ed to be accommodated by a single cell will be reduced, therefore, the quality of service for each UE can be achieved. More sectors for a site. This again would mean adding more cells to the planned area; however, this activity involves sectorization for specific sites that provide service to a larger number of users with higher traffic. MIMO implementation. MIMO features enable capacity within a service area, and spatial multiplexing ensures that the user's throughput (in good channel conditions) is improved. The transmit diversity feature ensures the same for UEs in poor channel conditions. Also, there are advanced MIMO features like beamforming that target improvement of UE throughput, thereby enhancing the capacity of a particular cell. Increasing bandwidth. Another method to increase the capacity of a cell is to increase the bandwidth of the frequency. This method is very expensive and not very practical. CHAPTER 1 NETWORK PLANNING Radio Link Budget for LTE Radio link budgeting is where the maximum permissible path loss is calculated for a planned site. Budgeting is done in both UL as well as DL directions, and the cell radius is calculated for either capacity or coverage in both the directions and the minimal cell radius is decided upon. The link budget calculation depends on various parameters on the transmitter end or the receiver end, which contribute to the effective path loss calculation as presented in the equation: PL = Tx Power + Tx Gain + Rx Gain - Tx Loss - Rx Loss, where PL is the total path loss of the signal in decibels, Tx Power is the transmission power in decibel milliWatts, Tx Gain is the transmitter gain (antenna gain) in decibels, Rx Gain is the receiver gain (antenna gain) in decibels, Tx Loss is the transmitter loss in decibels, and Rx Loss is the receiver losses in decibels. Figure 1-3 diagrams this process. Signal transmit Transmitter power at the port antenna gain 40dbm Transmitted data Transmission loss + Propagation losses Cable and combiner losses Antenna gain at receiver end Rece