Single frequency networks (SFN) are being widely adopted for different communication services. SFNs employ transmitters operating at the same frequency band and the locations of transmitter stations must be selected to improve coverage while under different constrains. In general, choosing the transmitters locations to vouch the coverage in a region of interest demands experience and expertise on network design. In this article, relevant network design aspects are mapped into a heuristic method for optimizing the location allocation of SFN transmitters. This results in an iterative algorithm which obtains the number of transmitters and their positions to achieve coverage in a region of interest (the so-called location allocation problem). The algorithm is tested in a particular region of interest in the city of Queimados in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, demonstrating its adequate performance.

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基于启发式的单频网络站位置分配

单频网络（SFN）被广泛用于不同的通信服务。SFN使用在相同频带上运行的发射机，并且必须选择发射机站的位置以在不同约束下提高覆盖范围。通常，选择发射机位置以保证在感兴趣区域中的覆盖范围需要网络设计方面的经验和专业知识。本文将相关的网络设计方面映射到一种用于优化SFN发射机位置分配的启发式方法。这导致了迭代算法，该算法获得发射机的数量及其位置以实现在感兴趣区域中的覆盖（所谓的位置分配问题）。该算法已在巴西里约热内卢的奎马多斯市的一个特定感兴趣地区进行了测试，