Unified coverage system
AssigneeRakuten Mobile, Inc.
InventorsShubham Rathore, Naman Agrawal, Keshav Sharma, Nilesh Bankar
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Abstract
A method and a system for identifying radio access network (RAN) coverage at geographic locations includes generating a grid layer of real-time RAN coverage based on a key performance indicator (KPI). Generating a grid layer of predicted RAN coverage. Generating a viewport representation corresponding to a geographic location supported by the RAN. Superimposing the real-time RAN coverage grid layer, the predicted RAN coverage grid layer, and the viewport representation into a unified coverage representation. Determining RAN availability at a selected geographic location based on the unified coverage representation.
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A method for identifying radio access network (RAN) coverage at geographic locations, the method comprising:
- generating a grid layer of real-time RAN coverage based on a key performance indicator (KPI);
- generating a grid layer of predicted RAN coverage;
- generating a viewport representation corresponding to a geographic location supported by the RAN;
- superimposing the real-time RAN coverage grid layer, the predicted RAN coverage grid layer, and the viewport representation into a unified coverage representation;
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- determining RAN availability at a selected geographic location based on the unified coverage representation.
A system for identifying radio access network (RAN) coverage at geographic locations, comprising:
- a memory having non-transitory instructions stored;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, and being configured to execute the instructions, thereby causing the apparatus to:
- receive raw predictive coverage data from a radio access network (RAN);
- convert the raw predictive coverage data into a grid format;
- receive user-equipment (UE) key performance indicator (KPI) values from neighboring cells in the RAN;
- identify a viewport based on the raw predictive coverage data and the UE KPI values, the viewport being divided into grids where each grid includes a reference point;
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- superimpose on the viewport a layer of predictive coverage data and a layer of UE KPI values to obtain RAN availability by location.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
- receiving predictive coverage data from a radio access network (RAN), the predictive coverage data corresponding to planned radio access network coverage for a plurality of reference points of a geographical region;
- receiving site coverage data from a site coverage database, the site coverage data corresponding with geographical data of the geographical region;
- receiving network visualization data, the network visualization data based on one or more key performance indicators (KPIs), the one or more KPIs corresponding to the plurality of reference points of the geographical region;
- generating a superimposed layer of the network visualization data and the predictive coverage data onto a viewport representing the geographical region;
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- displaying the viewport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.