System and method for fine-resolution mapping of cellular network coverage and capacity
AssigneeVerint Systems Ltd.
InventorsGustavo Litmanovich, Eithan Goldfarb
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Abstract
Systems and methods for fine-resolution mapping of cellular network coverage and capacity are described herein. An example method can include passively monitoring communication of multiple communication terminals in a cellular communication network, extracting from the monitored communication multiple data points and cell identifiers, and mapping an actual geographical coverage of at least a given cell of the cellular network based on the multiple data points. In particular, the multiple data points can comprise geographical positions that are measured and reported by the communication terminals while served by respective cells of the cellular communication network.
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A method, comprising:
- passively monitoring communication of multiple communication terminals that communicate in a cellular communication network;
- extracting from the monitored communication multiple data points, which comprise geographical positions that are measured and reported by the communication terminals while served by respective cells of the cellular communication network, and corresponding cell identifiers of the cells;
- mapping an actual geographical coverage of at least a given cell of the cellular communication network based on the multiple data points, wherein the geographical positions comprise coordinates measured in the communication terminals, wherein extracting the data points comprises extracting the coordinates from application-layer information exchanged in the monitored communication, wherein extracting the data points further comprises assessing data bandwidth usage of the communication terminals, and wherein mapping the actual geographical coverage comprises mapping an actual data bandwidth usage for the given cell over the actual geographical coverage;
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- adaptively allocating bandwidth resources to the given cell based on the actual bandwidth usage.
A system, comprising:
- an interface, which is configured to passively monitor communication of multiple communication terminals that communicate in a cellular communication network;
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- a processor, which is configured to extract from the monitored communication multiple data points, which comprise geographical positions that are measured and reported by the communication terminals while served by respective cells of the cellular communication network, and corresponding cell identifiers of the cells, and to map an actual geographical coverage of at least a given cell of the cellular communication network based on the multiple data points;
- wherein the geographical positions comprise coordinates measured in the communication terminals, wherein the processor is configured to extract the coordinates from application-layer information exchanged in the monitored communication, wherein the processor is further configured to assess data bandwidth usage of the communication terminals, and to map an actual data bandwidth usage for the given cell over the actual geographical coverage, wherein the processor is further configured to adaptively allocate bandwidth resources to the given cell based on the actual bandwidth usage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.