# US 2026/0095784 A1 · Coverage and capacity optimization method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0095784 A1 - Document ID: US20260095784A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/343,591 - Filed: 2025-09-29 - Published: 2026-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-31 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yu Zeng; Tingting Geng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260095784A1 ## CPC - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 28/08: Load balancing or load distribution (transferring a connection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12) - H04L 41/147: for predicting network behaviour - H04W 16/18: Network planning tools - H04W 24/04: Arrangements for maintaining operational condition - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H04W 92/12: between access points and access point controllers - H04W 92/20: between access points - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract This application provides a coverage and capacity optimization method and apparatus. In technical solutions provided in this application, first coverage and capacity of a first network device in a second time period may be predicted in a first time period, where the second time period is later than the first time period; a first coverage and capacity optimization CCO configuration of the first network device in the second time period may be determined based on the first coverage and capacity; and then first information may be sent to a second network device, where the first information indicates the first CCO configuration. According to the technical solutions provided in this application, coverage and capacity of a first network device are predicted in advance, and a proper CCO configuration is determined for the first network device, so that communication of a terminal device in the first network device is not affected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A coverage and capacity optimization method, wherein the method comprises: predicting, in a first time period, first coverage and capacity of a first network device in a second time period, wherein the second time period is later than the first time period; determining a first coverage and capacity optimization CCO configuration of the first network device in the second time period based on the first coverage and capacity; and sending first information to a second network device, wherein the first information indicates the first CCO configuration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: sending second information to the second network device, wherein the second information indicates that the first CCO configuration is obtained through prediction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the second information is content comprised in the first information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following content: a number of the first CCO configuration, a number of a cell to which the first CCO configuration is applied, the first CCO configuration, a valid time of the first CCO configuration, a reason for applying the first CCO configuration, an expected effect of applying the first CCO configuration, and prediction accuracy of the first CCO configuration. ### Claim 5 A coverage and capacity optimization method, wherein the method is applied to a second network device, and the method comprises: receiving first information, wherein the first information indicates a first coverage and capacity optimization CCO configuration of a first network device in a second time period. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises: receiving second information, wherein the second information indicates that the first CCO configuration is obtained through prediction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the second information is content comprised in the first information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following content: a number of the first CCO configuration, a number of a cell to which the first CCO configuration is applied, the first CCO configuration, a valid time of the first CCO configuration, a reason for applying the first CCO configuration, an expected effect of applying the first CCO configuration, and prediction accuracy of the first CCO configuration. ### Claim 9 A coverage and capacity optimization apparatus, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is coupled to a memory, the memory is configured to store a computer program, and when the processor invokes the computer program, the apparatus is enabled to perform: predicting, in a first time period, first coverage and capacity of a first network device in a second time period, wherein the second time period is later than the first time period; determining a first coverage and capacity optimization CCO configuration of the first network device in the second time period based on the first coverage and capacity; and sending first information to a second network device, wherein the first information indicates the first CCO configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, and the apparatus is enabled to further perform: sending second information to the second network device, wherein the second information indicates that the first CCO configuration is obtained through prediction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second information is content comprised in the first information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following content: a number of the first CCO configuration, a number of a cell to which the first CCO configuration is applied, the first CCO configuration, a valid time of the first CCO configuration, a reason for applying the first CCO configuration, an expected effect of applying the first CCO configuration, and prediction accuracy of the first CCO configuration.