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In a typical mobile phone system with hexagonal cells, it is forbidden to reuse a frequency band in an adjacent cell. If 840 frequencies are available, how many can be used in a given cell?
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First, we need to determine the minimum number of cells in a cluster that allows for non-interfering frequency reuse. This is known as the reuse factor or frequency reuse pattern. In a hexagonal cell system, the most common reuse pattern is the 7-cell cluster Show more…
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