Telecom Italia

Andrea Schiavoni

Andrea Buldorini

Simone Bizzarri

Giorgio Calochira

Sergio Barberis

Giuseppe Minerva

Roberto Lanzo

Francesco Epifani

Antonio Bernini

Flavio Muratore

Andrea Benedetto

Simone Piacco

Isabella Vario

A method for estimating an occupancy level of a geographic area includes transmitting first signals to and receiving second signals from bodies within the geographic area by backscattering of the first signals. The bodies include first bodies permanently within the geographic area and second bodies temporarily within the geographic area. According to the first and second signals, a first map of the first bodies within the geographic area is generated. At a specified time period, following a reference time period, transmission of the first signals, reception of the radio signals and generation of the first map is repeated. According to the first and second signals, a second map of the bodies within the geographic area is generated. A number of the second bodies within the geographic area during the specified time period is determined as the occupancy level based on comparing the first map to the second map.

Method and system for estimating an occupancy level of a geographic area

A telecommunication system monitors, for a plurality of services, a number of service requests from users and quality of service perceived by the users while using the services. A self-organizing network module determines a correlation between at least one configuration parameter, the number of service requests and the quality of service perceived, and, based on the correlation, a target number of service requests, and a target quality of service, determines an updated value for the at least one configuration parameter. Then the self-organizing network module commands the telecommunication system to implement reconfiguration thereof based on the updated value of the at least one configuration parameter.

Telecommunication system and method for reconfiguring it

A self-organizing system for mobile communication optimization includes circuitry that collects external data related to an external event causing gathering of user equipment in a geographic area. The circuitry obtains spatial and time identifiers of the external event based on the external data in order to forecast data traffic due to the external event. The circuitry then generates a corresponding critical issues report identifying potential critical issues based on the data traffic forecast, and generates and enforces a network communication update based on the critical issues report.

Self-organizing network system

A method of managing a network apparatus of a telecommunication network, where the network apparatus does not expose management interfaces sufficient to allow managing at least one operational parameter thereof of interest for the managing, includes collecting data about the network apparatus to be managed by making requests to the network apparatus to be managed and to at least one other network apparatus in operating relationships with the network apparatus to be managed. Based on the collected data, generating a behavioral model of the network apparatus to be managed. The behavioral model is an inferred logical and mathematical model of the behavior of the network apparatus to be managed with respect to the operational parameter thereof of interest for the managing. The method also includes and managing the network apparatus to be managed exploiting the generated behavioral model thereof.

Method and system for managing telecommunication network apparatuses

A method for managing a wireless network includes collecting a sequence of traffic data samples and arranging the sequence of data samples in a level-0 residual matrix having a dimension corresponding to a time scale defining a time window. The method also includes performing a least one cycle of subdividing the matrix based on the time scale to form traffic sample sets, calculating a functional that fits each sample set, and calculating an approximation of each sample set. The method also includes joining together the approximations to form an approximated matrix and calculating the difference between the matrix and the approximated matrix. The method further forecasts a traffic data trend for another time window by generating predicted samples based on the previous calculations, and allocating resources of the wireless network based on the traffic data trend.

Method for managing wireless communication networks by prediction of traffic parameters

A method () of balancing a traffic load among at least apart of traffic managing entities () of a mobile telecommunication network () comprising a plurality of traffic managing entities () is proposed. The method comprises the following steps: collecting () traffic-related data referred to said at least a part of traffic managing entities (); identifying () a first set of traffic managing entities () managing an excessive traffic load on the basis of such traffic-related data; identifying () a second set of traffic managing entities () adapted to take charge of at least part of the excessive traffic load to which traffic managing entities () of first set of traffic managing entities () are subjected. Moreover, for each traffic managing entity () of the first set of traffic managing entities () the method comprises: determining (-) at least one traffic managing entity () of the second set of traffic managing entities () adapted to take charge of at least part of the excessive traffic load managed by said traffic managing entity () of the first set of traffic managing entities (); assigning () at least part of the excessive traffic load to which said traffic managing entity () of first set of traffic managing entities () is subjected to the determined at least one least one traffic managing entity () of the second set of traffic managing entities (), and adjusting () radio communication parameters of said traffic managing entity () of the first set of traffic managing entities () and of said determined at least one traffic managing entity () of the second set of 20 traffic managing entities () thereby redistributing traffic load on the basis of such assigning.

Automatic method for mobility load balancing in mobile telecommunications networks

A radio access network node of a telecommunication network and method, the node including: a system of radiating antennas radiating radio signals through a geographic territory, and a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to: obtain or generate a topographic map of the geographic territory; based on the topographic map, calculate a coverage map of radio coverage of the geographic territory by the radiated radio signals; based on the coverage map, shrink the topographic map to obtain a reduced-size topographic map; based on the calculated coverage map, create a first data structure including plural first data structure records, one for each point of the calculated coverage map, each first data structure records providing a description of a service delivery capability of the node in that point, and exploit the first data structure to decide how to serve user equipment located in the territory corresponding to the reduced-size topographic map.

Radio access network node for a telecommunication network

A cellular network is provided. The cellular network includes a plurality of control plane transceiver stations, each one configured to provide radio coverage over a corresponding first coverage area for allowing user equipment within said first coverage area to exchange signaling traffic with the control plane transceiver station. For each control plane transceiver station, the cellular network further comprises one or more hybrid transceiver stations located within the corresponding first coverage area. Each hybrid transceiver station is configured to be switched between: a) a user operation modality that allows user equipment within said user coverage area to exchange user traffic with the hybrid transceiver station, and b) a control operation modality that provides radio coverage over a corresponding control coverage area for allowing user equipment within said control coverage area to exchange at least signaling traffic with the hybrid transceiver station.

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Andrea Schiavoni