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- Traffic-limited network option will calculate the coverage radius, based on the formula for traffic-limited network. If this option is chosen, a set of input boxes will appear below allowing user to enter specific parameters required for this calculation (See Annex A13.1.3).
Figure 157: Traffic limited network coverage radius dialog box
Table 18: Description of the traffic limited network coverage radius user interface
Description
Symbol
Type
Unit
Comments
Density
S
1/km2
Maximum number of active transmitter per km2
Number of channels
S
Number of frequency channels that a radio system provides
Number of users per channel
S
Number of MS per frequency channel provided by a radio system
Frequency cluster
S
Size of a group of frequency channels. See Figure 180 for illustrative details.
You should check the consistency of this parameter with the sensitivity, so that if a receiver is placed at given distance such as the maximum coverage radius, the received power is higher than the sensitivity for a reasonable percentage of time (availability).