System and method to facilitate radio access point load prediction in a network environment

摘要

A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include training a statistical model representing radio access point loads or load changes for radio access points, wherein the statistical model is trained using, at least in part, historical measurement data associated with previous user equipment (UE) handovers among the radio access points and wherein the historical measurement data used to train the statistical model is gathered before and after the previous UE handovers; collecting current measurement data associated with a source radio access point and a target radio access point; and calculating a predicted load or load change for the target radio access point for one or more potential UE handovers from the source radio access point to the target radio access point for one or more UE based, at least in part, on application of the current measurement data to the trained statistical model.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
calculating predicted load changes for a target radio access point for one or more potential user equipment (UE) handovers from each of a plurality of source radio access points for a radio access network based, at least in part, on application of current measurement data to a trained statistical model representing load changes for the radio access network; determining a set of one or more source radio access points that can be powered off to maximize energy savings or minimize energy consumption for the radio access network; initiating handover to the target radio access point for one or more UE connected to the one or more source radio access points belonging to the set; and powering off the one or more source radio access points belonging to the set.