Methods, systems, and devices for scalable and layered architecture for real-time key performance indicator (KPI) prediction in mobile networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12457156-B2
Application number	US-202217992498-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2022
Priority date	Nov 22, 2022
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request from a mobile network entity for a key performance indicator (KPI) prediction over a portion of a mobile network, and obtaining a group of identifiers associated with the mobile network entity. Further embodiments can include obtaining a group of KPIs associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of identifiers, and determining a KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of KPIs. Additional embodiments can include allocating a group of network resources to the mobile network entity based on the KPI prediction. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a request from a mobile network entity for a key performance indicator (KPI) prediction over a portion of a mobile network;
obtaining a group of identifiers associated with the mobile network entity;
obtaining a group of KPIs associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of identifiers;
determining a KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of KPIs, wherein the KPI prediction is based on a short-term KPI prediction;
allocating a group of network resources to the mobile network entity based on the KPI prediction;
obtaining a group of historical KPIs associated with the mobile network entity;
determining a time period associated with the group of historical KPIs;
determining that the time period is less than a first time threshold; and
determining the short-term KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of historical KPIs and the determining that the time period is less than the first time threshold, wherein the allocating of the group of network resources comprises allocating the group of network resources to the mobile network entity based on the short-term KPI prediction.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the KPI prediction comprises determining at least one of a CQI prediction, a long-term KPI prediction, and a cell-based KPI prediction.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile network entity is one of a user end device, a base station, a group of user end devices, a group of base stations, or a combination thereof.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the group of identifiers comprises a group of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs), group of international mobile equipment identities (IMEIs), group of physical cell identifiers, group of extended cell global identifiers (ECGIs), or a combination thereof.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the group of KPIs comprises a group of channel quality indicators (CQIs), a group of signal strength indicators, a group of reference signal receive power (RSRP) indicators, a group of reference signal receive quality (RSRQ) indicators, a group of signal to noise ratio (SNR) indicators, a group of signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) indicators, a group of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) SINR indicators, a group of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) SINR indicators, distance between a user end device and a base station, or a combination thereof.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the KPI prediction comprises determining the KPI prediction based on the group of KPIs utilizing one or more of a group of machine learning models, a group of artificial intelligence models, or a group of time series models.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the KPI prediction applies to at least a smart phone and an Internet of Things (IoT) device of the mobile network.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the KPI prediction applies to a downlink throughput and an uplink throughput.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the KPI prediction applies to a cluster of cells.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the cluster of cells corresponds to a cluster of base stations.

11. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a request from a mobile network entity for a key performance indicator (KPI) prediction over a portion of a mobile network;
obtaining a group of identifiers associated with the mobile network entity;
obtaining a group of historical KPIs associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of identifiers;
determining a KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of KPIs utilizing least square estimation, wherein the determining of the KPI prediction comprises combining a short-term KPI prediction, a long-term KPI prediction, and a cell-based KPI prediction; and
allocating a group of network resources to the mobile network entity based on the KPI prediction.

12. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the mobile network entity is one of a user end device, a base station, a group of user end devices, a group of base stations, or a combination thereof.

13. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the group of identifiers comprises a group of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs), group of international mobile equipment identities (IMEIs), group of physical cell identifiers, group of extended cell global identifiers (ECGIs), or a combination thereof.

14. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the group of historical KPIs comprises a group of channel quality indicators (CQIs), a group of signal strength indicators, a group of reference signal receive power (RSRP) indicators, a group of reference signal receive quality (RSRQ) indicators, a group of signal to noise ratio (SNR) indicators, a group of signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) indicators, a group of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) SINR indicators, a group of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) SINR indicators, distance between a user end device and a base station, or a combination thereof.

15. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the KPI prediction comprises determining the KPI prediction based on the group of historical KPIs utilizing one or more of a group of machine learning models, a group of artificial intelligence models, or a group of time series models.

16. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a request from a mobile network entity for a key performance indicator (KPI) prediction over a portion of a mobile network;
obtaining, by the processing system, a group of identifiers associated with the mobile network entity;
obtaining, by the processing system, a group of KPIs associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of identifiers;
determining, by the processing system, a CQI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of KPIs;
determining, by the processing system, a time period associated with the group of KPIs;
selecting, by the processing system, a time period predictor based on the time period from a short-term predictor and a long-term predictor resulting in a selected time period predictor;
determining, by the processing system, a time period KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity utilizing the selected time period predictor based on the group of KPIs;
determining, by the processing system, cell-based KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the group of KPIs;
determining, by the processing system, a KPI prediction associated with the mobile network entity based on the CQI prediction, the time period KPI prediction, and the cell-based KPI prediction; and
allocating, by the processing system, a group of network resources to the mobile network entity based on the KPI prediction.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the mobile network entity is one of a user end device, a base station, a group of user end devices, a group of base stations, or a combination thereof.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Malboubi Mehdi
• Jung Eric
• Jiang Baofeng

Classifications

• H04B7/0632 Primary

  Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI] · CPC title

• H04L41/5009 Primary

  Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF] · CPC title