Patent Document ID: 8185122
Application ID: 12012571
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of designing physical infrastructure for a wireless cellular communications network in a region of interest comprising: accessing, with a computer, a database of demographic data in a plurality of selected categories for discrete geographical areas in the region of interest; determining a separate weighting factor for each of a plurality of substantially, non-overlapping ranges of values within each category of the demographic data and, for each discrete geographical area in the region of interest, determining the separate weighting factor for each of a plurality of substantially, non-overlapping ranges of values for each category of demographic data for that discrete geographical area; determining a category weight factor for each category of demographic data and applying the category weight factors to the separate weighting factors for each category of demographic data for each of the discrete geographical areas in the region of interest to obtain a category value and combining the category values to obtain a demographic index value for each of the discrete geographical areas in the region of interest; determining target areas within the region of interest based upon the demographic indexes of the discrete geographical areas, wherein the target areas are selected to encompass those discrete geographical areas having demographic index values within a predetermined range; and identifying cellular sites and equipment to provide service to the target areas.