Nortel Meridian Companion Reference Manual page 4

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Site planning basics............................................... 21
The basics of planning a site .................................................. 21
Site planning prerequisites ..................................................... 22
Required site information........................................................ 22
Labeling a floor plan ............................................................... 24
Cell center location ................................................................. 26
Covering outdoor areas ........................................................................26
Covering a single floor indoor area .......................................................29
Single-floor coverage techniques .........................................................31
Determining the number of Base Stations per cell ................. 37
Special cases ....................................................................................... 38
Reviewing your work............................................................... 41
Checking system capacity .................................................................... 41
Reviewing with the customer ................................................................41
Providing floor plan information ............................................................42
Providing provisioning record information.............................................42
Planning a Sample Site.......................................... 43
Using what you learned .......................................................... 43
Sample Site: Site information ................................................. 43
Sample Site: Indoor cell center location ................................. 45
Sample Site: Determining the number of Base Stations per cell
48
Sample Site: Reviewing your work ......................................... 53
Example outdoor cell center location...................................... 54
553-3601-106 Standard 2.00 September 1996