Cellular Systems Provide Wireless Coverage Through Regional Area Division
Geographic areas are divided into individual cells where cellular systems deliver wireless coverage. Available spectrum is partitioned into multiple channels with each cell allocated a channel set using Frequency Division Duplex (FDD). Frequency utilization occurs between cells with N cells forming a cluster, enabling inter-cluster frequency reuse. Key propagation characteristics (channel parameters) and co-channel cell locations are defined. Parameters include cell radius, path loss exponent, standard deviation of log-normal shadowing in decibels, base station transmit power level, mobile station transmit power level, number of sectors per cell, front-to-back ratio of sectorized antennas, number of instantaneous position groups for simulation, and co-channel interference threshold.