Impact of electrical and mechanical antenna tilt on LTE downlink system performance

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Athley, Fredrik ^a   Johansson, Martin N ^a  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA TILT; AVERAGE THROUGHPUT; CELL EDGES; CELLULAR NETWORK; DOWNLINK SYSTEMS; INTERFERENCE LEVEL; PERFORMANCE TUNING; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77954920872     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2010.5493599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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