Determining placement of a small cell
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the placement of a small cell, wherein at least one of a first set of parameters is determined at each of a first and a second location, at least one of a second set of parameters is determined at each of the first and the second location, and a recommended small cell placement location is generated based on at least one of the determined first set of parameters and the determined second set of parameters.
1. A system for facilitating placement of a small cell, the system comprising:
a first macro cell;
a user equipment (UE), the UE comprising one or more antennas for receiving a first downlink signal from the first macro cell and for transmitting a first uplink signal to the first macro cell, a user interface, and a processor, the processor configured to:
determine one or more of a first set of parameters for each of a first location and a second location, the first set of parameters comprising at least one of a signal quality, a signal strength, and a distance and azimuth to the first macro cell, wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters is refreshed once per second and an alphanumeric value associated with each of the one or more of the first set of parameters is displayed in real time on the user interface;
determine one or more of a second set of parameters for each of the first location and the second location, the second set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the first downlink signal and a uplink speed of the first uplink signal and displayed on the user interface; and
generate a recommended small cell placement location for display on the user interface based on at least one parameter of the first set of parameters and at least one parameter of the second set of parameters.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is better than the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface, that the first location is the recommended small cell placement location.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is worse than the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface, that the second location is the recommended small cell placement location.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is within 10% of the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface that the recommended small cell placement location is a location selected from the first location and the second location having the greater of the one or more of the second set of parameters.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is equal to the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is additionally configured to:
receive, via a prompt on the user interface, an input to manually create the first location and associate one or more of the first set of parameters with the first location prior to determining the one or more of the second set of parameters at the first location.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second macro cell;
wherein the one or more antennas of the UE receives a second downlink signal from the second macro cell and transmits a second uplink signal to the second macro cell, and wherein the processor is additionally configured to:
determine the one or more of the first set of parameters at a third location;
determine one or more of a third set of parameters at the third location, the one or more of the third set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the second downlink signal and an uplink speed of the second uplink signal; and
generate a recommended small cell placement location for display on the user interface based on the one or more of the first set of parameters of each of the first, second, and third locations and at least one of the one or more of the second set of parameters of each of the first and second locations and the one or more of the third set of parameters of the third location.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of parameters comprises the signal strength and the signal quality.
9. A method for facilitating placement of a small cell, the method comprising:
determining, using one or more antennas of a user equipment (UE) for receiving a first downlink signal from a first base station, one or more of a first set of parameters for each of a first location and a second location, the first set of parameters comprising at least one of a signal quality, a signal strength, and a distance and azimuth to the first base station, wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters is refreshed once per second and an alphanumeric value associated with each of the one or more of the first set of parameters is displayed in real time on a user interface of the UE;
determining, using the one or more antennas of the UE, one or more of a second set of parameters for each of the first location and the second location, the second set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the first downlink signal and a uplink speed of a first uplink signal, the first uplink signal transmitted to the first base station by the UE and displayed on the user interface; and
generating a recommended small cell placement location for display a user interface of the UE based on at least one parameter of the first set of parameters and at least one parameter of the second set of parameters.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method additionally comprises placing the small cell at the recommended small cell placement location.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters consists of signal strength and signal quality.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is better than the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface, that the first location is the recommended small cell placement location.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is worse than the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface, that the second location is the recommended small cell placement location.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is within 10% of the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface that the recommended small cell placement location is a location selected from the first location and the second location having the greater of the one or more of the second set of parameters.
15. A non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-usable instructions that, when used by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
determine, using one or more antennas of a user equipment (UE) for receiving a first downlink signal from a first base station, one or more of a first set of parameters for each of a first location and a second location, the first set of parameters comprising at least one of a signal quality, a signal strength, and a distance and azimuth to the first base station, wherein the one or more of the first set of parameters is refreshed once per second and an alphanumeric value associated with each of the one or more of the first set of parameters is displayed in real time on a user interface of the UE;
determine, using the one or more antennas of the UE, one or more of a second set of parameters for each of the first location and the second location, the second set of parameters comprising at least one of a downlink speed of the first downlink signal and a uplink speed of a first uplink signal, the first uplink signal transmitted to the first base station by the UE and displayed on the user interface; and
generate a recommended small cell placement location of a small cell for display on a user interface of the UE based on at least one parameter of the first set of parameters and at least one parameter of the second set of parameters.
16. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is better than the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface, that the first location is the recommended small cell placement location.
17. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is worse than the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface, that the second location is the recommended small cell placement location.
18. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , wherein if the one or more of the first set of parameters at the first location is within 10% of the one or more of the first set of parameters at the second location, display, via the user interface that the recommended small cell placement location is a location selected from the first location and the second location having the greater of the one or more of the second set of parameters.
19. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18 , wherein the one or more of the second set of parameters is the downlink speed.
20. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18 , wherein subsequent to displaying the recommended small cell placement location, displaying, via the user interface, a connection protocol for connecting the UE to the small cell.