Rooftop Clearence

QUICK PREDICT® 9
Rooftop Clearence Prediction Tool 8
7 X_rooftop _roofedge Y_Mast Y_Beam Y_Margin
Parapet Height (optional): (ph) 2 6 0 0
15 0
Distance from Building Edge: (L) 15 5 15 2
0 0
4
Vertical Beamwidth (degrees): (alpha) 24 0 5.188348
3 15 2 2
Electrical + Mechanical Downtilt: (dt) 0 2 0 5.188348 5.188348
2 15 8.376697 8.376697
Vertical Protection Margin: (beta) 0 1
0
(theta) 0.20944 0 theta=(alpha/2
2 4 + dt +beta)
6 8 10 12 14 16
Roof and Parapet Ant. Height
Minimum Height to Center of Antenna: 5.188348 H = tan (theta) * LBeamwidth
3 dB + ph Guardband

*A more detailed drawing and the formulas used can be found on the Drawing & Formulas tab of this worksheet.

A vertical protection margin of ~8 deg is recommeded for most cases.

In dense urban areas, a lower margin is acceptable

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A n ten n a H eig h t (m )
QUICK PREDICT®
Cell Boundry Prediction Tool
Quick Predict --Theoretical 3 db prediction of Cell Boundry
X_earth Y_Mast Y_mobile Y-main beam Y_3dbBeam
Antenna Height: (H_antenna) 43 60 0 43
0 0
Mobile Height: 1.5 50 791.9 1.5
(H_mobile)
791.9 0
40
Vertical Beamwidth (degrees): (ALPHA) 7 0.0 43
791.9 1.5 0
30
Electrical Downtilt (EDT) 3 0 43
20
364.2 1.5
Mechanical Downtilt: (MDT) 0 0 43
791.867
10 49.91052012
(BETA) 3 49.91052012
BETA=MDT+EDT
0
Radius of the "near" 3dB theoretical boundry: (m) 364.2 0 100 200 300 400 500
Cell Radius (m)
600 700 800 900

Theoretical Radius of the Max Lobe: (m) 791.9

Antenna Mobile 3 dB Beamwidth Max Lobe
Radius of the "far-" 3dB theoretical boundry: (m) -4755.4

Upper theoretical 3dB boundry is above horizon

*A more detailed drawing and the formulas used can be found on the Drawing & Formulas tab of this worksheet.

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oundry

700 800 900

Max Lobe

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 IM Interference

Enter Downlink Range:

QUICK PREDICT® 947.6 MHz to 960
Intermodulation Interference Prediction Tool
Uplink Range:
Intermodulation interference may occur when a site is co-located near another transmitting device. 902.6 MHz to 915
This tool predicts possible 3rd order intermod products and warns if they are in a PCS band.
Actually predicting IM interference is much more complicated and requires Enter Possible Interfering Frequency
careful analysis and often measurements. 925 MHz to 935
Frequency Blocks in the GSM 900 Band
Block Bandwidth Uplink Range Downlink Range ARFCN Possible DOWNLINK associated 3rd o
A 12.5 MHz 890-902.5 MHz 935-947.5 MHz 1-62 960.2 MHz to 995
B 12.5 MHz 902.5-915 MHz 947.5-960 MHz 63-124 890 MHz to 922.4

Frequency Blocks in the PCS 1900 Band Possible UPLINK associated 3rd orde
Block Bandwidth Uplink Range Downlink Range ARFCN 870.2 MHz to 905
A 15 MHz 1850-1865 MHz 1930-1945 MHz 512-585 935 MHz to 967.4
B 15 MHz 1870-1885 MHz 1950-1965 MHz 612-685
C 15 MHz 1895-1910 MHz 1975-1990 MHz 737-810
D 5 MHz 1865-1870 MHz 1945-1950 MHz 587-610
E 5 MHz 1885-1890 MHz 1965-1970 MHz 687-710
F 5 MHz 1890-1895 MHz 1970-1975 MHz 712-735

Error Messages Reguarding Possible IM Products

DL OK UL OK
DL OK Possible IM products in UPLINK band
DL OK Possible IM products in UPLINK band
Possible IM products in DOWNLINK band UL OK

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ble Interfering Frequency Range:

WNLINK associated 3rd order IM products :

LINK associated 3rd order IM products :

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 Drawing & Formulas

Antenna
Antenna beam width (a)

a/2
α H
H tan ( + β )=
X 2 L
b : tilts (elec. and mecan.) + protection
w/ H= X−h L

X =tan (α 2 + β )∗L +h Parapet (h)

Building roof top ( X−h)

L=
tan ( α2 + β )
Formulas used for calculating the roof top clearance.
ANTENNA VERTICAL APERTURE (DEGREES): 8 HEIGHT: GROUND (m) 0
TOWER (m) 17

INPUTS: TILT OUTPUTS: DI ; D2 ; 3db COV

TABLE 1 OBS: negative values means above the horizon!

D1 (m) D2 (m) 3db COV (m)

TILT 0 243.11 -243.11 -486.22
1 194.31 -324.38 -518.69
2 161.74 -486.82 -648.56
3 138.45 -973.93 -1112.38
4 120.96 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 107.33 973.93 866.60
6 96.41 486.82 390.40
7 87.46 324.38 236.92
8 79.98 243.11 163.13
9 73.64 194.31 120.68
10 68.18 161.74 93.56
11 63.44 138.45 75.01
12 59.29 120.96 61.68
13 55.60 107.33 51.73
14 52.32 96.41 44.09
15 49.37 87.46 38.09
16 46.71 79.98 33.27
17 44.29 73.64 29.35
18 42.08 68.18 26.11
19 40.05 63.44 23.40
20 38.18 59.29 21.10

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