Patent ID: 6094580
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for generating an optimized cellular-network cell-site plan for an area, the method comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of cellular-traffic demand nodes distributed across the area, each cellular-traffic demand node of the plurality of cellular-traffic demand nodes having an associated weighting characteristics set;consolidating the plurality of nodes into a plurality of centroids such that each centroid represents a number of nodes that come within a traffic threshold;positioning a potential cell site on each of the centroids, the potential cell site having an associated base-transmitter-station parameter characteristics set;determining the demand node coverage of each potential cell site with respect to a signal strength of the potential cell site; andselecting from the plurality of potential cell sites a minimized cell-site subset while maintaining sufficient cellular service coverage of the plurality of demand nodes.