Vectors-based method to deduce neighboring cells in mobile networks

摘要

This paper discusses the coverage in mobile networks, for which we propose a novel method to deduce neighboring cells, where the number of cells could be very large. The priority for this method is simplicity, so it can be easily implemented and executed in a short processing time, even for a large number of cells. Therefore, the proposed method uses a simple graphical representation of the cells by means of vectors to only maintain the cells’ size and orientation. Although the method is motivated by applications which are related to user-mobility in mobile networks, it might be useful in other applications, where the nearest neighbors search problem is involved, such as in computational geometry and pattern recognition in machine learning.