RADIO AREA DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, RADIO AREA DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD AND PROGRAM
A radio area design support apparatus includes a reception power calculation unit that calculates, for each of a plurality of layouts having different numbers of base stations from each other with respect to arrangement of base stations regarding wireless communication, reception power of a case where a base station is arranged according to the layout at one or more points, a wireless parameter calculation unit that calculates, for each of the layouts, a wireless parameter to be set for the base station related to the layout based on a predetermined condition, a throughput calculation unit that calculates, for each of the layouts, an estimation value of throughput at the one or more points based on the reception power and the wireless parameter, and an evaluation unit that evaluates superiority or inferiority of the plurality of layouts based on at least one of the number of base stations or the estimation value, thereby enabling radio area design in consideration of communication quality or cost.
1 . A radio area design support apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute:
calculating, for each of a plurality of layouts having different numbers of base stations from each other with respect to arrangement of base stations regarding wireless communication, reception power of a case where a base station is arranged according to the layout at one or more points;
calculating, for each of the layouts, a wireless parameter to be set for the base station related to the layout based on a predetermined condition;
calculating, for each of the layouts, an estimation value of throughput at the one or more points based on the reception power and the wireless parameter; and
evaluating superiority or inferiority of the plurality of layouts based on at least one of the number of base stations or the estimation value.
2 . The radio area design support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the calculating of the reception power includes calculating a plurality of sets of the reception power based on a plurality of conditions for each of the layouts,
the calculating of the wireless parameter includes calculating a plurality of the wireless parameters based on the plurality of conditions for each of the layouts,
the calculating of the estimation value of throughput includes calculating a plurality of the estimation values based on the plurality of conditions for each of the layouts, and
the evaluating includes evaluating the superiority or inferiority of a combination of the plurality of layouts, the plurality of sets of reception power, the plurality of wireless parameters, and the plurality of estimation values.
3 . The radio area design support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the wireless parameter includes a frequency channel.
4 . A radio area design support method executed by a computer, the method comprising:
calculating, for each of a plurality of layouts having different numbers of base stations from each other with respect to arrangement of base stations regarding wireless communication, reception power of a case where a base station is arranged according to the layout at one or more points;
calculating, for each of the layouts, a wireless parameter to be set for the base station related to the layout based on a predetermined condition;
calculating, for each of the layouts, an estimation value of throughput at the one or more points based on the reception power and the wireless parameter; and
evaluating superiority or inferiority of the plurality of layouts based on at least one of the number of base stations or the estimation value.
5 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed, cause a computer including a memory and a processor to execute:
calculating, for each of a plurality of layouts having different numbers of base stations from each other with respect to arrangement of base stations regarding wireless communication, reception power of a case where a base station is arranged according to the layout at one or more points;
calculating, for each of the layouts, a wireless parameter to be set for the base station related to the layout based on a predetermined condition;
calculating, for each of the layouts, an estimation value of throughput at the one or more points based on the reception power and the wireless parameter; and
evaluating superiority or inferiority of the plurality of layouts based on at least one of the number of base stations or the estimation value.