The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1997
Chang Yu, Plano, TX (US);
Sairam Subramanian, Garland, TX (US);
Andrew Sendonaris, Houston, TX (US);
Sheng-Chou Lin, Plano, TX (US);
Mohamed Landolsi, Nepean, CA;
Nikhil Jain, Plano, TX (US);
Seshu Madhavapeddy, Richardson, TX (US);
Stone Tseng, Plano, TX (US);
Venugopal Veeravalli, Ithaca, NY (US);
Nortel Networks Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
Provided herein is a computer-implemented method for generating an optimized cellular-network cell-site plan for an area. A plurality of cellular-traffic demand nodes distributed across the area is provided. Each cellular-traffic demand node of the plurality of cellular-traffic demand nodes has an associated weighting characteristics set. The plurality of nodes are consolidated into a plurality of centroids. Each centroid represents a number of nodes that come within a traffic threshold. A potential cell site is positioned on each of the centroids. Each potential cell site has an associated base-transmitter-station parameter characteristics set. The demand node coverage of each potential cell site is determined with respect to a signal strength of the potential cell site. From the plurality of potential cell sites a minimized cell-site subset is selected while maintaining sufficient cellular service coverage of the plurality of demand nodes.