OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF BASE STATION FOR CELLULAR NETWORK EXPANSION
Issues in Information Systems · 2016
A cellular network optimization is extremely important to provide consumers with satisfactory signal strength and high coverage.For an optimized cellular network, the location of a base station is paramount importance which should be considered by geographic as well as topographic features.The objective of this research is to find best base station location in cellular network expansion while considering the coverage and avoiding areas.The city of Kingsville, TX was selected for study.To achieve this objective, Geographic Information Systems software and Non Linear Programming technique are used.