System, method, and computer program for performing mobile network related tasks based on performance data acquired by an unmanned vehicle

• US 9,456,361 B1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amdocs Development Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Inventors: Levy, Meir, Kadmon, Yaron, Ben-Moshe, Dori, Kremer, Nadav, Pinto, Baruch
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/591,866
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• Field of Search: 455/423, 455/424, 455/425, 455/446, 455/452.1, 455/452.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0034 Assembly of a flight plan
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0069 specially adapted for an unmanned aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18504 Aircraft used as relay or high altitude atmospheric platform
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/20 for indoor coverage or short range network deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing mobile network related tasks based on performance data acquired by an unmanned vehicle. In use, mobile device performance data associated with a geographical area is received, the mobile device performance data being acquired by one or more unmanned vehicles accessing the geographical area. Additionally, the received mobile device performance data associated with the geographical area is analyzed. Further, one or more mobile network related tasks corresponding to the geographical area are performed based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data associated with the geographical area.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving from one or more unmanned vehicles mobile device performance data transmitted by a plurality of different networks included within a geographical area defined as part of a test plan that further indicates the mobile device performance data to be collected from the plurality of different networks, the mobile device performance data including subscriber trace data, performance log data, dropped call data, blocked call data, radio frequency (RF) data, Evolved High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) service data, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) service data;

analyzing the received mobile device performance data;

adjusting the test plan in real time based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data; and

performing one or more mobile network related tasks corresponding to the geographical area based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include generating one or more radio frequency (RF) attribute maps.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include investigating Evolved High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) service performance.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include investigating Long Term Evolution (LTE) service performance.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include providing detailed diagnostics for dropped calls.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include providing detailed diagnostics for blocked calls.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include optimizing network coverage of at least one network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more unmanned vehicles include an unmanned aerial vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more unmanned vehicles include an unmanned ground-based vehicle.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical area includes an indoor area.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical area includes an outdoor area.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device performance data is acquired by the one or more unmanned vehicles utilizing at least one portable testing platform included with the one or more unmanned vehicles.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mobile network related tasks include planning a small cell deployment project.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program product, the computer program product comprising computer code for:

receiving from one or more unmanned vehicles mobile device performance data transmitted by a plurality of different networks included within a geographical area defined as part of a test plan that further indicates the mobile device performance data to be collected from the plurality of different networks, the mobile device performance data including subscriber trace data, performance log data, dropped call data, blocked call data, radio frequency (RF) data, Evolved High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) service data, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) service data;

analyzing the received mobile device performance data;

adjusting the test plan in real time based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data; and

performing one or more mobile network related tasks corresponding to the geographical area based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more mobile network related tasks include generating one or more radio frequency attribute maps.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more mobile network related tasks include investigating HSPA+ service performance.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more mobile network related tasks include investigating LTE service performance.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more mobile network related tasks include providing detailed diagnostics for dropped calls.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more mobile network related tasks include providing detailed diagnostics for blocked calls.

20. A system comprising:

a memory system; and

one or more processing cores coupled to the memory system and that are each configured for;

receiving from one or more unmanned vehicles mobile device performance data transmitted by a plurality of different networks included within a geographical area defined as part of a test plan that further indicates the mobile device performance data to be collected from the plurality of different networks, the mobile device performance data including subscriber trace data, performance log data, dropped call data, blocked call data, radio frequency (RF) data, Evolved High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) service data, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) service data;

analyzing the received mobile device performance data;

adjusting the test plan in real time based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data; and

performing one or more mobile network related tasks corresponding to the geographical area based on the analysis of the received mobile device performance data.