Patent ID: 9019858
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring within a network over each of a first plurality of time intervals a history of bits throughput to a base station used for communication with at least one user equipment; monitoring within the network a physical resource block utilization level over each of the plurality of time intervals; determining a ratio of the history of bits to the physical resource block utilization level for each of the plurality of time intervals; determining an updated history of bits for each of a second plurality of time intervals that are all subsequent to the first plurality of time intervals; estimating an updated physical resource block utilization level using the updated history of bits and the ratio; generating messaging to at least one additional network element conveying the estimated updated physical resource block utilization level; and adjusting at least one of a prefilling process and a prefetching process of data communicated to the at least one user equipment using the estimated updated physical resource block utilization level.