Device technology forecasting as-a-service

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining first traffic flow information indicative of a first mix of end user device types that have been used to communicate with a first plurality of access points in a first market;
• obtaining first characterization data indicative of a first characteristic of the first market;
• obtaining second traffic flow information indicative of a second mix of end user device types that have been used to communicate with a second plurality of access points in a second market;
• obtaining second characterization data indicative of a second characteristic of the second market;
• obtaining third characterization data indicative of a third characteristic of a third market, wherein each of the first, second, and third markets are different markets;
• determining, based at least in part upon the first, second, and third characterization data, to which of the first characteristic or the second characteristic the third characteristic more closely corresponds;
• in a first case that the first characteristic more closely corresponds to the third characteristic, generating based at least in part upon the first traffic flow information a first forecast of a first future mix of end user device types that will be used to communicate with a third plurality of access points in the third market;
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• in a second case that the second characteristic more closely corresponds to the third characteristic, generating based at least in part upon the second traffic flow information a second forecast of a second future mix of end user device types that will be used to communicate with the third plurality of access points in the third market.

A method comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, first time series data indicative of a first mix of end-user device wireless communication technologies that have been used to communicate with one or more faces of a first base station in a first market;
• obtaining, by the processing system, second time series data indicative of a second mix of end-user device types that have been used to communicate with the one or more faces of the first base station in the first market;
• obtaining, by the processing system, first information indicative of a first characteristic of the first market;
• obtaining, by the processing system, third time series data indicative of a third mix of end-user device wireless communication technologies that have been used to communicate with one or more faces of a second base station in a second market;
• obtaining, by the processing system, fourth time series data indicative of a fourth mix of end-user device types that have been used to communicate with the one or more faces of the second base station in the second market;
• obtaining, by the processing system, second information indicative of a second characteristic of the second market;
• obtaining, by the processing system, third information indicative of a third characteristic of a third market, wherein each of the first, second, and third markets are different markets, and wherein the third market includes a third base station;
• determining by the processing system, based at least in part upon the first, second, and third information, to which of the first characteristic or the second characteristic the third characteristic more closely corresponds;
• in a first case that the first characteristic more closely corresponds to the third characteristic:
• generating based at least in part upon the first time series data a first forecast of a first future mix of end-user device wireless communication technologies that will be used to communicate with one or more faces of the third base station;
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• generating based at least in part upon the second time series data a second forecast of a first future mix of end-user device types that will be used to communicate with the one or more faces of the third base station;
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• in a second case that the second characteristic more closely corresponds to the third characteristic:
• generating based at least in part upon the third time series data a third forecast of a second future mix of end-user device wireless communication technologies that will be used to communicate with the one or more faces of the third base station;
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• generating based at least in part upon the fourth time series data a fourth forecast of a second future mix of end-user device types that will be used to communicate with the one or more faces of the third base station.