Busy period determination based on weighted performance indicators

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining n values of a first performance indicator of a radio access network (RAN) and n values of a second performance indicator of the RAN, wherein an ith value of the first performance indicator is based on a measurement of the first performance indicator within an ith time period of an epoch, wherein an ith value of the second performance indicator is based on a measurement of the second performance indicator within the ith time period of the epoch, wherein n is greater than 1, and wherein i ranges from 1 to n;
• determining a first set of rank values for the n values of the first performance indicator and a second set of rank values for the n values of the second performance indicator, wherein an ith entry in the first set of rank values indicates a rank of the ith value of the first performance indicator, and wherein an ith entry in the second set of rank values indicates a rank of the ith value of the second performance indicator;
• determining a set of aggregate weighted rank values, wherein the ith entry in the set of aggregate weighted rank values is based on (i) the ith entry of the first set of rank values multiplied by a first performance indicator weight, and (ii) the ith entry of the second set of rank values multiplied by a second performance indicator weight;
• based on one or more comparisons among the aggregate weighted rank values, selecting a jth entry in the set of aggregate weighted rank values;
• and
• provisioning the RAN based on the jth value of the first performance indicator and the jth value of the second performance indicator.

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• data storage;
• and
• program instructions, stored in the data storage, that upon execution by the at least one processor cause the computing device to perform operations including:
• obtaining n values of a first performance indicator of a radio access network (RAN) and n values of a second performance indicator of the RAN, wherein an ith value of the first performance indicator is based on a measurement of the first performance indicator within an ith time period of an epoch, wherein an ith value of the second performance indicator is based on a measurement of the second performance indicator within the ith time period of the epoch, wherein n is greater than 1, and wherein i ranges from 1 to n;
• determining a first set of rank values for the n values of the first performance indicator and a second set of rank values for the n values of the second performance indicator, wherein an ith entry in the first set of rank values indicates a rank of the ith value of the first performance indicator, and wherein an ith entry in the second set of rank values indicates a rank of the ith value of the second performance indicator;
• determining a set of aggregate weighted rank values, wherein the ith entry in the set of aggregate weighted rank values is based on (i) the ith entry of the first set of rank values multiplied by a first performance indicator weight, and (ii) the ith entry of the second set of rank values multiplied by a second performance indicator weight;
• based on one or more comparisons among the aggregate weighted rank values, selecting a jth entry in the set of aggregate weighted rank values;
• and
• provisioning the RAN based on the jth value of the first performance indicator and the jth value of the second performance indicator.