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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Alcatel Lucent, Nozay, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Nozay, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/00 (2022.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 41/14 (2022.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0205 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/20 (2013.01); H04W 28/0925 (2020.05);
Abstract
A method for managing a virtual radio access network which serves a radio cell is provided. The method includes selecting, based on a radio access technology of the radio cell, a construction scheme for the virtual radio access network in a repository. Further, the method includes querying, from the repository, at least one software component associated to the construction scheme. The software component represents a virtualized network function of the virtual radio access network. The method additionally includes setting up, using the software component, the virtualized network function on a runtime platform according to the construction scheme.