Abstract: A location-based system detects anomalies in performance indicators of telecommunication networks. The system generates a plurality of service areas, each service area including a plurality of adjacent cell sites. A performance indicator of a first service area of the plurality of service areas is selected and an aggregated service area performance indicator is generated, by aggregating the selected performance indicator for each cell site of the plurality of cell sites of the first service area. Generation of the plurality of service areas may be related to a determined network traffic threshold. The threshold may be related to: total bandwidth provided by a cell site, or total number of calls handled by a cell site. The selected indicator may be, for example the call set-up success rate (CSSR), or the drop call rate (DCR). An alert related to the aggregated indicator may be generated.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for electronically forecasting values of a plurality of time series. The system receives a dataset, for example of a telecommunications network. A plurality of performance indicators (PIs) are generated from the dataset. Groups of PIs are generated by the system, so that each PI in a group corresponds to an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model of that group. A first group of PIs is selected, and the system configures for each PI of the first group of PIs at least a parameter of the ARIMA model. Based on the configured ARIMA model, the system may generate predicted values for any PI of the first group. In some embodiments, a seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA) model may be used, to allow detection of seasonal behavior of the time series.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product can determine a need to place a small cell in a particular location covered by a cellular network. Accordingly usage of a network resource by one or more user devices within the confinement of a particular location can be recorded. When the usage exceeds a predetermined threshold for that network resource, and upon determination that such an area could be better served by a small cell, a notification can be generated of the location and the one or more user devices so that such a small cell, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a femtocell, can be effectively placed in the location. In certain embodiments, an area representative of a plurality of user devices may be determined. In such embodiments, the location can be determined within the area.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product can determine a need to place a small cell in a particular location covered by a cellular network. Accordingly usage of a network resource by one or more user devices within the confinement of a particular location can be recorded. When the usage exceeds a predetermined threshold for that network resource, and upon determination that such an area could be better served by a small cell, a notification can be generated of the location and the one or more user devices so that such a small cell, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a femtocell, can be effectively placed in the location. In certain embodiments, an area representative of a plurality of user devices may be determined. In such embodiments, the location can be determined within the area.

Abstract: An automatic aircraft landing system (AALS) (10) for automatically landing an aircraft on a runway. The AALS (10) includes data acquisition apparatus (DAA) (24) for acquiring flight data pertaining to the descent of an aircraft along a flight path (26) defined between a final capture point (16) and a touchdown point on the runway. The AALS (10) also includes a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) (20) responsive to the flight data for providing control signals according to at least one set of flight guidelines to at least one of the aircraft's primary controls for at least urging the aircraft to essentially adhere to a guide path (28) along at least a portion of its flight path.