Energy usage in a communications network

US11799733B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Armagan Uskudar · Jalan Pedongkelan, US
• Premnath Kandhasamy Narayanan · Athlone, IE
• Mahmood Osorio · Rockwall, US
• James O'Meara · Anchorage, US
• Amy De Buitléir · Athlone, IE
• Eugene Gomes · Plano, US
• Diego Martos · Plano, US
• Donald Stephen Staudte · Huddinge, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/08
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method performed by a node in a communications network for predicting energy usage in the communications network. The method comprises obtaining values of network parameters for a plurality of nodes in the communications network and corresponding energy usage measurements for the plurality of nodes, and obtaining a subset of the network parameters that are correlated with the energy usage measurements. The method then comprises training a first model using a first machine learning process to take as input the values of the subset of network parameters for the nodes in the plurality of nodes, and output a prediction of the corresponding energy usage measurements.