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From: sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Cellular Phone Signal Propagation Characteristics?
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Date: 5 Jan 91 17:28:06 GMT
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In article <15768@accuvax.nwu.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David
Lemson) writes:

>That is exactly right.  Cellular phones are directed to increase or
>decrease power according to their distance (and thus, signal strength)
>from the cell tower.  This allows more cell sites in a certain area,
>and thus, more potential users in that same area.  This is the
>principle behind the "Microcells" that will soon adorn the halls of
>airports and office buildings.  A cell every few hundred yards.

  When we all carry personal phones around, will their be enough
bandwidth capacity in the cellular system to handle all the phone
traffic. How will the assumptions that underly capacity estimates hold
up when more/most calls are made from/to callers static in a cell
instead of moving from cell to cell ?


Jeff Sicherman