US 11,924,778 B2
Method and apparatus for optimizing RAN power consumption
Farid Khafizov, Plano, TX (US); and Mark Ernest Newbury, Hillsborough, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,515.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156620 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); H04L 41/147 (2022.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 52/26 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/265 (2013.01) [G06N 5/04 (2013.01); H04L 41/147 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a computing device, field data of user equipment (UE) devices for a group of cells covering a geographic area of interest during a time interval, wherein the field data includes signal strength measurements;
computing, by the computing device, cell boundaries for each cell of the group of cells based on the field data;
predicting, by the computing device, signal strength values inside each of the cell boundaries for a future time period;
computing, by the computing device, a cumulative overlap feature and a weighted signal strength feature within the geographic area of interest for each cell of the group of cells during the future time period;
generating, by the computing device, an energy consumption predictive model that applies the cumulative overlap feature and the weighted signal strength feature for the future time period; and
determining, by the computing device and based on the energy consumption predictive model, first cell boundaries that correspond to a reduced energy consumption needed to meet service requirements during the future time period.