Re:“We're Shutting Down Our 3G Network”
by lxgr on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:03AM
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Not just that – it complicates cell planning a lot.
As far as I know, UMTS and LTE behave very differently under load, and at least in the early versions of UMTS there was the phenomenon of "cell breathing", where the serviceable cell radius varies with network load (due to the CDMA modulation/multiple access scheme used).
Having to provide denser cells in sparsely populated areas just to avoid dropped calls during the odd traffic spike sounds like a real pain.
Re:“We're Shutting Down Our 3G Network”
by op00to on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:09PM
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In my old house, on UMTS, I would have perfect signal except for 6am-4pm when the local school was there. It was fine in the summer. The local school soaked up the entire “cell” and my house was a dead spot.
As far as I know, UMTS and LTE behave very differently under load, and at least in the early versions of UMTS there was the phenomenon of "cell breathing", where the serviceable cell radius varies with network load (due to the CDMA modulation/multiple access scheme used).
Having to provide denser cells in sparsely populated areas just to avoid dropped calls during the odd traffic spike sounds like a real pain.