Identifying Neighbors of Geographically Distributed Assets

Abstract

Processes and systems are presented, for identifying a set of neighbors of a radio transmitter based on available geo-spatial coordinates of radio transmitters in operation around the world. In one aspect, the identified set of radio transmitters can be have a desired size (in terms of number of neighbors and / or radial range). The identified set of radio transmitters can be further customized to include radio transmitters of a specific type, and / or radio transmitters that belong to specific network carriers, and / or other possible grouping criteria.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]This specification relates to identifying neighbors of geo-spatially distributed radio transmitters, for example, cell towers in mobile telecommunications network.[0002]Carriers that rely on radio-frequency signals to transmit information operate networks of radio transmitters. The carriers can identify each radio transmitter by unique identifiers including the geo-spatial coordinates (e.g., latitude and longitude) of the radio transmitter location. The carriers manage information relating to the radio transmitters that they operate, and also, the carriers can share / combine information relating to their respective radio transmitters with other carriers to comply with agreements between carriers, or to conform to various national and international regulations. Accordingly, an international-governed data repository stores information relating to the geo-spatial (latitude and longitude) coordinates of each radio transmitter in operation world-wide. Such a record may inc...

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Benefits of technology

The process in this patent reduces the amount of computing needed to calculate the distance between radio transmitters in different parts of the world. It does this by using approximations and efficient calculations in one dimension, instead of the more complex calculations in two dimensions. This makes it faster and easier to generate a list of neighbors for each radio transmitter. Overall, this process can make it easier to locate and analyze radio networks in different parts of the world.

Problems solved by technology

While the addition of new radio transmitters is usually prevalent, carriers can also remove radio transmitters from some locations, either because upgrading an obsolete transmitter at the respective location is not possible due to space, power and / or regulation limitations, or because extending or renewing contractual agreements with owners of the respective radio transmitter locations cannot be achieved.

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