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US 8,526,320 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for automatic estimation of traffic reassignment
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsSarat Puthenpura, David G. Belanger, Sam Houston Parker, Ravi Raina, Gopalakrishnan Meempat
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing an estimation of traffic reassignment for a network are disclosed. For example, the method and apparatus provide an automatic estimation of traffic reassignment for a wireless network.
Claims20
A method for providing an estimation of traffic reassignment for a network, comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor, data from a database, wherein the data comprises at least one offload sector and at least one relief sector, wherein the data comprises physical characteristics of an antenna for each of the at least one offload sector and at least one relief sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, determining, by the processor, if a first distance between a center of a traffic circle of the relief sector and a center of a traffic circle of an offload sector of the at least one offload sector is less than or equal to a first sum of a radius of the traffic circle of the relief sector and a radius of the traffic circle of the offload sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, adding, by the processor, a tuple to an offload candidate set of the relief sector, if the first distance is less than or equal to the first sum;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, computing, by the processor, an offload percentage for the tuple added to the offload candidate set of the relief sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, adding, by the processor, the tuple into a potential relief host set of the offload sector, wherein the tuple added to the potential relief host set includes the computed offload percentage;
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- for each offload sector of the at least one offload sector, selecting, by the processor, a relief sector of the at least one relief sector based on a maximum offload percentage, wherein the selecting is based on examining the potential relief host set of the offload sector.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing an estimation of traffic reassignment for a network, the operations comprising:
- obtaining data from a database, wherein the data comprises at least one offload sector and at least one relief sector, wherein the data comprises physical characteristics of an antenna for each of the at least one offload sector and at least one relief sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, determining if a first distance between a center of a traffic circle of the relief sector and a center of a traffic circle of an offload sector of the at least one offload sector is less than or equal to a first sum of a radius of the traffic circle of the relief sector and a radius of the traffic circle of the offload sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, adding a tuple to an offload candidate set of the relief sector, if the first distance is less than or equal to the first sum;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, computing an offload percentage for the tuple added to the offload candidate set of the relief sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, adding the tuple into a potential relief host set of the offload sector, wherein the tuple added to the potential relief host set includes the computed offload percentage;
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- for each offload sector of the at least one offload sector, selecting a relief sector of the at least one relief sector based on a maximum offload percentage, wherein the selecting is based on examining the potential relief host set of the offload sector.
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An apparatus for providing an estimation of traffic reassignment for a network, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- obtaining data from a database, wherein the data comprises at least one offload sector and at least one relief sector, wherein the data comprises physical characteristics of an antenna for each of the at least one offload sector and at least one relief sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, determining if a first distance between a center of a traffic circle of the relief sector and a center of a traffic circle of an offload sector of the at least one offload sector is less than or equal to a first sum of a radius of the traffic circle of the relief sector and a radius of the traffic circle of the offload sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, adding a tuple to an offload candidate set of the relief sector, if the first distance is less than or equal to the first sum;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, computing an offload percentage for the tuple added to the offload candidate set of the relief sector;
- for each relief sector of the at least one relief sector, adding the tuple into a potential relief host set of the offload sector, wherein the tuple added to the potential relief host set includes the computed offload percentage;
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- for each offload sector of the at least one offload sector, selecting a relief sector of the at least one relief sector based on a maximum offload percentage, wherein the selecting is based on examining the potential relief host set of the offload sector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.