Q6. In a cellular system, frequency reusing improves the capacity and spectral efficiency. Explain the following terms:
(i) handoff process
(ii) co-channel interference
b) Derive the relationship between any two nearest co-channel cell distance D and the cluster size "N". Assume each cell has a hexagonal shape.
A total of 50 MHz bandwidth is allocated to a FDD cellular system with two 22 KHz simplex channels to provide full duplex voice and control channels. Compute the number of channels available per cell if the system uses
(i) 4-cell reuse technique
(ii) 7-cell reuse technique.
Also, assume 1.3 MHz of spectrum is allocated to control channels. Give a distribution of voice and control channels.