US 12,149,947 B2
Wireless telecommunications network reconfiguration based on zone properties at different time instances
Timothy Sanmoogan, London (GB); Arjun Parekh, London (GB); Douglas Fripp, London (GB); and Derick Nel, London (GB)
Assigned to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, (GB)
Appl. No. 18/710,420
Filed by BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/080908
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 15, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/094135, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 1, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2116929 (GB), filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0334196 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 16/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/10 (2013.01) [H04W 28/18 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of configuring a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network having a first transceiver serving a first plurality of User Equipment (UE) in a first coverage area, and a second transceiver serving a second plurality of UE in a second coverage area, the method comprising:
obtaining an indication of a respective distance between each UE of the first plurality of UE and the first transceiver at a first time instance and a second time instance, wherein the respective distances are used by the first transceiver to facilitate communications with the respective UE;
obtaining an indication of a respective distance between each UE of the second plurality of UE and the second transceiver at the first time instance and the second time instance, wherein the respective distances are used by the second transceiver to facilitate communications with the respective UE;
dividing the first coverage area into a first set of coverage area portions;
dividing the second coverage area into a second set of coverage area portions;
assigning each UE of the first plurality of UE to a respective coverage area portion of the first set of coverage area portions based on the respective distances between that UE and the first transceiver at the first time instance and the second time instance so as to determine respective UE densities in each coverage area portion of the first set of coverage area portions at the first time instance and the second time instance;
assigning each UE of the second plurality of UE to a respective coverage area portion of the second set of coverage area portions based on the respective distances between that UE and the second transceiver at the first time instance and the second time instance so as to determine respective UE densities in each coverage area portion of the second set of coverage area portions at the first time instance and the second time instance;
identifying a first zone covered by a first coverage area portion of the first set of coverage area portions and by a first coverage area portion of the second set of coverage area portions;
determining respective properties of the first zone at the first time instance and the second time instance based on the respective UE densities in the first coverage area portion of the first set of coverage area portions at the first time instance and the second time instance and the respective UE densities in the first coverage area portion of the second set of coverage area portions at the first time instance and the second time instance; and
reconfiguring the wireless telecommunications network based on the respective properties of the first zone at the first time instance and the second time instance.