll has remained the most
advanced RF planning platform available and has reached a
leading position in the market.
Today, Forsk is a global supplier with 110+ customers in 55
countries and strategic partnerships with major players in the
industry including Vodafone, Alcatel, Huawei and Nortel
Networks.
Atoll Core is the central module that supports the
user-interface, the GIS features, the propagation modelling
engine, all data management services, interfaces and software
development tools. All technology modules run on top of Atoll
Core.
Atoll is also an open technical information system that easily
integrates with other IT applications, increases productivity
and features advanced development tools and open interfaces that
enable the integration of customised or standard commercially
available complementary modules.
Atoll is designed to work in a very wide range of implementation
scenarios, from standalone to enterprise-wide server-based
configurations using distributed and parallel computing.
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Atoll is a scalable and flexible multi-technology network
design platform that supports wireless operators throughout
the entire network lifecycle, from initial design to
densification and optimisation.
Atoll supports the following technologies: |
- GSM/TDMA/GPRS/EDGE
- UMTS/HSDPA
- CDMA2000 1xRTT/EV-DO
- TD-SCDMA
- WiMAX
- Microwave links
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GSM/TDMA/GPRS/EDGE
Atoll includes
state-of-the-art GSM/GPRS/EDGE features that provide a
comprehensive and accurate modelling of voice and data
services, including full support of HCS and frequency
hopping. Multi-resolution predictions and optimised
interference calculations facilitate planning & optimising
mature networks that have a large number of sites and
country-wide coverage.
Atoll also includes advanced 2G/3G co-planning features that
have been developed in partnership with major wireless
operators.
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W-CDMA/UMTS
The Atoll UMTS module was the first UMTS RF planning
solution ever available on the market. Since then it has
stayed ahead of the competition with continuous improvements
being made through close cooperation with UMTS and GSM/UMTS
operators. HSDPA modelling and features, implemented in
version 2.4, have been further enhanced in version 2.5.
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CDMA/CDMA 2000
Forsk has been working with market leaders in the USA and
Asia to deliver state-of-the-art CDMA2000 planning features,
including a mixed 1xRTT/1xEV-DO traffic model. Atoll fully
supports EV-DO Release A.
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TD - SCDMA
Atoll TD-SCDMA module was introduced in version 2.4. It has
been further extended in version 2.5.
This module has been developed in partnership with major
players in the TD-SCDMA scene in China.
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WiMAX/BWA
Atoll WiMAX is a state-of-the-art WiMAX and Broadband
Wireless Access (BWA) network planning tool developed in
cooperation with WiMAX equipment suppliers. Atoll WiMAX
currently supports the IEEE 802.16d standard, and has been
designed to support the evolving IEEE 802.16e standard in a
future release
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Microwave Links
Atoll Microwave is a state-of-the-art Point-to-Point and
Point-to-MultiPoint microwave link planning software. It
allows designing large microwave link networks, according to
the ITU standards. Based on the leading Atoll platform,
Atoll Microwave includes all its GIS, data and user
management, as well as user-interface features. Atoll
Microwave can share its site database with other Atoll RF
planning modules, allowing an easier data consistency
management across the operator organisation.
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