Optimisation of WCDMA radio networks with consideration of link-level performance factors

International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Yang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Aydin, Mehmet E ^a   Wu, Joyce Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heuristic algorithms; Network planning; Optimisation; Programming model; WCDMA; Wideband code division multiple access

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TABU SEARCH;

LINK-LEVEL PERFORMANCE FACTORS; NETWORK PLANNING; SOFT HANDOVER;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 34447304104     PISSN: 17442869     EISSN: 17442850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMNDI.2007.013801     Document Type: Article

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