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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Sichong Guan, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Farhan Mir, Montville, NJ (US);
Raghvendra Savoor, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Wei Yuan, Plano, TX (US);
Wenjie Zhao, Princeton, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer-readable storage device and an apparatus for planning tracking areas in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method represents geographical neighbor relations between each pair of base stations in a first set, and represents in a third set a plurality of potential assignment options for each base station of the first set to tracking areas in a second set, represents the historical data on paging traffic among the base stations in the first set via a first parameter, and represents the historical data on tracking area update traffic among the tracking areas of the second set via a second parameter, and determines for each base station in the first set, the optimal assignment of a tracking area in the second set.