Patent ID: 8718656

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving information indicative of a wireless coverage area associated with each of a plurality of base stations within a geographic area; determining a threshold performance requirement within the geographic area; simulating a deployment of at least one femto base station within the geographic area; determining at least a first performance parameter based on the simulated deployment of the at least one femto base station within the geographic area; simulating a deployment of at least one additional base station within the geographic area, the at least one additional base station not being a femto base station; determining at least a second performance parameter based on the simulated deployment of the at least one additional base station within the geographic area; comparing at least the first and second performance parameters; and generating a deployment recommendation based on at least the comparison of the first and second performance parameters and the threshold performance requirement, the deployment recommendation indicating whether to deploy the at least one femto base station within the geographic area.