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Adjusting cell site parameters using a mapping tool

AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.

InventorsJustin Mueller, Shilpa Bhanot, Robert Berrier

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Abstract

Systems and methods for adjusting cell site parameters are described. The systems and methods cause a map of a geographical area to be displayed, access known or stored location coordinates for antennas at a cell site that is located within the of the geographical area, and present display elements representing the antennas at first positions within the displayed map that correspond to the known location coordinates for the antennas at the cell site. In response to input received from a user, the systems and methods adjust the known location coordinates for the antennas at the cell sites to new location coordinates associated with second positions of the display elements within the displayed map. Further details are described herein.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

at least one hardware computer, wherein the computer is configured to execute software modules, including:
a parameter access module that accesses parameters for multiple cell sites within geographical locations of a telecommunications network,
wherein the parameters for each of the multiple cell sites include parameters associated with one or more antennas located at that cell site;
a map display module that:
accesses a map of the telecommunications network;
identifies, and causes to be displayed, a specific location within the accessed map that corresponds to current location information for a specific cell site stored by the parameters for the specific cell site;
and
causes one or more display elements that represent the one or more antennas located at the specific cell site to be placed at positions within the map that correspond to current locations for the one or more antennas located at the specific cell site;
a map offset module that determines offset information for the map that is based on an identified parallax error for the map,
an adjustment module that:
accesses or receives input associated with movement of the one or more display elements, from the positions within the map that correspond to the current locations for the one or more antennas located at the specific cell site, to second, different, positions within the map that correspond to images of the one or more antennas displayed by the map;
and
updates the parameters for the specific cell site to parameters that are based on the movement of the one or more display elements to the second, different, positions within the map and based on the determined offset information for the map to compensate for the identified parallax error.

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A method performed by an optimization tool, the method comprising:

causing a map of a selected portion of a geographical area to be displayed by a user interface provided by the optimization tool,
accessing known location coordinates for one or more antennas at a cell site that is located with the selected portion of the geographical area and part of a telecommunications network providing communication services to mobile devices;
presenting display elements representing the one or more antennas at first positions within the displayed map that correspond to the known location coordinates for the one or more antennas at the cell site;
receiving input from a user that is associated with movement of the presented display elements to second positions within the displayed map that correspond to images of the one or more antennas within the displayed map;
adjusting the known location coordinates for the one or more antennas at the cell site to new location coordinates associated with the second positions within the displayed map;
receiving input from the user that identifies an estimated parallax error associated with a display view of the displayed map;
and
modifying the new location coordinates to compensate for the estimated parallax error associated with the display view of the displayed map.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for correcting previously determined geographical location information for one or more devices located within an imaged geographical area, the operations comprising:

displaying a map of the imaged geographical area,
wherein the displayed map includes images that correspond to the one or more devices located within the imaged geographical area;
overlaying the displayed map with graphical elements at first positions within the displayed map that are associated with the previously determined geographical location information,
receiving input associated with moving the overlaid graphical elements from the first positions to second positions within the displayed map for the images that correspond to the one or more devices;
determining an estimated parallax error associated with a display view of the displayed map;
and
updating the geographical location information for the one or more devices located within the imaged geographical area to geographical location information that is associated with the second positions within the displayed map and that is modified to compensate for the estimated parallax error associated with the display view of the displayed map.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/632,210Filed 23 Jun 2017 · continuation
Priority: 11 Dec 2015
Published: US 2017/0171763 A112 Oct 2017
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04W 24/02
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements: arrangements for optimising operational condition
H04W 16/18
Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures: network planning tools
H04W 64/003
Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management: locating network equipment
H04W 88/08
Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices: access point devices

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Application14/967,044Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Dec 2015
US 9,699,671 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Jul 2017
US 2017/0295505 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Oct 2017
US 2017/0171763 A1Published application
US 10,484,889 B2This patent

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