Patents by Inventor Carol Becht

Carol Becht 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: 10454989
    Abstract: A method to enhance a subjective quality of experience for an application may include receiving network performance data, the data representing at least one observable application characteristic, and the subjective quality of experience (QoE) survey data. The method may further include generating at least one perception model which relates the data representing at least one observable application characteristic and the network performance data, and determining a QoE model which relates the subjective QoE survey data and the data representing at least one observable application characteristic. The method may further include inverting the at least one perception model and the QoE model to obtain a relationship between network performance parameters and the at least one observable application characteristic, and adjusting network parameters based on the at least one inverted perception model and inverted QoE model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Patent number: 10356597
    Abstract: Compatibility and/or compliance testing for a wireless cellular network may be performed using a testing system that includes a device that implements multiple base stations in a single hardware device. Additionally, a network simulation server may simulate a core portion of the wireless cellular network. Test cases, such as test cases defined using a scripting language, may be received and the test cases may be interpreted to obtain configuration information for the testing system. Based on the configuration information, the base stations and the simulated network devices may be initially configured. After configuration, and based on the test case, a UE may be controller to interact with the simulated network in a manner implements the desired compatibility and/or compliance tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Abhinav Prasad, Christopher M. Schmidt, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Patent number: 10212091
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide receiving a plurality of voice call quality values and values for a plurality key performance indicators (KPIs) related to voice over Wi-Fi voice call quality; selecting a subset of the plurality of KPIs based on a correlation between each KPI and the voice call quality value; performing a plurality of discrete regression analyses based on the subsets of the plurality of KPIs and the voice call quality values to generate a plurality of regression results; determining an accuracy for each of the plurality of regression results; assigning weights to each of the plurality of regression results based on the determined accuracies; and combining the plurality of regression results using the assigned weights to generate a final combined estimated VoWiFi voice call quality algorithm that accurately predicts the voice call quality value based on values for the selected subset of the plurality of KPIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer, Le Su
  • Patent number: 10187899
    Abstract: A recursive algorithm may be applied to group cells in a service network into a small number of clusters. For each of the clusters, different regression algorithms may be evaluated, and a regression algorithm generating a smallest error is selected. A total error for the clusters may be identified based on the errors from the selected regression algorithms and from degrees of separation associated with the cluster. If the total error is greater than a threshold value, the cells may be grouped into a larger number of clusters and the new clusters may be re-evaluated. A key performance indicator (KPI) may be estimated for a cell based on a regression algorithm selected for the cluster associated with the cell. A resources may be allocated to the cell based on the KPI value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Publication number: 20180262433
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide receiving a plurality of voice call quality values and values for a plurality key performance indicators (KPIs) related to voice over Wi-Fi voice call quality; selecting a subset of the plurality of KPIs based on a correlation between each KPI and the voice call quality value; performing a plurality of discrete regression analyses based on the subsets of the plurality of KPIs and the voice call quality values to generate a plurality of regression results; determining an accuracy for each of the plurality of regression results; assigning weights to each of the plurality of regression results based on the determined accuracies; and combining the plurality of regression results using the assigned weights to generate a final combined estimated VoWiFi voice call quality algorithm that accurately predicts the voice call quality value based on values for the selected subset of the plurality of KPIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer, Le Su
  • Publication number: 20180227930
    Abstract: A recursive algorithm may be applied to group cells in a service network into a small number of clusters. For each of the clusters, different regression algorithms may be evaluated, and a regression algorithm generating a smallest error is selected. A total error for the clusters may be identified based on the errors from the selected regression algorithms and from degrees of separation associated with the cluster. If the total error is greater than a threshold value, the cells may be grouped into a larger number of clusters and the new clusters may be re-evaluated. A key performance indicator (KPI) may be estimated for a cell based on a regression algorithm selected for the cluster associated with the cell. A resources may be allocated to the cell based on the KPI value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Patent number: 9992123
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide receiving a plurality of voice call quality values and values for a plurality key performance indicators (KPIs) related to voice over Wi-Fi voice call quality; selecting a subset of the plurality of KPIs based on a correlation between each KPI and the voice call quality value; performing a plurality of discrete regression analyses based on the subsets of the plurality of KPIs and the voice call quality values to generate a plurality of regression results; determining an accuracy for each of the plurality of regression results; assigning weights to each of the plurality of regression results based on the determined accuracies; and combining the plurality of regression results using the assigned weights to generate a final combined estimated VoWiFi voice call quality algorithm that accurately predicts the voice call quality value based on values for the selected subset of the plurality of KPIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer, Le Su
  • Patent number: 9955488
    Abstract: A recursive algorithm may be applied to group cells in a service network into a small number of clusters. For each of the clusters, different regression algorithms may be evaluated, and a regression algorithm generating a smallest error is selected. A total error for the clusters may be identified based on the errors from the selected regression algorithms and from degrees of separation associated with the cluster. If the total error is greater than a threshold value, the cells may be grouped into a larger number of clusters and the new clusters may be re-evaluated. A key performance indicator (KPI) may be estimated for a cell based on a regression algorithm selected for the cluster associated with the cell. A resources may be allocated to the cell based on the KPI value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Publication number: 20180006957
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide receiving a plurality of voice call quality values and values for a plurality key performance indicators (KPIs) related to voice over Wi-Fi voice call quality; selecting a subset of the plurality of KPIs based on a correlation between each KPI and the voice call quality value; performing a plurality of discrete regression analyses based on the subsets of the plurality of KPIs and the voice call quality values to generate a plurality of regression results; determining an accuracy for each of the plurality of regression results; assigning weights to each of the plurality of regression results based on the determined accuracies; and combining the plurality of regression results using the assigned weights to generate a final combined estimated VoWiFi voice call quality algorithm that accurately predicts the voice call quality value based on values for the selected subset of the plurality of KPIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer, Le Su
  • Publication number: 20170324617
    Abstract: Compatibility and/or compliance testing for a wireless cellular network may be performed using a testing system that includes a device that implements multiple base stations in a single hardware device. Additionally, a network simulation server may simulate a core portion of the wireless cellular network. Test cases, such as test cases defined using a scripting language, may be received and the test cases may be interpreted to obtain configuration information for the testing system. Based on the configuration information, the base stations and the simulated network devices may be initially configured. After configuration, and based on the test case, a UE may be controller to interact with the simulated network in a manner implements the desired compatibility and/or compliance tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Abhinav Prasad, Christopher M. Schmidt, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Publication number: 20170290024
    Abstract: A recursive algorithm may be applied to group cells in a service network into a small number of clusters. For each of the clusters, different regression algorithms may be evaluated, and a regression algorithm generating a smallest error is selected. A total error for the clusters may be identified based on the errors from the selected regression algorithms and from degrees of separation associated with the cluster. If the total error is greater than a threshold value, the cells may be grouped into a larger number of clusters and the new clusters may be re-evaluated. A key performance indicator (KPI) may be estimated for a cell based on a regression algorithm selected for the cluster associated with the cell. A resources may be allocated to the cell based on the KPI value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Publication number: 20170244777
    Abstract: A method to enhance a subjective quality of experience for an application may include receiving network performance data, the data representing at least one observable application characteristic, and the subjective quality of experience (QoE) survey data. The method may further include generating at least one perception model which relates the data representing at least one observable application characteristic and the network performance data, and determining a QoE model which relates the subjective QoE survey data and the data representing at least one observable application characteristic. The method may further include inverting the at least one perception model and the QoE model to obtain a relationship between network performance parameters and the at least one observable application characteristic, and adjusting network parameters based on the at least one inverted perception model and inverted QoE model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Patent number: 9693355
    Abstract: An exemplary profiling system builds a two-layer mapping model for a mobile network. The two-layer mapping model establishes a causal relationship between a plurality of application behavior indicators and network resource usage within the mobile network by defining a first mapping relationship between the plurality of application behavior indicators and a plurality of network performance indicators representative of network traffic that passes through the mobile network, and a second mapping relationship between the plurality of network performance indicators and network resource usage within the mobile network. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht
  • Patent number: 9590746
    Abstract: A method includes receiving over-the-air (OTA) performance test data measured for a first set of pass computing devices and for a second set of fail computing devices, measuring a first set of training data for the first and second set of computing devices during a plurality of KPI tests, measuring a second set of training data for a particular computing device, determining which ones of the plurality of KPIs qualify as clustering features, and determining a first set of KPI centers, a second set of KPI centers, and a third set of KPI centers, determining a first and a second dissimilarity distance separating the first set and the second set of computing devices from the particular device, respectively. The method further includes determining whether the first dissimilarity distance is greater than second dissimilarity distance to qualify the particular computing device to pass the OTA test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht
  • Publication number: 20170026949
    Abstract: An exemplary profiling system builds a two-layer mapping model for a mobile network. The two-layer mapping model establishes a causal relationship between a plurality of application behavior indicators and network resource usage within the mobile network by defining a first mapping relationship between the plurality of application behavior indicators and a plurality of network performance indicators representative of network traffic that passes through the mobile network, and a second mapping relationship between the plurality of network performance indicators and network resource usage within the mobile network. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht
  • Patent number: 9538401
    Abstract: A device may receive an initial set of network parameter values, associated with cells of a cellular network, that are measured or calculated based on communications associated with the cells of the cellular network. The device may determine a set of feature values, associated with the cells of the cellular network, using the initial set of network parameter values. The device may cluster the cells of the cellular network into a first group of clusters using a first clustering technique, and may cluster the cells of the cellular network into a second group of clusters using a second clustering technique. The device may cluster the cells of the cellular network into a final group of clusters based on the first group of clusters and the second group of clusters, and may output information associated with the final group of clusters of the cells of the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer, Lily Zhu
  • Patent number: 9531867
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a voice quality assessment system receiving, from a mobile telephone operating on a mobile network, a test record that includes network indicator data and radio frequency (“RF”) data both measured by the mobile telephone while the mobile telephone is at a location within the mobile network, and applying the network indicator data and the RF data to a voice quality model built using data provided by a plurality of mobile telephones operating on the mobile network in order to generate a voice quality score that quantifies a quality of voice communications for the mobile telephone at the location within the mobile network. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Publication number: 20160295012
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a voice quality assessment system receiving, from a mobile telephone operating on a mobile network, a test record that includes network indicator data and radio frequency (“RF”) data both measured by the mobile telephone while the mobile telephone is at a location within the mobile network, and applying the network indicator data and the RF data to a voice quality model built using data provided by a plurality of mobile telephones operating on the mobile network in order to generate a voice quality score that quantifies a quality of voice communications for the mobile telephone at the location within the mobile network. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Krishna Pichumani Iyer
  • Patent number: 9451473
    Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing and forecasting network traffic are disclosed. In some implementations, multiple points are received. Each point represents a time value and a network traffic value. For each point in the multiple points, the network traffic value is decomposable into a trend component, a seasonality component, a burst component, and a random error component. A trend equation is generated for calculating the trend component based on the time value. A seasonality equation is generated for calculating the seasonality component based on the time value. A burst equation is generated for calculating the burst component based on the time value. A random error equation is generated for calculating the random error component. A network traffic equation is generated for calculating the network traffic value based on the time value by combining the trend equation, the seasonality equation, the burst equation, and the random error equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Ye Ouyang, Carol Becht, Gopinath Venkatasubramaniam
  • Publication number: 20160173211
    Abstract: A method includes receiving over-the-air (OTA) performance test data measured for a first set of pass computing devices and for a second set of fail computing devices, measuring a first set of training data for the first and second set of computing devices during a plurality of KPI tests, measuring a second set of training data for a particular computing device, determining which ones of the plurality of KPIs qualify as clustering features, and determining a first set of KPI centers, a second set of KPI centers, and a third set of KPI centers, determining a first and a second dissimilarity distance separating the first set and the second set of computing devices from the particular device, respectively. The method further includes determining whether the first dissimilarity distance is greater than second dissimilarity distance to qualify the particular computing device to pass the OTA test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ye OUYANG, Carol BECHT