Small cell deployment
OwnerAndrew Guy Hobbs, Paul Nicholas Seniorinventors
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for determining information for the deployment of one or more small cells into an existing MNO network, the method comprising: retrieving a spatial map of building locations; retrieving a plurality of sensor data on the MNO network collected from a plurality of mobile network devices, wherein the sensor data comprises a measurement location; processing the plurality of sensor data and the spatial map of building locations to generate a spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network.
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A computer-implemented method for determining information for the deployment of one or more small cells into an existing Mobile Network Operator (MNO) network, the method comprising:
- retrieving a spatial map of building locations;
- retrieving a plurality of sensor data on the MNO network collected from a plurality of mobile network devices, wherein the sensor data comprises a measurement location;
- processing the plurality of sensor data and the spatial map of building locations to generate a spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network;
- generating a deployment plan based on the generated spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network, wherein the deployment plan identifies locations for adding one or more cell sites;
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- generating a predicted spatial map of characteristics after deployment of the one or more cell sites based on the plurality of sensor data, the spatial map of building locations and a predictive model.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for controlling an electronic device to:
- retrieve a spatial map of building locations;
- retrieve a plurality of sensor data on a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) network collected from a plurality of mobile network devices, wherein the sensor data comprises a measurement location;
- process the plurality of sensor data and the spatial map of building locations to generate a spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network;
- generate a deployment plan based on the generated spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network, wherein the deployment plan identifies locations for adding one or more cell sites;
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- generate a predicted spatial map of characteristics after deployment of the one or more cell sites based on the plurality of sensor data, the spatial map of building locations and a predictive model.
An electronic device comprising:
- processing circuitry to perform data processing;
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- data storage storing at least one computer program for controlling the processing circuitry to:
- retrieve a spatial map of building locations;
- retrieve a plurality of sensor data on a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) network collected from a plurality of mobile network devices, wherein the sensor data comprises a measurement location;
- process the plurality of sensor data and the spatial map of building locations to generate a spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network;
- generate a deployment plan based on the generated spatial map of performance and/or usage characteristics of the MNO network, wherein the deployment plan identifies locations for adding one or more cell sites;
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- generate a predicted spatial map of characteristics after deployment of the one or more cell sites based on the plurality of sensor data, the spatial map of building locations and a predictive model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.