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Cellular Area Throughput

Estimate aggregate theoretical cell throughput density from bandwidth, spectral efficiency, and active cell density.

Inputs

Inputs

Range: 1–1,000 MHz

Enter the usable channel bandwidth assigned to each active cell, in MHz. Do not add separate carriers unless the cell-density definition counts them separately.

Range: 0.01–100 bit/s/Hz

Enter the assumed average spectral efficiency in bit/s/Hz for the planning condition. This is a model input, not a guaranteed field value.

Range: 0.01–10,000

Enter active cells per km² for the area being modeled. Define whether a cell means a sector, carrier, or site before using the result; keep that definition consistent with bandwidth.

Result

Theoretical throughput density (Mbit/s/km²)
4,000.000
Theoretical throughput density (Mbit/s/mi²)
10,359.952

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