US 11,729,635 B2
Mobile base station drive test optimization
Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Westford, MA (US); Randy Rutherford, Bedford, NH (US); Babak Jafarian, Nashua, NH (US); Steven Brigmann, Overland Park, KS (US); and Christopher Simmonds, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to Parallel Wireless, Inc., Nashua, NH (US)
Filed by Parallel Wireless, Inc., Nashua, NH (US)
Filed on May 18, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/984,318.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/507,984, filed on May 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0338250 A1, Nov. 22, 2018
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/0226 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
collecting, at an in-vehicle base station, reports from a plurality of user equipments (UEs);
storing, at the in-vehicle base station, reports collected from the plurality of UEs into a first database;
forwarding, from the in-vehicle base station to a coordinating server, stored reports into a second database at the coordinating server;
performing, at the coordinating server, data analysis of the received reports; and
sending, from the coordinating server to a base station, an instruction to update at least one configuration parameter of the base station;
wherein the in-vehicle base station forwards the stored reports to the coordinating server via a wireless backhaul link,
wherein the reports comprise radio reports and performance reports,
wherein the radio reports are analyzed for radio frequency planning of a plurality of base stations,
wherein the performance reports are utilized for improving user applications performance statistics at the plurality of UEs for throughput and latency, thereby improving data collection and data processing for radio frequency cell optimization and wherein the performance reports include location of the in-vehicle base station and measurement of at least one of: throughput, statistics of successful or failed connection attempts, and statistics of call completion at a user equipment (UE);
determining, at the coordinating server, based on the data analysis, a geographic location having RF measurement statistics below a threshold set by an operator of the core network;
sending, from the coordinating server to the in-vehicle base station, an instruction to drive to the geographic location; and
activating, at the in-vehicle base station, radio access network to allow the plurality of UEs to attach to the in-vehicle base station to access the core network
wherein the collected reports include application performance-related parameters for at least two of telephone calls, video streaming, and file transfer.