What is cell and sector?

A cell is the geographic area that is covered by a single base station in a cellular network . A network for wireless communications is comprised of a large number of base stations to efficiently use radio spectrum to cover the service area.

In an LTE cellular network an LTE base station (eNodeB) traditionally uses three sectors and three antennas. This antenna sectorization technique ensures that sectors of the same eNodeB do not interfere with each other .

Cell Sector means a geographic area defined by WSP(according to WSP’s own radio frequency coverage data), and consisting of a certain portion or all of the total coverage area of a Cell Site .

The cell refers to the “tower” or structure where the antenna is located. And the sector refers to the direction the antenna faced . When the LTE network was introduced, all carriers began using completely different terminology to refer to their cell sites, but the good thing is that they all use the same basic terms.