Method of controlling traffic in a cellular network and system thereof

A traffic control system configured to control traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of controlled access points (APs), the system comprising a processor operatively coupled to a memory and an interface circuit operatively coupled to the processor and the memory, wherein

• the interface circuit is configured to continuously obtain data informative of resource utilization with regard to APs of the plurality of controlled Aps and continuously obtain one or more KEY Performance Indicators (KPIs) with regard to the given AP;
• the processor is configured to:
• process data obtained via the interface circuit to continuously classify, for a given AP of the plurality of controlled APs, downlink load with respect to a downlink load threshold stored in the memory and uplink load with respect to an uplink load threshold stored in the memory, thereby giving rise to downlink and uplink classification results, wherein the processor is configured to provide uplink load classification independently of downlink load classification;
• to use the obtained KPIs for calculating, for the given AP, a congestion-indicative value;
• and
• enable provisioning of the given AP in accordance with respective classification results, wherein:
• provisioning in accordance with downlink classification results comprises at least one of:
• changing cell reselection parameters and changing cell footprint parameters;
• provisioning in accordance with uplink classification results comprises changing cell selection parameters;
• and
• provisioning in accordance with uplink classification results is enabled independently of provisioning in accordance with downlink classification results;
• wherein the processor is configured to enable provisioning the given AP in accordance with downlink classification results only if the calculated congestion-indicative value is less than a predefined value of a congestion threshold.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operating a traffic control system capable of controlling traffic in a cellular network comprising a plurality of controlled access points (APs), the operating comprising:

• continuously obtaining by a computerized system data informative of resource utilization with regard to APs of the plurality of controlled APs;
• processing, by the computerized system, the obtained data to continuously classify, for a given AP of the plurality of controlled APs, downlink load with respect to a downlink load threshold and uplink load with respect to an uplink load threshold, thereby giving rise to downlink and uplink classification results, wherein uplink load classification is provided independently of downlink load classification;
• continuously obtaining one or more Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with regard to the given AP;
• using the obtained KPIs for calculating, for the given AP, a congestion-indicative value;
• and
• enabling, by the computerized system, provisioning of the given AP in accordance with respective classification results, wherein:
• provisioning in accordance with downlink classification results comprises changing cell reselection parameters;
• wherein provisioning in accordance with uplink classification comprises at least one of:
• changing cell selection parameters and changing cell footprint parameters;
• and
• wherein provisioning in accordance with uplink classification is enabled independently of provisioning in accordance with downlink classification,
• wherein enabling provisioning the given AP in accordance with downlink classification results is provided only if the calculated congestion-indicative value is less than a predefined value of a congestion threshold.