Patent ID: 8600346
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for forecasting data usage in a region covered by a cellular network, comprising: defining, by one or more processors of a computing device configured to forecast data usage in the cellular network, a first subregion surrounding a first point of interest in the region; receiving, by the one or more processors, a first usage amount of the first subregion in a first time slot and a second usage amount of a second subregion geographically adjacent to the first subregion in the first time slot collected by one or more base stations in the cellular network; calculating, by the one or more processors, a forecasted usage amount of the cellular network in the first subregion in a second time slot based on the first usage amount of the first subregion in the first time slot, the second usage amount of the second subregion in the first time slot, a first probability associated with mobile devices in the first subregion migrating to the second subregion, and a second probability associated with mobile devices in the second subregion migrating to the first subregion, wherein the first time slot is an earlier time slot with respect to the second time slot; and reserving a bandwidth of the cellular network in the region based on the forecasted usage amount of the cellular network.