Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Sprint Spectrum L.p.

T-mobile Innovations LLC

Feng Xie

Syed Ubaid Ahmed

Jorge Toledo Climaco

Stephen R Bales

Cheryl Marie Nichols

Abhishek Lall

Vijay Rudraraju

Rickey Jack Haught

Imran Kader

Srinivasarao V N S Penugonda

Manikandan Ramanujam

Rajeev Aggarwal

Ravish Kadekar Kumar

Kiranpal Singh Chaggar

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for determining whether to decommission a particular cell site. Data is received corresponding to a plurality of user devices that have registered with the particular cell site and a determination is reached that a first set of user devices of the plurality of user devices utilizes the particular cell site as a home site. For each user device of the first set of user devices, a customer profile is determined. Based on the customer profile, radio access technology capabilities are determined for each user device of the first set of user devices, and based on the customer profile and the radio access technology capabilities of each user device of the first set of user devices, the particular cell site is ranked as a candidate to be decommissioned.

Customer experience impact analysis from cell site-technology shutdowns

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamically controlling active-to-dormant timers in radio access networks (RANs). One embodiment takes the form of a method that involves a system detecting a triggering event, and responsively identifying a current access-channel occupancy (ACHO). The method further involves the system increasing an active-to-dormant timer for at least one access terminal when the identified current ACHO exceeds a first threshold, and decreasing an active-to-dormant timer for at least one access terminal when the identified current ACHO is less than a second threshold.

Systems and methods for dynamically controlling active-to-dormant timers in radio access networks

A notification system and notification distribution method to distribute notification communications are provided. The notification system in one example includes a plurality of wireless communication devices (WCDs) configured to transfer a corresponding plurality of subscriber profiles and plurality of WCD locations to a notification distribution system, and the notification distribution system configured to receive the plurality of subscriber profiles and the plurality of WCD locations for the plurality of WCDs, receive a notification communication, with the notification communication including at least a notification type, a notification location, and a notification data, filter the plurality of WCDs by comparing the notification communication to the plurality of subscriber profiles and the plurality of WCD locations and select one or more WCDs to receive the notification communication, and multi-cast the notification communication to the one or more selected WCDs.

Notification system and notification distribution method to distribute notification communications

A method of operating a computer system to project future communication loading for a wireless communication network that covers a geographic area having population data and a plurality of different land use descriptions is provided herein. The method comprises geographically separating the geographic area into a plurality of geographic bins, allocating historical communication loading to each one of the bins based on the population data and the land use descriptions, geographically allocating the bins to geographic sections of a new configuration for the wireless communication network, and totaling the historical communication loading from the bins in each one of the geographic sections to project the future communication loading for each one of the geographic sections in the new configuration of the wireless communication network.

Projecting future communication loading in a wireless communication network

An embodiment of the invention is directed toward identifying a number of high-ranking sectors requiring additional communication resources in a network composed of a number of sectors. A set of wireless-service subscribers that have churned are identified. Various sector profile data is captured for sectors serving the churners. The sectors are ranked based on the sector profile data that is collected. A number of high-ranking sectors are identified, based on the ranking.

Identifying and ranking high-impact churn sectors

Method for determining one or more sectors requiring additional communications resources in a network divided into a plurality of sectors. Usage data is determined within each sector. The sectors are divided into a number of groups based on the usage data for each sector. An ordering of sectors in each group is created, based on average usage data of the sectors. One or more sectors requiring additional communication resources are determined based on the ordering of sectors in each group, and the allocation of additional communications resources is facilitated consistent with the ordering.

Resource allocation through bouncing-busy hour traffic modeling

A wireless spectrum valuation system receives input data. The system processes the input data to identify and display a geographic area with a population density greater than the population density threshold. The system calculates and displays a number of cell sites required for an initial deployment in the identified geographic area and calculates a first number of subscribers per cell site. If the first number of subscribers per cell site is greater than a cell site utilization threshold, then the system calculates and displays an additional number of cell sites required for the initial deployment and recalculates a number of subscribers per cell site. The system calculates a number of carriers required per cell site, calculates a cost for the initial deployment, and calculates and displays a value of a wireless spectrum.

Wireless spectrum valuation

What is disclosed is a method of operating a processing system to relocate wireless communication equipment. The method includes receiving customer data and performance data for wireless communication equipment located at a plurality of potential donor sites, and receiving geographic information for a target relocation site. The method also includes processing the customer data, the performance data, and the geographic information to determine a relocation score for each of the wireless communication equipment located at the plurality of potential donor sites, and selecting wireless communication equipment of at least one of the plurality of potential donor sites for relocation to the target relocation site based upon the relocation score.

Geographic relocation processing of wireless communication equipment

An embodiment of the current invention is directed to determining one or more sectors in a network divided into sectors that require additional communication resources. Total-hourly, busy-time traffic is collected for each sector. A total-monthly, busy-time traffic is determined for each month, based on the total-hourly, busy-time traffic. The sectors are divided into a number of groups, based on the total-monthly, busy-time traffic for each sector. An ordering of sectors in each group is created, based on the total-hourly, busy-time traffic, utilizing a different ordering algorithm for each group. One or more sectors requiring additional communication resources are determined based on the ordering of sectors.

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Leawood, KS, United States of America

Feng Xie