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<p>Frequency planning is one of the most expensive aspects of deploying a cellular network. If a set of base stations can be deployed with minimal service and planning, the cost of both deploying and maintaining the network will decrease. To ensure that the scarce frequency is utilized to its maximum, planning and optimization are done. This is also carried out to ensure that there is high efficiency in cellular radio systems and little or minimum interference due to co-channeling. This paper focuses on coming up with an automatic way of planning and optimizing the frequency in the cellular network. The approach replaces the inefficient, inaccurate and tedious manual approach. The automatic approach simplifies work for the radio frequency(RF) engineers and also reduces the cost of operation. The automatic approach ensures that the cellular network is extensively deployed in a way that criteria of maximum quality, quantity and good coverage are met. The paper focuses on coming up with an automatic planning and optimization algorithm that minimizes the intra-system interference levels to reasonable ranges within the key performance indicators (KPIs) defined for any acceptable cellular network.</p>
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Frequency planning is one of the most expensive aspects of deploying a cellular network. If a set of base stations can be deployed with minimal service and planning, the cost of both deploying and maintaining the network will decrease. To ensure that the scarce frequency is utilized to its maximum, planning and optimization are done. This is also carried out to ensure that there is high efficiency in cellular radio systems and little or minimum interference due to co-channeling. This paper focuses on coming up with an automatic way of planning and optimizing the frequency in the cellular network. The approach replaces the inefficient, inaccurate and tedious manual approach. The automatic approach simplifies work for the radio frequency(RF) engineers and also reduces the cost of operation. The automatic approach ensures that the cellular network is extensively deployed in a way that criteria of maximum quality, quantity and good coverage are met. The paper focuses on coming up with an automatic planning and optimization algorithm that minimizes the intra-system interference levels to reasonable ranges within the key performance indicators (KPIs) defined for any acceptable cellular network.

Performance of Automatic Frequency Planning and Optimization Algorithm for Cellular Networks

International Journal of Advanced Network, Monitoring and Controls

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Frequency planning is one of the most expensive aspects of deploying a cellular network. If a set of base stations can be deployed with minimal service and...

Performance of Automatic Frequency Planning and Optimization Algorithm for Cellular Networks

Published Online: Aug 16, 2023

Page range: 54 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijanmc-2023-0056

Keywords
Automatic Frequency Planning, Optimization Algorithm, Cellular Networks

© 2023 Mohanad Abdulhamid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Performance of Automatic Frequency Planning and Optimization Algorithm for Cellular Networks

Published Online: Aug 16, 2023

Page range: 54 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijanmc-2023-0056

KeywordsAutomatic Frequency Planning, Optimization Algorithm, Cellular Networks

© 2023 Mohanad Abdulhamid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Automatic Frequency Planning, Optimization Algorithm, Cellular Networks