Simulation Methods for Estimation of Blocking Probabilities in Cellular Telecommunication Networks Felisa J. V´ azquez-Abad * Department of Computer Science and Operations Research University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3J7 Email: vazquez@iro.umontreal.ca also Principal Fellow, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Melbourne Lachlan L. H. Andrew † ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia Email: l.andrew@ee.mu.oz.au January 5, 2001 C UBIN Technical Report 2001-01-01 * Supported in part by NSERC-Canada grant # WFA0184198 † Supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC). 1