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Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan - Town of Morrisville, NC – Adopted July 23, 2013
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Theoretical coverage from existing antenna locations
The next step in the evaluation process is to examine the coverage from all known existing
antenna locations to determine if any area of the Town has unsatisfactory or no service at all.
CityScape theorizes how existing antenna locations might be used by the wireless industry.
For example, CityScape asks the following questions. First, “Would network coverage gaps be
visible if a single Cellular (800 MHz) and PCS (1900 MHz) provider utilized all identified
antenna locations?” And second, “Does the Town have adequate existing infrastructure suitable
for providers to meet complete network coverage objectives?” (In actuality, this is not possible
because not all existing support structures will have sufficient support capacity for all providers.)
Figures 12 and 13 demonstrate the theoretical coverage for a single 800 and 1900 MHz service
provider, respectively, with antenna mounted at the top mounting position of all known support
structures used for 800 MHz and/or 1900 MHz antenna within the Town’s jurisdictional limits.
The maps include terrain, environmental variables and signal strength variables.
Figures 14 and 15 demonstrate the theoretical coverage for a single 800 and 1900 MHz service
provider, respectively, with network, terrain, environmental and signal strength variables.
The mapping exercises illustrate there is not adequate infrastructure to provider complete
coverage throughout the Town. The areas most significantly impacted now and to be impacted
with the existing wireless footprint in the future are the higher density residential areas.