T-mobile Usa, Inc.

Robert Berrier

Justin Mueller

Shilpa Bhanot

Patrick Bryan Nolan

Emile Minh Tran

Suchit Satpathy

Yun Hong Lee

Florendo Atienza

Joshua Van De Walle

Muhammad Shakil

Danny Goswami

Senthil Ravindranath

Benjamin Yuen

Brian Barnhart

Jonathan Sarbillon Ramirez

Andrew Rogers

Murali Krishnan Govindan

Mohamed Youssef Mohamed Madian

Peter Bucko

Venu Mudunuri

Techniques are described herein for providing hardware configuration updates relating to equipment nodes in a network using change messages. In embodiments, the techniques may comprise receiving a status update comprising status information for one or more equipment nodes, determining, based on the status information, one or more changes in status of the one or more equipment nodes since a prior status update, and generating a change message that includes the one or more changes. The techniques may further involve providing the change message to at least one second computing device, wherein the one or more changes is used to update aggregate data maintained by the second computing device.

Techniques for hardware configuration reporting using change messages

Processes and systems for automatically configuring small cells, microcells, picocells, and femtocells for deployment in a cellular network are described herein. The system uses an orchestrator in an Orchestration Platform to direct the generation of the configuration for network assets to be deployed. The Orchestration Platform interacts with components to generate the data and parameters necessary for the configuration. The Orchestration Platform directs system components to generate the configuration, validate the configuration, execute the configuration, and download the configuration. The processes and systems include a database to maintain the state of a system instance during the configuration process, allowing an orchestrator to start, suspend, abort, or restart its workflow process at any time without the loss of any work.

Network deployment orchestration

Systems and methods for adjusting cell site parameters are described. The systems and methods cause a map of a geographical area to be displayed, access known or stored location coordinates for antennas at a cell site that is located within the of the geographical area, and present display elements representing the antennas at first positions within the displayed map that correspond to the known location coordinates for the antennas at the cell site. In response to input received from a user, the systems and methods adjust the known location coordinates for the antennas at the cell sites to new location coordinates associated with second positions of the display elements within the displayed map. Further details are described herein.

Adjusting cell site parameters using a mapping tool

Traditional configuration of infrastructure equipment relates to the adjustment of horizontal tilt for antennas. Given the potential overlap of infrastructure equipment, varying tilt angles can result in either interference with nearby equipment ('over-tilt') or reduced coverage areas within a specific infrastructure equipment ('under-tilt'). A tool for determining appropriate tilt angles for infrastructure antennas across a mobile network is provided. The tool automatically determines a range of tilt angles between a selected source antenna and adjacent antennas and optimizes based on a threshold intersecting point. Additionally, the tool can update calculated tilt angles based on network congestion information.

Optimizing coverage of infrastructure equipment utilizing network density information

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Robert Berrier