Deployment scheduling for a mobile communication network to be changed to a target network plan comprising BSC areas and location areas

摘要

A method for deployment scheduling for a mobile communication network is disclosed. The mobile network is to be changed from a first network plan to a second network plan, and both the first and second network plans include a plurality of BSC (base station controller) areas and location areas. The method includes: (a) selecting a BSC area from a current network plan (21); (b) performing a site movement from each source neighboring BSC area to the selected BSC area if the selected BSC area is empty or new (22); (c) performing a site movement from each source neighboring BSC area to the selected BSC area if the selected BSC area contains an unchangeable site (23), wherein each moved-in site becomes an unchangeable site neighboring to another unchangeable site of the selected BSC area; changing all sites within the selected BSC area to the target LAC of the selected BSC area if the selected BSC area contains a site needing to change LAC only (24); and (d) performing a site movement from a source neighboring BSC area to the selected BSC area according to the current configuration of first sites within the selected BSC area if the selected BSC area is non-empty and contains no unchangeable site, wherein the first sites are neighboring to a second site of the source neighboring BSC area targeted to the selected BSC area (25).