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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
David Côté, Gatineau, CA;
Aung Htay, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Roger Michael Elbaz, Dawsonville, GA (US);
Cienna Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for Software Defined Networking (SDN) orchestration of antennas and frequencies in a heterogeneous Radio Access Network (RAN) include maintaining status of a plurality of devices connected to the heterogeneous RAN; determining whether to upgrade connections of a first subset of the plurality of devices; determining whether to downgrade connections of a second subset of the plurality of devices; and providing instructions to the heterogeneous RAN for the first subset and the second subset. The systems and methods enable enforcement of business-aware prioritization on the heterogeneous RAN.