Chetan Kumar Shivakumar

Title: Chetan Kumar Shivakumar and Zero-Touch RAN Infrastructure

Introduction

Chetan Kumar Shivakumar is an inventor based in Bengaluru, India, and works at Mavenir Systems, Inc. His patent work addresses automation and networking for remote radio access network (RAN) cell sites.

Latest Patents

Shivakumar is associated with 1 patent, titled “ZTP RAN Server with a Virtual Cell Site Router.” The invention describes a zero-touch provisioning RAN Distributed Unit server designed for a remote cell site. During startup, a network interface card (NIC) temporarily functions as a Cell Site Router, connecting to a central database to download the BIOS and operating system needed to boot the server.

After startup, software launches a virtual Cell Site Router, which reconfigures the NIC to offload networking tasks from the server’s CPU to a network processing unit on the card. These tasks can include packet encryption, classification, filtering, load balancing, and security functions. The approach is intended to automate deployment while supporting efficient network operations at remote sites.

Career Highlights

Shivakumar’s listed professional affiliation is Mavenir Systems, Inc. His patent reflects work on zero-touch provisioning and the integration of virtual routing with network-processing hardware for RAN infrastructure.

Collaborations

The patent describes a system involving a RAN Distributed Unit server, a NIC, a network processing unit, and a central database. The available information does not identify additional collaborators or co-inventors.

Conclusion

Chetan Kumar Shivakumar’s patent focuses on simplifying remote RAN deployment by automating server startup and assigning networking workloads to specialized hardware.