Patent ID: 9219592
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication system to predict loading on a wireless access node, the method comprising: in a network control system, allocating past wireless communication usage in a geographic area served by the wireless access node among a plurality of different wireless communication device types by at least determining a usage model for the wireless access node, wherein the usage model identifies at least a quantity of communication session types per each of the plurality of different wireless communication device types; in the network control system, identifying a growth metric for each of the wireless communication device types based on past device sales in a geographic region larger than the geographic area; and in the network control system, applying the growth metric for each of the wireless communication device types to the past communication usage allocated to each of the wireless communication device types to predict future communication usage for each of the wireless communication device types at the wireless access node; in the network control system, aggregating the predicted future communication usage loading for each of the wireless communication device types to predict the future loading on the wireless access node; and adjusting a wireless access resource of the wireless access node based on the future loading for the wireless access node.