Patent ID: 7925266

Claim:
A method for selecting new wireless transmission station locations, comprising the acts of: calculating coverage radii for each of a plurality of existing wireless transmission stations physically located across an existing coverage area of a wireless communication network following a coverage-reducing technological modification to the plurality of existing wireless transmission stations; identifying at least one existing coverage gap within the existing coverage area of the plurality of existing wireless transmission stations resulting from the coverage-reducing technological modification to the plurality of existing wireless transmission stations; performing a first pass of the existing coverage area by selecting a first plurality of locations within the existing coverage gaps for a first set of new wireless transmission stations based on a location selection criteria; updating said existing coverage gap to reflect an updated coverage gap by taking into account expected coverage radii of the first set of new wireless transmission stations; and performing a second pass of the existing coverage area by selecting a second plurality of locations for a second set of new wireless transmission stations based on the location selection criteria and on the updated coverage gap.