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What is the relationship between eNodeB,Cell and Sector ?

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I would like to know the releationship between eNodeB, Cell and Sectors in LTE.

And if we have 2 cells running under same eNodeB, will both cells have different antennas ?

Please help me to understand the above concepts. Thanks in advance.

posted Mar 18, 2015 by Kishore Kumar Ponukumati

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ENodeB is a baseband unit which can have multiple radio units in different directions.

Now coming to sector unlike UMTS, in LTE a sector is assigned a frequency band. Each sector is assigned a PCI - primary cell identification (Each frequency band has 12 sub-carriers to distribute data & signalling) and Every sector is a cell. (Each carrier is a cell in UMTS)

answer Mar 18, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
Thanks for the reply. Does sector means the antenna on the eNodeB ? My understandings are as follows..

one eNodeB can have multiple cells and each cell can have multiple sectors.
Correct me if i am wrong.
commented Mar 19, 2015 by Kishore Kumar Ponukumati
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