Patent ID: 8442556
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising: sending, by one of the computing devices and to a mobile device, instructions to collect location-based data associated with calls conducted by the mobile device over a wireless access network; receiving, by one of the computing devices and from the mobile device, the location-based data, where the location-based data includes a three-dimensional location and a time associated with each of multiple calls conducted by the mobile device over the wireless access network; combining, by one of the computing devices, the location-based data with other location-based data from other mobile devices; identifying a particular congested time associated with a particular cell of the wireless access network; plotting location and elevation data, from the combined location-based data and other location-based data, for calls during the particular congested time to determine a localized area of congestion at a particular elevation within the particular cell; and adjusting, by one of the computing devices, one or more parameters of the wireless access network in order to minimize or eliminate the localized area of congestion.