Patent ID: 8625459

Claim:
A method for providing planning of a plurality of radio network controllers in a wireless network, comprising: obtaining, by a processor, input data; determining, by the processor, a limit for a radio network controller parameter in accordance with the input data; determining, by the processor, if the limit for the radio network controller parameter is exceeded; and determining, by the processor, an optimal output for an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors, when the limit for the radio controller parameter is exceeded, wherein the plurality of penalty factors comprises a penalty factor associated with a budgetary limitation comprising a number of new radio network controllers multiplied by a sum of a capital expenditure, an operating expenditure and a monthly operating expenditure, wherein the optimal output for the objective function is solved via a linear programming solver by adding the number of new radio network controllers and evaluating a plurality of possibilities of base station assignments to the number of new radio network controllers and one or more existing radio network controllers.