Optimal Base Station Positioning and Channel Assignment for 3G Mobile Networks by Integer Programming

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 225-236

  Mathar, Rudolf ^a   Schmeink, Michael ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branch and bound; Cell site selection; Integer programming; Mobile network planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035565228     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014959317542     Document Type: Article

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