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Techno-economical studies in telecommunication networks are important and quite complicated topics. One of the major challenges is to estimate the investment in new or additional network equipment to consider a new service, or to compare two technologies in the same or different frequency band. In order to carry out this kind of analysis, a nationwide network design and dimensioning study has to be done, what requires powerful and robust algorithms with a high degree of flexibility to obtain accurate results avoiding huge amount of input data. This paper presents a strategic network planing tool which implements algorithms for 2G and 3G network dimensioning. This tool can be used by mobile network operators or regulatory authorities to develop or support techno-economic analysis in communication networks.
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Sánchez-García, J.E., Ahmadzadeh, A.M., Saavedra-Moreno, B., Salcedo-Sanz, S., Portilla-Figueras, J.A. (2012). Strategic Mobile Network Planning Tool for 2G/3G Regulatory Studies. In: Del Ser, J., et al. Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Mobilight 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 81. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_23
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