 manner such that no two neighbouring cells have the same frequency. A frequency re-use of 3/9 means that each frequency is used only once in three sites/cluster, wherein each site is three sectored. A frequency re-use of 1/3 will have a higher value of interference and thus would degrade the throughput per radio time slot. Thus, a higher frequency re-use value will give a higher throughput and less delay. However, the spectral efficiency is higher in cases of lower frequency re-use as fewer frequencies are being used. Time-slot capacities have a larger dynamic range compared with GPRS radio networks. The number of time slots available is fewer than the number of users in a cell (or network). This means that several users will be using same time slot, reducing the throughput per user. Thus, the higher the number of users (per time slot), the lower will be the throughput (per user) and the higher the delay. PS traffic can be allocated to the BCCH TRX or non-BCCH TRX. Since the spectrum efficiency is usually the same for BCCH and non-BCCH cases, the TSL capacity remains constant on the BCCH layer, making the BCCH layer more suitable for achieving high throughput. Usually, the frequency re-use patterns have been found to be more stringent on non-BCCH TRXs, hence BCCH TRXs are better at giving higher throughput. Enabling of frequency hopping does not have a major impact on capacity or quality of the EGPRS radio network. Capacity planning dimensioning requires inputs related to cell configuration and traffic behaviour. This mainly includes the number of transceivers, definition of EDGE territories (number of time slots in CSW, dedicated and default territories), CS and PS traffic, etc. The outputs of capacity planning mainly include the amount of PS traffic, maximum, min- imum and average PS load, available time slots of CS traffic, blocking rate, etc. Capacity EDGE NETWORK PLANNING planning based on this dimensioning is done on a cell basis to make sure that required capacity is available for CS and PS traffic, apart