Modelling feasible network configurations for UMTS

Operations Research/ Computer Science Interfaces Series

Volumn 23, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-23

  Eisenblätter, Andreas ^a   Wessäly, Roland ^a   Martin, Alexander ^b   Fügenschuh, Armin ^b   Wegel, Oliver ^b   Koch, Thorsten ^c   Achterberg, Tobias ^c   Koster, Arie ^c  

^a ATESIO GMBH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Configuration; IST 2000 28088; Mixed integer programming; MOMENTUM; Network planning; Perfect power control; Radio interface; UMTS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888771056     PISSN: 1387666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-3762-2     Document Type: Article

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