Table of Contents

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Foreword
Foreword
1 Scope
  1.2 References
  1.3 Abbreviations
2 Traffic distributions
  2.1 Uniform
  2.2 Non-uniform
3 Cell coverage
  3.1 Location probability
  3.2 Ec/No threshold
  3.3 RF-budgets
  3.4 Cell ranges
4 Channel re-use
  4.1 C/Ic threshold
  4.2 Trade-off between Ec/No and C/Ic
  4.3 Adjacent channel suppressions
  4.4 Antenna patterns
  4.5 Antenna heights
  4.6 Path loss balance
  4.7 Cell dimensioning
  4.8 Channel allocation
  4.9 Frequency hopping
  4.10 Cells with extra long propagation delay
5 Propagation models
  5.1 Terrain obstacles
  5.2 Environment factors
  5.3 Field strength measurements
  5.4 Cell adjustments
6 Glossary
7 Bibliography
Annex A.1: (GSM 900 class 4) Example of RF-budget for GSM 900
           MS handheld RF-output peak power 2 W
Annex A.2: (class 2) Example of RF-budget for GSM MS RF-output
           peak power 8 W
Annex A.3: (DCS1800 classes 1&2) Example of RF-budget for
           DCS 1800 MS RF-output peak power 1 W & 250 mW
Annex A.4: Example of RF-budget for GSM 900 Class4 (peak
           power 2 W) in a small cell
Annex A.5: Example of RF-budget for GSM 400 Class4 (peak power
           2 W) in a (small) cell
Annex A.6: (DCS1800 class 1) Example of RF link budget for
           DCS 1800 MS RF-output peak power 1 W Handheld with
           External Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) connected to BTS
Annex B: Propagation loss formulas for mobile radiocommunications
      B.1 Hata Model [4], [8]
      B.2 COST 231-Hata Model [7]
      B.3 COST 231 Walfish-Ikegami Model [7]
Annex C: Path Loss vs Cell Radius
Annex D: Planning Guidelines for Repeaters
      D.1 Introduction
      D.2 Definition of Terms
      D.3 Gain Requirements
      D.4 Spurious/Intermodulation Products
      D.5 Output Power/Automatic Level Control (ALC)
      D.6 Local oscillator sideband noise attenuation
      D.7 Delay Requirements
      D.8 Wideband Noise
      D.9 Outdoor Rural Repeater Example
      D.10 Indoor Low Power Repeater Example
      D.11 Example for a Repeater System using Frequency Shift
      D.12 Repeaters and Location Services (LCS)
Annex E: Change history
History

Abstract

Presents a descriptive recommendation to be helpful in cell planning.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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Committee	3GPP GERAN