Method and system for neighbor tier determination
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsEamonn GORMLEY, Dan WELLINGTON
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for determining a neighbor tier relationship between first and second cells in a wireless communications network that includes a plurality of cell sites includes establishing respective cell site shapes for the plurality of cell sites including the first and second cells, each shape representing a coverage area of a corresponding cell site, establishing cell shapes for the cells of the plurality of cell sites, determining a tier relationship between the first and second cells based on a number of cell polygons between the first and second cells, and storing the tier relationship in a memory. The tier relationship may be used to support various cellular activities such as ANR and reuse code disambiguation routines.
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A computer-implemented method for determining a neighbor tier relationship between first and second cells in a wireless communications network that includes a plurality of cell sites, the method comprising:
- establishing respective cell site shapes for the plurality of cell sites including the first and second cells, each shape representing a coverage area of a corresponding cell site;
- establishing cell shapes for the cells of the plurality of cell sites;
- determining a tier relationship between the first and second cells based on a number of cell polygons between the first and second cells;
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- storing the tier relationship in a memory.
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