Systems and methods for call analysis

• US 8,140,067 B1
• Filed: 01/03/2008
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Quint, Joe B., House, Ronald Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US11/968,768
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• Field of Search: 455423-425, 455/67.11, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 455/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

A method of operating a computer system comprises receiving per call measurement (PCM) data associated with a radio access network, processing the PCM data to perform a rolling average analysis of dropped calls by the radio access network, processing the rolling average analysis to determine if a location analysis is required, in response to determining that the location analysis is required, processing the PCM data to perform the location analysis of the dropped calls, and processing the location analysis to determine if a response is required.

Claims

1. A method of operating a computer system to process dropped-call data for a cell tower in a radio access network, the method comprising:

receiving and processing dropped-call data for the cell tower in the radio access network to determine an average geographic distribution of dropped-calls relative to the cell tower and to determine a current geographic distribution of dropped-calls relative to the cell tower;

processing the average geographic distribution and the current geographic distribution to identify dropped-call differences at a plurality of geographic locations;

processing the dropped-call differences to identify ones of the geographic locations that exceed a dropped-call difference threshold;

processing a number of the geographic locations that exceed the dropped-call difference threshold to determine if the number of the geographic locations exceeds a distribution threshold and triggering an alarm if the number of the geographic locations exceeds the distribution threshold;

wherein identifying the dropped-call differences comprises identifying rolling average differences.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a building.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a city.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a road.

5. A computer system to process dropped-call data for a cell tower in a radio access network, the computer system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive dropped-call data for the cell tower in the radio access network and to transfer an alarm; and

a processing system configured to process the dropped-call data to determine an average geographic distribution of dropped-calls relative to the cell tower and a current geographic distribution of the dropped-calls relative to the cell tower, process the average geographic distribution and the current geographic distribution to identify dropped-call differences at a plurality of geographic locations, process the dropped-call differences to identify ones of the geographic locations that exceed a dropped-call difference threshold, process a number of the geographic locations that exceed the dropped-call difference threshold to determine if the number of the geographic locations exceeds a distribution threshold, and to trigger the alarm if the number of the geographic locations exceeds the distribution threshold;

wherein identifying the dropped-call differences comprises identifying rolling average differences.

6. The computer system of claim 5 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a building.

7. The computer system of claim 5 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a city.

8. The computer system of claim 5 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a road.

9. A computer apparatus to process dropped-call data for a cell tower in a radio access network, the apparatus comprising:

software configured to direct a computer system, when executed by the computer system, to process the dropped-call data to determine an average geographic distribution of dropped-calls relative to the cell tower and a current geographic distribution of the dropped-calls relative to the cell tower, process the average geographic distribution and the current geographic distribution to identify dropped-call differences at a plurality of geographic locations, process the dropped-call differences to identify ones of the geographic locations that exceed a dropped-call difference threshold, process a number of the geographic locations that exceed the dropped-call difference threshold to determine if the number of the geographic locations exceeds a distribution threshold, and to trigger an alarm if the number of the geographic locations exceeds the distribution threshold; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores the software;

wherein the software is configured to direct the computer system, when executed by the computer system, to identify the dropped-call differences by identifying rolling average differences.

10. The computer apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a building.

11. The computer apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a city.

12. The computer apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of the geographic locations comprises a road.