Cell Center Location - Nortel Meridian Companion Reference Manual

Figure 1 : Site coverage area

Cell center location

Surveying the site
Survey the site by working from one side of the coverage area to the middle of
the coverage area. Then go to the other side of the coverage area and work
back toward the middle until you have mapped all of the coverage area. Check
your floor plan to be sure that there are no areas where a portable in the
required coverage area could be outside the range of a cell center.
Note: Defining a cell typically takes 25 to 40 minutes.
Identifying critical points
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Identify the initial critical points needed to determine a cell center.
Mark these critical points on the floor plan with
an outer corner of the coverage area, or a point that may be difficult for
the radio signal to reach.)
Note: When determining the location of a cell center, you typically use
one or two critical points.
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