Apparatus and method for predicting an amount of network infrastructure needed based on demographics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9967364-B2
Application number	US-201715613511-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2017
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

Methods, computer-readable media and apparatuses for predicting an amount of network infrastructure needed for a new neighborhood are disclosed. A processor generates a plurality of different user profiles based upon demographic data of existing customers, historical utilization data and historical usage data, determines a demographic of a new neighborhood, correlates one of the plurality of different user profiles to the new neighborhood based upon the demographic of the new neighborhood and predicts the amount of network infrastructure to be deployed in the new neighborhood based upon the one of the plurality of different user profiles that is correlated to the demographic of the new neighborhood.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for predicting an amount of network infrastructure needed for a new neighborhood, the method comprising:
generating, by a processor, a plurality of different user profiles based upon demographic data of existing customers, historical utilization data and historical usage data;
determining, by the processor, a demographic of the new neighborhood;
correlating, by the processor, one of the plurality of different user profiles to the new neighborhood based upon the demographic of the new neighborhood; and
predicting, by the processor, the amount of network infrastructure to be deployed in the new neighborhood based upon the one of the plurality of different user profiles that is correlated to the demographic of the new neighborhood.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the amount of network infrastructure comprises an amount of each one of one or more different network elements.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
calculating, by the processor, a value for the one of the plurality of different user profiles;
calculating, by the processor, a cost to deploy the amount of the each one of the one or more different types of network elements for the network infrastructure; and
recommending, by the processor, to proceed with a deployment of the network infrastructure in the new neighborhood when the value is greater than the cost.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the demographic data comprises user demographic data.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user demographic data comprises at least one of: an age, a household income, an occupation, a gender, a race or a geographic location.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the demographic data comprises household demographic data.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the household demographic data comprises how many people are in a household and demographic data for each person in the household.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predicting further comprises:
determining, by the processor, which types of services are used and an amount of each one of the services that is used by the one of the plurality of different profiles correlated to the new neighborhood;
determining, by the processor, one or more different types of network elements required to support the types of services and the amount of the each one of the services that is used; and
calculating, by the processor, an amount of each one of the one or more different types of network elements to support the types of services and the amount of the each one of the services that is used.

9. A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for predicting an amount of network infrastructure needed for a new neighborhood, the operations comprising:
generating a plurality of different user profiles based upon demographic data of existing customers, historical utilization data and historical usage data;
determining a demographic of the new neighborhood;
correlating one of the plurality of different user profiles to the new neighborhood based upon the demographic of the new neighborhood; and
predicting the amount of network infrastructure to be deployed in the new neighborhood based upon the one of the plurality of different user profiles that is correlated to the demographic of the new neighborhood.

10. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the amount of network infrastructure comprises an amount of each one of one or more different network elements.

11. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
calculating a value for the one of the plurality of different user profiles;
calculating a cost to deploy the amount of the each one of the one or more different types of network elements for the network infrastructure; and
recommending to proceed with a deployment of the network infrastructure in the new neighborhood when the value is greater than the cost.

12. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the demographic data comprises user demographic data.

13. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the user demographic data comprises at least one of: an age, a household income, an occupation, a gender, a race or a geographic location.

14. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the demographic data comprises household demographic data.

15. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the household demographic data comprises how many people are in a household and demographic data for each person in the household.

16. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the predicting further comprises:
determining which types of services are used and an amount of each one of the services that is used by the one of the plurality of different profiles correlated to the new neighborhood;
determining one or more different types of network elements required to support the types of services and the amount of the each one of the services that is used; and
calculating an amount of each one of the one or more different types of network elements to support the types of services and the amount of the each one of the services that is used.

17. An apparatus for predicting an amount of network infrastructure needed for a new neighborhood, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
generating a plurality of different user profiles based upon demographic data of existing customers, historical utilization data and historical usage data;
determining a demographic of the new neighborhood;
correlating one of the plurality of different user profiles to the new neighborhood based upon the demographic of the new neighborhood; and
predicting the amount of network infrastructure to be deployed in the new neighborhood based upon the one of the plurality of different user profiles that is correlated to the demographic of the new neighborhood.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the amount of network infrastructure comprises an amount of each one of one or more different network elements.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , the operations further comprising:
calculating a value for the one of the plurality of different user profiles;
calculating a cost to deploy the amount of the each one of the one or more different types of network elements for the network infrastructure; and
recommending to proceed with a deployment of the network infrastructure in the new neighborhood when the value is greater than the cost.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the predicting further comprises:
determining which types of services are used and an amount of each one of the services that is used by the one of the plurality of different profiles correlated to the new neighborhood;
determining one or more different types of network elements required to support the types of services and the amount of the each one of the services that is used; and
calculating an amount of each one of the one or more different types of network elements to support the types of services and the amount of the each one of the services that is used.

Assignees

• At & T Mobility Ii Llc
• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Fix Jeremy
• Zerick Juliette Niebuhr
• Patterson David

Classifications

• H04W16/00

  Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures · CPC title

• H04L41/145 Primary

  involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network · CPC title

• H04L67/306 Primary

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04W16/18

  Network planning tools · CPC title