Table of Contents

Foreword
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 References
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 reference
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
      A.1 (class 4): Example of RF-budget for GSM MS
           handheld RF-output peak power 2 W
      A.2 (class 2): Example of RF-budget for GSM MS
           RF-output peak power 8 W
      A.3 (DCS1800 classes 1&2): Example of RF-budget for
           DCS 1800 MS RF-output peak power 1 W & 250 mW
      A 4 Example of RF-budget for GSM 900 Class 4
           (peak power 2 W) in a small cell
Annex B: Propagation loss formulas for mobile
         radio-communications
      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
      Fig 1. Path loss vs. Cell Radius, BS height = 50 m,
             MS height = 1.5 m (GSM 900)
      Fig 2. Path loss vs. Cell Radius, BS height = 100 m,
             MS height = 1.5 m (GSM 900)
      Fig 3. Path loss vs. Cell Radius, Urban BS height = 50 m,
             Rural BS height = 60 m, MS height = 1.5 m (DCS 1800)
      Fig 4. Path loss vs. Cell Radius for small cells
             (see section 3.4.2)
Annex D: Planning Guidelines for Repeaters
      D.1 Introduction
      D.2 Definition of Terms
      D.3 Gain Require
      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
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Abstract

Provides descriptive recommendation to be helpful in cell planning.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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Committee	SMG 2