Table of Contents

Foreword
1 Scope
  1.1 References
  1.2 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: (class 4) Example of RF-budget for GSM 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 Class 4
           (peak power 2 W) in a small cell
Annex B: Propagation loss formulas for mobile
         radiocommunications
Annex C: Path Loss vs. Cell Radius
Annex D: Planning Guidelines for Repeaters
History

Abstract

Describes recommendations, which are 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