ny vendors have a receiver sensitivity value of around -102 dbm or better. UE receiver sensitivity and transmission power. Similar to the eNodeB receiver sensitivity, UE receiver sensitivity is an important factor in determining the DL cell radius for coverage planning. Typically for a macro cell, the UL cell radius will be a limiting factor in comparison with the DL cell radius simply because of the difference in the transmission powers. In LTE category 2 UE and onward, the maximum uplink transmit power is 23 db. Terrain. Terrain is an important consideration for any site planning and will impact the absorption or attenuation capability of a site. For example, a site with irregular heights will not have linear loss and is subjected to shadow areas or reflection, whereas a site with fairly regular height will have a more predictable linear loss. Similarly, the indoor to outdoor ratio of a site also makes a difference when it comes to cell radius calculation (i.e., the penetration losses for an indoor user is higher compared with that for an outdoor user); therefore, planning an urban cell will be subject to more losses due to a higher percentage of indoor to outdoor users in comparison with a rural cell. Improving Coverage for a Given Service Area Some common practices to improve the coverage for a given service area are: Receiver selection. Selecting an eNodeB with a better receiver sensitivity will help to improve the coverage for a service area. Implementing receiver diversity. In UL highers, the chances of correctly decoding the received signal from the UE improve the coverage. Beamforming. For uneven heights, beamforming can be a very handy feature to compensate for any coverage hole. CHAPTER 1 NETWORK PLANNING Improving the antenna gain. This is particularly useful for smaller cells, wherein the DL cell radius is limited in comparison with the UL cell radius. Adding more sites. In case none of these techniques can be used to compensate for a coverage hole, the last option would be to add a new site. Capacit