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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Cecilia M. Procopiuc, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for optimization of facility locations are disclosed, for example, wireless telecommunications facility locations. Among a plurality of cluster points, corresponding to wireless customers, optimal locations are determined for a predetermined number of cluster centers, each cluster center having a predetermined cluster radius that defines a cluster area. Among a plurality of cluster points, optimal facility locations are determined for a variable number of cluster centers, each cluster center having a minimum acceptable economic value.