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Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for Umts
Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for Umts
INFORMS Journal on Computing
On the optimality of facility location for wireless transmission infrastructure
Computers and Industrial Engineering
The Marginal cost of Service Provision in Cellular Networks
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 09
Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation: 2G/2.5G/3G... Evolution to 4G
Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation: 2G/2.5G/3G... Evolution to 4G
Optimisation models for GSM radio
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation
Radio planning and coverage optimization of 3G cellular networks
Wireless Networks
WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization
WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization
The infrastructure efficiency of cellular wireless networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
A multiobjective optimization framework for IEEE 802.16e network design and performance analysis
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special issue on broadband access networks: Architectures and protocols
Wireless network design: solution-oriented modeling and mathematical optimization
IEEE Wireless Communications
Planning UMTS base station location: optimization models with power control and algorithms
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Fading channels: information-theoretic and communications aspects
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Transmit power adaptation for multiuser OFDM systems
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
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In order to meet demands in mobile broadband and to bridge the digital divide WiMAX was introduced in 2004. However, in order to increase the financial return on the investment, service operators need to make every effort in designing and deploying the most cost-effective networks using this technology. This paper presents a novel dimensioning technique for WiMAX technology which takes the dimensioning problem to a new level and produces more accurate results in comparison to traditional methods. Furthermore, a novel decomposed optimization framework for the WiMAX network planning is introduced which subdivides the overall problem into three distinct stages - a network dimensioning stage, initial sectorization and configuration stage and a final network configuration stage. The proposed framework also solves two fundamental problems, which are cell planning and frequency planning, simultaneously. Optimization is based on a tailored simulated annealing algorithm. Results, based on experiments in and around a UK city, show that the three stage framework produces viable designs with good coverage and service. In particular Stage 1 is efficient and more accurately dimensions the network than the traditional methods.