CLIAMS:We claim:

1. A method of determining signal penetration of one or more neighbor base stations, the method comprising:
receiving, by a signal penetration computing device, one or more measurement reports from one or more User Equipment (UEs) associated with a serving base station, wherein the one or more measurement reports comprise Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) values of the one or more neighbor base stations;
identifying, by the signal penetration computing device, a location of each of the one or more UEs based on the one or more measurement reports;
determining, by the signal penetration computing device, a distance between one or more pairs of UEs based on the location of the each UE;
defining, by the signal penetration computing device, one or more penetration areas based on the one or more distances between the one or more pairs of UEs , wherein the one or more penetration areas are associated with the one or more neighbor base stations; and
determining, by the signal penetration computing device, signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas based on the one or more pairs of UEs associated with each of the penetration areas.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas is determined using a path loss method.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising adjusting transmission signal values of the one or more neighbor base stations based on the signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising determining a deviation in the signal penetration by comparing the signal penetration before and after adjusting the transmission signal values of the one or more neighbor base stations.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising verifying the signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas by comparing the deviation in signal penetration with a predefined error threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising filtering the one or more neighbor base stations based on the RSRP values of the one or more neighbor base stations.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more penetration areas are defined based on the one or more distances between the one or more pairs of UEs being below a predefined distance threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising predicting signal penetration for one or more locations where no UEs are present based on measurement reports associated with one or more UEs in proximity to the locations where no UEs are present.

9. A signal penetration computing device for determining signal penetration of one or more neighbor base stations, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, cause the processor to:
receive one or more measurement reports from one or more User Equipment (UEs) associated with a serving base station, wherein the one or more measurement reports comprise Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) values received by UEs of the one or more neighbor base stations;
identify,a location of each of the one or more UEs based on the one or more measurement reports;
determine a distance between one or more pairs of UEs based on the location of the each UE;
define one or more penetration areas based on the one or more distances between the one or more pairs of UEs , wherein the one or more penetration areas are associated with the one or more neighbor base stations; and
determine signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas based on the one or more pairs of UEs associated with each of the penetration areas.

10. The signal penetration computing device of claim 9, wherein the signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas is determined using a path loss method.

11. The signal penetration computing device of claim 9 further comprising instructions to filter the one or more neighbor base stations based on the RSRP values of the one or more neighbor base stations.

12. The signal penetration computing device of claim 9, wherein the one or more penetration areas are defined based on the one or more distances between the one or more pairs of UEs being below a predefined distance threshold.

13. The signal penetration computing device of claim 10, further comprising predicting signal penetration for one or more locations where no UEs are present based on measurement reports associated with one or more UEs in proximity to the locations where no UEs are present.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a set of computer executable instructions, which, when executed on a computing system causes the computing system to perform the steps of:
receiving one or more measurement reports from one or more User Equipment (UEs) associated with a serving base station, wherein the one or more measurement reports comprise Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) values of the one or more neighbor base stations;
identifying a location of each of the one or more UEs based on the one or more measurement reports;
determining a distance between one or more pairs of UEs based on the location of the each UE;
defining one or more penetration areas based on the one or more distances between the one or more pairs of UEs , wherein the one or more penetration areas are associated with the one or more neighbor base stations; and
determining signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas based on the one or more pairs of UEs associated with each of the penetration areas.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the signal penetration in the one or more penetration areas is determined using a path loss method.

16. The medium of claim 14 further comprising instructions to filter the one or more neighbor base stations based on the RSRP values of the one or more neighbor base stations.

17. The medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more penetration areas are defined based on the one or more distances between the one or more pairs of UEs being below a predefined distance threshold.

18. The medium of claim 14, further comprising instructions to predict signal penetration for one or more locations where no UEs are present based on measurement reports associated with one or more UEs in proximity to the locations where no UEs are present.

Dated this 28th day of March, 2015

Swetha S.N
Of K&S Partners
Agent for the Applicant
,TagSPECI:TECHNICAL FIELD
This disclosure relates generally to signal coverage of base stations, and more particularly to a method and system for determining signal penetration of one or more neighbor base stations into coverage area of a serving base station.