Creospan's Network Engineering practice includes the following five key elements.

RF Engineering

Creospan offers end-to-end, complete "turn-key" services in the Network Engineering space, including RF propagation model tuning, pre-design physical and RF site surveys, RF design planning & engineering, link budget creation, equipment selection, site acquisition, implementation, installation, commissioning, drive-testing and optimization.  We work on both macro systems and DAS (indoor and outdoor) on multiple technologies including LTE, WiMAX, EVDO, CDMA and UMTS.

LTE, WiMAX, EVDO, UMTS, EDGE, CDMA, GSM

• RF Network design
  • Green field or colocation deployment designs
  • Network additions and/or modifications
  • Link budget creation
  • Planning tool model optimization
  • Network coverage modeling
• RF Network Performance Optimization
  • Drive testing, data collection and analysis
  • Networks statistics / KPI analysis
  • Parameter scrubs
  • Modification recommendations
• RF Testing
  • CW Testing — for model tuning or pre-design coverage verification
  • Drive testing, data collection and analysis
  • Pre-design coverage measurements / testing
  • Post-design coverage measurements / testing
  • Interference testing
  • PIM (passive intermodulation) testing

DAS (Distribuited Antenna Systems)

• Design, testing, installation, commissioning, optimization
  • IDAS (Indoor) – hotels, casinos, office buildings, convention centers, sports complexes, hospitals
  • ODAS (Outdoor) – school campuses, business parks, small communities, stadiums, downtown/business districts

Network Operations & Management

Creospan provides end-to-end system integration services to telecom service providers. We guide our customers from design to implementation of all their information systems and value-added services, covering billing, network management, CRM, etc. With expertise acquired over the years Creospan offers a robust set of services enabling service providers to operate best-of-breed processes through implementation and maintenance of world-class OSS/BSS solutions and strategies such as next-generation billing and provisioning systems.

• Analyze and develop strategies, systems and frameworks to improve service fulfillment processes and automate repetitive, manual tasks.
• Data and systems Integration
• Architectural evaluations and designs to create data & system integration frameworks
• Migrating legacy OSS to next generation OSS architecture.
• Develop and realign business and operational processes to take advantage of new generation offerings.
• Cost effectively maintain, support or decommission legacy applications

Site Acquisition

Creospan's site acquisition & development experience ranges from site acquisition and zoning to construction throughout North America.

• Site acquisition – both green field and colocation
• Site audits and complete inventories
• Leasing negotiations and modifications
• Lease entitlements reviews
• Colocation applications/amendments
• Zoning – including zoning hearings
• Surveying
• Architectural & Engineering
• Construction drawings
• Regulatory (NEPA, FAA, FCC)
• Permitting

Testing

Creospan provides three Creospan categories of testing services to provide a comprehensive testing capabilities to our clients.

• Network Testing Services
  
  • Drive Test
  • Optimization Support
  • Performance Management KPI Testing
  • Protocol Testing
• Device Testing Services
  
  • Mobile Devices
  • Embedded Devices
  • Middleware
  • Interoperability Testing
• Application Testing Services
  
  • Mobile Applications
  • Desktop Applications
  • Web/WAP Applications
  • Communications Interface