Method and system for cellular system border analysis

A method of optimizing a wireless communication network, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a region comprising a plurality of switches and cell sites for switch border optimization within the wireless communication network;
• collecting statistical data for the plurality of cell sites and switches within the region;
• using the statistical data for the plurality of cell sites and switches within the region to generate proposed assignments of one or more of the cell sites to each switch of the plurality of switches, based on one or more parameters being investigated;
• and
• generating the assignments from the number of hand-offs between cell sites and/or switches.

A method for determining switch assignments for a plurality of cell sites within a region served by respective first and second switches, comprising the steps of:

• identifying the region comprising the plurality of cell sites and first and second switches in need of switch border optimization;
• collecting cell traffic statistical data for wireless equipment employed within the region;
• and
• generating proposed switch assignment information defining a first sub-region containing a multiple number of the cell sites to be controlled by the first switch, and a second sub-region containing the remaining cell sites to be controlled by the second switch, said switch assignment information generated by using the cell traffic statistical data.