Careful network planning is vital for the success of any cellular network operator. In this paper, the authors first review the state-of-the-art of commercial planning tools, which involve network planning experts manually selecting and configuring network elements. Then the authors discuss methods that can be used to automate the complicated 3G/4G radio access and core networks.
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3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2004. 3G 2004. Fifth IEE International Conference on
Date of Conference: 2004