Patent ID: 8265634

Claim:
A method operating a computer system to determine a value of a wireless spectrum, the method comprising: receiving input data comprising a population density threshold, a cell site utilization threshold, a carrier threshold, population data, a cell site range, average busy hour usage data, and market penetration data; processing the input data to identify and display a geographic area that has a population density greater than the population density threshold, calculating and displaying a number of cell sites required for an initial deployment in the identified geographic area, and calculating a first number of subscribers per cell site; if the first number of subscribers per cell site is greater than the cell site utilization threshold, then calculating and displaying an additional number of cell sites required for the initial deployment, and then calculating a second number of subscribers per cell site; and calculating a number of carriers required per cell site, calculating a cost of the initial deployment based on the number of cell sites required and the number of carriers required, and calculating and displaying the value of the wireless spectrum based on the cost of the initial deployment.