Patent ID: 9191835
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining an optimal assignment in a wireless network, comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a list of base stations, a list of tracking areas, historical data on paging traffic and historical data on tracking area update traffic; representing, by the processor, the list of base stations in a first set and the list of tracking areas in a second set; representing, by the processor, geographical neighbor relations between each pair of base stations in the first set, and representing in a third set a plurality of potential assignment options for each base station of the first set to tracking areas in the second set; representing, by the processor, the historical data on paging traffic among the base stations in the first set via a first parameter, and representing the historical data on tracking area update traffic among the tracking areas of the second set via a second parameter; and determining, by the processor, for each base station in the first set, the optimal assignment of a tracking area in the second set, in accordance with the first and the second parameters, wherein the optimal assignment for a particular base station assigns a tracking area from among the plurality of potential assignment options in the third set.