Empirical Study on Cell Addition and Splitting of 3G Cellular System

Abstract

As the spectral efficiency of a point-to-point link in cellular networks approaches its theoretical limits, with the forecasted explosion of data traffic, there is a need for an increase in the node density to further improve network capacity. However, in already dense deployment in today’s network, cell splitting gains can be severely limited by high inter-cell interference. Moreover, high capital expenditure cost associated with high power macro nodes further limits viability of such an approach. In this report, 3G cell addition and cell splitting at BTS site is addressed through which the coverage of cell area is increased and same time channel will be increased.