Automatic base station selection and configuration in mobile networks

Author

Hurley, S.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

6

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2585

Abstract

We consider the automatic selection and configuration of base station sites for mobile cellular networks. A solution framework based on simulated annealing is used for site selection and for base station configuration. The configuration of each base station involves selecting various parameters. Results are presented for several design scenarios with between 250 and 750 candidate sites, and show that the solution framework can generate network designs with desired characteristics such as high area coverage and high traffic capacity

Keywords

cellular radio; radio networks; simulated annealing; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; automatic base station configuration; automatic base station selection; base station site; cellular network planning; high area coverage; high traffic capacity; mobile cellular networks; network design; simulated annealing; Base stations; Character generation; Computational modeling; Computer science; Design optimization; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile computing; Simulated annealing; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2000. IEEE-VTS Fall VTC 2000. 52nd

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6507-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2000.886795

Filename

886795