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Electrical Tilt Formula

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  • 24th July 2008 at 14:12 #53193
    Mohit
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    Hi All…

    One of my friend has recently gone through an interview…and the interviewer asked him two questions…

    1) wat is the formula for calulating/ deciding electrical tilt for a site.

    2) how many TCH are required during a Confrence call..

    Pls do reply if somebody have any idea regarding these above question…

    Regards..
    Mohit..

    24th July 2008 at 17:27 #53194
    pix
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    1> geometrical calcula : depending on height of antenna, expected cell range and vertical aperture of the antenna, one can compute the required tilt in order to locate the upper “-3dB” point onto the cell range.
    f(H, CR and VHPBW) –> tilt
    the formula uses “tan” function… i let you find it by yourself 🙂

    2> only one TCH per user.

    25th July 2008 at 11:02 #53195
    Mohit
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    Thanks Pix…

    But can u explain this formula a little more…i mean with an example…

    Regards..
    Mohit

    25th July 2008 at 12:02 #53196
    pix
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    Mohit,

    i hope you didn’t kill yourself trying to find the formula, huh.

    cell range = Height BTS / (tangent(tilt – VHPBW/2))

    example : height = 30m
    VHPBW = 8 degrees
    tilt = 6 degrees

    –> cell range = 30/tan(radians(6 – 8/2)) = 859 meters.

    25th July 2008 at 14:28 #53197
    Mohit
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    Many Many thanks Pix…
    🙂

    28th July 2008 at 08:49 #53198
    MKT
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    Pix..

    How will you find the 3 dB point from BTS?

    Does the formula takes into account the BTS Tx Pwr Max?

    Regards

    MKT

    28th July 2008 at 14:48 #53199
    pix
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    the 3dB upper point is taken into account in the formula (–> VHPBW/2)

    the BTS power does not matter in this formula. What matters is how far you want to locate your “3dB upper point” (=cell range). The BTS power will then give you the “intensity” of the coverage within this cell range.

    regards
    pix

    29th July 2008 at 08:17 #53200
    MKT
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    Pix

    what is VHPBW?

    Regards

    29th July 2008 at 17:34 #53201
    pix
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    vertical half power beam width… it is the vertical “aperture” of the antenna. You can see it on the antenna specifications. Usually around 8 degrees.

    25th February 2009 at 06:16 #53202
    Nitin Tomar
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    What is the significant of Vertical beamwidth in coverage???

    25th February 2009 at 07:26 #53203
    Pix
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    Nitin, isn’t it explained just one post below ?

    26th February 2009 at 08:15 #53204
    baig
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    Is the tilt in the formula got from sum of electrical and mechanical tilt or its just the electrical tilt? how does mechanical tilt affect the formula

    26th February 2009 at 11:10 #53205
    Pix
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    In the formula, you should use the sum of electrical tilt + mechanical tilt.

    25th March 2009 at 06:30 #53206
    Ahsan
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    I really acknowledge ur effort regarding helping other optimizers and learners..

    Well it means that we have to take effective tilts into account.

    Also i wanted to know the individual effect of mechanical and electrical tilt.

    Well as i have experienced.. mechanical tilts adds backlobes.. question is Y.?

    25th March 2009 at 12:04 #53207
    Pix
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    Hello,

    Mechanical tilt : increase downtilt in front, but since you’re tilting the whole antenna, you see that the backlobe will get uptilted, yes? ,

    Electrical tilt: all directions around the antenna are tilted down, like when you’re closing an umbrella : all sides are getting down at the same time.

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