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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, AE;
British Telecommunications Plc, London, GB;
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Kin Fai Poon, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Fabrice Saffre, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Kaltham Saeed Khalfan Alromaithi, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Anis Ouali, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Beum Seuk Lee, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, AE;
British Telecommunications PLC, London, GB;
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Abstract
This invention relates to methods and systems for optimizing network catchment areas, in particular based on completion times of the customer premises. Embodiments of the invention aggregate different customer premises to form demarcated catchment areas by minimizing the overall weighted cost function comprising the distance and completion time within each catchment area, while also considering practical constraints. Embodiments of the invention allow network planners to specify their preferences of distance against time to produce cost-effective network schemes for very large numbers of customer premises and form network catchment areas without any overlapping.