CELL SECTORING:

Cell sectoring is replacing an omnidirectional type of the antenna at the base station by
several types of a directional antenna. It is done mainly to reduce factors such as a co-
channel interface.

Some important points on cell sectoring :

 Cell sectoring is another method to increase capacity. It keeps the radius of the
cell constant and decreases the co-channel reuse ratio D/R to reduce the cluster size
N. 
 Cell sectoring is a method of decreasing the co-channel interference and
enhancing system performance by using a directional antenna.
 The size of clusters in a particular service area can be reduced because the cell
sectoring increases the signal to interference ratio (SIR).
 So in cell sectoring process enhancing the system performance by using a
directional antenna and reducing the co-channel interference value. here the reduction
in the co-channel interference is dependent on the amount of sectoring used.
 So here in cell sectoring process generally cell divided in 120º &   60° sectors.
 A cell is in sectoring is 120° then hexagon cell consists of three sectors and if the
sector is 60° then the hexagonal type cell consists of six sectors. 
 The single to noise ratio improvement allows the cellular provider to decreases
the cluster size N in order to improve the frequency reuse and thus, the system
capacity. 

120º   and 60º  sectoring
Advantages of cell sectoring :
 Better S/I ratio.
 Reduces interference.
 Increases capacity.
 Reduces cluster size.
 More freedom in assigning a channel

Disadvantages of cell sectoring :

 Increases number of antennas per base station.

 A decrease in trunk efficiency.
 Loss of traffic.
 Increased number of handoffs.