Traffic forecasting for mobile networks with multiplicative seasonal ARIMA models

Traffic forecasting is an important task which is required by overload warning and capacity planning for mobile networks. Based on analysis of real data collected by China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) Heilongjiang Co. Ltd, this paper proposes to use the multiplicative seasonal ARIMA models for mobile communication traffic forecasting. Experiments and test results show that the whole solution presented in this paper is feasible and effective to fulfill the requirements in traffic forecasting application for mobile networks.