Preventing Dropped Calls Through Behavior Prediction

Abstract

Described herein are techniques related to preventing dropped cellular phone calls through predicting the behavior of cell phones along a route traveled by a mobile device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims.

1 . A mobile device, comprising:
 a scanning module that is configured to encounter a series of ambient identifiable wireless signal (IWS) sources while the mobile device is traveling along a route;   a tracking module that is configured to track the encountered series of ambient IWS sources along the route taken by the mobile device;   a learning module that is configured to learn, in response to tracking the encountered series of ambient IWS sources, the route taken by the mobile device and to determine whether the route includes dropped calls;   a database that is configured to store the learned routes and a history of dropped calls along the route;   a call monitoring module that is configured to monitor the route along which the mobile device is traveling and to compare the route along which the mobile device is traveling to the stored learned routes and history of dropped calls along the route and to determine when a dropped call has occurred; and   a notification module that is configured to generate a coverage-hole notification if the comparison of the route along which the mobile device is traveling matches a stored learned route that has history of dropped calls.   
     
     
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