Site priority evaluations in cellular networks using data analysis

Abstract

Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are facing with various network design challenges while evaluating the location of cell sites in large geographical areas. For this, network-planning experts need to consider many dimensions in order to come up with the most appropriate scoring list when building new network sites. In this paper, we utilize a simple additive weighting methodology for assessing the performance of cellular sites in order to explore the possible deployment of base stations in large geographical areas according to the their cost scores. We utilize data from a real life measurement and show score distribution of each cell site in a large geographical service area of a major MNO in Turkey