Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Robert Belson

Kevin Xu

Valerie Feldmann

Harish Babu Arunachalam

Charles P Szrom

Patrick Wagstrom

Neil Singh Sethi

Rashmitha Sirsi

Martin Konkel

A predictive modeling approach to managing cellular network infrastructure is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method can include receiving raw data from a plurality of data sources populated while operating a cellular network. The method can then generate per-logical cell site data by normalizing the raw data based on a set of LCSs in the cellular network to generate per-LCS data. The method can then generate an example from the per-LCS data and generate a predicted energy consumption value for the given LCS by inputting the example into a predictive model (e.g., a decision tree-based model, such as an XGBoost model). From this output, the method can determine if the predicted energy consumption value is higher than an expected energy consumption value (e.g., a historical range of consumption). If so, the method can then label the given LCS as an outlier.

Predictive modeling of energy consumption in a cellular network

A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively granting or revoking/denying access to applications, services, data, etc. to a User Equipment ('UE') based on location-based policies and a network-determined location of the UE. The network-determined location may be determined by elements of a wireless network, such as a Mobility Management Entity ('MME'), Access and Mobility Management Function (&#x201c;AMF&#x201d;), or other suitable element.

Systems and methods for application access control

A system described herein may provide techniques for a geographically-based traffic handling policy. An originating device may mark traffic with geographic restriction information, such as in a header of network traffic, indicating a geographic restriction on the propagation of the traffic. The geographic restriction may indicate a geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded, or a geographic region in which the traffic is prohibited from being forwarded. Network devices in a path between the originating device and a destination device may determine whether to drop the traffic or perform other policy-related actions based on whether such devices are inside the geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded. In some implementations a destination device may register as an exception to such policies, based on which an originating device or a router may bypass geographically-based traffic handling policies with respect to marked traffic directed to the destination device.

Systems and methods for restricting network traffic based on geographic information

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