At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

At&t Corp.

At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p.

At&t Mobility Ii LLC

Other

Moshiur Rahman

Paritosh Bajpay

William Trost

Barry S Bosik

David L Basore

David H Lu

Daniel Solero

Eshrat Huda

Shiv Kumar

Robert D Boudreau, Jr

Fred Delaplace

Shrikant Acharya

Hansali Bouanaka

Hossein Eslambolchi

John McCanuel

Daniel G Sheleheda

Russell Fischer

Christopher Opara

Narayan Sahoo

Carolyn Bekampis

Prafulla Verma

Lev Slutsman

Lucia Otto

Deniz Seden

Laurens McCarty

Barnali Chatterjee

An automated system provides end-to-end (E2E) orchestration for machine learning (ML)-enabled and software-defined network (SDN)-enabled reactive and predictive (e.g., 5G) cell-on-drone (COD) dispatch and deployment. The system may be configured to detect or predict traffic surges (e.g., relative to typical or baseline levels) in a given cell site and orchestrate provisioning of resources, including COD deployment, to address the surge. COD deployment may involve one or more clusters or colonies of drones equipped with low-powered cellular radio access (or small cell) nodes, where each cluster includes (or is led by) one or more SDN-equipped drones that provide intelligent SDN-on-drone (SOD) functionality.

Universal uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) colony wireline wireless orchestration and automation management

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system including a cross-segment slice controller (CSSC) configured to interface with a software-defined network (SDN) controller and a software-defined radio (SDR) controller. The SDN controller may be associated with a core network and the SDR controller may be associated with a radio access network (RAN). The system further includes a machine learning (ML) component configured to obtain and analyze data regarding the core network and the RAN, and an intelligent end-to-end (E2E) orchestration platform (IEOP) configured to coordinate with the SDN controller and the SDR controller via the CSSC based on outputs of the ML component to provide dynamic cross-segment network slice management. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Intelligent machine learning (ML)-enabled end-to-end (E2E) automated orchestration for collaborative next-generation wireless wireline convergence (WWC)

The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum key distribution ('QKD') networking as a service. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a microservices controller can establish a plurality of quantum connections with a plurality of virtual quantum connection managers (“vQCMs”) deployed in association with a set of quantum user nodes (“QUNs”) in a QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a request to initialize the QKD network. The microservices controller can coordinate with the plurality of vQCMs to handle initialization of the QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a QKD service request from a QKD network operator. The microservices controller can invoke a plurality of microservices to handle the QKD service request.

Quantum key distribution networking as a service

Distribution access channels among and across multiple communication networks can be managed. A distribution access management component (DAMC) can monitor communication conditions of communication channels across multiple communication networks employing respective communication technologies. During a data session between a data source device and communication device via a first communication channel associated with a first communication network, and in response to determining a failure of the first communication channel, DAMC can determine whether data traffic of the data session is to be re-routed from the first communication channel to a second communication channel associated with a second communication network based on a policy. If the policy indicates re-routing can be performed, DAMC can facilitate establishing the second communication channel, and data traffic of the data session can be re-routed via the second communication channel until the failure of the first communication channel is remedied.

Managing distribution access among and across multiple communication networks

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring status of a network configured to provide end-to-end delivery of services to priority user equipment authorized according to a prioritized class of service and other user equipment not authorized for the prioritized class of service. The prioritized class of service extends a reserved network capacity for end-to-end delivery of a service via first domain including first network slices and a second domain including second network slices. A network interruption compromising the reserved capacity is determined based on the monitored status and integration of an alternate group of slices into one of the first network domain, the second network domain, or both to replace the compromised group of slices, is orchestrated. Integration of the alternate group of slices restores reserved network capacity according to the prioritized class of service. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Network resiliency and impact coordination

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating, by a federated blockchain controller, a user equipment located within a cell coverage area of a network that includes heterogeneous cells. The federated blockchain controller can provide encryption data to the user equipment and corresponding authentication information to one or more multi-access edge computing (MEC) devices associated with the heterogeneous cells to enable secure and efficient handovers for the user equipment amongst the heterogeneous cells, without a need for additional handover reauthentication procedures. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Methods, systems, and devices for federated blockchain-enabled handover authentication

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request to facilitate communications between first and second processing nodes, determining that the communications are to be established via quantum teleportation between, and identifying a network path comprising a first path segment to obtain a quantum channel, wherein quantum entanglement is established between the first and second processing nodes based on transportation of a first quantum entangled object via the quantum channel. A classical communication channel is facilitated between the first and second processing nodes, adapted to exchange between the nodes, quantum state information of a measurement performed upon the first quantum entangled object. Information is exchanged between the first and second processing nodes via the quantum channel according to the transported first quantum entangled object and the exchanged quantum state information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

System and method for network distribution of quantum entanglement

The present disclosure describes event detection and management for quantum communications in a communication network. The event detection and management for quantum communications in a communication network may be provided based on event-based interaction between quantum nodes of the communication network and a network controller of the communication network, such as where the quantum nodes detect events associated with quantum communications and report the events associated with quantum communications to the network controller and where the network controller receives the events associated with quantum communications from the quantum nodes and initiates event management operations based on the events associated with quantum communications. The event detection and management for quantum communications in a communication network may be provided for various aspects of quantum communications, such as for quantum channels configured to support quantum information transfers, quantum information transfers via quantum channels, quantum applications, and so forth.

Event detection and management for quantum communications

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving workload requests for tenant devices providing services to user devices; partitioning node resources to facilitate network slicing in a software defined network to provide the services; determining that the workload requests exceed available resources of the node; and outsourcing a portion of a load to one or more neighboring nodes, where the outsourcing is performed in coordination with a regional orchestrator and a SDN intelligence module. Other embodiments are disclosed.

System and method of software defined network enabled slicing as a service utilizing artificial intelligence

A method includes capturing traffic at a source domain and a destination domain, creating a first traffic digest comprising unique packet identifiers representing traffic captured at the source domain, creating a second traffic digest comprising unique packet identifiers representing traffic captured at the destination domain, comparing the first traffic digest to the second traffic digest, if a loss is detected based on the comparing step, identify an alternative path between the source domain and the destination domain, switching processing to the alternative path, and resynchronizing traffic between the source domain and the destination domain on the alternative path.

System and method for analytics backed software defined network failure detection and synchronization

An architecture for surveillance of hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) 5th generation (5G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) small cell devices using mobile edge computing techniques hosted by a HFC device is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving first data representing a quality of service value associated with a small cell device of a first group of 5G small cell devices; retrieving second data representing a historical quality of service value associated with a second group of 5G small cell devices; as a function of the first data and the second data, generating a change value for the small cell device; and based on the change value, facilitating an adjustment in an operation of the small cell device.

Hybrid fiber coaxial fed 5G small cell surveillance with hybrid fiber coaxial hosted mobile edge computing

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a security status of a wireless communication session comprising a back-haul link supporting a classical communication channel between a wireless access point and a wireless mobility core network. The classical communication channel is adapted to transport underlying data of the wireless communication session and, responsive to determining a change in the security status, associating with the wireless communication session a quantum communication channel adapted to transport information via qubits. Information is exchanged between the wireless access point and the mobility core network via the qubits of the quantum communication channel, wherein the exchanging of the information via the qubits enhances a security level of the wireless communication session in view of a perceived threat. Other embodiments are disclosed.

System and method for quantum-enabled cyber security in a wireless mobile network

An architecture for providing an on-demand dynamic cloudlet instantiation by leveraging a grouping of software defined network devices and their respective associated analytics modules. A method can comprise receiving quality of service data representing a 5G small cell device of a group of 5G small cell devices; generating a policy rule representing a predictive policy to facilitate an instantiation of a dynamic on-demand cloudlet node into a fog of dynamic on-demand cloudlet node instantiations; and facilitating the instantiation of the dynamic on-demand cloudlet node into the fog, by a hybrid fiber coaxial device, based on the policy rule and an indication received from the hybrid fiber coaxial that a traffic surge in communications with the 5G small cell device has occurred.

Dynamic cloudlet fog node deployment architecture

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining instructions for implementing a quantum algorithm adapted to obtain a computational result according to a quantum mechanical process. A sequence of quantum operations is generated according to the instructions for implementing the quantum algorithm, wherein the sequence of quantum operations is adapted to physically manipulate a plurality of quantum bits according to the quantum mechanical process. The sequence of quantum operations is provided to a geographically separated quantum central module, via a communication channel, the geographically separated quantum central module implements the quantum mechanical process to obtain a computational result. The computational result is received from the geographically separated quantum central module via the communication channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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Marlboro, NJ, United States of America

Moshiur Rahman