Adjusting cell site parameters using a mapping tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10484889-B2
Application number	US-201715632210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2017
Priority date	Dec 11, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods for adjusting cell site parameters are described. The systems and methods cause a map of a geographical area to be displayed, access known or stored location coordinates for antennas at a cell site that is located within the of the geographical area, and present display elements representing the antennas at first positions within the displayed map that correspond to the known location coordinates for the antennas at the cell site. In response to input received from a user, the systems and methods adjust the known location coordinates for the antennas at the cell sites to new location coordinates associated with second positions of the display elements within the displayed map. Further details are described herein.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
at least one hardware computer, wherein the computer is configured to execute software modules, including:
a parameter access module that accesses parameters for multiple cell sites within geographical locations of a telecommunications network,
wherein the parameters for each of the multiple cell sites include parameters associated with one or more antennas located at that cell site;

a map display module that:
accesses a map of the telecommunications network;
identifies, and causes to be displayed, a specific location within the accessed map that corresponds to current location information for a specific cell site stored by the parameters for the specific cell site; and
causes one or more display elements that represent the one or more antennas located at the specific cell site to be placed at positions within the map that correspond to current locations for the one or more antennas located at the specific cell site;

a map offset module that determines offset information for the map that is based on an identified parallax error for the map,
an adjustment module that:
accesses or receives input associated with movement of the one or more display elements, from the positions within the map that correspond to the current locations for the one or more antennas located at the specific cell site, to second, different, positions within the map that correspond to images of the one or more antennas displayed by the map; and
updates the parameters for the specific cell site to parameters that are based on the movement of the one or more display elements to the second, different, positions within the map and based on the determined offset information for the map to compensate for the identified parallax error.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the map offset module determines the offset information for the map by:
accessing input associated with a graphical element drawn on the map by a user between two points of an image of a structure displayed by the map; and
identifying the parallax error for the map based on the accessed input.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the map offset module determines the offset information for the map by analyzing images within the displayed map to identify the parallax error for the map.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the accessed parameters for the cell site include latitude and longitude coordinates for the one or more antennas located at the cell site.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the accessed parameters for the cell site include a single latitude and longitude coordinate for each of the multiple antennas located at the cell site, and
wherein the updated parameters for the cell site include multiple, different, latitude and longitude coordinates for every antenna located at the cell site, and wherein the multiple, different, latitude and longitude coordinates correspond to satellite images of every antenna shown in the map for the specific cell site.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the accessed parameters for the cell site include latitude and longitude coordinates and azimuth information for the one or more antennas located at the cell site.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the map display module accesses a satellite image map of the telecommunications network from a remotely located mapping system via an application programming interface (API) provided by the mapping system.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment module accesses or receives input associated with a user dragging displayed arrows from the positions within the map that correspond to the current locations for the one or more antennas to the second, different, positions within the map, wherein the displayed arrows point in directions associated with azimuth information assigned to the one or more antennas.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment module automatically determines the second, different, positions within the map that correspond to images of the one or more antennas within the map based on an analysis of features depicted within the displayed map.

10. A method performed by an optimization tool, the method comprising:
causing a map of a selected portion of a geographical area to be displayed by a user interface provided by the optimization tool,
accessing known location coordinates for one or more antennas at a cell site that is located with the selected portion of the geographical area and part of a telecommunications network providing communication services to mobile devices;
presenting display elements representing the one or more antennas at first positions within the displayed map that correspond to the known location coordinates for the one or more antennas at the cell site;
receiving input from a user that is associated with movement of the presented display elements to second positions within the displayed map that correspond to images of the one or more antennas within the displayed map;
adjusting the known location coordinates for the one or more antennas at the cell site to new location coordinates associated with the second positions within the displayed map;
receiving input from the user that identifies an estimated parallax error associated with a display view of the displayed map; and
modifying the new location coordinates to compensate for the estimated parallax error associated with the display view of the displayed map.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
providing the new location coordinates to a database for the telecommunications network that stores information associated with cell sites within the telecommunications network.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the new location coordinates include latitude and longitude coordinates for the one or more antennas at the cell site.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving input from a user that is associated with movement of the presented display elements to second positions within the displayed map that correspond to images of the antennas within the displayed map includes receiving an indication that the user has performed a drag drop operation with respect to the presented display elements in order to move the presented display elements from the first positions to the second positions with the displayed map.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for correcting previously determined geographical location information for one or more devices located within an imaged geographical area, the operations comprising:
displaying a map of the imaged geographical area,
wherein the displayed map includes images that correspond to the one or more devices located within the imaged geographical area;
overlaying the displayed map with graphical elements at first positions within the displayed map that are associated with the previously determined geographical location information,
receiving input associated with moving the overlaid graphical elements from the first positions to second positions within the displayed map for the images that correspond to the one or more devices;
determining an estimated parallax error associated with a display view of the displayed map; and
updating the geographical location information for the one or more devices located within the imaged geographical area to geographical location information that is associated with the second positions within the displayed map and that is modified to compensate for the estimated parallax error associated with the display view of the displayed map.

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Assignees

• T Mobile Usa Inc

Inventors

• Mueller Justin
• Bhanot Shilpa
• Berrier Robert

Classifications

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W16/18

  Network planning tools · CPC title

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title