Optimum antenna downtilt angles for macrocellular WCDMA network

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Volumn 2005, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 816-827

  Niemelä, Jarno ^a   Isotalo, Tero ^a   Lempiäinen, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrical downtilt; Mechanical downtilt; Network coverage; Other cell interference; System capacity; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING;

ELECTRICAL DOWNTILT; MACROCELLULAR WCDMA NETWORK; MECHANICAL DOWNTILT; NETWORK COVERAGE; OTHER-CELL INTERFERENCE; RADIO NETWORK PLANNING TOOL; SYSTEM CAPACITY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33746815721     PISSN: 16871472     EISSN: 16871499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/WCN.2005.816     Document Type: Article

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