Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating real-time or near-real-time transport modality statistics by correlating mobile network and public transport location data are provided. In an example, a processing node may perform a method using one or more processing circuits, the method including identifying paths traveled by multiple vehicles and determining paths traveled by multiple subscriber telecommunications devices of one or more network or service providers. In addition, the method may include correlating the paths traveled by the multiple vehicles and the paths traveled by the multiple subscriber telecommunications devices to determine which one or more modes of transportation each subscriber telecommunications device used over the path traveled by the subscriber telecommunications device. Corresponding apparatus, computer programs, and signals are also described.

Abstract: Handover bursts are identified for source and target cell pairs along a given public transport line, and each of the handover bursts are tagged with anonymized identifiers of participating users. By searching for handover bursts with a significant share of common user identifiers, it is possible to recursively connect bursts corresponding to a particular public transport vehicle trip. Further, by projecting the estimated location of all connected handover bursts to the path of the given public transport line, it is possible to interpolate stop times and locations for the given vehicle along the entire trip.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating real-time or near-real-time transport modality statistics by correlating mobile network and public transport location data are provided. In an example, a processing node may perform a method using one or more processing circuits, the method including identifying paths traveled by multiple vehicles and determining paths traveled by multiple subscriber telecommunications devices of one or more network or service providers. In addition, the method may include correlating the paths traveled by the multiple vehicles and the paths traveled by the multiple subscriber telecommunications devices to determine which one or more modes of transportation each subscriber telecommunications device used over the path traveled by the subscriber telecommunications device. Corresponding apparatus, computer programs, and signals are also described.

Abstract: Handover bursts are identified for source and target cell pairs along a given public transport line, and each of the handover bursts are tagged with anonymized identifiers of participating users. By searching for handover bursts with a significant share of common user identifiers, it is possible to recursively connect bursts corresponding to a particular public transport vehicle trip. Further, by projecting the estimated location of all connected handover bursts to the path of the given public transport line, it is possible to interpolate stop times and locations for the given vehicle along the entire trip.