Identification of indoor and outdoor traffic usage of customers of a telecommunications network
Systems and methods to identify whether user traffic is generated indoors (e.g., from within a building) or outdoors for a variety of applications, including improving capacity planning, identifying new products offerings, troubleshooting/planning, competitive analysis, planning optimum locations of capacity planning solution deployment, traffic offload analysis, etc. are disclosed. The method receives and aggregates data from a variety of sources, including customer geolocation data, network data, street/building maps, indoor/outdoor classification of traffic, etc. to generate demand density maps that depict network traffic usage patterns at a building level. The method can then use the demand density maps to identify hotspots, evaluate in-building coverage, and select and rank optimum solutions and/or locations for capacity improvement solutions deployment. As a result, a telecommunications service provider is able to efficiently and economically identify targeted solutions and locations to expand capacity of cell sites and improve customer experiences.
1. A computer-implemented method for determining indoor traffic usage for users of a wireless telecommunications service network, the method comprising:
for each structure in a set of structures in a geographic area, classifying whether user traffic at a location is generated within the structure or outside the structure by using one or more of: Modulation Coding and Scheduling (MCS) data, upload speed data at the location, or download speed data at the location,
generating at least one demand density map for the set of structures in the geographic area based on the classifying,
wherein the at least one demand density map depicts network traffic usage patterns for each structure in the set of structures;
evaluating telecommunications network coverage for each structure in the set of structures using the generated at least one demand density map; and
based on the evaluation, identifying at least one action capable of being deployed at least one structure in the set of structures to improve customer experience of services provided via the wireless telecommunications service network.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes receiving data comprising
customer geolocation data,
network data,
street/building maps data, or
indoor/outdoor classification of data traffic.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using the at least one demand density maps to identify hotspots, evaluate in-building coverage, and select and rank solutions or locations for capacity improvement solutions deployment for the wireless telecommunications service network.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using the at least one demand density maps to identify hotspots, evaluate in-building coverage, and select and rank solutions or locations for capacity improvement solutions deployment for the wireless telecommunications service network, wherein the hotspots are located within public spaces including at least one of: stadiums, airports, shopping malls, museums, university/colleges, libraries, city halls, or train stations.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the at least one demand density maps includes analyzing uplink and downlink traffic data per structure and/or per cell sector.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the user traffic is generated within the structure or outside the structure includes analyzing data from Internet of Things devices, broadband modems, femtocells or picocells.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the user traffic is generated within the structure or outside the structure includes analyzing the Modulation Coding and Scheduling (MCS) data, whereby data with lower MCS indicates the user traffic is indoors versus traffic data with higher MCS.
8. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a system of a wireless telecommunications network, cause the system to:
generate at least one demand density map for a set of structures in a geographic area based on whether user traffic at a location is generated within a structure or outside the structure by using one or more of: Modulation Coding and Scheduling (MCS) data at the location, upload speed data at the location, or download speed data at the location,
wherein the at least one demand density map depicts network traffic usage patterns for each structure in the set of structures,
evaluate telecommunications network coverage for each structure in the set of structures using the generated at least one demand density map; and
based on the evaluation, identify at least one action capable of being deployed at least one structure in the set of structures to improve customer experience of services provided via the wireless telecommunications service network.
9. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the user traffic is based on data comprising one or more of:
customer geolocation data,
network data,
street/building maps data, or
indoor/outdoor classification of data traffic.
10. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the system is further configured to:
using the at least one demand density maps to identify hotspots, evaluate in-building coverage, and select and rank solutions or locations for capacity improvement solutions deployment for the wireless telecommunications service network.
11. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the system is further configured to:
using the at least one demand density maps to identify hotspots, evaluate in-building coverage, and select and rank solutions or locations for capacity improvement solutions deployment for the wireless telecommunications service network, wherein the hotspots are located within public spaces including at least one of: stadiums, airports, shopping malls, museums, university/colleges, libraries, city halls, or train stations.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein generating the at least one demand density maps includes analyzing uplink and downlink traffic data per structure and/or per cell sector.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the user traffic is generated within the structure or outside the structure includes analyzing data from Internet of Things devices, broadband modems, femtocells or picocells.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the user traffic is generated within the structure or outside the structure includes analyzing the Modulation Coding and Scheduling (MCS) data, whereby data with lower MCS indicates the user traffic is indoors versus traffic data with higher MCS.
15. A computer-implemented method for determining indoor traffic usage for users of a wireless telecommunications service network, the method comprising:
identifying whether network traffic data is generated within a building or outdoors by using one or more of: Modulation Coding and Scheduling (MCS) data, upload speed data, or download speed data,
based on the identifying, generating one or more mappings for representing network traffic usage patterns at a building level; and
employing the generate one or more mappings for a particular building for at least one of the following:
forecasting a first future network traffic usage pattern at a future time period for the particular building, or
forecasting a second future network traffic usage pattern at a future time period for a second building similar to the particular building.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the identifying includes receiving one or more of the following data types:
customer geolocation data,
data regarding a wireless network,
street/building maps data, or
indoor/outdoor classification of data traffic.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein generating the one or more mappings includes analyzing uplink and downlink traffic data per building and per cell sector.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein identifying whether the network traffic data is generated within a building or outdoors includes analyzing data from Internet of Things devices, broadband modems, femtocells or picocells.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein identifying whether the network traffic data is generated within a building or outdoors includes analyzing the Modulation Coding and Scheduling (MCS) data, whereby data with lower MCS indicates the network traffic data is indoors versus traffic data with higher MCS.
20. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more mappings are further employed for:
improving capacity planning for a wireless telecommunications network,
identifying new customer offerings to be provided by for the wireless telecommunications network,
troubleshooting problems for the wireless telecommunications network,
providing competitive analysis for the wireless telecommunications network, or
performing traffic offload analysis for the wireless telecommunications network.