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What is the radius of a typical cell for GSM, WCDMA, LTE and WiMAX?

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Question added by Yasir Ahmed , CEO and Founder , RAYmaps
Date Posted: 2014/03/13
Khaled Al Shaikh
by Khaled Al Shaikh , Wireless Engineer , Huawei Technologies

The coverage area depends on the geographical area of the site and the operational radio frequency and also the transmitted power used. For WCDMA, the coverage area for every site changes with time as the traffic load changes in that site, the higher the traffic load the shorter the distance must be from the tower.

Adil Chughtai
by Adil Chughtai , Back Office Engineer , Huawei

This all depends upon the geographical location where the cell site is located. Then it also depends upon frequency being used, number of users in that particular area. Normally GSM has the biggest coverage radius, then comes WCDMA, LTE and WiMAX. . These priorities can changes based on scenarios.

Rizigalla Bakhiet
by Rizigalla Bakhiet , Information Technology Manager , Mountain Trade and Development Bank

In GSM it depends on the frequency we are using and the invironment ...

Muhammad Abdulrehman
by Muhammad Abdulrehman , NOC Specialist , Dave Wireless (Mobilicity)

The typical max radius is34km. See the formula in the GSM Basics or GSM essentials document available on the web. Just google it bro!

Yasir Ahmed
by Yasir Ahmed , CEO and Founder , RAYmaps

With higher number of users and higher bandwidths, cell sizes are shrinking and are only a few hundreds of meters these days.

Abdelbari Ben Yagouta
by Abdelbari Ben Yagouta , Ingénieur réseaux et systèmes , CAP TECHNOLOGIES SA

25KM

Md Tashdid Hossain Misha
by Md Tashdid Hossain Misha , Senior Engineer, RF (Radio & Frequency) Planning , Banglalink (Vimpelcom limited, merged with Orascom telecom of Egypt, OTH)

Cell radius "R" basically depend on link budget calculation...

Muhammad Aseer Khan
by Muhammad Aseer Khan , Graduate Assistant , GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, KPK, Pakistan

This totally depends upon the geographical region where you are using. Frequency also matters and number of users . GSM has larger coverage area then WCDMA, LTE and WiMAX.But again it is depended on the conditions.In generally the maximum radius can be upto34 km.

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