TY - GEN A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Türke, Ulrich T1 - MOMENTUM Data Scenarios for Radio Network Planning and Simulation (Extended Abstract) N2 - We present publicly available data sets related to research on wireless networks. The scenarios contain a wide range of data and are detailed in all aspects. To our knowledge, this is the most realistic, comprehensive, and detailed \emph{public} data collection on mobile networking. We indicate example uses of this data collection in applications related tu UMTS. T3 - ZIB-Report - 04-07 KW - Radio Network Planning KW - Simulation KW - UMTS KW - Realistic Data KW - XML Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7829 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Martin, Alexander A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - UMTS Radio Network Evaluation and Optimization beyond Snapshots N2 - This paper is concerned with UMTS radio network design. Our task is to reconfigure antennas and the related cells as to improve network quality. In contrast to second generation GSM networks, \emph{interference} plays a paramount role when designing third generation radio networks. A known compact formulation for assessing the interference characteristics of a radio network as coupling relations between cells based on user snapshots is generalized to statistical average load. This enables us to overcome the notorious difficulties of snapshot-based network optimization approaches. We recall a mixed-integer programming model for the network design problem that is based on user snapshots and contrast it with a new network design model based on the average coupling formulation. Exemplarily focusing on the important problem of optimizing antenna tilts, we give computational results for a fast local search algorithm and the application of a MIP solver to both models. These results demonstrate that our new average-based approaches outperform state-of-the-art snapshot models for UMTS radio network optimization. T3 - ZIB-Report - 04-15 KW - UMTS KW - Network planning KW - Network design KW - Optimization Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7903 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Fügenschuh, Armin A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Junglas, Daniel A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Martin, Alexander T1 - Optimization Methods for UMTS Radio Network Planning N2 - The UMTS radio network planning problem poses the challenge of designing a cost-effective network that provides users with sufficient coverage and capacity. We describe an optimization model for this problem that is based on comprehensive planning data of the EU project MOMENTUM. We present heuristic mathematical methods for this realistic model, including computational results. T3 - ZIB-Report - 03-41 Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7637 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Karl, Holger T1 - The Potential of Relaying in Cellular Networks N2 - Relaying is a protocol extension for cellular wireless computer networks; in order to utilize radio resources more efficiently, several hops are allowed within one cell. This paper investigates the principle potential of relaying by casting transmission scheduling as a mathematical optimization problem, namely, a linear program. We analyze the throughput gains showing that, irrespective of the concrete scheduling algorithm, performance gains of up to 30\% on average for concrete example networks are achievable. T3 - ZIB-Report - 03-42 KW - Wireless ad hoc networks KW - Resource Allocation KW - Integer Programming KW - Routing KW - Scheduling KW - Operation Research KW - Network Performance Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7641 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian T1 - Assessing Capacity Improvements by Relaying in Cellular Networks N2 - Relaying -- allowing multiple wireless hops -- is a protocol extension for cellular networks conceived to improve data throughput. Its benefits have only been quantified for small example networks. For assessing its general potential, we define a complex resource allocation\slash{}scheduling problem. Several mathematical models are presented for this problem; while a time-expanded MIP approach turns out intractable, a sophisticated column generation scheme leads to good computational results. We thereby show that for selected cases relaying can increase data throughput by 30\% on the average. T3 - ZIB-Report - 03-43 KW - Wireless ad hoc networks KW - Resource Allocation KW - Integer Programming KW - Routing KW - Scheduling KW - Operation Research KW - Network Performance Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-7651 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas T1 - Reconciling Theory and Practice: A Revised Pole Equation for W-CDMA Cell Powers N2 - The performance evaluation of W-CDMA networks is intricate as cells are strongly coupled through interference. Pole equations have been developed as a simple tool to analyze cell capacity. Numerous scientific contributions have been made on their basis. In the established forms, the pole equations rely on strong assumptions such as homogeneous traffic, uniform users, and constant downlink orthogonality factor. These assumptions are not met in realistic scenarios. Hence, the pole equations are typically used during initial network dimensioning only. Actual network (fine-) planning requires a more faithful analysis of each individual cell's capacity. Complex analytical analysis or Monte-Carlo simulations are used for this purposes. In this paper, we generalize the pole equations to include inhomogeneous data. We show how the equations can be parametrized in a cell-specific way provided the transmit powers are known. This allows to carry over prior results to realistic settings. This is illustrated with an example: Based on the pole equation, we investigate the accuracy of average snapshot'' approximations for downlink transmit powers used in state-of-the-art network optimization schemes. We confirm that the analytical insights apply to practice-relevant settings on the basis of results from detailed Monte-Carlo simulation on realistic datasets. T3 - ZIB-Report - 07-11 Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9543 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Gross, James A1 - Puñal, Oscar A1 - Schweiger, Jonas T1 - A Two-Stage Approach to WLAN Planning T2 - Proc. of the 8th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt’10) Y1 - 2010 SP - 232 EP - 241 CY - Avignon, France ER - TY - GEN A1 - Werner, Axel A1 - Aurzada, Frank A1 - Bley, Andreas A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Guillemard, Mijail A1 - Kutyniok, Gitta A1 - Philipp, Friedrich A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Scheutzow, Michael ED - Deuflhard, Peter ED - Grötschel, Martin ED - Hömberg, Dietmar ED - Horst, Ulrich ED - Kramer, Jürg ED - Mehrmann, Volker ED - Polthier, Konrad ED - Schmidt, Frank ED - Schütte, Christof ED - Skutella, Martin ED - Sprekels, Jürgen T1 - Mathematics for telecommunications T2 - MATHEON - Mathematics for Key Technologies Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4171/137 VL - 1 SP - 75 EP - 89 PB - European Mathematical Society ET - EMS Series in Industrial and Applied Mathematics ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Fügenschuh, Armin A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Junglas, Daniel A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Martin, Alexander T1 - Integer Programming Methods for UMTS Radio Network Planning T2 - Proceedings of the WiOpt’04, Cambridge, UK Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Fügenschuh, Armin A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Türke, Ulrich A1 - Meijerink, Ellen T1 - XML Data Specification and Documentation Y1 - 2003 PB - IST-2000-28088 MOMENTUM Technical Report ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Fügenschuh, Armin A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Junglas, Daniel A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Martin, Alexander ED - Ahr, Dino ED - Fahrion, Roland ED - Oswald, Marcus ED - Reinelt, Gerhard T1 - Optimisation Methods for UMTS Radio Network Planning T2 - Operation Research Proceedings 2003 Y1 - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17022-5_5 SP - 31 EP - 38 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Grötschel, Martin T1 - Planning UMTS Radio Networks JF - OR/MS Today Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.lionhrtpub.com/orms/orms-12-08/frradio.html VL - 35 IS - 6 SP - 40 EP - 46 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Martin, Alexander A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - UMTS Radio Network Evaluation and Optimization beyond Snapshots JF - Mathematical Methods of Operations Research Y1 - 2005 UR - http://opus.kobv.de/zib/volltexte/2004/791/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00186-005-0002-z VL - 63 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 29 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Türke, Ulrich T1 - Describing UMTS Radio Networks using XML Y1 - 2003 PB - MOMENTUM ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Türke, Ulrich T1 - MOMENTUM Public Planning Scenarios and their XML Format Y1 - 2003 IS - TD(03) 167 PB - COST 273 CY - Prague, Czech Republic ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Fügenschuh, Armin A1 - Fledderus, E. A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Heideck, B. A1 - Junglas, Daniel A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Kürner, T. A1 - Martin, Alexander ED - Martin, Alexander T1 - Mathematical Methods for Automatic Optimization of UMTS Radio Networks Y1 - 2003 UR - http://momentum.zib.de/paper/momentum-d43.pdf IS - D4.3 PB - IST-2000-28088 MOMENTUM ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Junglas, Daniel A1 - Koch, Thorsten A1 - Kürner, T. A1 - Martin, Alexander T1 - Final Report on Automatic Planning and Optimisation Y1 - 2003 UR - http://momentum.zib.de/paper/momentum-d47.pdf IS - D4.7 PB - IST-2000-28088 MOMENTUM ER -