# US 10,425,856 B2 · Method of controlling traffic in a cellular network and system thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,425,856 B2 - Document ID: US10425856B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/892,538 - Filed: 2018-02-09 - Published: 2018-06-14 - Granted: 2019-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-01 - Assignees: Cellwize Wireless Technologies Ltd. - Applicants: Cellwize Wireless Technologies Ltd. - Inventors: Daniel Dribinski; Evgeny Finkel; Sasi Geva - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10425856B2 ## CPC - H04W 28/0284: {detecting congestion or overload during communication (monitoring arrangements H04L43/00)} - H04L 41/0823: characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability (for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02) - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04W 16/08: Load shedding arrangements - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 28/0967: {Quality of Service [QoS] parameters} - H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract There are provided a system and a method of controlling traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of controlled access points (APs) configured to serve passengers in one or more trains moving in accordance with a train schedule. The method comprises: prior to a scheduled event associated with an expected substantive increase of passengers to be served by an AP, obtaining expected classification results indicative of an expected, during the scheduled event, load of the AP with respect to a downlink and/or uplink load thresholds; and at a scheduled time enabling providing pre-configured provisioning actions in accordance with the expected classification results. The method can further comprise collecting data informative of moving, responsive to moving the one or more trains in accordance with the train schedule, load between APs; and processing the collected data to obtain data informative of the expected load of the AP during the scheduled event. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of controlled access points (APs) configured to serve passengers, the method comprising: prior to a scheduled event defined in accordance with a train schedule and associated with an expected substantive increase of passengers to be served by an operation in accordance with a cellular standard AP from the plurality of APs, obtaining, by a computerized system, pre-calculated expected classification results indicative of an expected, during the scheduled event, load of the AP with respect to a downlink and/or uplink load thresholds; at a scheduled time corresponding to the scheduled event, enabling, by the computerized system, providing one or more pre-configured provisioning actions pre-scheduled in accordance with the pre-calculated expected classification results, wherein the provisioning actions are actions enabling at least one of: changing cell reselection parameters, changing cell footprint parameters and changing cell selection parameters, and continuously collecting, by the computer system, data informative of the expected load to continuously refine the pre-calculated expected classification results. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the expected classification results and respective provisioning actions are provided independently for uplink and for downlink, wherein the provisioning actions in accordance with downlink expected classification results comprise at least one of: changing cell reselection parameters and changing cell footprint parameters; and the provisioning actions in accordance with uplink expected classification results comprise changing cell selection parameters. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the passengers are served in one or more trains moving in accordance with the train schedule. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the expected classification results are pre-calculated using data derived from the train schedule, an estimated number of passengers to be served by the AP during the scheduled event and statistic-based data informative of KPI and resource utilization of the AP in the absence of passengers to be served. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising continuously collecting, by the computerized system, statistical data informative of a load moving between APs from the plurality of APs in correspondence with the train schedule, wherein the expected classification results are pre-calculated using data derived from said statistical data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising disabling the pre-scheduled provisioning actions when the refined pre-calculated expected classification results meet a disable criterion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising using the expected classification results to select the one or more pre-configured provisioning actions to be provided. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: prior to the scheduled event, collecting by the computerized system data informative of load moving between APs from the plurality of APs, the load moving being responsive to moving one or more trains in accordance with the train schedule; and processing the collected data to obtain data informative of the expected load of the AP during the scheduled event. ### Claim 9 A traffic control system capable of controlling traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of controlled access points (APs) configured to serve passengers, the system comprising a processor operatively coupled to a memory and an interface circuit operatively coupled to the processor and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: prior to a scheduled event defined in accordance with a train schedule and associated with an expected substantive increase of passengers to be served by an operation in accordance with a cellular standard AP from the plurality of APs, to obtain pre-calculated expected classification results indicative of an expected, during the scheduled event, load of the AP with respect to a downlink and/or uplink load thresholds; at a scheduled time corresponding to the scheduled event, enable providing one or more pre-configured provisioning actions in accordance with the pre-calculated expected classification results, wherein the provisioning actions are actions enabling at least one of: changing cell reselection parameters, changing cell footprint parameters and changing cell selection parameters, and wherein the one or more pre-configured provisioning actions are pre-scheduled in accordance with the pre-calculated expected classification results and respective scripts are stored in the memory; and interface circuit is configured to continuously collect data informative of the expected load, and the processor is further configured to continuously refine the pre-calculated expected classification results in accordance with the collected data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to provide the expected classification results and respective provisioning actions independently for uplink and for downlink and wherein the provisioning actions in accordance with downlink expected classification results comprise at least one of: changing cell reselection parameters and changing cell footprint parameters; and the provisioning actions in accordance with uplink expected classification results comprise changing cell selection parameters. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the passengers are served in one or more trains moving in accordance with the train schedule. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the expected classification results are pre-calculated using data derived from the train schedule, an estimated number of passengers to be served by the AP during the scheduled event and statistic-based data informative of KPI and resource utilization of the AP in the absence of passengers to be served. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, further comprising an interface circuit operatively coupled to the processor and the memory and configured to continuously collect statistical data informative of a load moving between APs from the plurality of APs in correspondence with the train schedule, wherein the processor is further configured to pre-calculate the expected classification results using data derived from said statistical data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to disable the pre-scheduled provisioning actions when the refined pre-calculated expected classification results meet a disable criterion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, further comprising an interface circuit operatively coupled to the processor and the memory and configured to collect, prior to the scheduled event, data informative of load moving between APs from the plurality of APs, the load moving being responsive to moving one or more trains in accordance with the train schedule; wherein the processor is further configured to process the collected data to obtain data informative of the expected load of the AP during the scheduled event. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of controlling traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of controlled access points (APs) configured to serve passengers, the method comprising: prior to a scheduled event defined in accordance with a train schedule and associated with an expected substantive increase of passengers to be served by an operation in accordance with a cellular standard AP from the plurality of APs, obtaining, by a computerized system, pre-calculated expected classification results indicative of an expected, during the scheduled event, load of the AP with respect to a downlink and/or uplink load thresholds; at a scheduled time corresponding to the scheduled event, enabling, by the computerized system, providing one or more pre-configured provisioning actions pre-scheduled in accordance with the pre-calculated expected classification results, wherein the provisioning actions are actions enabling at least one of: changing cell reselection parameters, changing cell footprint parameters and changing cell selection parameters; and continuously collecting, by the computer system, data informative of the expected load to continuously refine the pre-calculated expected classification results.