COMMISSIONING A CENTRAL CONTROLLER IN A CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20210329434A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17190794

    申请日:2021-03-03

    Abstract: A cloud radio access network (C-RAN) includes a plurality of remote units (RUs), each with a wireless transceiver to exchange RF signals with at least one UE. The C-RAN also includes a central controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of RUs via a fronthaul comprising one or more ETHERNET switches. The central controller is communicatively coupled to an activation server via a backhaul network. The central controller also includes at least one processor configured to, following initial power up, establish a connection to the activation server indicated by activation server information pre-configured on the central controller. The at least one processor is also configured to receive a commissioning package, which includes commissioning information, from the activation server. The at least one processor is also configured to configure the central controller based on the commissioning information.

    DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORK WITH INTERFACE TO HYPERSCALE SERVICES PORTAL

    公开(公告)号:US20230101566A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17936513

    申请日:2022-09-29

    Abstract: To enable a private enterprise to subscribe to wireless service provided at a site of the private enterprise using a private radio access network (RAN), one embodiment is directed to a hyperscale network configured to: obtain subscription information for providing the wireless; determine initial configurations for physical entities deployed at the site; store the determined initial configurations in vendors clouds; deploy, in the hyperscale network, virtual entities needed to provide the wireless service; instruct the private enterprise to cause the physical entities deployed at the site to perform initial bootstrap processes whereby the physical entities download the determined initial configurations for use thereby in communicating with at least one of the virtual entities; and provide final configurations to the physical entities and the virtual entities for use thereby in configuring the physical entities and the virtual entities to provide the wireless service at the site using the RAN.

    Commissioning a central controller in a cloud radio access network

    公开(公告)号:US11777794B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17190794

    申请日:2021-03-03

    CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 H04W12/06 H04W76/10 H04W88/12

    Abstract: A cloud radio access network (C-RAN) includes a plurality of remote units (RUs), each with a wireless transceiver to exchange RF signals with at least one UE. The C-RAN also includes a central controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of RUs via a fronthaul comprising one or more ETHERNET switches. The central controller is communicatively coupled to an activation server via a backhaul network. The central controller also includes at least one processor configured to, following initial power up, establish a connection to the activation server indicated by activation server information pre-configured on the central controller. The at least one processor is also configured to receive a commissioning package, which includes commissioning information, from the activation server. The at least one processor is also configured to configure the central controller based on the commissioning information.

    Systems and methods for secure virtualized base station orchestration

    公开(公告)号:US12010510B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17856164

    申请日:2022-07-01

    CPC classification number: H04W12/0431 H04L63/0272 H04W12/069

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for secure virtualized wireless base station orchestration comprises: obtaining a node certificate and private key from a global CA defining a PKI signing certificate/private key; obtaining a sub CA certificate/private key from either an edge cloud node cluster or the global CA, using a PKI request signed using the PKI signing certificate/private key; establishing an orchestration access IPsec tunnel to a cloud comprising edge cloud orchestration functions; utilizing the orchestration functions to deploy on the node virtualized entities comprising VNFs of a wireless base station; obtaining at least one VNF certificate and private key for the VNFs from the global CA using a PKI request signed using the global certificate/private key; utilizing the VNF certificate/private key, establishing IPsec tunnels between the VNFs and a wireless network services operator network and/or to an OAM secure gateway for a DMS.

    VIRTUAL DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM ENHANCED HYPERSCALE VIRTUALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240176670A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18517885

    申请日:2023-11-22

    CPC classification number: G06F9/5044 G06F9/505

    Abstract: A computing system having a vDAS compute node implementing at least one virtual network function (NF) in a virtualized distributed antenna system (vDAS) having a plurality of radio units (RUs). The computing system includes server and vDAS compute node. The vDAS compute node includes vDAS container(s) running on a first subset of cores. The server: receives periodic capacity usage reports from the vDAS compute node(s); compares scaling metric data derived from the periodic capacity usage reports to threshold limits to determine if any threshold limits have been reached by any scaling metric data for the vDAS compute node; when any threshold limits have been reached by any scaling metric data for at least one vDAS compute node: cause vDAS compute node to scale capacity by either instantiating or deleting additional vDAS container on second subset of cores of the at least one vDAS compute node.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUALIZED WIRELESS BASE STATION NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230155862A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US18056602

    申请日:2022-11-17

    CPC classification number: H04L12/4641

    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtualized wireless base station networking solutions are provided. In one embodiment, a controller for a telecommunications wireless base station comprises: one or more physical network interfaces; at least one processor programed to execute code on the controller: one or more virtualized entities for one or more virtual network functions of the base station, wherein a first virtual network function comprises a plurality of functional applications that each includes a respective network interface for connecting to a data network; a virtual network interface dedicated stack associated with each network interface, wherein a respective virtual network interface dedicated stack defines for each network interface a virtual media access control (VMAC) address, a virtual network interface (VF), a virtual local area network (VLAN), and a logical subnetwork internet protocol (IP) address. Each functional applications is bound to the physical network interfaces by their respective virtual network interface dedicated stack.

    ADAPTER FOR CONVERTING BETWEEN THE NETWORK CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (NETCONF) AND THE TECHNICAL REPORT 069 (TR-069) PROTOCOL

    公开(公告)号:US20210297508A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17207037

    申请日:2021-03-19

    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to an adapter entity comprising a Technical Report 069 (TR-069) protocol automatic configuration server (ACS) module configured to communicate with managed equipment included in a radio access network (RAN) using the TR-069 protocol. The adapter entity further comprises a Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) server configured to communicate with an Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Software Defined Network Radio instance (SDN-R) of an ONAP management and orchestration (MANO) environment using NETCONF. The adapter entity further comprises a TR-069-to-NETCONF mapper module, communicatively coupled to the TR-069 protocol ACS module and the NETCONF server, configured to dynamically map NETCONF requests and responses to and from TR-069 Protocol requests and responses. The adapter entity is configured to dynamically map NETCONF requests and responses to and from TR-069 Protocol requests and responses. Other embodiments and examples are disclosed.

    Systems and methods of orchestrating a virtualized base station

    公开(公告)号:US12192099B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17875084

    申请日:2022-07-27

    Abstract: Systems and methods for orchestrating a virtualized 5G gNB are provided. In one example, a system for orchestrating wireless service includes a scalable cloud environment configured to implement a base station using a plurality of virtualized base station entities. Each virtualized base station entity of the plurality of virtualized base station entities configured to implement at least some functions for one or more layers of a wireless interface used to communicate with UEs. The scalable cloud environment further configured to implement a service orchestration tool including one or more interfaces configured to receive common configuration parameters that are applicable to multiple sites of an operator and to receive site-specific configuration parameters that are unique to respective sites of the operator. The service orchestration tool configured to automatically generate deployment files for the plurality of virtualized base station entities based on the common configuration parameters and the site-specific configuration parameters.

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