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Planning complex sites ......................................... 57
Planning a multi-floor coverage area ...................................... 57
Atriums................................................................................................. 57
High-rise buildings ............................................................................... 58
Differing floor areas.............................................................................. 61
Planning an area of high portable density .............................. 63
Example of a high portable density area.............................................. 64
Planning where there is an existing Companion system ........ 66
Adjacent systems ................................................................................. 66
Overlapping systems ........................................................................... 66
Planning multiple systems...................................................... 67
Parameters affecting multiple systems................................................. 67
System names ..................................................................................... 68
Guidelines ............................................................................................ 68
Planning for multiple systems .............................................................. 69
Examples of four types of multiple systems ......................................... 70
Appendix A: Derivation of traffic procedure........ 85
Derivation of traffic procedure ................................................ 85
Basic traffic procedure ......................................................................... 85
Detailed traffic procedure ..................................................................... 86
Appendix B: Using indoor external antennas ..... 89
Selecting the appropriate indoor antenna .............................. 89
Simulating indoor external antennas with the CDT ................ 91
Using coaxial cable and an external antenna ...................................... 91
Changing the cell boundary value........................................................ 91
Appendix C: Fading ............................................... 93
Fading..................................................................................... 93
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