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GSM network design for Stavanger and Sandnes

Jan Magne Tjensvold November 6, 2007

Contents

1    Introduction    1

2    Background    2

2.1    Geography and population.................... 2

2.2    Technology and eąuipment.................... 4

3    Calculations    4

3.1    Omni directional antenna.................... 4

3.2    Sectored antenna......................... 6

3.3    Voice channels .......................... 6

3.4    Traffic density........................... 6

3.5    Cells................................ 7

3.6    Eąuipment ............................ 8

4    Cost estimate    8

References    9

1 Introduction

This report investigates the design of a GSM network for the cities of Sta-vanger and Sandnes in Norway. It provides a cost estimate of the reąuired infrastructure in these two cities and for the highway connecting them. The estimate only includes eąuipment costs and not maintenance costs or other operational costs which would be needed to keep the network fully func-tional during its lifetime. It only includes the cost for the base transceiver stations (BTS), base station controllers (BSC) and the mobile switching center (MSC).

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