System and Method for Analyzing Strategic Network Investments in Wireless Networks

A computer program product for determining an investment strategy for a plurality of coverage holes in a wireless network, each of the coverage holes indicating a respective area in which wireless service is not available, the computer program product having a non-transitory storage medium with a computer program embodied thereon, the computer program product comprising:

• computer program code for identifying the coverage holes in the wireless network;
• computer program code for determining a respective revenue loss for each of the coverage holes, the respective revenue loss representing an amount of revenue that is being lost due to unavailability of wireless service in a respective coverage hole;
• computer program code for determining a plurality of BTS options for locating a BTS with respect to the coverage holes;
• computer program code for determining a respective cost for each of the BTS options, the respective cost representing an expected cost of operating the BTS in accordance with a respective BTS option;
• computer program code for determining a respective investment return value for each of the BTS options based at least in part on the respective cost for each of the BTS options and on the respective revenue loss for each of the coverage holes;
• and
• computer program code for determining one or more locations to deploy the BTS based at least in part on the respective investment return value for each of the BTS options.

A method of determining an investment strategy for a plurality of coverage holes in a wireless network, each of the coverage holes indicating a respective area in which wireless service is not available, the method comprising:

• identifying, using a computer system, the coverage holes in the wireless network;
• determining, using the computer system, a respective revenue loss for each of the coverage holes, the respective revenue loss representing an amount of revenue that is being lost due to unavailability of the wireless service in a respective coverage hole, wherein determining the revenue loss is performed in accordance with the equation:
• Uk=Σi[Dik*AMOUi*UPMi]
• wherein
• k represents a coverage hole;
• i represents a subscriber;
• Dik is a number of monthly dropped calls by subscriber i at coverage hole k;
• AMOUi is an average MOU per call of subscriber i;
• UPMi is a revenue generated per minute by subscriber i;
• and
• Uk is a revenue loss at coverage hole k;
• determining, using the computer system, a plurality of BTS options for locating a BTS with respect to the coverage holes;
• determining, using the computer system, a respective cost for each of the BTS options, the respective cost representing an expected cost of operating the BTS in accordance with a respective BTS option;
• determining, using the computer system, a respective investment return value for each of the BTS options based at least in part on the respective cost for each of the BTS options and on the respective revenue loss for each of the coverage holes;
• and
• determining one or more locations to deploy the BTS based at least in part on the respective investment return value for each of the BTS options, wherein determining the one or more locations to deploy the BTS is performed at least in part by prioritizing the BTS options in order of the respective investment return value for each of the BTS options.