Method and apparatus for selecting a cost effective call blocking probability distribution in the design of a new cellular network

摘要

A method for optimizing the distribution of call blocking probabilities in the design of a new cellular system to minimize the total cost of the system. In most systems, the cost of cells including real estate, RF channels antenna construction, etc. comprises the most costly portion of the system. As allowable call blocking for a cell increases, the area coverage of the cells increases and thus the total number of cells required decreases for servicing a given area. Thus, the system should be designed having the maximum number of vocoders in the BSC and the maximum number of channel elements in each base station for initial system design with the number of channel elements being optimized after the number of cells and placement thereof is finalized. The algorithm of the present invention, accomplishes the optimization by completing the design in the manner of the last sentence.