Patent ID: 9743287
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of planning communication network infrastructure, comprising: calculating a potential capacity of a plurality of vehicular relay nodes in an area including employing a quantity of vehicles in the area, the plurality of vehicular relay nodes relaying data between a plurality of portable devices and at least one base station, wherein calculating the potential capacity of the plurality of vehicular relay nodes comprises employing a penetration factor reflecting the proportion of vehicles that are equipped with one of the vehicular relay nodes; calculating a potential data demand in the area for transferring data between the plurality of portable devices and the at least one base station; and determining if a number of the at least one base station serving the area is sufficient by utilizing the potential capacity of the plurality of vehicular relay nodes in the area and the potential data demand in the area.