Patent ID: 8498207
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining, using a location unit, a location of each subscriber from a plurality of subscribers in a wireless communication network; evaluating cell congestion based on the location of each subscriber from the plurality of subscribers in the wireless communication network; altering at least one network parameter from a plurality of network parameters based on the cell congestion, the at least one network parameter includes a characteristic of at least one antenna associated with the cell; narrowing a geographic coverage area of a cell from a plurality of cells in the wireless communication network based on the at least one network parameter, such that overlap of a geographic coverage area of each cell from the plurality of cells is reduced to reduce a number of subscribers in handover zones; and determining if there is an improvement in the cell congestion based on the at least one network parameter, the altering and the evaluating being performed repeatedly and without calculating propagation environment assumptions until an operational condition in the wireless communication network is satisfied.