Cell Tower Sector Dimensions

JoeBorgione

I'm trying to decipher cell sector data from various providers to determine the coverage area of a given sector.  I'm not using version 10.2 so the Cell Phone Analysis tool isn't an option for now.

It's a no-brainer to extract the lat long from the routing sheet and create a point class.  However I'm unsure of the other attributes typically provided:

Sector Radius: it may say something like <1km but >2km.  To me this means the range of the antenna is somewhere around 1.5km or so. If it's an omni-directional antenna (360 degrees) the coverage would be basically a buffer of 1500 meters around the tower x,y.

Sector Azimuth: appears to be given in degrees

Beam Width: not sure what the units are but I'm guessing degrees.

How does one determine the dimensions of a sector polygon given this data?  Let's say you have an azimuth of 125, which in my book is South East on the compass.  And a Beam Width of 90.  Do you add 45 degrees to 125 for one edge of the sector and subtract 45 degrees from 125 for the other edge?

TimWitt

Yes its a great tool that makes building sectors very easy! I'm glad I was able to help you!