Parallel Wireless, Inc.

Cisco Technology, Inc.

A5g Networks, Inc.

Starent Networks Corporation

Nashua, New Hampshire

Kaitki Agarwal

Rajesh Kumar Mishra

Steven Paul Papa

Sridhar Donepudi

Yang Cao

Sumit Garg

Kartik Shashikant Raval

Prashanth Rao

Zeev V Lubenski

Murali Talluri

Jitender Arora

Pratik Vinod Mehta

Rajat Ghai

Rahul Atri

Fernando Cerioni

Anupam Goyal

Steven Beaudette

Mohit Chugh

Ravi Nathwani

Santosh Kumar Pandey

Sharique Qureshi

Syed Intekhab Anjum

Anoop Kumar

Praveen Puvvadi

Michael Yasuhiro Saji

Eugina Jordan

Abhijit Navalekar

Zahid Ghadialy

Praveen Kumar

Arun Prasath

Pradeep Kumar Dakshayani Raghavan

Babu Rajagopal

David Ruffen

Christopher Simmonds

David Johnston

Randy Rutherford

Arun Seshadri

Amit Miron

Matthew Hayden Harper

Gaurav Kumar

Eric Mrozinski

Keith Johnson

Jim Towey

Naveen Reddy

Shray Mishra

Zeev Lubenski

Chris Simmonds

Kartik Raval

Pratik Mehta

Michael Saji

Rajesh Mishra

Steven Papa

Syed Anjum

A method, system, and computer readable medium are disclosed for providing enterprise multi-technology core and subscriber management. In one embodiment a method includes providing an enterprise network including: at least one Open connect Provider (OP); at least one Access Point (AP) in communication with at least one OP; a locally placed edge core in communication with at least one AP; and using a single sign on service for the edge core to allow different services to be used by different users.

Enterprise multi-technology core and subscriber management

Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality in a base station, comprising: providing a baseband card; providing a radio head, the radio head coupled to the baseband card by way of an interface; and switching, under the control of a processor, between use of the baseband card and use of an external baseband unit for controlling the radio head, the external baseband unit used via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) port, thereby providing dual base station and remote radio head functionality.

Hybrid base station and RRH

Systems and methods for a scalable network orchestrator for orchestrating a radio access network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising: a management module for performing system management functions, a control plane processing module for performing radio access coordination functions and user mobile device coordination functions, a data plane processing module for receiving user mobile device data and forwarding the user mobile device data to the user mobile device or to a mobile operator core network, and for decrypting, demultiplexing and forwarding system management traffic to the management module or control plane processing module; a load balancer for receiving and directing traffic; and an interconnect medium coupled to each of these modules and providing point-to-point connectivity for each coupled module, wherein the at least one management module is configured to support addition, subtraction, and failover of load balancers, control plane processing modules, and data plane processing modules.

Systems and methods for a scalable heterogeneous network orchestrator

Systems, methods, and computer software are disclosed for providing an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) networking infrastructure. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing real-time OpenRAN controller responsible for radio connection management, mobility management, QoS management, edge services, and interference management for the quality of end user experience; and providing a non-real-time controller in communication with the real-time OpenRAN controller, the non-real-time controller providing functionality such as configuration management, device management, fault management, performance management, and lifecycle management for all network elements in a network.

OpenRAN networking infrastructure

Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an OpenRAN solution suite. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method including communicating, by an all G COTS (Commercial off the Shelf) Base Band Unit (BBU), with a plurality of different G user devices; communicating, by a software platform, with the all G COTS BBU, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and SON edge core functionality; and communicating, by the software platform, with a plurality of different G core networks.

OpenRAN solution suite

A system and method for dynamically creating distributed, self-adjusting and optimizing core network with machine learning is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request to access one or more services and establishing a secure real time communication session with one or more client devices and a set of service layers based on the received request. The method further includes determining one or more service parameters based on the received request and sending one or more handshake messages to each of the set of service layers. Further, the method includes determining one or more environmental parameters and determining best possible service layer capable of processing the received request by using a trained service based ML model. The method includes processing the request at the determined best possible service layer and terminating or transferring the secure real time communication session after the request is processed.

Distributed, self-adjusting and optimizing core network with machine learning

A gateway for X2 interface communication is provided, including: an X2 internal interface for communicating with, and coupled to, a plurality of radio access networks (RANs); and an X2 external interface for communicating with, and coupled to, a destination outside of the plurality of RANs, the X2 external interface further including a single X2 endpoint for the plurality of radio access networks, such that the X2 external interface provides a single interface for an external macro cell or core network to interact with the plurality of radio access networks. The gateway may further include a handover module for maintaining X2 signaling associations and transactions for incoming and outbound handovers, including X2 to S1 and S1 to X2 translation.

Federated X2 gateway

A system and method for autonomous data and signalling traffic management in a distributed infrastructure is disclosed. The method includes a distributed multi-cloud computing system with machine learning based intelligence across heterogenous computing platforms hosting mobile network functions, capable of leveraging AI based distribution across all the resources to creates autonomous network operations and intelligently work around any impairments. The method includes determining one or more service nodes by using a trained traffic management based ML model and establishing one or more cloud mesh links between the one or more service nodes at multiple levels of hierarchy based on the system, environment and network parameters and the current network demand. Further, the method includes processing the request by providing access of the one or more services hosted on the one or more external devices to the one or more electronic devices via the one or more cloud mesh links.

System and method for autonomous data and signalling traffic management in a distributed infrastructure

A method for scheduling resources in a network where the scheduling activity is split across two nodes in the network is disclosed, comprising: receiving, from a local scheduler in a first radio access network, access network information at a global scheduler; accessing information regarding a second radio access network allocating, at the global scheduler, resources for secondary allocation by the local scheduler; applying a hash function to map the allocated resources for secondary allocation to a set of hash values; and sending, from the global scheduler, the set of hash values to the local scheduler.

Elastic scheduling

Methods and computer software are disclosed for providing decomposition and distribution of network functions. In one example embodiment a method includes decomposing a node in a network into a decomposed node including a plurality of virtual machines or containers; and moving the decomposed node to any location across the network.

Decomposition and distribution of network functions for deployment flexibility

The present disclosure describes solutions for dynamic network slicing including provisions to create, modify, and/or delete network slices in a de-centralized communication network including a plurality of central/regional/edge/far-edge locations across hybrid and multi-cloud environment referred to as edge server or edge location for providing service to the users. Network slicing enables multiple isolated and independent virtual (logical) networks to exist together. A plurality of virtual networks, i.e., slices, may be created using resources of the same physical network infrastructure.

Dynamic network slicing management in a mesh network

A method for utilizing quality of service information in a network with tunneled backhaul is disclosed, comprising: establishing a backhaul bearer at a base station with a first core network, the backhaul bearer established by a backhaul user equipment (UE) at the base station, the backhaul bearer having a single priority parameter, the backhaul bearer terminating at a first packet data network gateway in the first core network; establishing an encrypted internet protocol (IP) tunnel between the base station and a coordinating gateway in communication with the first core network and a second core network; facilitating, for at least one UE attached at the base station, establishment of a plurality of UE data bearers encapsulated in the secure IP tunnel, each with their own QCI; and transmitting prioritized data of the plurality of UE data bearers via the backhaul bearer and the coordinating gateway to the second core network.

End-to-end prioritization for mobile base station

Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing a Diameter multifold message. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a multifold-command Attribute Value Pair (AVP), the multifold-command AVP including an AVP code, a set of VMP flags, an AVP length and a vendor ID; including the AVP in a Capabilities Exchange Request (CER) command for a Diameter stack supporting multiplexing of commands in one message; and using the AVP to combine messages from multiple applications running on a single Diameter node and multiple commands from a single application.

VoIP and native carrier call integration

A method may be disclosed in accordance with some embodiments, comprising: receiving, at a virtualizing gateway, a first service request from a first user equipment (UE) via a first eNodeB; creating, at the virtualizing gateway, an association from each of a plurality of UE identifiers to a desired core network; applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a first filter using a first UE identifier of the first UE, based on the association; forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied first filter, the first service request from the first UE to the first core network; receiving, at the virtualizing gateway, via a second eNodeB, a second service request from a second user equipment (UE); applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a second filter using a second UE identifier of the second UE, based on the association; and forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied second filter, the second service request from the second UE to the second core network.

SIM whitelisting and multi-operator core networks

A method is disclosed for improved tracking area planning and handling, comprising: assigning a single tracking area code to a plurality of eNodeBs at a messaging concentrator gateway, the messaging concentrator gateway situated in a network between the plurality of eNodeBs and the core network; storing, at the messaging concentrator gateway, at least one indicator of a last known location of a user equipment (UE) other than the single tracking area code; receiving a paging message from the core network at the messaging concentrator gateway for a UE; and performing a paging sequence using the at least one indicator to identify a set of eNodeBs to page the UE, thereby allowing larger tracking area list sizes to be used without increasing signaling traffic between the radio access network and the core network.

Tracking area planning

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Westford, MA, United States of America

Kaitki Agarwal