Optimization of base station antenna position based on propagation measurements on dense urban microcells

To cope with increasing demand for mobile telephone services operating companies are using cell split methods to increase system capacity. At the microcell sizes the co-channel interference is placing a limit on that strategy. This work studies the reallocation of radio base station antennas in order to limit the microcell coverage and reduce co-channel interference. The results have shown that antennas positioned a little lower than the average building heights produce better coverage results without the inconvenience of placing the antenna above the building heights.