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:
- determining, by a network device comprising a processor, a status of a first access point device;
- updating, by the network device, a first data structure of the network device with the status of the first access point device, resulting in an updated status;
- determining, by the network device, a first signal interference associated with the first access point device;
- determining, by the network device, a second signal interference associated with a second access point device in a communication range of the first access point device, wherein the second signal interference and the first signal interference result from a same signal interference;
- in response to the determining the second signal interference, filtering the same signal interference, from signal data represented by a second data structure, based on a threshold value;
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- in response to the filtering the same signal interference, transmitting, by the network device, selection request data representative of a request to utilize a channel of the first access point device.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- in response to receiving frequency band data associated with a frequency band utilized by a first access point device, updating a status of the first access point device, wherein the status is associated with a service provider identity;
- receiving first signal interference data associated with a first signal interference of the first access point device;
- in response to determining a second signal interference associated with a second access point device in a communication range of the first access point device, wherein the second signal interference and the first signal interference originate from a same signal interference source, filtering the same signal interference from signal data represented by a data structure based on a threshold value;
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- in response to the filtering the same signal interference from the signal data, sending selection request data, representative of a channel request, to the first access point device.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining a first signal interference associated with a first access point device;
- determining a second signal interference associated with a second access point device in a communication range of the first access point device, wherein the first signal interference and the second signal interference are a same signal interference;
- in response to the determining the second signal interference, filtering the same signal interference from signal information represented in a data structure based on a threshold value;
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- in response to a condition associated with a status of the first access point device being determined to have been satisfied and further in response to the filtering the same signal interference from the signal information represented in the data structure, modifying an expiration time associated with a signal quality applicable to a signal to be transmitted by the first access point device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.