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- 06-26-2005, 06:00 PM #1Guest
Hi everyone!!
I'm courios about some cell site towers where net-like flat sheets can
be seen to the sides of some antennas (panels). Anybody know what is
the purpose of this sheets surrounding a panel?
I'm writing from Colombia (South America), any comment will be really
appreciated.
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- 06-27-2005, 10:56 PM #2Frank HarrisGuest
Re: Cell site question
Maybe it works like a reflector to make the antenna more directional or
like a screen to limit the radiation to the rear or side.
[email protected] wrote:
> Hi everyone!!
>
> I'm courios about some cell site towers where net-like flat sheets can
> be seen to the sides of some antennas (panels). Anybody know what is
> the purpose of this sheets surrounding a panel?
>
> I'm writing from Colombia (South America), any comment will be really
> appreciated.
>
--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680
- 07-03-2005, 07:39 AM #3John S.Guest
Re: Cell site question
They are sheilds to make the antenna more directional.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone!!
>
> I'm courios about some cell site towers where net-like flat sheets can
> be seen to the sides of some antennas (panels). Anybody know what is
> the purpose of this sheets surrounding a panel?
>
> I'm writing from Colombia (South America), any comment will be really
> appreciated.
>
- 07-03-2005, 07:39 AM #4John S.Guest
Re: Cell site question
"Frank Harris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Maybe it works like a reflector to make the antenna more directional or
> like a screen to limit the radiation to the rear or side.
Exactly!
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>> Hi everyone!!
>>
>> I'm courios about some cell site towers where net-like flat sheets can
>> be seen to the sides of some antennas (panels). Anybody know what is
>> the purpose of this sheets surrounding a panel?
>>
>> I'm writing from Colombia (South America), any comment will be really
>> appreciated.
>>
>
> --
> Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A680
- 07-03-2005, 07:45 AM #5NotanGuest
Re: Cell site question
"John S." wrote:
>
> They are sheilds to make the antenna more directional.
Why would you want a directional antenna?
Notan
- 07-03-2005, 01:01 PM #6CharlesHGuest
Re: Cell site question
Notan wrote:
> "John S." wrote:
>
>>They are sheilds to make the antenna more directional.
>
> Why would you want a directional antenna?
They want a given cell site to cover a particular area, to maximize call
capacity. With GSM systems, the issue is frequency re-use. With CDMA
systems, everyone is on the same frequency, so you want to minimize the
noise (that is, calls other than your own) in a particular location, but
not have holes with no coverage.
- 07-03-2005, 05:43 PM #7NotanGuest
Re: Cell site question
CharlesH wrote:
>
> Notan wrote:
> > "John S." wrote:
> >
> >>They are sheilds to make the antenna more directional.
> >
> > Why would you want a directional antenna?
>
> They want a given cell site to cover a particular area, to maximize call
> capacity. With GSM systems, the issue is frequency re-use. With CDMA
> systems, everyone is on the same frequency, so you want to minimize the
> noise (that is, calls other than your own) in a particular location, but
> not have holes with no coverage.
Wouldn't "not have holes with no coverage" suggest an omni-directional
antenna?
Notan
- 07-03-2005, 08:01 PM #8CharlesHGuest
Re: Cell site question
Notan wrote:
> CharlesH wrote:
>
>>Notan wrote:
>>
>>>"John S." wrote:
>>>
>>>>They are sheilds to make the antenna more directional.
>>>
>>>Why would you want a directional antenna?
>>
>>They want a given cell site to cover a particular area, to maximize call
>>capacity. With GSM systems, the issue is frequency re-use. With CDMA
>>systems, everyone is on the same frequency, so you want to minimize the
>>noise (that is, calls other than your own) in a particular location, but
>>not have holes with no coverage.
>
> Wouldn't "not have holes with no coverage" suggest an omni-directional
> antenna?
A lot of times they are trying to fill in specific gaps caused by hills,
valleys, large buildings, and so on. If the coverage area were just a
nice big perfectly flat area, it would be easy.
- 07-04-2005, 07:38 AM #9John S.Guest
Re: Cell site question
"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "John S." wrote:
>>
>> They are sheilds to make the antenna more directional.
>
> Why would you want a directional antenna?
Cellular is a "directional" type of service. In order to re-use the same
frequency in a nother cell the antennas are directional. That is why you
will typically see 6 antennas (2 per sector/3 sectors) on a cell site. At
thimes you will see 3 per sector and occasionally more.
More than 3 per sector typically means that they still have TDMA and AMPS
which they have moved to another antenna.
CDMA usually has 2 antennas per sector.
- 07-04-2005, 07:39 AM #10John S.Guest
Re: Cell site question
"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> CharlesH wrote:
>> They want a given cell site to cover a particular area, to maximize call
>> capacity. With GSM systems, the issue is frequency re-use. With CDMA
>> systems, everyone is on the same frequency, so you want to minimize the
>> noise (that is, calls other than your own) in a particular location, but
>> not have holes with no coverage.
>
> Wouldn't "not have holes with no coverage" suggest an omni-directional
> antenna?
But then the Omni wouldn't allow re-use of that fequency at adjacent cells.
Cellular was designed with directional antennas in mind.
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