
General PCS Information
The Present and Future of Wireless
Telephone

Band Plan and Power Limits
Block Size (MHz) Paired Bands (MHz)
A 15+15 1850-1865/1930-1945
Micocell
D 5+5 1865-1870/1945-1950
Mobility
B 15+15 1870-1885/1950-1965
Clearnet
E 5+5 1885-1890/1965-1970
F 5+5 1890-1895/1970-1975
Cantel
C 15+15 1895-1910/1975-1990
Lower sub bands limited to 2 watts (1850-1910 MHz)
Upper sub bands limited to 100 watts (1930- 1990 MHz)


System Capacity
§ Many factors to be considered. i.e.
l network planning
l cell size
l sectorization
l antenna pattern
l reuse pattern
l voice quality desire

System capacity better determined by
comparing mobiles/km
2
/kHz
§ Other factors which must be considered other than
Channels /kHz
l frequency reuse pattern, GSM and NADC use 1/7, CDMA 1/1
l CDMA cells sizes tend to get smaller as load increases
l methods to combat multipath (both decrease system
capacity)
• GSM, employs frequency hopping techniques
• CDMA, uses rake receivers and soft handoff