KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING-ASSISTED MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONTROL

• US 20150146549A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Noriega, Dimas R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,730,098 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

Joint provisioning of cell sector capacity (CSC) and a defined customer service level (CSL) is provided utilizing a knowledge discovery and data mining-assisted multi-radio access technology controller. For example, Strategic Performance Indexes, CSC and CSL, are identified. The relationships between CSC, CSL, ergodic channel capacity (ECC) and an interface load (IL) for a radio network (RN) (or cell sector of an RN) are determined. Extensive information associated with the RN is collected and neural networks analysis is employed to reduce the information to a manageable set including the specific information associated with ECC and IL. The reduced set of information is mapped to ECC and IL using eigenvalue analysis, and the relationships between the ECC, IL, CSC and CSL are employed to determine the CSC and CSL for the RN (or cell sector of the RN). Network assignments and/or parameters can be updated based on the results.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a device comprising a processor, a set of records comprising counters associated with performance of a radio network device; and

identifying, by the device, utilizing pattern recognition, information indicative of a subset of the set of records that represents a performance of the radio network device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicative of the subset of the set of records comprises capacity information associated with ergodic channel capacity and an interface load of the radio network device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, by the device, the ergodic channel capacity and the interface load based on the information indicative of the subset of the set of records.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining the ergodic channel capacity and the interface load further comprises:

mapping the information indicative of the subset of the set of records to the ergodic channel capacity and the interface load, wherein the mapping is based on an eigenvalue rotation of the information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the ergodic channel capacity and the interface load are associated with a defined strategic performance index indicative of the performance of the radio network device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the defined strategic performance Index comprises cell sector capacity information for the radio network device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the defined strategic performance index comprises level information representing a defined customer service level for mobile devices associated with the radio network device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the employing the pattern recognition comprises a data mining analysis.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data mining analysis comprises a neural network analysis.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data mining analysis comprises a machine learning analysis.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the employing the pattern recognition comprises determining information indicative of a pattern associated with a defined relationship between an ergodic channel capacity of the radio network device, an interface load of the radio network device and defined strategic performance index associated with the performance of the radio network device.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering, by the device, a malformed record from an initial set of records to generate the set of records.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the filtering comprises time series filtering the malformed record.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rejecting, by the device, from an initial set of records, a record comprising erroneous information, to generate the set of records.

12. The method of claim 12, wherein the defined strategic performance index comprises a defined cell sector capacity and a defined customer service level.

16. A computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations comprising:

determining first information indicative of counters for a radio network device, wherein the determining is based on removing second information satisfying a defined condition from third information indicative of the counters, wherein the second information is identified by performing a neural network analysis; and

computing an ergodic channel capacity for the radio network device and an interface load for the radio network device based on the first information.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the defined condition is associated with a defined cell sector capacity of the radio network device and a defined customer service level for the radio network device.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

determining a joint condition for a radio network device, wherein the joint condition is associated with a performance requirement for the radio network device;

accessing a first set of counters for the radio network device, wherein the first set of counters is associated with the joint condition for the radio network device;

employing pattern recognition to reduce the first set of counters to a second set of counters, wherein the second set of counters is associated with the joint condition for the radio network device; and

determining a factor associated with the joint condition, wherein the determining is based on the second set of counters.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the joint condition comprises a defined cell sector capacity of the radio network device.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the factor comprises an interface load of the radio network device.