US 2019/0319868 A1 · LINK PERFORMANCE PREDICTION TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Various systems and methods for determining and communicating Link Performance Predictions (LPPs), such as in connection with management of radio communication links, are discussed herein. The LPPs are predictions of future network behaviors/metrics (e.g., bandwidth, latency, capacity, coverage holes, etc.). The LPPs are communicated to applications and/or network infrastructure, which allows the applications/infrastructure to make operational decisions for improved signaling/link resource utilization. In embodiments, the link performance analysis is divided into multiple layers that determine their own link performance metrics, which are then fused together to make an LPP. Each layer runs different algorithms, and provides respective results to an LPP layer/engine that fuses the results together to obtain the LPP. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for providing link performance predictions (LPPs), the apparatus comprising:

processor circuitry coupled with network interface circuitry, the network interface circuitry arranged to communicatively couple the apparatus with one or more network access nodes (NANs), wherein individual NANs of the one or more NANs are arranged to provide network connectivity to one or more user equipment (UEs) via respective links between the individual NANs and the one or more UEs, and the processor circuitry is arranged to operate an LPP engine to:
obtain predicted performance metrics for LPP from individual prediction layers of a plurality of prediction layers,
determine, for each of the respective links, a corresponding LPP based on the obtained predicted performance metrics, and
generate, for each of the respective links, a message indicating the corresponding LPP;
and
wherein the network interface circuitry is further arranged to send the message for each of the respective links to the individual NANs or the one or more UEs via the individual NANs.

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One or more non-transitory computer readable media (NTCRM) comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors is to cause a computing system to:

obtain predicted performance metrics from individual prediction layers of a plurality of prediction layers;
and
for each radio link provided by one or more network access nodes (NANs) to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) being served by the one or more NANs,
determine a Link Performance Prediction (LPP) for the radio link based on combinations of the obtained predicted performance metrics,
generate an LPP notification including the LPP, and
control transmission of the LPP notification to the NAN or the UE.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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