RUNNING HEAD: The impact of antenna tilt to the performance of cellular network

THE IMPACT OF ANTENNA TILT TO THE PERFORMANCE OF CELLULAR NETWORK: CASE STUDY MNT NIGERIA

By [Student full name] [Course of study] [Institution of study]

A dissertation is submitted for the degree of [name of course of study] [Level of study eg. IF 50 Doctor of philosophy]

Principal supervisor: [Name of supervisor] Associate supervisor: [name of associate supervisor] Faculty of [faculty name e.g. science and technology] Name of collage [Queens university of technology] [Location eg. Brisbane, Austrialia] Date

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RUNNING HEAD: The impact of antenna tilt to the performance of cellular network

Acknowledgement I would like to extend my sincere thanks to those who has provided support towards my thesis writing and research. The study would have been much overwhelming and thesis topic more complicated, if it was not the guidance and support of the people First of all, my sincere thanks credit to the dedication of my academic supervisors, [name of the supervisors], for their useful inputs and discussions during the study. Secondly, am grateful to the support from the MTN Nigeria of the data provided during the study to make these research a success. Thanks also to my family for the support and understanding over the research period. Lastly, is my sincere gratitude to my fellow student writing thesis who have contributed immensely in the discussion for a deeper understanding of this topic.

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RUNNING HEAD: The impact of antenna tilt to the performance of cellular network

Abstract MTN Nigeria has a widely developed network communication system; comprising mostly of GSM network. Lately the company has introduced the first third generation network based on WCDMA technology. Due to the Nigerian terrain and the available technology, this article finds out the best