Patent ID: 7933557

Claim:
A method of time-trending analysis of capacity of an air-link resource of a base station in a data-only mobile wireless communication network, the base station serving one or more wireless mobile stations, the method comprising steps of: collecting data regarding transmission of data over the air-link resource of the base station to the one or more mobile stations during a plurality of time intervals, the collected data including: (i) total transmitted data for each interval, (ii) a measure of total time taken during each interval to transmit the data, and (iii) average number of users being sent data over the air-link resource during each interval; performing a first linear regression on data points relating to the logarithm of the total transmitted data for each interval versus the logarithm of the measure of total time taken during each interval to transmit the data, for the plurality of time intervals; performing a second linear regression on data points relating to the logarithm of the total transmitted data for each interval versus the logarithm of the average number of users, for the plurality of time intervals; performing a third linear regression on data points relating to the logarithm of the average number of users versus the logarithm of the measure of total time taken during each interval to transmit the data, for the plurality of time intervals; and processing a result of the linear regressions to determine one or more operational characteristics relating to capacity of the air-link resource of the base station.