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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1999
Kenneth L. Clarkson, Madison, NJ (US);
Karl Georg Hampel, New York, NY (US);
John D. Hobby, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Paul Matthew Mankiewich, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Paul Anthony Polakos, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Kenneth L. Clarkson, Madison, NJ (US);
Karl Georg Hampel, New York, NY (US);
John D. Hobby, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Paul Matthew Mankiewich, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Paul Anthony Polakos, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Improved techniques for characterizing, adjusting and optimizing the overall performance of a wireless network. In an illustrative embodiment, the overall network performance for a particular network configuration is characterized by a vector with two components, one representing network coverage and another representing network capacity. Network coverage is defined by the likelihood of service under load, including interference, and may be further weighted by traffic density. Network capacity is defined by an amount of traffic with a given spatial distribution that can be served at a given overall target-blocking rate. The overall network performance may be characterized using a two-dimensional capacity/coverage diagram which plots overall network performance vectors, each including a network capacity component and a network coverage component, for various network configurations. The overall network performance may be improved or optimized with respect to a given subset of network parameters by using an algorithm that proposes potential network configurations and evaluates them with respect to their overall network performance.