Patent Document ID: 7668708
Application ID: 11612807
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for computing propagation loss and corresponding received power at various map pixels in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing, using a computer, a maximum radius for each of a plurality of base stations; (b) selecting, using the computer, for one of said plurality of base stations, an initial radial to a closest map pixel; (c) determining, using the computer, if said pixel lies within said maximum radius; (d) if said pixel lies within said maximum radius, determining, using the computer, if said received power for said pixel was previously computed for said one of said plurality of base stations; (e) if said received power for said pixel was not previously computed, calculating, using the computer, path loss for said pixel using a selected loss-model, calculating, using the computer, said received power for said pixel, storing, using the computer, said calculated received power in an output variable data plane and storing, using the computer, said calculated path loss in a second output variable data plane; and incrementing, using the computer, said radial to a next pixel and repeating steps (c) through (e); (f) if said received power for said pixel was previously computed, incrementing, using the computer, said radial to said next pixel and repeating steps (c) through (f); (g) if distance to said pixel is determined to exceed said maximum radius per step (c), determining, using the computer, if all radials required for said calculating said received power for all pixels within said maximum radius for said one of said plurality of base stations were traced; and (h) if all required radials for said one of said plurality of base stations are not yet traced, incrementing, using the computer, angle of said radial and repeating steps (c) through (h).