Title :
Towards automatic cell planning
Author :
Rawnsley, R. Kapp ; Hurley, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cardiff Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper describes the application of combinatorial optimisation to the problem of designing cellular mobile-telephone networks. The goal of the network design problem is to cover the maximum number of subscribers in an effective and efficient manner. The problem is sub-divided into two-phases: the placement and configuration of base stations; and the allocation of communication channels. The results presented in this paper clearly demonstrate the utility of the combinatorial optimisation approach to network design
Keywords :
cellular radio; channel allocation; combinatorial mathematics; optimisation; radio networks; telecommunication network planning; automatic cell planning; base station placement; base stations configuration; cellular mobile-telephone networks; cellular radio network; channel allocation; combinatorial optimisation; communication channels; network design problem; Base stations; Costs; Data engineering; Design optimization; Frequency; Interference; Propagation losses; Radio network; Telecommunication traffic; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2000. PIMRC 2000. The 11th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6463-5
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2000.881685
