Determining placement of a small cell
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsDrew Dennis, Ricky A. Hohler, Prasad Pappula, Sadanand Pawar, Hemant Vasant Tiwari, Callie Eliza Warren
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the placement of a small cell, wherein at least one of a first set of parameters is determined at each of a first and a second location, at least one of a second set of parameters is determined at each of the first and the second location, and a recommended small cell placement location is generated based on at least one of the determined first set of parameters and the determined second set of parameters.
Claims20
A system for facilitating placement of a small cell, the system comprising:
- a first macro cell;
- a user equipment (UE), the UE comprising one or more antennas for receiving a first downlink signal from the first macro cell and for transmitting a first uplink signal to the first macro cell, a user interface, and a processor, the processor configured to:
- determine one or more of a first set of parameters for each of a first location and a second location, the first set of parameters comprising at least one of a signal quality, a signal strength, and a distance and azimuth to the first macro cell, wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters is refreshed once per second and an alphanumeric value associated with each of the one or more of the first set of parameters is displayed in real time on the user interface;
- determine one or more of a second set of parameters for each of the first location and the second location, the second set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the first downlink signal and a uplink speed of the first uplink signal and displayed on the user interface;
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- generate a recommended small cell placement location for display on the user interface based on at least one parameter of the first set of parameters and at least one parameter of the second set of parameters.
A method for facilitating placement of a small cell, the method comprising:
- determining, using one or more antennas of a user equipment (UE) for receiving a first downlink signal from a first base station, one or more of a first set of parameters for each of a first location and a second location, the first set of parameters comprising at least one of a signal quality, a signal strength, and a distance and azimuth to the first base station, wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters is refreshed once per second and an alphanumeric value associated with each of the one or more of the first set of parameters is displayed in real time on a user interface of the UE;
- determining, using the one or more antennas of the UE, one or more of a second set of parameters for each of the first location and the second location, the second set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the first downlink signal and a uplink speed of a first uplink signal, the first uplink signal transmitted to the first base station by the UE and displayed on the user interface;
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- generating a recommended small cell placement location for display a user interface of the UE based on at least one parameter of the first set of parameters and at least one parameter of the second set of parameters.
A non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-usable instructions that, when used by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine, using one or more antennas of a user equipment (UE) for receiving a first downlink signal from a first base station, one or more of a first set of parameters for each of a first location and a second location, the first set of parameters comprising at least one of a signal quality, a signal strength, and a distance and azimuth to the first base station, wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters is refreshed once per second and an alphanumeric value associated with each of the one or more of the first set of parameters is displayed in real time on a user interface of the UE;
- determine, using the one or more antennas of the UE, one or more of a second set of parameters for each of the first location and the second location, the second set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the first downlink signal and a uplink speed of a first uplink signal, the first uplink signal transmitted to the first base station by the UE and displayed on the user interface;
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- generate a recommended small cell placement location of a small cell for display on a user interface of the UE based on at least one parameter of the first set of parameters and at least one parameter of the second set of parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.