Practical approach to the selection process of WCDMA BS locations at the constraints of a current 2G network operator

Author

Sobczyk, Adam

Author_Institution

Network Planning & Dev. Office, Poznan, Poland

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

17-19 May 2004

Firstpage

2296

Abstract

A new approach to the WCDMA location selection problem, with a strong consideration of the network capacity and quality objectives, is discussed. The base station (BS) location evaluation criteria, based on the other-to-own cell interference ratio, are presented and discussed. Additionally, the new combinatorial optimization algorithm, dedicated to the network planning issues, is introduced and described with a detailed discussion of the performed tests.

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; greedy algorithms; heuristic programming; optimisation; telecommunication network planning; 2G network operator constraints; WCDMA; base station location evaluation criteria; base station location selection; cellular network planning; combinatorial optimization algorithm; greedy heuristic algorithms; network capacity; network quality; other-to-own cell interference ratio; Base stations; Capacity planning; Costs; Electronic mail; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Optimization methods; Performance evaluation; Process planning; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC 2004-Spring. 2004 IEEE 59th

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8255-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2004.1390684

Filename

1390684