Small cell city

Author

Dehghan, Shirin ; Steele, Raymond

Author_Institution

Multiple Access Commun. Ltd., UK

Volume

35

Issue

8

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

59

Abstract

Traditionally, mobile operators have planned their networks to accommodate mobile terminals at ground level. Increasingly, mobile users communicate while stationary from within high-rise buildings. With mobiles operating at a variety of different heights and mobilities, plus the requirement to accommodate increasing teletraffic and multimedia services, there is a need to compact small cells into the three-dimensional city space. This article is concerned with using city buildings to act as electromagnetic molds that define the size and shape of each three-dimensional cell. Issues related to using these cells to form a mobile radio network are discussed

Keywords

building; cellular radio; cochannel interference; indoor radio; land mobile radio; planning; radio networks; radiofrequency interference; 3D cell shape; 3D cell size; city buildings; cochannel interference; compact small cells; electromagnetic molds; ground level; high-rise buildings; indoor picocells; minicells; mobile operators; mobile radio network; mobile terminals; multimedia services; planning; radio prediction; small cell city; street microcells; teletraffic; three-dimensional city space; 3G mobile communication; Buildings; Cities and towns; Frequency; Land mobile radio; Microcell networks; Mobile communication; Shape; Telecommunications; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.606031

Filename

606031