Patent ID: 8913554

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a processor, base station configuration data associated with a plurality of base stations; classifying, by the processor, one or more base stations, of the plurality of base stations, into one or more morphologies based on the base station configuration data; identifying, by the processor, resource utilization data associated with the one or more base stations classified into the one or more morphologies, the resource utilization data comprising at least one of: a portion of base station resources allocated to unicast services; a portion of the base station resources allocated to multicast and broadcast services; or a portion of the base station resources allocated to services that are different from the unicast services and the multicast and broadcast services; generating, by the processor, one or more resource allocation recommendations for the one or more base stations classified into the one or more morphologies based on the resource utilization data and the one or more morphologies; and transmitting, by the processor, one or more of the resource allocation recommendations for the one or more base stations classified into the one or more morphologies to permit the one or more base stations to allocate resources based on at least one of the one or more resource allocation recommendations.