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?

[JoeBorgione]

I obtained this tool written by ToddZ431; my thanks to TimW1984 for passing along the info.

Kudos to both you guys!

[EvaShoemaker-Maffei]

I can't get that tool written by ToddZ431 to come up.  It doesn't go anywhere when I click on this tool.

[JoeBorgione]

Eva-  my guess is it's somewhere else now that we are on the GeoNet.  Can't venture a guess as to where though.  Send me a private message with your email and I'll send it to you.  It works really well...

[EvaShoemaker-Maffei]

I can't find a way to send you an email on GeoNet .

[AnthonyGiles]

The only way you can private message is when both parties are following each other, you then get the option

[shaikaplan]

Hello Joe,

I am trying to create 16 sectors for each point (22.5 deg each) in order to calculate the water and vegetation fraction in each.

Can the tool you have work for me? I will try to figure out how to follow you so I can give you my email.

[JoeBorgione]

The tool is available here: 

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9ac78cd092b640b3b69c6093e1be40bf

It has worked great for me; it's been a while since I used it last, but as long as I have the dimensions of the sectors, it works like a charm.

[TimWitt · Accepted solution]

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