Introduction

The OptMan application included in the WinProp software suite provides the possibility to optimize radio networks designed with WinProp. OptMan requires a ProMan network-planning project to work on.

Existing networks, containing transmitters with directional antennas, can be optimized regarding azimuth and tilt adjustment of the antennas. Beyond this, the tool is able to assist during the planning process of new radio networks by extracting a subset of specified antennas required to fulfil a user defined set of thresholds. Further details about the two optimization approaches can be found in the following chapters.