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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Om Prakash Suthar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);
Santanu Dasgupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 16/1824 (2019.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02);
Abstract
Blockchain technology is used to provide distributed authentication, entitlements and trust among different virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) elements. An enterprise blockchain with interfaces enables multi-vendor vRAN deployment across multiple service providers. In another embodiment, a method is provided for authenticating entities in a virtualized radio access network to ensure various entitles are in fact entitled to participate in various radio access network operations.