Method for analysing antenna directions in a communication network
AssigneeElisa Oyj
InventorsKarri Sunila, Vili Kilpeläinen
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for analysing antenna directions in a communications network. The method includes at least obtaining network related data; calculating a characteristic user direction of a first cell of a first base station; calculating a difference between the characteristic user direction and the antenna azimuth direction of the first cell; and responsive to detecting that the calculated difference is greater than a pre-set threshold angle, indicating an anomaly in the first cell.
Claims11
A computer implemented method for analysing antenna directions in a communications network, the method comprising:
- obtaining network related data, from the communications network;
- calculating a characteristic user direction of a first cell of a first base station based on the obtained network related data, wherein the characteristic user direction is a direction from the first base station towards a representative user equipment position;
- calculating a difference between the characteristic user direction and the antenna azimuth direction of the first cell;
- and
- responsive to detecting that the calculated difference is greater than a pre-set threshold angle, indicating an anomaly in the first cell;
- wherein calculating the characteristic user direction comprises:
- identifying locations of static user equipment of the first cell;
- calculating a centre of mass point of the locations of the static user equipment;
- calculating a direction of the centre of mass point from the first base station;
- and
- setting the calculated direction as the characteristic user direction.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including computer program code;
- the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:
- obtain network related data, from the communications network;
- calculate a characteristic user direction of a first cell of a first base station based on the obtained network related data, wherein the characteristic user direction is a direction from the first base station towards a representative user equipment position;
- calculate a difference between the characteristic user direction and the antenna azimuth direction of the first cell;
- and
- responsive to detecting that the calculated difference is greater than a pre-set threshold angle, to indicate an anomaly in the first cell;
- wherein calculating the characteristic user direction comprises:
- identifying locations of static user equipment of the first cell;
- calculating a centre of mass point of the locations of the static user equipment;
- calculating a direction of the centre of mass point from the first base station;
- and
- setting the calculated direction as the characteristic user direction.
A non-transitory memory medium comprising computer executable program code which when executed by a processor causes an apparatus to perform
- obtaining network related data, from the communications network;
- calculating a characteristic user direction of a first cell of a first base station based on the obtained network related data, wherein the characteristic user direction is a direction from the first base station towards a representative user equipment position;
- calculating a difference between the characteristic user direction and the antenna azimuth direction of the first cell;
- and
- responsive to detecting that the calculated difference is greater than a pre-set threshold angle, indicating an anomaly in the first cell;
- wherein calculating the characteristic user direction comprises:
- identifying locations of static user equipment of the first cell;
- calculating a centre of mass point of the locations of the static user equipment;
- calculating a direction of the centre of mass point from the first base station;
- and
- setting the calculated direction as the characteristic user direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.