within the GSM GoS and quality performance recommendations indicating the 

ability of the GSM technology to provide very high capacity. 

Table 3.2: Analysis of cell sites in two London locations 

City 

Packing Density 

West 

Packing Density 

Base stations per 

End 

Base stations per 

Kmsq/cells per 

Kmsq/cells per 

Kmsq 

Kmsq 

Vodafone 16 32.6/81.6  38 77.5/193.8 

Orange 18 

36.7/91.8 

19 

38.8/96.9 

MMO2 24 

48.9/122.4 

34 

69.3/173 

T Mobile 9 18.4/45.9 38 

77.5/193.8 

Hutchison 3 

2 

4/10.2 

3 

6.1/15.3 

Total 69 

132 

Packing density  140/

  269/6

Base stations  352 

73 

per Kmsq/cells 

per Kmsq 

Antenna Height   West End of London

60

120.00%

50

100.00%

n

40

io

s

80.00%

ite

tribut

f S

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Number of Sites

30

r o

60.00%

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Cumulative Distribution

b

tiv

m

la

Nu

u

20

40.00%

muC

10

20.00%

0

0.00%

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40

Height

 Figure 3.10:  Analysis of Base Station Antenna Heights in West End London 

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