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Article: New tools in frequency planning.(European Supplement)
- Article from:
- Microwave Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
- Author:
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Europe's network planners are resorting to advanced frequency planning aids to speed network deployment and increase spectral efficiency, and mobile network operators face a number of technical and management challenges in this frequency planning process. These challenges apply equally whether they are new entrants rolling out their service for the first time, or mature carriers adjusting and adapting to the highly dynamic market and technology forces acting on all networks. Effective use of the frequency spectrum - one of the scarcest resources for any operator - means better network quality and increased capacity. The key lies in solving the most fundamental problem in ...