CARRIER AGGREGATION AND DUAL CONNECTIVITY SWITCHING IN A CELLULAR NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20240349063A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18217952

    申请日:2023-07-03

    IPC分类号: H04W16/10

    CPC分类号: H04W16/10 H04W92/20

    摘要: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching in a cellular network (e.g., a 5G network). Example embodiments include systems and methods for: the RAN functions supporting providing measuring and reporting particular items for dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching with a network intelligence layer; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching without a network intelligence layer; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching based on availability of an inter-DU link and meeting latency/bandwidth criteria; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching based on availability of an inter-DU link and meeting resource criteria; and prioritization for using CA instead of DC based on CQI information reported from UEs.

    RADIO ACCESS NETWORK SLICING
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240323698A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18189342

    申请日:2023-03-24

    IPC分类号: H04W16/10 H04L41/16 H04W24/02

    CPC分类号: H04W16/10 H04L41/16 H04W24/02

    摘要: A disclosed method may include (i) providing, to an end-user of a radio access network, a graphical user interface that enables the end-user to configure at least one of a plurality of control knobs for configuring a slice of the radio access network, (ii) receiving, after the providing the graphical user interface, user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface indicating how the end-user would adjust the at least one of the control knobs for configuring the slice of the radio access network, and (iii) configuring the slice of the radio access network according to the user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface. Related systems and computer-readable mediums are further disclosed.

    State pooling for stateful re-homing in a disaggregated radio access network

    公开(公告)号:US11838845B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17375858

    申请日:2021-07-14

    IPC分类号: H04W40/02

    CPC分类号: H04W40/02

    摘要: Techniques described herein provide pooling of radio access network (RAN) resources in a disaggregated RAN in a manner that enables dynamic re-homing of RAN functions with minimal disruption to stateful communications. The RAN is a hierarchical arrangement of RAN units, each having an associated state at any given time. A RAN state pooling system (RSPS) is in communication with a pool of the RAN units via a high-speed communication channel. The RSPS is configured to maintain an updated repository of the state information for the RAN units in its serviced pool. In the event of re-homing from a first RAN unit to a second RAN unit in the pool (e.g., due to the first RAN unit failing, becoming overloaded, etc.), the RSPS provides the second RAN unit with the updated state information for the first RAN unit to facilitate a stateful re-homing.

    INTEGRATION OF PHYSICAL TEST ENVIRONMENTS WITH A CLOUD-NATIVE CELLULAR CORE

    公开(公告)号:US20230284053A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US18176927

    申请日:2023-03-01

    IPC分类号: H04W24/06

    CPC分类号: H04W24/06

    摘要: Various arrangements for performing testing using a cellular network are presented. A distributed unit (DU) can be activated to be used exclusively for an isolated test environment. A communication path can be established between the DU and a radio unit (RU) located at a location to where the isolated test environment is located. Communication between the DU and a centralized unit (CU) can be established such that the CU is used as part of the isolated test environment. A test slice can be defined on the cellular network that isolates all traffic on the DU and RU from a production slice. The CU can service both the test slice and the production slice.

    Method and system for smart operating bandwidth adaptation during power outages

    公开(公告)号:US11638178B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17444349

    申请日:2021-08-03

    IPC分类号: H04W28/20 H04W52/02

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for adaptive bandwidth (BW) management configuring an element management control unit including a set of distribution/central units (DU/CU) for monitoring power and traffic loads at a plurality of cell sites in a network; communicating with a BW management unit coupled to the element management system to adapt BW for users at cell sites by moving users to a set of smaller bandwidth parts (BWPs) at a cell site in response to a set of conditions of AC power outages and reduced traffic loads detected by the BW management unit, and in response to at least one of the detected conditions, instructing based on data from the DU/CU to the BW management unit to move user traffic to a designated lower BWP of the set of smaller BWPs at the cell site while shutting down other BWPs at the cell site to save the power of an operating cell site.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATE MAXIMUM BIT RATE (AMBR) MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230033532A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17444004

    申请日:2021-07-29

    摘要: Systems and methods of scheduling bit rates for first-class traffic for a first and second class session for a device; honoring for the device each first class session with the bit rate equal to a session aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) by a scheduler by assigning a threshold for an aggregate bit rate for traffic for each first-class session; if a total of the aggregate bit rate of traffic for each first class session is below the threshold assigned, then assigning each first class session the session AMBR for first-class session traffic for the device; if the total of the aggregate bit rate of traffic for each first class session is above the threshold assigned, then proportionality scheduling packets of the traffic for the first class session of the device to limit the aggregate rate of the first-class traffic below the threshold.

    CONTINUOUSLY ONLINE 5G RADIO UNIT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220191707A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17544657

    申请日:2021-12-07

    IPC分类号: H04W16/18 H04W40/04

    摘要: Various arrangements for updating a radio unit (RU) of a cellular network are presented. A volume of cellular signals being handled by a first programmable processor of the RU and a second programmable processor of the RU may be analyzed. A determination can be made that one of the processors has sufficient available resources to handle the analyzed volume of cellular signals. The RU can cause cellular signals to be rerouted to one of the programmable processors while the other processor is taken offline for updating. The update process is performed such that UE in communication with the RU experience uninterrupted cellular network access.

    CARRIER AGGREGATION AND DUAL CONNECTIVITY SWITCHING IN A CELLULAR NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20240349079A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18217940

    申请日:2023-07-03

    IPC分类号: H04W24/02

    CPC分类号: H04W24/02

    摘要: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching in a cellular network (e.g., a 5G network). Example embodiments include systems and methods for: the RAN functions supporting providing measuring and reporting particular items for dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching with a network intelligence layer; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching without a network intelligence layer; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching based on availability of an inter-DU link and meeting latency/bandwidth criteria; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching based on availability of an inter-DU link and meeting resource criteria; and prioritization for using CA instead of DC based on CQI information reported from UEs.

    ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED UNIT (DU) SCHEDULER
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240334473A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18229121

    申请日:2023-08-01

    摘要: Embodiments are directed towards an adaptive DU scheduler that increases the user experiences on higher channel bandwidths (BWs) while ensuring no drops for Voice over New Radio (VoNR) or other high priority traffic. Example embodiments include systems and methods for an adaptive distributed unit (DU) scheduler in a wireless telecommunication network, such as a wireless 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods that include: a central scheduler for maximizing overall throughput based on received parameter values; maximizing the overall cell site throughput; an intelligence layer that has an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning (AI/ML) model that increases the performance for all the cells by sending info to central scheduler for each of the cells; an intelligence layer that has an AI/ML models for each site type based on the traffic distribution across each cell; centralized RAN pooling; a containerized DU server with master a controller pod controlling individual cell pods; and a containerized DU server with a DU common scheduler managing all the cells.