First-Generation Cellular

• How Many Subscribers Can You Support?

  • 20 cells
  • Channel reuse is about 3 (20/7)
  • 832 channels
  • With channel reuse, 2,496 effective channels
  • 20 users per available channel
  • So only about 50,000 subscribers per city
  • Engineering tricks can extend, but only somewhat

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version