Correlation Clustering Adapted for Cell Site Management of Mobile Networks in Developing Countries

International audience © ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2024.Any mobile network operatoru2019s primary concern is ensuring a better customer experience for their subscribers. For this reason, they need to ensure that their infrastructure is working correctly. However, managing telecommunication infrastructure, especially cellular base stations, has never been an obvious task in the African and Middle Eastern regions due to the landlocked nature and lack of access roads, especially in rural areas. Despite the many solutions developed by operators, ranging from monitoring tools to the deployment of technicians in the field, this still needs to be solved. Some operators prefer to entrust these cell sites to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) or Tower Companies (TowerCos) and concentrate on other services. To address this issue, we propose an adapted correlation clustering for cell site management, considering the operatoru2019s parameters and a site accessibility parameter. This approach makes it possible to determine the optimal number of cells to allocate to a technician to make his interventions efficient; this will minimize Operational Expenditure (OpEx) and cell downtime due to breakdowns and maximize the quality of service offered to customers.