Planning effective cellular mobile radio networks

Author

Hurley, Stephen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Volume

51

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

253

Abstract

This paper deals with the automatic selection and configuration of base station sites for mobile cellular networks. An optimization framework based on simulated annealing is used for site selection and for base-station configuration. Realistic path-loss estimates incorporating terrain data are used. The configuration of each base station involves selecting antenna type, power control, azimuth, and tilt. Results are presented for several design scenarios with between 250 and 750 candidate sites and show that the optimization framework can generate network designs with desired characteristics such as high area coverage and high traffic capacity. The work shows that cellular network design problems are tractable for realistic problem instances

Keywords

cellular radio; simulated annealing; telecommunication network planning; antenna type; area coverage; automatic selection; azimuth; base station sites; cellular mobile radio networks; configuration; network designs; optimization framework; path-loss estimates; planning; power control; simulated annealing; site selection; terrain data; tilt; traffic capacity; Azimuth; Base stations; Cellular networks; Character generation; Communication system traffic control; Design optimization; Land mobile radio; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Power control; Simulated annealing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.994802

Filename

994802