Deployment and Coverage Optimization Methods for Base Stations Under Multi-Type Terminal Scenarios in 5G-A Industrial Private Network

With the deepening integration of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology into smart manufacturing, the large-scale deployment of dynamic terminals—such as mobile robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs)—within industrial private networks introduces complex, time-varying penetration and path losses. This significantly degrades the accuracy of conventional signal quality and capacity estimation methods, which were primarily designed for static terminal scenarios, thereby posing substantial challenges to coverage and deployment planning of industrial 5G access points, with downstream implications for power capacity dimensioning. To address this problem, this paper proposes a coverage-driven base station deployment optimization method formulated as a combinatorial optimization problem. The study constructs a signal strength assessment and network throughput calculation model tailored for dynamic industrial environments. This model captures the joint impact of terminal mobility and environmental obstacles on signal propagation, thereby enabling more reliable estimation of coverage performance and power consumption. Furthermore, by formulating the base station placement optimization as a combinatorial optimization problem, and by introducing mechanisms for equivalent transformation of the objective function and data preprocessing, the proposed method substantially reduces redundant computations during heuristic iterations. Simulation results verify that, compared with conventional static planning approaches, the proposed scheme enhances both the accuracy and computational efficiency of deployment planning while maintaining coverage quality. This work provides a theoretical foundation and a practical methodology for deploying reliable and energy-efficient industrial 5G-A private networks.

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Applied Sciences
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2026-05-22
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https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115223
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Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
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Deployment and Coverage Optimization Methods for Base Stations Under Multi-Type Terminal Scenarios in 5G-A Industrial Private Network

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Deployment and Coverage Optimization Methods for Base Stations Under Multi-Type Terminal Scenarios in 5G-A Industrial Private Network

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Abstract

With the deepening integration of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology into smart manufacturing, the large-scale deployment of dynamic terminals—such as mobile robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs)—within industrial private networks introduces complex, time-varying penetration and path losses. This significantly degrades the accuracy of conventional signal quality and capacity estimation methods, which were primarily designed for static terminal scenarios, thereby posing substantial challenges to coverage and deployment planning of industrial 5G access points, with downstream implications for power capacity dimensioning. To address this problem, this paper proposes a coverage-driven base station deployment optimization method formulated as a combinatorial optimization problem. The study constructs a signal strength assessment and network throughput calculation model tailored for dynamic industrial environments. This model captures the joint impact of terminal mobility and environmental obstacles on signal propagation, thereby enabling more reliable estimation of coverage performance and power consumption. Furthermore, by formulating the base station placement optimization as a combinatorial optimization problem, and by introducing mechanisms for equivalent transformation of the objective function and data preprocessing, the proposed method substantially reduces redundant computations during heuristic iterations. Simulation results verify that, compared with conventional static planning approaches, the proposed scheme enhances both the accuracy and computational efficiency of deployment planning while maintaining coverage quality. This work provides a theoretical foundation and a practical methodology for deploying reliable and energy-efficient industrial 5G-A private networks.

Applied SciencesVol. 16(11)
Goodyear (United Kingdom) (GB), China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CN), Zhong Ke San Huan (China) (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 8%
Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
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