Patent ID: 8538377
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of estimating traffic jams on a roads network, comprising: receiving information from at least one cellular network covering a geographic region wherein at least one road of the roads network to be monitored is located, wherein said information comprises data related to call traffic handled by the cellular network in an at least one area of said geographic region, and an indication related to mobility of mobile terminals into/out of said area; providing an indication of traffic jam in said at least one road in a case that said call traffic handled by the cellular network in the at least one area exceeds a first threshold and the indication related to the mobility of mobile terminals into/out of said area trespasses a second threshold, wherein said providing the indication of traffic jam comprises: calculating at least one among the first and second thresholds based on historical data related to the call traffic handled by the cellular network and, respectively, to the indications related to the mobility of mobile terminals, wherein the calculating comprises calculating averages of the historical data.