| dc.description.abstract | Wireless telecommunication is
broadly utilized around the world and Sri Lanka,
particularly due to increased use of mobile users,
and the conversion of mobile phone into a
primary essentiality of a person. High population
density of the urban or suburban areas requires
the establishment of telecommunication towers
because the service providers consider low
manufacturing cost and give maximum benefit.
The telecommunication tower is the key device
for supplying mobile users with a
telecommunication network. The requirements
of telecommunications towers are growing
parallel to the growth of mobile users every year.
This project aims to explore the coverage of the
existing towers and to propose a new suitable
location to establish a telecommunication tower
that supplies the best coverage and capacity by
optimizing the resources and cost-effectiveness.
The study investigated Sooriyawewa area
distressed with insufficient coverage from the
existing towers for daily necessity, which causes
the necessity to establish a new
telecommunication tower. Data were collected
from open-source platforms and the Survey
Department of Sri Lanka, processed with ArcMap
10.5 licensed software. Population, Existing
tower locations, Roads, Land use, Reservations,
Elevation, Schools, and waterbodies were used as
the data layers, and data was analysed using both
vector-based and raster-based approaches in
Geographical Information Science (GIS)
environment. Conclusively, factor maps were
prepared and the optimal locations were
identified for establishing telecommunication
towers, and validated with the existing locations. | en_US |
