Planning base station location for the UMTS network

Author

Amara, Sami ; Boujemaa, Hatem ; Siala, Mohamed

Author_Institution

TECHTRTA Res. unit, Higher Sch. of Commun. of Tunis, Tunis

fYear

2008

fDate

7-9 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The planning of the second generation mobile network can be carried out in two distinct stages. The first stage sets out to determine the position of the base stations so as to ensure a total coverage. The second step aims to attribute frequency bands to the base stations in a view to responding to a given traffic requirement. Such a method is no longer adequate for the planning of the base stations location in UMTS as it is based only on the signal prediction and does not take into account the traffic distribution, the signal quality and the power control mechanism. In this paper we present different discrete optimization models and algorithms aimed at supporting the decisions in the process of planning where to locate new base stations for the UMTS networks.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; optimisation; power control; telecommunication traffic; UMTS network; base station location planning; discrete optimization models; power control; second generation mobile network; signal prediction; traffic requirement; 3G mobile communication; Base stations; Communication system traffic control; Frequency; Interference; Mobile communication; Power control; Power system planning; Process planning; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Circuits and Systems, 2008. SCS 2008. 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monastir

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2627-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2628-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSCS.2008.4746932

Filename

4746932