anning tool and deviations are noted and tuned wherever required. CHAPTER 1 NETWORK PLANNING Coverage Planning Coverage planning targets for the complete service area are tested to ensure there are no coverage holes (i.e., the UE never experiences a no-service condition within the entire service area). Coverage plans, however, do not take consideration any quality of service that the user experiences within a cell or site. The end aim is to provide the count of the resources or eNodeBs and cells that are required for the complete service area. Some of the most important aspects that need to be considered as a part of the coverage planning are: The eNodeB transmitting power and the type of cell that is being planned. The eNodeB transmitting power is the key for any coverage planning, and the transmitting power will vary based on the cell size. For example, a macro cell will have a transmission power of 10 watts per port (40 watts per cell in cases of MIMO cells). The DL coverage cell radius should be derived based on the transmission power of the antenna added with the gains (antenna gain, diversity gain, etc.) with the assumption of path loss (receiver loss, propagation loss, etc.). Cell radius calculation will be covered in detail in the link budget calculation section. The eNodeB receiver sensitivity. In the uplink, in order to calculate the cell radius, one of the most important parameters that the operator relies on is the receiver sensitivity of the eNodeB. The eNodeB receiver sensitivity is a deciding factor for the maximum allowed path loss between the UE and the eNodeB in the uplink direction, beyond which the eNodeB cannot differentiate accurately between signal and noise. Better receiver sensitivity of the eNodeB will directly result in a larger cell radius (coverage radius) in the uplink. The 3GPP 36.141 defines the test for deriving the reference sensitivity of a receiver. The specification also requires that a receiver sensitivity of less than 100.8 decibel milliwatts (dbm) is acceptable. However, ma