Methods and apparatus for improving coverage and capacity in a wireless network

摘要

A non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code to cause a processor to receive a performance indicator associated with a first mode. The code causes the processor to calculate, using the performance indicator associated with the first mode, a first metric value associated with a first metric and an objective of the first mode. The code causes the processor to calculate, using the first metric value, a second metric value associated with a second metric and an objective of a second mode. The second metric value partially compensates for a change in a performance indicator associated with the second mode when the first metric value is implemented. The code causes the processor to send a signal associated with the first metric value and a signal associated with the second metric value to an antenna module such that the antenna module implements the first metric value and the second metric value.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a coverage hole detection module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, the coverage hole detection module configured to receive, at a first time, a value associated with each key performance indicator from a set of key performance indicators associated with a wireless network, the coverage hole detection module configured to identify, based on the value associated with each key performance indicator from the set of key performance indicators, a geographic area having a network performance problem at the first time, the coverage hole detection module configured to send, in response to identifying the network performance problem and to a down cell detection module, an inactive cell request to identify inactive antenna cells from a set of antenna cells associated with the geographic area, the coverage hole detection module configured to receive, from the down cell detection module and in response to the inactive cell request, an indication that each antenna cell from the set of antenna cells is active, the coverage hole detection module configured to send, in response to the geographic area having the network performance problem at the first time and to a neighbor relation module, a neighbor relation update request for each antenna cell from the set of antenna cells to update at a second time after the first time a neighbor list associated with that antenna cell, the coverage hole detection module configured to classify the network performance problem as a coverage hole in response to the coverage hole detection module identifying the network performance problem at a third time, the third time being a predetermined time after the second time, and a coverage hole mitigation module operatively coupled to the coverage hole detection module, the coverage hole mitigation module configured to send a signal to modify at least one of a power or an antenna tilt associated with at least one antenna cell from the set of antenna cells based on the coverage hole detection module classifying the network performance problem as a coverage hole.