PRIVATE NETWORK CONNECTIONS FOR RAN DISTRIBUTED UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20230336439A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18170424

    申请日:2023-02-16

    CPC classification number: H04L41/40 H04L45/586 H04W84/042

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for improving telecommunications services by intelligently deploying radio access network components and redundant links within a data center hierarchy to satisfy latency, power, availability, and quality of service requirements for one or more network slices are described. The radio access network components may include virtualized distributed units (VDUs) and virtualized centralized units (VCUs). To satisfy a latency requirement for a network slice, various components of a radio access network may need to be redeployed closer to user equipment. To satisfy a power requirement for the network slice, various components of the radio access network may need to be redeployed closer to core network components. Over time, the components of the radio access network may be dynamically reassigned to different layers within a data center hierarchy in order to satisfy changing latency requirements and power requirements for the network slice.

    DECOUPLING OF PACKET GATEWAY CONTROL AND USER PLANE FUNCTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230336430A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18171202

    申请日:2023-02-17

    Inventor: Andrew Trujillo

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for improving telecommunications services using virtualized network functions are described. The virtualized network functions may be deployed across different data centers of a data center hierarchy that electrically connect one or more user devices with one or more data networks. A set of virtualized network functions may be assigned to computing resources within a particular data center based on latency requirements, power requirements, and/or quality of service requirements for one or more network slices supported by the set of virtualized network functions. The set of virtualized networks functions may include a set of shared core network functions that are shared by two or more network slices.

    MULTI-ENVIRONMENT CELLULAR NETWORK SLICE TESTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230033886A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17876935

    申请日:2022-07-29

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media may facilitate multi-environment cellular network slice testing. A cloud-based test environment may be created and may include multiple cellular network components executed on a cloud-based computing platform. One or more slice testing requests may be received from a service provider system. Responsive to the one or more slice testing requests, one or more network slices may be created, where the one or more network slices may correspond to one or more portions of a cellular network. Slice testing may be performed with the one or more network slices within the cloud-based test environment. Results of the slice testing using the one or more network slices may be obtained.

    MULTI-ENVIRONMENT CELLULAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230032088A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17876933

    申请日:2022-07-29

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media may facilitate multi-environment cellular network development and testing. A plurality of cloud-based environments that are configured according to an hierarchical order and that allow for development and/or testing of features and/or services with respect to a cellular network may be created. The plurality of cloud-based environments may be communicatively coupled to one or more software repositories via a first plurality of pipelines. The plurality of cloud-based environments may be communicatively coupled to one or more issue monitors via a second plurality of pipelines. The plurality of cloud-based environments may be exposed to service provider systems and allowing the service provider systems to develop and/or test features and/or services with respect to the cellular network within the plurality of cloud-based environments.

    Leveraging a virtual router to bridge between an underlay and an overlay

    公开(公告)号:US12177041B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US18497797

    申请日:2023-10-30

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for bridging data traffic between an underlay network and an overlay network within a wireless telecommunication network. One such method including: providing access to an overlay network that includes virtual routers, wherein the overlay network is built above the underlay network, the underlay network including physical infrastructure that delivers packets; providing a UPFv that acts as an anchor for telephony voice functions; establishing routing protocols to transmit from the UPFv to one or more of the virtual routers; configuring one or more of the virtual routers to bridge an outgoing communication from the UPFv to a public cloud provider; instructing the virtual router to send the outgoing communication through the public cloud provider to the underlay network; and instructing the virtual router to receive an incoming communication from the underlay network through the public cloud provider to the UPFv.

    CONCURRENTLY SUPPORTING INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6 (IPV6) AND INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 4 (IPV4) IN A CLOUD-MANAGED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20240406103A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18800975

    申请日:2024-08-12

    Inventor: Andrew Trujillo

    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed towards concurrently supporting IPv6 and IPv4 in a cloud-managed wireless telecommunication network. This may include electronically providing support for internet Protocol IPv4 network traffic of user equipment (UEs) in a cloud-native, O-RAN, 5G NR cellular telecommunication network, and also electronically providing support for IPv6 network traffic of UEs in the cloud-native, O-RAN, 5G NR cellular telecommunication network while concurrently providing the support IPv4 network traffic. the wireless telecommunication service provider that is an MNO of the cloud-native, O-RAN, 5G NR cellular telecommunication network controls routing of the IPv6 network traffic within a cloud computing service provider cloud in which the cloud-native, O-RAN, 5G NR cellular telecommunication network operates.

    TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDER CONTROLLING AN UNDERLAY NETWORK IN CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230336475A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18101067

    申请日:2023-01-24

    CPC classification number: H04L45/64 H04L12/4633

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for enabling a telecommunication service provider to control an underlay network in cloud service provider environment. One such method includes: dictating control of the underlay network to a telecommunication service provider in the cloud service provider environment; enabling control of a number of virtual routers to be deployed by the telecommunication service provider in the cloud service provider environment; and managing route tables for the virtual routers deployed by the telecommunication service provider in the cloud service provider environment. In some embodiments, the Virtual Private Cloud design is configured to be similar to a design of the on-prem architecture of the telecommunication service provider.

    CONTAINERIZATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK FUNCTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230336440A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18171192

    申请日:2023-02-17

    Inventor: Andrew Trujillo

    CPC classification number: H04L41/40 H04L41/0895 H04W76/12 H04W28/0268

    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for improving telecommunications services using virtualized network functions are described. The virtualized network functions may be deployed across different data centers of a data center hierarchy that electrically connect one or more user devices with one or more data networks. A set of virtualized network functions may be assigned to computing resources within a particular data center based on latency requirements, power requirements, and/or quality of service requirements for one or more network slices supported by the set of virtualized network functions. The set of virtualized networks functions may include a set of shared core network functions that are shared by two or more network slices.

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