Patent ID: 8645251
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a decommissioning strategy in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, using a computer system, a revenue loss value for one or more base transceiver stations (BTSs) of a plurality of BTSs, the revenue loss value representing an amount of revenue that would be lost if that BTS were to be decommissioned; determining, using the computer system, an operational cost for each BTS, the operational cost representing an expected cost of operating that BTS if that BTS were not decommissioned; determining, using the computer system, a decommission return value for the one or more BTSs; and determining, using the computer system, a first BTS to decommission in accordance with the decommission return value for the one or more BTSs.