Detecting mobile device usage within wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
- sending, by one of the computing devices and to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network;
receiving, by one of the computing devices and from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network;
combining, by one of the computing devices, the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices;
identifying a particular congested time associated with a particular cell of the wireless access network;
plotting location and elevation data, from the combined location-based data and other location-based data, for calls during the particular congested time to determine a localized area of congestion at a particular elevation within the particular cell; and
adjusting, by one of the computing devices, one or more parameters of the wireless access network in order to minimize or eliminate the localized area of congestion.
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Abstract
A device sends, to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network and receives, from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network. The device combines the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices and identifies, based on the combined location-based data and other location-based data, a localized area of congestion for the wireless access network.
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19 Claims
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1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
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sending, by one of the computing devices and to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network; receiving, by one of the computing devices and from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network; combining, by one of the computing devices, the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices; identifying a particular congested time associated with a particular cell of the wireless access network; plotting location and elevation data, from the combined location-based data and other location-based data, for calls during the particular congested time to determine a localized area of congestion at a particular elevation within the particular cell; and adjusting, by one of the computing devices, one or more parameters of the wireless access network in order to minimize or eliminate the localized area of congestion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computing device, comprising:
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a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and a processor to execute instructions in the memory to; send, to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network; receive, from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network; combine the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices; identify a particular congested time associated with a particular cell of the wireless access network; plot location and elevation data, from the combined location-based data and other location-based data, for calls during the particular congested time to determine a localized area of congestion at a particular elevation within the particular cell; and adjust one or more parameters of the wireless access network in order to mitigate the localized area of congestion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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