This research project is proudly funded by the European Commission, reflecting their commitment to advancing innovation and addressing critical societal challenges. Through this support, we aim to deliver groundbreaking insights and solutions that contribute to the European Union’s vision for a sustainable, connected, and inclusive future. The funding enables us to collaborate with leading experts across borders, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and drive impactful outcomes that benefit both science and society.
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Proposal

This project aimed to build long-term partnerships between Ranplan and two academic institutions to research and develop automatic planning and optimisation (P&O) tools for emerging broadband radio access networks, including HSPA (High Speed Packet Access), WiMAX, and their hybrids with UMTS and Wi‑Fi, known as Heterogeneous Radio Access Networks (HRANs). These research topics are of strategic importance for the EU’s ICT infrastructure, and the project is highly interdisciplinary, spanning wireless communications, Operations Research (OR), and High-End Computing (HEC).

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Objectives

The main objectives where to:

  1. Develop novel methods to automate HSPA (HSDPA/HSUPA) network planning and optimisation.
  2. Develop novel methods to automate WiMAX network planning and optimisation.
  3. Develop new approaches for automatic joint planning and optimisation of hybrid Wi‑Fi/UMTS/HSPA/WiMAX networks.
  4. Investigate effective techniques to reduce radio wave pollution in RANs.
  5. Develop efficient parallel and distributed simulation and planning methods to improve the performance and accuracy of RAN and HRAN P&O.
  6. Strengthen existing, and establish new, strategic long-term collaborations between the partners, helping to reduce fragmentation in EU research in this field.
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Delivering on these objectives resulted in an commercial automatic RAN planning tools - iBuildNetTM, which is capable of planning and optimising HSPA, WiMAX, LTE, and their hybrids with 3G and Wi‑Fi networks (HRANs). These tools are expected to deliver approximately 20–30% performance improvements for RAN/HRAN deployments and to support the design of more environmentally friendly wireless infrastructures with reduced health concerns.

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