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US 11,451,983 B2Granted
Dynamic capacity management of a wireless network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorAzhar Khan
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, among other things, may dynamically manage the capacity of a wireless network using unmanned vehicles equipped with small cell capabilities. Moreover, past traffic data may be analyzed using artificial intelligence models to predict a volume for a base station that exceeds a capacity for the base station and one or more unmanned vehicles may be dispatched to the base station to provide capacity relief.
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A method comprising:
- analyzing, by a processing system including a processor, past traffic of a network, wherein the network includes a plurality of base stations;
- predicting, by the processing system, based on the analyzing of the past traffic of the network, a first traffic profile for a first base station of the plurality of base stations, wherein the first traffic profile includes a first predicted volume of first communication traffic associated with user equipment carried by the first base station, and wherein the first base station includes a first network device for carrying the first communication traffic;
- identifying, by the processing system, based on the first traffic profile, that the first predicted volume for the first base station will exceed a first capacity of the first base station at a first future time;
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- dispatching, by the processing system, a first unmanned vehicle to the first base station to increase the first capacity of the first base station at the first future time, wherein the first unmanned vehicle includes a second network device, and wherein the first unmanned vehicle increases the first capacity of the first base station at the first future time by carrying second communication traffic associated with the user equipment via the second network device.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- analyzing past traffic of a network, wherein the network includes a plurality of base stations;
- predicting, based on the analyzing of the past traffic of the network, a first traffic profile for a first base station of the plurality of base stations, wherein the first traffic profile includes a first predicted volume of first communication traffic associated with user equipment carried by the first base station, and wherein the first base station includes a first network device for carrying the first communication traffic;
- identifying, based on the first traffic profile, that the first predicted volume for the first base station will exceed a first capacity of the first base station at a first future time;
- and
- dispatching a first unmanned vehicle to the first base station to increase the first capacity of the first base station at the first future time, wherein the first unmanned vehicle includes a second network device, and wherein the first unmanned vehicle increases the first capacity of the first base station at the first future time by carrying second communication traffic associated with the user equipment via the second network device.
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A non-transitory computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium;
- and
- instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- analyzing past traffic of a network, wherein the network includes a plurality of base stations;
- predicting, based on the analyzing of the past traffic, a traffic profile for a base station of the plurality of base stations, wherein the traffic profile includes a predicted volume of first communication traffic associated with user equipment carried by the base station, and wherein the base station includes a first network device for carrying the first communication traffic;
- identifying, based on the traffic profile, that the predicted volume for the base station will exceed a capacity of the base station at a future time;
- and
- dispatching an unmanned vehicle to the base station to increase the capacity of the base station at the future time, wherein the unmanned vehicle includes a second network device, and wherein the unmanned vehicle increases the capacity of the base station at the future time by carrying second communication traffic associated with the user equipment via the second network device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.