Coverage adjustment in E-UTRA networks
First Claim
1. A network management (NM) apparatus comprising:
- receiver circuitry to receive first data representative of service performance during a period of increased wireless traffic demand in one or more cells of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), and the first data representative of service performance at a plurality of geographic locations covered by the one or more cells of the E-UTRAN;
coverage analysis circuitry to;
access second data representative of environmental information, wherein the second data representative of environmental information includes a geographic location of a built structure proximate to an area of increased wireless traffic demand, andcorrelate the geographic locations of the first data and the geographic location of the second data to identify a service-deficient geographic area; and
corrective action circuitry to, in response to identification of the service-deficient geographic area, adjust one or more cells of the E-UTRAN to provide additional service to the service-deficient geographic area to address the increased wireless traffic demand.
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and techniques for coverage adjustment in evolved universal terrain radio access networks (E-UTRANs) are described. In some embodiments, a network management (NM) apparatus may receive data representative of first and second radio link failure (RLF) reports including information related to respective disconnections of first and second user equipment (UEs) from an E-UTRAN. The NM apparatus may identify a hole in a coverage area of the E-UTRAN based at least in part on the first and second RLF reports, and may perform an automated coverage and capacity optimization (CCO) action to reconfigure cell resources of the E-UTRAN based on the identified hole. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
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29 Claims
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1. A network management (NM) apparatus comprising:
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receiver circuitry to receive first data representative of service performance during a period of increased wireless traffic demand in one or more cells of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), and the first data representative of service performance at a plurality of geographic locations covered by the one or more cells of the E-UTRAN; coverage analysis circuitry to; access second data representative of environmental information, wherein the second data representative of environmental information includes a geographic location of a built structure proximate to an area of increased wireless traffic demand, and correlate the geographic locations of the first data and the geographic location of the second data to identify a service-deficient geographic area; and corrective action circuitry to, in response to identification of the service-deficient geographic area, adjust one or more cells of the E-UTRAN to provide additional service to the service-deficient geographic area to address the increased wireless traffic demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An evolved nodeB (eNB) associated with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), the eNB comprising:
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transmitter circuitry to transmit first data to a network management (NM) apparatus, the first data representative of service performance during a period of increased wireless traffic demand at a geographic location within a coverage cell served by the eNB; receiver circuitry to receive, from the NM apparatus, an instruction to adjust a service parameter of the coverage cell served by the eNB to provide additional service to a service-deficient geographic area, wherein; the service-deficient geographic area is identified by the NM apparatus based at least in part on the first data transmitted to the NM apparatus by the eNB, the instruction is based at least in part on a correlation of the geographic location of the first data and a geographic location included in second data representative of information about the environment proximate to the coverage cell, and the geographic location included in the second data is the geographic location of a built structure proximate to an area of increased wireless traffic demand; and service provision circuitry to adjust the service parameter of the coverage cell in accordance with the instruction to address the increased wireless traffic demand. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
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receive first data representative of service performance during a period of increased wireless traffic demand in one or more cells of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), and the first data representative of service performance at a plurality of geographic locations covered by the one or more cells of the E-UTRAN; access second data representative of environmental information, wherein the second data representative of environmental information includes a geographic location of a built structure proximate to an area of increased wireless traffic demand; correlate the geographic locations of the first data and the geographic location of the second data to identify a service-deficient geographic area; and in response to identification of the service-deficient geographic area, adjust one or more cells of the E-UTRAN to provide additional service to the service-deficient geographic area to address the increased wireless traffic demand. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
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transmit first data to a network management (NM) apparatus, the first data representative of service performance during a period of increased wireless traffic demand, and the service provided by an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) at a geographic location within a coverage cell served by an eNB; receive, from the NM apparatus, an instruction to adjust a service parameter of the coverage cell served by the eNB to provide additional service to a service-deficient geographic area, wherein; the service-deficient geographic area is identified by the NM apparatus based at least in part on the first data transmitted to the NM apparatus by the eNB, the instruction is based at least in part on a correlation of the geographic location of the first data and a geographic location included in second data representative of information about the environment proximate to the coverage cell, and the geographic location included in the second data is the geographic location of a built structure proximate to an area of increased wireless traffic demand; and adjust the service parameter of the coverage cell in accordance with the instruction to address the increased wireless traffic demand. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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