analyze the behavior of a cellular network without
inducing any artifacts due to boundary effects limitations, it
is necessary to consider an infinite cellular network. In this
case one cannot perform simulation techniques because the
network model is not finite. It is necessary to apply a way of
simulating and analyzing the infinite network using a finite
model. Wraparound is a model developed for this purpose.
By embedding a finite repeat pattern (cluster) from the
infinite hexagonal lattice on a torus, we define in fact a
mapping of all the clusters forming the lattice into a generic
cluster. In other words, the cell layout is wrap-around to
form a surface. In order to be able to perform this mapping,
the number of cells in a cluster has to be a rhombic number
ρ i, j , defined by two “shifting” parameter i and j as