Patent ID: 6853845

Claim:
A method for determining an enhanced cell coverage in a mobile communication system having a plurality of mobile terminals, a plurality of base stations each including at least one antenna, and a cell database containing the relationship between a plurality of cells, the plurality of base stations, and the antennas, the mobile communication system having a communication system coverage for receiving signals and each of the antennas having an antenna coverage for receiving signals, wherein the communication system coverage is divided into a plurality of unit sections, the method comprising the steps of: (1.1) designating each one of the plurality of unit sections to be associated with an antenna of one of said plurality of base stations for each of the antennas, said designation being responsive to the shortest distance from a unit section to an antenna, said shortest distance being determined in comparison with the distance from a unit section to all the other antennas in the communication system; and (1.2) forming a plurality of enhanced cell coverages of said antenna of said base station, wherein said plurality of enhanced cell coverages includes all of the plurality of said designated unit sections for all of the antennas in the communication system.