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Table 4

Deployment terms (cont’d.)

Term Definition

Cell The coverage area provided by a basestation.

Cell boundary The edge of a cell showing the cell coverage

area.

Cell center The place where all the basestations are

installed.

DECT Radio Deployment Tool The tool used to determine the radio range of a

basestation.

Critical point A point or location defined as an outer corner of

a coverage area, or points that can be difficult

for the radio signal to reach.

Coverage area The area defined by the customer in which a

handset user can expect to be able to make and

receive calls.

Link If a handset and a basestation are in radio

communication with each other.

Range The distance from a cell center to the cell

boundary.

Office The location where a handset user spends the

majority of the day.

Traffic table Traffic tables record site traffic information from

the floor plan and the customer. The traffic

table helps to determine the required number of

basestations for each cell.

The following figure illustrates some of the preceding terms.

Figure 14

Example showing deployment terms

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