Optimized UTRAN topology planning including Point-to-Multipoint 
                             Equipment

           M. Gebala, M. Kutylowski, B. Rozanski,  M. Zawada 
       Institute of Mathematics, Wroclaw University of Technology 
                         J. Vossnacker 
                      BECON Know-How Pool GmbH 
                           T. Winter 
                       	Siemens Mobile


Network optimization strategies form an important part in  radio  access
network planning for second and third generation mobile systems like GSM
and  UMTS.  We  present  a  combined  approach  for   network   topology
optimization  of the UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) which
considers the logical network structure as  well  as  transport  network
aspects.   In   particular,   in   this  paper  we  focus  on  including
Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) equipment  in  UTRAN  topology  planning.  The
application  of  the  derived  methods  is illustrated at some reference
examples from real-world network scenarios.