| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for conditioning communication network data relating to a distribution of network entities across a space, for subsequent processing of the network data, is disclosed. The method comprises dividing the space into a grid comprising a plurality of discrete cells, so that each cell comprises a unique location within the space. The network data relating to each entity is subsequently processed using a processor to assign the network entity to a cell in dependence of the location of the entity within the space, relative to the cells. Following the discretisation of network entities to a particular cell, the number of entities within the cells is determined. The number of entities associated with the cells is then separately compared with the number of entities within each cell of a respective cell distribution using the processor, to determine the cell maxima of each distribution which comprises the most entities. The location of the cell maxima within the grid is subsequently output to a processor for subsequent processing of the network data, for monitoring of the communication network.</p> |
