Base station location and channel allocation in a cellular network with emergency coverage requirements

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-323

  Akella, Mohan R ^a,b   Batta, Rajan ^a,b,c   Delmelle, Eric M ^a,c   Rogerson, Peter A ^a,c   Blatt, Alan ^a   Wilson, Glenn ^a  

^a Center for Transportation Injury Research   (United States)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health sciences; Location; Logistics

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; HEALTH CARE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BASE STATIONS (BS); CELLULAR NETWORKS; EMERGENCY COVERAGE; HEALTH SCIENCES;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 10444225370     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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