Patents by Inventor Ajay Mahimkar

Ajay Mahimkar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9294366
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device, and an apparatus for determining a localized service quality in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method constructs a tensor comprising a plurality of dimensions to represent data for the localized service quality, receives data for the wireless network that is gathered at a coarse granularity level, populates the tensor in accordance with the data that is gathered, applies an unfolding mechanism to construct a plurality of two dimensional matrices from the tensor, determines for each respective two dimensional matrix of the plurality of two dimensional matrices an approximation for a pre-determined level of accuracy, and populating all entries of each respective two dimensional matrix that are not populated in accordance with the approximation of the respective two dimensional matrix, and determines the localized service quality by applying a folding mechanism across the plurality of two dimensional matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ajay Mahimkar, Vaneet Aggarwal, Hongyao Ma, Walter Willinger
  • Publication number: 20160014622
    Abstract: To efficiently mitigate cell coverage disruptions caused by either unplanned equipment failures or planned outages during maintenance activities, an efficient cell site outage mitigation system is provided to calculate an optimal configuration for neighboring cell site devices before adjusting the cell site configuration settings to cover the coverage gap. The optimal configuration is determined using an offline model learner. Radio frequency propagation models and user demand and distribution models can be used to determine the offline solution. The optimal configuration setting learnt using an offline model is then implemented when an outage is determined to have occurred in the operational field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Ajay Mahimkar, Ioannis Broustis, Zihui Ge, Sarat Puthenpura, Leonid Razoumov, Aman M. Shaikh, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, Jia Wang, Xing Xu, He Yan
  • Patent number: 9173106
    Abstract: To efficiently mitigate cell coverage disruptions caused by either unplanned equipment failures or planned outages during maintenance activities, an efficient cell site outage mitigation system is provided to calculate an optimal configuration for neighboring cell site devices before adjusting the cell site configuration settings to cover the coverage gap. The optimal configuration is determined using an offline model learner. Radio frequency propagation models and user demand and distribution models can be used to determine the offline solution. The optimal configuration setting learnt using an offline model is then implemented when an outage is determined to have occurred in the operational field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ajay Mahimkar, Ioannis Broustis, Zihui Ge, Sarat Puthenpura, Leonid Razoumov, Aman M. Shaikh, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, Jia Wang, Xing Xu, He Yan
  • Publication number: 20150146514
    Abstract: To efficiently mitigate cell coverage disruptions caused by either unplanned equipment failures or planned outages during maintenance activities, an efficient cell site outage mitigation system is provided to calculate an optimal configuration for neighboring cell site devices before adjusting the cell site configuration settings to cover the coverage gap. The optimal configuration is determined using an offline model learner. Radio frequency propagation models and user demand and distribution models can be used to determine the offline solution. The optimal configuration setting learnt using an offline model is then implemented when an outage is determined to have occurred in the operational field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ajay Mahimkar, Ioannis Broustis, Zihui Ge, Sarat Puthenpura, Leonid Razoumov, Aman M. Shaikh, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan, Jia Wang, Xing Xu, He Yan
  • Publication number: 20150146555
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device, and an apparatus for determining a localized service quality in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method constructs a tensor comprising a plurality of dimensions to represent data for the localized service quality, receives data for the wireless network that is gathered at a coarse granularity level, populates the tensor in accordance with the data that is gathered, applies an unfolding mechanism to construct a plurality of two dimensional matrices from the tensor, determines for each respective two dimensional matrix of the plurality of two dimensional matrices an approximation for a pre-determined level of accuracy, and populating all entries of each respective two dimensional matrix that are not populated in accordance with the approximation of the respective two dimensional matrix, and determines the localized service quality by applying a folding mechanism across the plurality of two dimensional matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: AJAY MAHIMKAR, Vaneet Aggarwal, Hongyao Ma, Walter Willinger
  • Patent number: 8826314
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining regression coefficients that quantify a relationship between premises feedback and first network and premises performance indicators, obtaining second network performance indicators for the network elements, obtaining second premises performance indicators for the customer premises equipment, and predicting customer complaints by applying the obtained regression coefficients to at least the second network performance indicators and the second premises performance indicators. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Board of Regents, The University of Texas Systems
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Andrea Basso, Min-Hsuan Chen, Zihui Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Han Hee Song, Jennifer Yates, Yin Zhang
  • Patent number: 8774023
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for identifying a change point in a set of data. The system performs the method by receiving a set of data. The data indicates a plurality of performance measurements from a measurement point in a network. Each of the plurality of measurements represents a single type of performance measurement made at the measurement point at each of a corresponding plurality of points in time. The method also includes dividing the set of data into a plurality of data points in a chronological order. Each data point has a value corresponding to the performance measurements. The method also includes ranking the data points in an ascending order, calculating a cumulative sum for each of the data points, calculating a change score for the set of data points. A change point is identified in the data set if the change score exceeds a predetermined confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Zihui Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Aman Shaikh, Jennifer Yates, Yin Zhang, Joanne Emmons
  • Patent number: 8639988
    Abstract: A device detects and diagnoses correlated anomalies of a network. The device includes an anomaly detection module receiving a first data stream including an event-series related to the network. The anomaly detection module executes at least one algorithm to detect a potential anomaly in the event-series. The device further includes a correlating module receiving a second data stream including other event-series related to the network. The correlating module determines whether the potential anomaly is false and determines whether the potential anomaly is a true anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Ashwin Lall, Ajay Mahimkar, Jun Xu, Jennifer Yates, Qi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130198767
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining regression coefficients that quantify a relationship between premises feedback and first network and premises performance indicators, obtaining second network performance indicators for the network elements, obtaining second premises performance indicators for the customer premises equipment, and predicting customer complaints by applying the obtained regression coefficients to at least the second network performance indicators and the second premises performance indicators. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Andrea Basso, Min-Hsuan Chen, Zihui Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Han Hee Song, Jennifer Yates, Yin Zhang
  • Patent number: 8375255
    Abstract: A device detects and diagnoses correlated anomalies of a network. The device includes an anomaly detection module receiving a first data stream including an event-series related to the network. The anomaly detection module executes at least one algorithm to detect a potential anomaly in the event-series. The device further includes a correlating module receiving a second data stream including other event-series related to the network. The correlating module determines whether the potential anomaly is false and determines whether the potential anomaly is a true anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Ashwin Lall, Ajay Mahimkar, Jun Xu, Jennifer Yates, Qi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120072556
    Abstract: A system and method identify a network upgrade from a data set including a plurality of configuration sessions. The system performs the method by receiving a plurality of configuration sessions. Each of the configuration sessions comprises a plurality of configuration commands. The configuration commands are generated by a same user identifier and within a time threshold. The method further includes identifying one of the configuration sessions as a network upgrade session. The identification is based on a rareness of the configuration session or a skewness of the configuration session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jia WANG, Zihui GE, Ajay MAHIMKAR, Aman SHAIKH, Jennifer YATES, Yin ZHANG, Joanne EMMONS
  • Publication number: 20120072574
    Abstract: A system and method identify a set of rules for determining a commonality of attributes across different behavior changes for a network. The system performs the method by receiving a set of data correlating network triggers to performance changes of one or more network devices. The set of data further includes an indication of a sign of the performance change for each of the network devices based on the triggers. The method further includes extracting a set of rules relating to a set of relationships between the triggers and the performance changes. The rules identify a commonality of the performance changes for multiple network devices based on the triggers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Zihui Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Aman Shaikh, Jennifer Yates, Yin Zhang, Joanne Emmons
  • Publication number: 20120069747
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for identifying a change point in a set of data. The system performs the method by receiving a set of data. The data indicates a plurality of performance measurements from a measurement point in a network. Each of the plurality of measurements represents a single type of performance measurement made at the measurement point at each of a corresponding plurality of points in time. The method also includes dividing the set of data into a plurality of data points in a chronological order. Each data point has a value corresponding to the performance measurements. The method also includes ranking the data points in an ascending order, calculating a cumulative sum for each of the data points, calculating a change score for the set of data points. A change point is identified in the data set if the change score exceeds a predetermined confidence level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Zihui Ge, Ajay Mahimkar, Aman Shaikh, Yin Zhang, Joanne Emmons
  • Patent number: 8111626
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing event correlation in a network are disclosed. For example, the method extracts a plurality of events of interest from a database, and creates one or more event time series from the plurality of events of interest, wherein each of the one or more event time series comprises a set of events of a same type and of a same location that occur within a given time period. The method forms one or more composite events from the one or more event time series, and performs one or more pair-wise correlations for at least one of: the event time-series, or the one or more composite events. The method then identifies one or more pair-wise correlations that are statistically significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Aman Shaikh, Cheng Ee, Ajay Mahimkar, Jia Wang, Jennifer Yates, Yin Zhang, Zihui Ge
  • Publication number: 20110154119
    Abstract: A device detects and diagnoses correlated anomalies of a network. The device includes an anomaly detection module receiving a first data stream including an event-series related to the network. The anomaly detection module executes at least one algorithm to detect a potential anomaly in the event-series. The device further includes a correlating module receiving a second data stream including other event-series related to the network. The correlating module determines whether the potential anomaly is false and determines whether the potential anomaly is a true anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Ashwin Lall, Ajay Mahimkar, Jun Xu, Jennifer Yates, Qi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20090262650
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing event correlation in a network are disclosed. For example, the method extracts a plurality of events of interest from a database, and creates one or more event time series from the plurality of events of interest, wherein each of the one or more event time series comprises a set of events of a same type and of a same location that occur within a given time period. The method forms one or more composite events from the one or more event time series, and performs one or more pair-wise correlations for at least one of: the event time-series, or the one or more composite events. The method then identifies one or more pair-wise correlations that are statistically significant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Aman Shaikh, Cheng Ee, Ajay Mahimkar, Jia Wang, Jennifer Yates, Yin Zhang, Zihui Ge