| US 7,486,636 B2 | ||
| Method, system and computer program for planning a telecommunications network | ||
| Indro Francalanci, Turin (Italy); and Massimiliano Panico, Turin (Italy) | ||
| Assigned to Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan (Italy) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/583,769 PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2003, PCT No. PCT/IT03/00850 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 21, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/062647, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 07, 2005. |
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| Prior Publication US 2007/0123264 A1, May 31, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/24 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—328 [370/338; 370/352; 370/259; 455/466; 455/522; 455/422.1] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A method for planning a telecommunications network for radio equipment including a plurality of cells arranged on a geographic
area, wherein each one of the cells comprises a set of pixels adapted to receive radio signals radiated by a respective radio
base station and wherein radio equipment located in a cell is subjected to receive common pilot channel signals broadcast
by a plurality of radio base stations, comprising, for at least one of said cells:
determining an interference level provided by nearby cells to the traffic offered to the pixels of said cell related to the
power difference between pilot channels broadcast by the radio base station of said cell and pilot channels broadcast by the
respective radio base stations of nearby cells; and
determining an area comprising the pixels of the cell in which the network is able to provide predetermined services to the
radio equipment located therein, depending on said determined interference level and by comparison with a predetermined level
of tolerated interference,
said interference level provided by the nearby cells to the traffic offered to the pixels of said cell being estimated by
using at least a coefficient depending on the amount of expected traffic in the pixels of said cell.
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