Future Communication, Information and Computer Science – Zheng (Ed.)
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The boundary of cell density in mobile communication networks
M. Zhang, P. Butovitsch & Y. Wu
Technology, Ericsson Region Northeast Asia, Beijing, China
ABSTRACT: We investigate the cell density that maximizes capacity in mobile cellular networks.The study is
based on system-level simulations. The results show different trends for downlink and uplink performance when
continuously adding cells within open areas. For the downlink of WCDMA/HSPA, the system performance
deteriorates for inter-site distances below 200 meters. Careful considerations have to be taken if an operator
intends to improve network performance by adding cells ...