Method and device for optimising cellular wireless communication networks

US7768968B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VODAFONE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Plehn · Krefeld, DE
• Jann Erik Dietert · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Johannes Hübner · Dresden, DE
• Michael D. Berg · Carol Stream, US
• Peter Schneider · Korschenbroich, DE
• Dietrich Hunold · Dresden, DE
• Peter Steinkönig · Hilden, DE
• Jürgen Deiβner · Dresden, DE
• Jens Voigt · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W16/22
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of optimising real cellular, wireless communication networks comprising the steps of providing location-referenced values of subscriber traffic for area elements; transmitting a reference signal of constant transmission power; providing a cell-referenced value of the power received from the reference signal; providing a model of the communication network having an original model network configuration, and iteratively optimising the model network configuration by accumulating and weighting the subscriber traffic values of the area elements and by locally adjusting the model network configuration, to provide an optimised model network configuration.