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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2008
Mohamed Lotfy El-sayed, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Amit Mukhopadhyay, Westfield, NJ (US);
Zulfiquar Sayeed, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Carlos Urrutia-valdes, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Mohamed Lotfy El-Sayed, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Amit Mukhopadhyay, Westfield, NJ (US);
Zulfiquar Sayeed, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Carlos Urrutia-Valdes, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention includes a method for determining an expenditure associated with a network. A method includes obtaining network information associated with a portion of a network, categorizing each of a respective plurality of cells as one of an aggregated cell and a non-aggregated cell, determining an aggregating node configuration for at least one aggregating node associated with at least one base station associated with an aggregated cell, determining a deaggregating node configuration for at least one deaggregating node associated with at least one of the at least one aggregating node, and determining the expenditure according to at least one of the aggregating node configuration and the deaggregating node configuration. The categorization of cells is performed using the network information.