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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Vodafone Ip Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kevin Tristan Scarr, Newbury, GB;
David Pollington, Newbury, GB;
Nichola Jane Inglis Hickman, Newbury, GB;
Damian Frederick Brennan, Winchester, GB;
Daniel Richard Mays, Winchester, GB;
Vodafone IP Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of managing a load within a cellular network. The method includes obtaining network usage records from the cellular network; extracting cell information from the network usage records; establishing terminal carrier routes for cellular terminals that have changed location as determined from the extracted cell information; deriving terminal carrier profile attributes for the cellular terminals that have changed location, based on the established terminal carrier routes; determining a load on a resource of the cellular network, based on the established terminal carrier routes and the derived terminal carrier profile attributes; and controlling resources of the cellular network in response to the determined load, so as to manage the load within the cellular network. By combining established terminal carrier routes with derived terminal carrier profile attributes, it is possible to anticipate areas where cellular terminal carriers are likely to be concentrated at specific times during the day and allocate resources accordingly.