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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Mark David Austin, Atlanta, GA (US);
Bellsouth Intellectual Property Management Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A predicted offered digital load, a predicted offered analog load, and an analog blocking factor are received to support a determination of the optimal number of analog and digital radios in a dual-mode wireless network. The number of analog radio channels necessary to support the offered analog load at the analog blocking factor is computed. The excess capacity of the needed analog radio channels is determined and a digital blocking factor based upon the excess analog capacity is calculated. The digital blocking factor may then be compared to minimum and maximum overflow values to ensure that the digital blocking factor is neither too high nor too low. The number of needed digital radio channels necessary to support the predicted offered digital load at the digital blocking factor is then calculated. Based upon the needed number of analog and digital radio channels, the number of digital and analog radios necessary is then calculated.