ALLOCATING BASE STATIONS TO LOCATION AREAS IN CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

摘要

A method is provided of allocating a location area identifier to a cellular base station for wireless communications. The method comprises the following steps. Information is received of geographic location of a base station. For each of a plurality of location areas, each having a location area centre, distance of the base station from the respective location area centre is calculated and a function dependent upon said distance is calculated. The location area giving the lowest function value is selected as the location area for the base station.