Telecommunications Event Classification Model for Indoor Outdoor Distinction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile telecommunications carriers face challenges in determining whether telecommunications events, such as voice calls or data sessions, occurred indoors or outdoors, as existing planning metrics are not effective for distinguishing between these environments.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that classify telecommunications events using a classification model based on geo-location data and radio signal measurement data, separating events into indoor and outdoor subsets for improved network planning and troubleshooting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If mobile telecommunications carriers expand their network to encompass rural, urban, and other land areas, then network coverage area increases, but the ability to determine whether telecommunications events occurred indoors or outdoors deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network environment into distinct indoor and outdoor zones by creating a digital map that classifies geographic locations. This segmentation allows the system to differentiate between indoor and outdoor telecommunications events based on the classified location data, thereby maintaining measurement precision even as network coverage area expands.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary classification system that acts as a mediator between network infrastructure and environment determination. This intermediary layer uses multiple data sources including radio signal measurements, geo-location data, and classified location information to accurately determine whether events occurred indoors or outdoors, independent of network coverage expansion.
2Productivity
If carriers use predicted service demand, historic traffic usage, and demographics for network planning, then network planning efficiency improves, but the ability to determine actual telecommunications event environment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary classification of geographic locations into indoor and outdoor zones before telecommunications events occur. By pre-establishing this environmental context through location classification, the system preserves environmental information that can be directly associated with actual telecommunications events, avoiding the information loss that would otherwise occur when relying solely on aggregate planning metrics.
3Reliability
If carriers rely on aggregate network planning metrics, then overall network performance improves, but specific indoor/outdoor event classification capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by classifying specific geographic locations as either indoor or outdoor zones, rather than treating the entire network area uniformly. This localized classification enables precise determination of whether individual telecommunications events occurred indoors or outdoors, while overall network performance is maintained through continued use of aggregate planning metrics for general network management.
Data Source
AI summary
Concepts and technologies are described herein for the classification of indoor and outdoor telecommunications events that occur within mobile telecommunications networks. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a method for classifying telecommunications events can include receiving a data set that includes geo-location data and radio signal measurement data for a plurality of telecommunications events that have occurred within a mobile telecommunications network. The method can also include providing the data set as input to a classification model. The method can also include classifying the data set into an indoor results subset and an outdoor results subset using the classification model. The indoor results subset can include a first telecommunications event that is determined by the classification model to have occurred in an indoor location. The outdoor results subset can include a second telecommunications event that is determined by the classification model to have occurred in an outdoor location.