Network planning based on crowd-sourced access point data for 5G or other next generation network
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsArthur Richard Brisebois, Jeffrey Mikan, Kurt Huber
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Abstract
Network planning based on collected crowd-sourced access point quality and selection data can optimize access point frequency and/or bandwidth selection. A cloud-based application can be utilized in conjunction with a mobile device to build a database of access point quality and thresholds suitable for real-time and other jitter-sensitive services. The mobile device jitter measurements and selection thresholds can be collected at a cloud platform, which creates an access point performance and selection threshold profile from which the network can facilitate access point frequency and/or bandwidth selections.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by network equipment comprising a processor, a first access point device satisfying a first interference criterion;
- identifying, by the network equipment, a second access point device operating on a same frequency as the first access point device, and satisfying a distance criterion and a second interference criterion;
- pairing, by the network equipment, the first access point device with the second access point device as a problematic access point device pair;
- and
- in response to determining that the first access point device is controllable by the network equipment and supports automatic channel scan and selection, sending, by the network equipment, a request to the first access point device to perform the automatic channel scan and selection.
Network equipment, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining a first access point device that satisfies a first service threshold criterion;
- determining a second access point device operating on a same or substantially same frequency as the first access point device, and that satisfies a distance criterion and a second service threshold criterion;
- and
- categorizing the first access point device with the second access point device as a problematic access point device pair;
- and
- in response to determining that the first access point device is controllable by the network equipment and does not support automatic channel scan and selection, or in response to determining that the first access point device is not controllable by the network equipment, determining whether the second access point device is controllable by the network equipment and supports the automatic channel scan and selection.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining a first access point device that meets a first communication quality criterion;
- determining a second access point device operating using a same frequency band as the first access point device, and that meets a distance criterion and a second communication quality criterion;
- and
- identifying the first access point device with the second access point device as a problematic access point device pair;
- and
- in response to determining that the first access point device is controllable by the server device and supports automatic channel scan and selection, sending a command to the first access point device to perform a channel scan and selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.