Cabral, Orlando Manuel BritoVelez, Fernando J.Franco, CátiaRei, Ricardo2024-09-092024-09-092006-05Cabral, O., Velez, F.J., Franco, C., Rei, R. (2006). Urban Cellular Planning Optimisation of Multi-service Enhanced UMTS Based in Economic Issues. In: Braun, T., Carle, G., Fahmy, S., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Wired/Wireless Internet Communications. WWIC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3970. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11750390_16978-3-540-34024-9http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/14502Results for Enhanced UMTS (E-UMTS) cost/revenue optimisation are obtained, as a function of the coverage distance, R. E-UMTS traffic generation and activity models are described and characterised in an urban scenario based on population and service penetration values. By using a System Level Simulator results were obtained for blocking and handover failure probabilities. Models for the supported fraction of active users and for the supported throughput, as a function of active users, were obtained. When one amplifier is used, the maximum throughput per BS is around 600kb/s. However, it achieves values up to 2000kb/s when three amplifiers per BS are considered. Generally, the profit in percentage is a decreasing function with R. The use of three amplifiers per BS is strongly advised in order to get cheaper communications, with prices that vary from 0.016 to 0.07 €/min, for R=250 and 1075m, respectively.engUrban Cellular PlanningMulti-serviceEnhanced UMTSEconomic issuesCost/Revenue trade-offBeyond 3Gconference object10.1007/11750390_16