Dynamic network configuration based on passive location analytics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10405295-B2
Application number	US-201715436734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Dec 10, 2013
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

Passive location estimation of mobile devices within a wireless network is provided. The passive location estimation is determined based on one or more measurements that are received from the mobile device and/or from one or more network elements. At least a portion of the passive information can be received in user plane data associated with an application executing on the mobile device. A measurement set for the mobile device can be defined and can be used to build fingerprints of geographical cellular measurements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
based on a time period during which a mobile device is determined to have moved from a first location to a second location, sliding a measurement window of time along a time axis;
receiving passive information from the mobile device, wherein the passive information is information that has been generated in response to a request by an application of the mobile device and comprises first measurement data indicative of measurements associated with respective time stamps, and wherein the sliding comprises sliding the measurement window of time to comprise some of the measurements that satisfy a defined number criterion;
based on the passive information, determining location data indicative of a location of the mobile device, wherein the location data is employable to facilitate management of a communication network that serves the mobile device, wherein the determining the location data comprises determining the location of the mobile device based on distance data indicative of a first distance between the mobile device and a first device of a first network and indicative of a second distance between the mobile device and a second device of a second network, wherein the determining the location data comprises determining the location of the mobile device further based on an established distance between the first device and the second device, and wherein a network communication of the mobile device is determined to be transferred from the first device to the second device; and
in response to verifying that a first value representing a sum of the first distance and the second distance is less than a second value representing the established distance, determining, based on the location data, that the mobile device is located on a connection point between the first device and the second device at a third distance away from the first device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first measurement data comprises data that represents a global positioning system measurement that falls within the measurement window of time.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the data is directed from the mobile device to an application server associated with the application.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the receiving comprises receiving the passive information via a probe device that monitors the data directed from the mobile device to the application server.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the probe device filters communication data transferred between the mobile device and the application server to determine the data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving the second measurement data from the first device; and
receiving the third measurement data from the second device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the distance data is determined based on the second measurement data and the third measurement data.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to verifying that a first value representing a sum of the first distance and the second distance equals a second value representing the established distance, determining, based on the location data, that the mobile device is located on a connection point between the first device and the second device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the location data, facilitating an increase in a capacity of resources of the communication network.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the location data, facilitating an increase in a coverage of the communication network.

11. A method, comprising:
based on timing data representing a timing interval during which a mobile device is determined to have moved from a first location to a second location, moving, by a system comprising a processor, a measurement window of time along a time axis;
determining, by the system, passive information associated with a location of the mobile device, wherein the passive information is information that is transferred from the mobile device in response to a request from an application of the mobile device, wherein the passive information comprises first measurement data representing measurements associated with respective time stamps, and wherein the moving comprises moving the measurement window of time to comprise some of the measurements that satisfy a defined number criterion;
based on the passive information, determining, by the system, location data indicative of the location of the mobile device to facilitate management of a communication network that serves the mobile device, wherein the determining the location data comprises determining the location of the mobile device based on distance data indicative of a first distance between the mobile device and a first device of a first network and indicative of a second distance between the mobile device and a second device of a second network, wherein the determining the location data comprises determining the location of the mobile device further based on an established distance between the first device and the second device, and wherein a network communication of the mobile device is determined to be transferred from the first device to the second device; and
determining, by the system, that a first value representing a sum of the first distance and the second distance is less than a second value representing the established distance, and wherein the determining the location data comprises determining that the mobile device is located on a connection point between the first device and the second device at a third distance away from the first device.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
based on the location data, facilitating, by the system, an increase in a coverage of the communication network.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
based on the location data, facilitating, by the system, an increase in a capacity of resources of the communication network.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the passive information comprises determining the first measurement data that represents a global positioning system measurement, and wherein the global positioning system measurement is determined to fall within the measurement window of time.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the passive information comprises receiving the passive information via a probe device that monitors communication data directed from the mobile device to an application server related to the application.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a network device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: based on timing data indicative of a timing interval during which a user equipment is determined to have moved from a first location to a second location, adjusting a measurement window of time along a time axis; determining passive information associated with a location of the user equipment, wherein the passive information comprises information that is transferred from the user equipment in response to a request from an application of the user equipment, wherein the passive information comprises first measurement data indicative of measurements associated with respective time stamps, and wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting the measurement window of time to comprise some of th

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Shaw Venson
• He Jin

Classifications

• H04W64/006 Primary

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title

• H04W16/10

  Dynamic resource partitioning · CPC title

• H04W64/00 Primary

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• G01S5/0263

  by combining or switching between positions derived from two or more separate positioning systems · CPC title