Patent ID: 7103361
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. Method for the planning and/or evaluation of a capacity in a radio network comprising at least one base station (BS 1 ,BS 2 ) defining at least one cell, the method comprising the steps of (a) defining a limiting capacity representative value to the at least one base station (BS (b) adding an amount of traffic (T (c) determining whether or not more traffic (T (d) repeating adding an amount of traffic (T wherein in which a fixed amount of traffic (T BS ) is added; wherein the amount of traffic (T BS ) is chosen such that the increase in used capacity representative value is fixed; wherein an inter-cell interference effect is included in the calculation of the used capacity representative value; wherein a soft handover effect is included in the calculation of the used capacity representative value; wherein the radio network is a CDMA network; and wherein: