Method and system for neighbor tier determination

A network resource controller in a wireless telecommunications network, the controller comprising:

• a first memory;
• a second memory;
• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable medium with executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, perform the following operations:
• establishing a plurality of cell points, each cell point representing a cell of a plurality of cells in the wireless telecommunications network;
• forming a plurality of triangles, the vertices of each triangle of the plurality of triangles corresponding to respective cell points of the plurality of cell points;
• removing edges from a portion of the plurality of triangles;
• determining neighbor tier relationships between the plurality of cells using remaining triangle edges between the plurality of cell points;
• storing the neighbor tier relationships in the first memory;
• and
• using the neighbor tier relationships for handovers between the plurality of cells.