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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:

Aircom International Ltd, Surrey, GB;

Inventors:

Gerard Terrance Foster, Marston Meysey, GB;

Colin Gordon Bowdery, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

AIRCOM INTERNATIONAL LTD, Leatherhead, Surrey, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04W 16/18 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for optimizing a self organizing network comprising a plurality of cells. The method comprises monitoring performance measurement data indicative of performance of one or more cells in a group of cells in the network, and monitoring trace data indicative of traffic statistics within the cells of the group. The method comprises generating, from the performance management data and the trace data, a plurality of key performance indicators each indicative of performance of an aspect of a cell in the group, and processing the key performance indicators so as to generate a hotspot value indicative of general performance of the cell in the group. The method comprises comparing the hotspot value with a threshold hotspot value, and if the hotspot value is greater than the threshold hotspot value, processing attribute data from the cells in the group so as to generate cause data indicative of a cause associated with the hotspot value exceeding the hotspot threshold value. The method also comprises generating, from the cause data, recommendation data for modifying an attribute of the network, and modifying the attribute of the network based on the recommendation data.


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