System and method for maintaining high service quality within a mobile wireless communication network

1. A method for managing service quality provided by a mobile wireless network including a population of base station transceivers and associated antennas at a radio frequency interface:

acquiring, via a communications network infrastructure for the mobile wireless network, individual data volume demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

acquiring, via the communications network infrastructure, individual data connection attempts demand parameter values for each of the population of base station transceivers;

analyzing the data volume demand parameter values to render statistical values for data volume demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

analyzing the data connection attempts demand parameter values to render statistical values for data connection attempts demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

establishing, based upon the statistical values for data volume demand, a data volume demand trigger point;

establishing, based upon the statistical values for data connection attempts demand, a data connection attempts demand trigger point; and

applying the data volume demand trigger point and the data connection attempts demand trigger point, respectively, to the individual data volume demand parameter values and the individual connection attempts demand parameter values to render a transceiver candidate list, wherein the transceiver candidate list contains transceivers having parameter values exceeding both the data volume demand trigger point and the data connection attempts demand trigger point.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying at least one further filtering criterion to the transceiver candidate list, and thereafter issuing a request to perform a remedial action with respect to a base station transceiver from the transceiver candidate list meeting the at least one further filtering criterion.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the at least one further filtering criterion comprises a data signal quality threshold.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the data signal quality threshold is measured by a data transfer rate supported by base station transceivers.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the data signal quality threshold is measured by maximum download burst rate supported by base station transceivers.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the at least one further filtering criterion comprises a percentage of air link capacity utilization threshold.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the remedial action is a remote base station antenna tuning operation.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein the request to perform a remedial action is initiated by wireless network transceiver monitoring and maintenance logic executed by an application server coupled to the mobile wireless network.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the trigger point statistical values for the data volume demand and the data connection attempts demand include a statistical mean value and a standard deviation value.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the trigger point values for data volume demand and data connection demand are established by:

identifying a high demand value at a substantially highest percentage of demand values provided by the population of base station transceivers; and

subtracting a multiple of the standard deviation value from the high demand value.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the high percentage value is a value above about 98 percent of the demand values for the population of base station transceivers.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer-executable instructions for facilitating managing service quality provided by a mobile wireless network including a population of base station transceivers and associated antennas at a radio frequency interface, the computer-executable instructions facilitating performing the steps of:

acquiring, via a communications network infrastructure for the mobile wireless network, individual data volume demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

acquiring, via the communications network infrastructure, individual data connection attempts demand parameter values for each of the population of base station transceivers;

analyzing the data volume demand parameter values to render statistical values for data volume demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

analyzing the data connection attempts demand parameter values to render statistical values for data connection attempts demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

establishing, based upon the statistical values for data volume demand, a data volume demand trigger point;

establishing, based upon the statistical values for data connection attempts demand, a data connection attempts demand trigger point; and

applying the data volume demand trigger point and the data connection attempts demand trigger point, respectively, to the individual data volume demand parameter values and the individual connection attempts demand parameter values to render a transceiver candidate list, wherein the transceiver candidate list contains transceivers having parameter values exceeding both the data volume demand trigger point and the data connection attempts demand trigger point.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 further comprising computer-executable instructions facilitating performing the further steps of applying at least one further filtering criterion to the transceiver candidate list, and thereafter issuing a request to perform a remedial action with respect to a base station transceiver from the transceiver candidate list meeting the at least one further filtering criterion.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the at least one further filtering criterion comprises a data signal quality threshold.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the data signal quality threshold is measured by a data transfer rate supported by base station transceivers.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the data signal quality threshold is measured by maximum download burst rate supported by base station transceivers.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein the at least one further filtering criterion comprises a percentage of air link capacity utilization threshold.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the trigger point statistical values for the data volume demand and the data connection attempts demand include a statistical mean value and a standard deviation value.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the trigger point values for data volume demand and data connection demand are established by computer-executable instructions that facilitate performing the steps of:

identifying a high demand value at a substantially highest percentage of demand values provided by the population of base station transceivers; and

subtracting a multiple of the standard deviation value from the high demand value.

20. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium including computer-executable instructions processed by the processor to carry out the steps of:

acquiring, via a communications network infrastructure for the mobile wireless network, individual data volume demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

acquiring, via the communications network infrastructure, individual data connection attempts demand parameter values for each of the population of base station transceivers;

analyzing the data volume demand parameter values to render statistical values for data volume demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

analyzing the data connection attempts demand parameter values to render statistical values for data connection attempts demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers;

establishing, based upon the statistical values for data volume demand, a data volume demand trigger point;

establishing, based upon the statistical values for data connection attempts demand, a data connection attempts demand trigger point;

applying the data volume demand trigger point and the data connection attempts demand trigger point, respectively, to the individual data volume demand parameter values and the individual connection attempts demand parameter values to render a transceiver candidate list, wherein the transceiver candidate list contains transceivers having parameter values exceeding both the data volume demand trigger point and the data connection attempts demand trigger point.

21. The computer system of claim 20 wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further comprises computer-executable instructions facilitating performing the further steps of applying at least one further filtering criterion to the transceiver candidate list, and thereafter performing a remedial action with respect to a base station transceiver from the transceiver candidate list meeting the at least one further filtering criterion.

22. The computer system of claim 21 further comprising a network interface coupled to a mobile wireless network management infrastructure, the network interface facilitating:

receiving the data volume demand parameter values and the data connection attempts demand parameter values for the population of base station transceivers; and

issuing instructions to the mobile wireless network management infrastructure to initiate performing the remedial action with respect to the base station transceiver.