Systems and methods for radio access network-level allocation and retention priority based on network slicing

    公开(公告)号:US11330605B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16988566

    申请日:2020-08-07

    摘要: A system described herein may provide a technique for allocation and/or preemption of radio access network (“RAN”) resources in a wireless network based on Quality of Service (“QoS”)-related metrics associated with User Equipment (“UEs”) that are connected to, and/or are requesting connection to, a RAN. QoS-related metrics may include a network slice, a QoS Flow Identifier (“QFI”), other suitable metrics. A Slice-Based Priority (“SBP”) determine one or more priority (e.g., SBP) values for UEs connected to the one or more RANs, and/or for UEs requesting connection to such RANs. In addition to QoS-related metrics priority values may be determined based on RAN-related metrics, such as Allocation and Retention Priority (“ARP”) values associated with a UE. RANs may accordingly be able to allocate resources, accept or deny connection requests, and/or perform preemption based at least partly on slice-related QoS metrics, thus preserving end-to-end QoS parameters.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ENABLE PROGRAMMABLE XHAUL TRANSPORT

    公开(公告)号:US20220030117A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US16937074

    申请日:2020-07-23

    IPC分类号: H04M15/00 H04L12/24 H04W8/08

    摘要: A device may include a processor configured to receive wireless communication network policies from an orchestration system. The device may be further configured to receive a notification from a radio access network (RAN) central unit (CU) that a packet data unit (PDU) session has been set up in the RAN, wherein the notification includes information associated with the PDU session; identify a programmable switch associated with the PDU session; select a policy, from the plurality of wireless communication network policies, based on the information associated with the PDU session; and configure the programmable switch to apply the selected policy to the PDU session.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERIC ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20220004511A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US16920969

    申请日:2020-07-06

    IPC分类号: G06F13/20 G06F13/40

    摘要: Systems and methods enable data collection and analytics consumption with a generalized assurance framework using a message bus that supports a publish-subscribe model. A producer network element subscribes to a request topic on the message bus and posts, to the message bus, an announcement indicating a data topic is available from the producer network element. The producer network element receives via the message bus, the request topic including a request for the data topic and posts, to the message bus, records for the data topic in response to the request.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING ADAPTIVE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20210320850A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US16846543

    申请日:2020-04-13

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 G06F16/245

    摘要: A method, system, and computer-readable medium may provide for receiving network performance indicator data associated with a network slice connected to a user equipment (UE) device via a first type of network infrastructure; determining, based on the network performance indicator data, that one or more service level agreements (SLAs) for the network slice will not be met or are not currently being met; identifying a second type of network infrastructure based on service requirements for the network slice, wherein the network requirements include the one or more SLAs and a service profile; accessing a network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) inventory to determine a supportability for the instantiation of the second type of network infrastructure; and instructing an orchestrator to deploy the second type of network infrastructure over the access network.

    Systems and methods for designing a slice infrastructure

    公开(公告)号:US11140040B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US16789657

    申请日:2020-02-13

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 G06N20/00

    摘要: A device associated with a network may receive a service profile for a network slice of the network, where the service profile includes one or more service characterizations of the network slice. The device may determine, based on thresholding rules and for each service characterization, whether the service characterization requires selection from a plurality of building blocks, to obtain a group of service characterizations requiring selection. The device may select, based on selection rules and for each service characterization of the group of service characterizations requiring selection, a building block from the plurality of building blocks, to obtain selected building blocks, where the selection rules map attributes of service characterizations to building blocks. The device may stack, based on stacking rules, the selected building blocks, to obtain a slice infrastructure for the network slice. The device may deploy the slice infrastructure for the network slice in the network.