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UMTS Radio Network Evaluation and Optimization beyond Snapshots

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  • This paper is concerned with UMTS radio network design. Our task is to reconfigure antennas and the related cells as to improve network quality. In contrast to second generation GSM networks, \emph{interference} plays a paramount role when designing third generation radio networks. A known compact formulation for assessing the interference characteristics of a radio network as coupling relations between cells based on user snapshots is generalized to statistical average load. This enables us to overcome the notorious difficulties of snapshot-based network optimization approaches. We recall a mixed-integer programming model for the network design problem that is based on user snapshots and contrast it with a new network design model based on the average coupling formulation. Exemplarily focusing on the important problem of optimizing antenna tilts, we give computational results for a fast local search algorithm and the application of a MIP solver to both models. These results demonstrate that our new average-based approaches outperform state-of-the-art snapshot models for UMTS radio network optimization.

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Author:Andreas Eisenblätter, Hans-Florian Geerdes, Thorsten KochORCiD, Alexander Martin, Roland Wessäly
Document Type:ZIB-Report
Tag:Network design; Network planning; Optimization; UMTS
MSC-Classification:90-XX OPERATIONS RESEARCH, MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING / 90Cxx Mathematical programming [See also 49Mxx, 65Kxx] / 90C11 Mixed integer programming
Date of first Publication:2004/05/07
Series (Serial Number):ZIB-Report (04-15)
ZIB-Reportnumber:04-15
Published in:Appeared in: Math. Meth. Oper. Res. 63(2006)1-29
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