IP Library Granted Patent US 10,119,829
Granted Patent B2
US 10,119,829 · App. 15/112,512 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Route planning method and device for navigation system and storage medium

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Patent No.
US 10,119,829
App. No.
15/112,512
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a route planning method for a navigation system. The method comprises: performing grid processing on an actual geographic space, the grids being cells in a cellular network, acquiring a mobile station cell handover record, and creating a cell adjacency model according to the mobile station cell handover record; making a source and a destination in the actual geographic space correspond to a source grid and a destination grid after the grid processing, and determining a grid-level path from the source grid to the destination grid according to the inter-grid adjacency model; and converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the source to the destination in the actual geographic space. Also disclosed is a route planning device for a navigation system.

Claims (66)

1. A route planning method for a navigation system, comprising:

acquiring a handover record of inter-cell handovers of mobile stations; and modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record, wherein an actual geographic space is divided into a grid of cells of a cellular network;

mapping a departure point and a destination point in the actual geographic space respectively to a departure cell and a destination cell; and determining, according to the modelled inter-cell adjacency, a grid-level path from the departure cell to the destination cell; and

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in the actual geographic space,

wherein the acquiring a handover record of inter-cell handovers of mobile stations comprises:

reading a file recording inter-cell handovers of mobile stations stored in a dedicated File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server by a signalling collecting platform of a mobile operator, and acquiring handover records from the file,

wherein the method further comprises, before the modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record:

filtering the handover record by at least one of:

deleting a record related to a number of a mobile station with no mobility;

retaining only records related to specific mobile station numbers; or

deleting a handover record when a cell identifier in the handover record is not one of cell identifiers loaded in memory,

wherein the modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record comprises:

extracting trajectories of the mobile stations according to the handover record;

setting a set of all the trajectories within a period of time as a snapshot; and

modelling the inter-cell adjacency within the period of time according to the snapshot by:

establishing, according to the snapshot, a weighted directed graph, with base stations of all the cells as vertices, inter-cell adjacencies as edges, and with an inter-cell adjacency index as a weight of an edge,

wherein the inter-cell adjacency index is a probability of transfer between two cells, and

wherein the probability is a number of records of transfer from a source cell to a target cell divided by a number of all records of transfer from the source cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in the actual geographic space comprises:

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map; and/or

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in a satellite map.

3. A route planning device for a navigation system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor

is configured for performing a route planning method for a navigation system, the method comprising:

acquiring a handover record of inter-cell handovers of mobile stations; and modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record, wherein an actual geographic space is divided into a grid of cells of a cellular network;

mapping a departure point and a destination point in the actual geographic space respectively to a departure cell and a destination cell; and determining, according to the modelled inter-cell adjacency, a grid-level path from the departure cell to the destination cell; and

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in the actual geographic space,

wherein the acquiring a handover record of inter-cell handovers of mobile stations comprises:

reading a file recording inter-cell handovers of mobile stations stored in a dedicated File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server by a signalling collecting platform of a mobile operator, and acquiring handover records from the file,

wherein the method further comprises, before the modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record:

filtering the handover record by at least one of:

deleting a record related to a number of a mobile station with no mobility;

retaining only records related to specific mobile station numbers; or

deleting a handover record when a cell identifier in the handover record is not one of cell identifiers loaded in memory,

wherein the modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record comprises:

extracting trajectories of the mobile stations according to the handover record;

setting a set of all the trajectories within a period of time as a snapshot; and

modelling the inter-cell adjacency within the period of time according to the snapshot by:

establishing, according to the snapshot, a weighted directed graph, with base stations of all the cells as vertices, inter-cell adjacencies as edges, and with an inter-cell adjacency index as a weight of an edge,

wherein the inter-cell adjacency index is a probability of transfer between two cells, and

wherein the probability is a number of records of transfer from a source cell to a target cell divided by a number of all records of transfer from the source cell.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in the actual geographic space comprises:

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map; and/or

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in a satellite map.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing therein computer executable instructions for executing a route planning method for a navigation system, the method comprising:

acquiring a handover record of inter-cell handovers of mobile stations; and modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record, wherein an actual geographic space is divided into a grid of cells of a cellular network;

mapping a departure point and a destination point in the actual geographic space respectively to a departure cell and a destination cell; and determining, according to the modelled inter-cell adjacency, a grid-level path from the departure cell to the destination cell; and

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in the actual geographic space,

wherein the acquiring a handover record of inter-cell handovers of mobile stations comprises:

reading a file recording inter-cell handovers of mobile stations stored in a dedicated File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server by a signalling collecting platform of a mobile operator, and acquiring handover records from the file,

wherein the method further comprises, before the modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record:

filtering the handover record by at least one of:

deleting a record related to a number of a mobile station with no mobility;

retaining only records related to specific mobile station numbers; or

deleting a handover record when a cell identifier in the handover record is not one of cell identifiers loaded in memory,

wherein the modelling an inter-cell adjacency according to the handover record comprises:

extracting trajectories of the mobile stations according to the handover record;

setting a set of all the trajectories within a period of time as a snapshot; and

modelling the inter-cell adjacency within the period of time according to the snapshot by:

establishing, according to the snapshot, a weighted directed graph, with base stations of all the cells as vertices, inter-cell adjacencies as edges, and with an inter-cell adjacency index as a weight of an edge,

wherein the inter-cell adjacency index is a probability of transfer between two cells, and

wherein the probability is a number of records of transfer from a source cell to a target cell divided by a number of all records of transfer from the source cell.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5 , wherein the converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in the actual geographic space comprises:

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map; and/or

converting the grid-level path into an actual route from the departure point to the destination point in a satellite map.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2018
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO.LTD.
Reel/Frame 046609/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2016
From: WANG, LIXUE
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040382/0751 →