COMPUTATIONAL SYNDROME DETECTORS

• US 20150319760A1
• Filed: 07/10/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wright, Steven, Kreiner, Barrett, Shrum, Edgar
• Granted Patent: US 9,420,586 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Example methods disclosed herein include analyzing session records associated with a wireless system resource to determine a number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period. Example methods disclosed herein also include determining a status of vehicular traffic along a section of roadway within a service range of the wireless system resource based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period. Example methods disclosed herein further include transmitting a report including the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway to a first wireless device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

analyzing, with a processor, session records associated with a wireless system resource to determine a number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period;

determining, with the processor, a status of vehicular traffic along a section of roadway within a service range of the wireless system resource based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period; and

transmitting a report including the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway to a first wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the status of the vehicular traffic includes comparing the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period to a threshold value.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the status of the vehicular traffic further includes determining that traffic stoppage has occurred along the section of roadway in response to determining that the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period has exceeded the threshold value.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the threshold value is based on a capacity of the wireless system resource.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless system resource is associated with a cellular tower.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes determining identities of a plurality of wireless devices associated with the session records to determine the number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes determining the number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource continuously over the first time period;

and determining the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway within the service range of the wireless system resource is based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource continuously over the first time period.

8. A computer readable memory including computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer processor to perform operations comprising:

analyzing session records associated with a wireless system resource to determine a number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period;

determining a status of vehicular traffic along a section of roadway within a service range of the wireless system resource based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period; and

transmitting a report including the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway to a first wireless device.

9. The computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein the determining of the status of the vehicular traffic includes comparing the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period to a threshold value.

10. The computer readable memory of claim 9, wherein the determining of the status of the vehicular traffic further includes determining that traffic stoppage has occurred along the section of roadway in response to determining that the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period has exceeded the threshold value.

11. The computer readable memory of claim 9, wherein the threshold value is based on a capacity of the wireless system resource.

12. The computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein the wireless system resource is associated with a cellular tower.

13. The computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes determining identities of a plurality of wireless devices associated with the session records to determine the number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period.

14. The computer readable memory of claim 8, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes determining the number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource continuously over the first time period;

and determining the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway within the service range of the wireless system resource is based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource continuously over the first time period.

15. An apparatus comprising:

memory including computer readable instructions; and

a processor to execute the computer readable instructions to perform operations including;

analyzing session records associated with a wireless system resource to determine a number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period;

determining a status of vehicular traffic along a section of roadway within a service range of the wireless system resource based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period; and

transmitting a report including the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway to a first wireless device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the determining of the status of the vehicular traffic includes comparing the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period to a threshold value.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the determining of the status of the vehicular traffic further includes determining that traffic stoppage has occurred along the section of roadway in response to determining that the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period has exceeded the threshold value.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the threshold value is based on a capacity of the wireless system resource.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the wireless system resource is associated with a cellular tower.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the analyzing of the session records includes determining identities of a plurality of wireless devices associated with the session records to determine the number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period.