Upgrade recommendations for wireless wide area networks
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorJohn N. Wakim
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Abstract
A device comprises a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive information about an existing cell site; and generate a distance histogram for the existing cell site based on the received information. Additionally, the processor may be configured to at least one of: calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a first value that indicates an amount of traffic to be offloaded from the existing cell site to a new cell site, or calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a second value that indicates an amount of traffic to be offloaded from operating bands of the existing cell site as a result of an upgrade at the existing cell site.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive information about an existing cell site;
- generate a distance histogram for the existing cell site based on the received information;
- at least one of:
- calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a first value that indicates an expected amount of traffic to be offloaded from the existing cell site to a new cell site, or
- calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a second value that indicates an expected amount of traffic to be offloaded from operating bands of the existing cell site as a result of a change at the existing cell site;
- and
- provide at least one of the calculated first value or the second value to another device,
- wherein when calculating the first value, the processor is configured to:
- generate a best server plot for the existing cell site;
- obtain a heatmap for the existing cell site based on the received information;
- and
- evaluate the first value based on the generated best server plot, the heatmap, and the distance histogram.
A method comprising:
- receiving information about an existing cell site;
- generating a distance histogram for the existing cell site based on the received information;
- performing at least one of:
- calculating, using the generated distance histogram, a first value that indicates an expected amount of traffic to be offloaded from the existing cell site to a new cell site, or
- calculating, using the generated distance histogram, a second value that indicates an expected amount of traffic to be offloaded from operating bands of the existing cell site as a result of a change at the existing cell site;
- and
- providing at least one of the calculated first value or the second value to a device,
- wherein calculating the first value includes:
- generating a best server plot for the existing cell site;
- obtaining a heatmap for the existing cell site based on the received information;
- and
- evaluating the first value based on the generated best server plot, the heatmap, and the distance histogram.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor executable instructions, which when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
- receive information about an existing cell site;
- generate a distance histogram for the existing cell site based on the received information;
- at least one of:
- calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a first value that indicates an expected amount of traffic to be offloaded from the existing cell site to a new cell site, or
- calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a second value that indicates an expected amount of traffic to be offloaded from operating bands of the existing cell site as a result of a change at the existing cell site;
- and
- provide at least one of the calculated first value or the second value to a device,
- wherein when calculating the first value, the processor is configured to:
- generate a best server plot for the existing cell site;
- obtain a heatmap for the existing cell site based on the received information;
- and
- evaluate the first value based on the generated best server plot, the heatmap, and the distance histogram.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.