Pankaj Kenjale

Title: Pankaj Kenjale and Programmable Intelligence for 5G Traffic Steering

Introduction

Pankaj Kenjale is an inventor based in Plano, Texas, whose patent work addresses traffic management in fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. His invention focuses on using artificial intelligence to improve how network resources are assigned when user equipment moves between network cells.

Latest Patents

Kenjale is associated with 1 patent: “Method and Apparatus for Programmable and Customized Intelligence for Traffic Steering in 5G Networks Using Open RAN Architectures.” The patent describes an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) system that uses an AI-based traffic-steering application, or xApp, within a near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller. The xApp optimizes handover decisions for individual user equipment to improve throughput.

The approach uses a virtualized and simulated O-RAN environment provided by the ns-O-RAN platform. It formulates the optimization task as a Markov Decision Process and derives a solution using one or more reinforcement-learning techniques.

Career Highlights

Kenjale works at Mavenir Systems, Inc., a company involved in telecommunications technology. His patent reflects work at the intersection of 5G networking, Open RAN architectures, and AI-driven radio resource management.

Collaborations

The provided information identifies Rajarajan Sivaraj and Rahul Soundrarajan as Kenjale’s coworkers. Their shared professional context connects their work to telecommunications and network innovation.

Conclusion

Pankaj Kenjale’s patent presents an AI- and reinforcement-learning-based approach to optimizing handovers and traffic steering in O-RAN networks, with the goal of improving user throughput in 5G systems.