Patent ID: 8295244

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for defining lists of neighboring cells of a cellular radiocommunications network, comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a description of mobility paths for users of mobile communications terminals in a geographic area of interest; including, by the processor, a first cell in the list of neighboring cells of a second cell in case, based on said mobility paths' description, to ascertain that there is a mobility path joining the first and the second cells; dividing, by the processor, the geographic area of interest into a plurality of elementary area elements; and assigning, by the processor, each of the plurality of elementary area elements to a respective network cell, wherein obtaining the description of mobility paths for users of mobile communications terminals in the geographic area of interest comprises obtaining at least one vectorial description of said mobility paths, wherein said at least one vectorial description comprises, for each mobility path, at least one vector item formed of a pair of geographic points belonging to each mobility path, and wherein including the first cell in the list of neighboring cells of the second cell in case, based on said mobility paths' description, to ascertain that there is a mobility path joining the first and the second cells, comprises including the first cell in the list of neighboring cells of the second cell if at least one elementary area element of the first cell and at least one elementary area element of the second cell belong to said at least one vector item.