Coverage vs capacity dimensioning

Coverage-Limited vs Capacity-Limited

Coverage dimensioning answers: how many sites provide adequate signal everywhere? It uses the link budget to determine cell radius, then divides the target area by cell coverage area. Capacity dimensioning answers: how many sites handle the traffic demand? It divides total busy-hour throughput by per-site capacity. The final site count is always max(coverage sites, capacity sites). Rural and suburban areas with low population density are typically coverage-limited — the link budget drives the design. Urban areas with high user density are typically capacity-limited — traffic demand requires…