Title :
Planning effective cellular mobile radio networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, UK
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on