Abstract
SummaryThe huge amount of funds invested in deployment and installations of global satellite mobile infrastructures in Nigeria does not justify the poor quality of service (QoS) and network coverage experienced by the users in some areas while it is a gloomy issue as most of these infrastructures are grossly underused in other areas. The problem is majorly subjective to inappropriate location of the base transceiver stations (BTSs); hence, this work studied and analyzed an existing BTSs layout and proposes a model based on the use of median rule with rectilinear distance single facility location for appropriate deployment location of a new BTS that will ensure proper network connectivity and management of QoS for a given area. The case study is the University of Ilorin academic environment where transmission environmental monitoring system equipment was used to monitor the signals on the existing BTSs, to ascertain the positions of the existing BTSs, the total number of the existing BTSs, and areas of poor signal strengths for all the existing operators. The electric field intensity of each of the BTS sites was determined and was used as the weight in the rectilinear distance location model. The operator with the poorest signal strength was selected to occupy the new BTS so as to improve its handover and network connectivity.
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