This invention exploits episodes of additional capacity in the uplink physical layer of a mobile communications base station. It dynamically self-scales uplink physical layer (UL PHY) algorithms in a mobile communications base station. It describes how a predefined set of signal processing blocks can detect the current Turbo Boost status and execute an algorithm with additional complexity and greater performance than the baseline algorithm whenever Turbo Boost is found to be active. It enables the mobile communications base station to opportunistically exploit additional processing capacity, thereby enhancing the performance of wireless system and the UL PHY algorithms..
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Mechanism For Achieving Ultra-Low Latency Packet Processing At CU-UP
In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving a packet; processing the packet in a Control Unit–User Plane (CU-UP) as a user-space application with kernel-bypass networking; performing packet Input/Output (I/O) by the CU-UP user-space application, wherein the CU-UP performs Internet Protocol (IP) validation on received user-plane packets before processing Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) and General Packet Radio Service Tunnelling Protocol (GTPU) protocol stack and performing direct I/O to a Network Interface Controller (NIC) for sending the packet over a network to a Distributed Unit (DU). The method may further comprise using a containerized CU-UP. The method may further comprise using a plurality of worker threads. The method may further comprise using a polling user space networking accelerator framework.
Techniques for putting power amplifiers in a radio access network remote radio head (RRH) to sleep, for longer times and with more brief windows, are described. These techniques include, in one embodiment, sending a bitmap of power amplifier on-off states to the RRH from the scheduler, and, in another embodiment, packing symbols into a shorter period time at the scheduler to enable longer sleep periods at the power amplifier.
A system is disclosed for providing Open RAN CU-UP high availability, the system comprising: at least one active CU-CP; at least one active CU-UP in communication with the at least one active CU-CP; and at least one standby CU-UP in communication with the at least one active CU-CP; wherein when a message may be received from a CU-CP that detects a failure of the at least one active CU-UP, the at least one standby CU-UP may be configured to take over and become an active CU-UP, thereby providing failover redundancy for the at least one active CU-UP.
In a first embodiment, a multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) or 5G-only or 4G-only remote radio head (RRH) is disclosed, wherein the RRH is equipped with functionality and capability enabling it to measure total power usage from the entire RRH, or according to various granularities. In a second embodiment, a network architecture for providing cluster-level optimization of power is disclosed. The network architecture may include a non-RT SMO that provides optimizations based on measurements from various cells, which may incorporate data about total power usage of each cell. In some embodiments a heatmap may be used. In a third embodiment, techniques for calibrating power amplifiers in radio heads are disclosed, including calibration to specific use cases, calibration based on power envelope tracking, and calibration to a fixed number of set points.
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Transceiver Arrays for Processing Multi-Resolution Beam-Formed Data
Multi-level beamforming signal processing of frequency-domain in-phase and quadrature data packets by a group of serially-connected transceivers. Packets intended for transmission during some frames are formatted according to subarray-level beamforming, while packets for transmission in other frames are formatted according to a full-dimensional level of beamforming.
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In a first embodiment, a multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) or 5G-only or 4G-only remote radio head (RRH) is disclosed, wherein the RRH is equipped with functionality and capability enabling it to measure total power usage from the entire RRH, or according to various granularities. In a second embodiment, a network architecture for providing cluster-level optimization of power is disclosed. The network architecture may include a non-RT SMO that provides optimizations based on measurements from various cells, which may incorporate data about total power usage of each cell. In some embodiments a heatmap may be used. In a third embodiment, techniques for calibrating power amplifiers in radio heads are disclosed, including calibration to specific use cases, calibration based on power envelope tracking, and calibration to a fixed number of set points.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
A method is disclosed for providing a telecom microservice rolling upgrade, the method comprising: providing, by a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO), a new instance of F1 demux in a same cluster and namespace; advertising the new instance of the F1 demux to all PODs and micro services; informing, by the SMO, an old F1 demux to start a version upgrade to a new instance; sending, by the old F1 demux, a trigger to start a reconcile procedure to a new F1 demux; advertising that the old instance of the F1 demux is not available to take up new calls from internal PODs and micro-service, and is accepting traffic via the new F1 demux only; routing, by the old F1 demux, all incoming F1 traffic from a Distributed Unit (DU) to the new F1 demux; and instructing the DU, by the old F1 demux, to add a Transport Network Layer (TNL) association of the new F1 demux.
In a first embodiment, a system may be disclosed, comprising: a plurality of RAN nodes, each with X2 and E2 interface capability; an X2 interface gateway in X2 communication with each of the plurality of RAN nodes; and a near Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (near-RT RIC) in communication with the gateway via an E2 interface, The X2 interface gateway provides E2 interface gatewaying for the plurality of RAN nodes with the near-RT RIC, thereby enabling the near-RT RIC to avoid an individual E2 protocol connection with each of the plurality of RAN nodes.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality in a base station, comprising: providing a baseband card; providing a radio head, the radio head coupled to the baseband card by way of an interface; and switching, under the control of a processor, between use of the baseband card and use of an external baseband unit for controlling the radio head, the external baseband unit used via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) port, thereby providing dual base station and remote radio head functionality.
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Dynamic Multipath Searcher Revisit Rate for a WCDMA Receiver
A method for dynamically adjusting the revisit rate of a rake receiver for an individual UE is disclosed, such that the time to initially acquire the UL transmission is optimized while the ongoing Central Processing Unit (CPU) loading during normal operation is minimized. The method may comprise operating a multipath searcher in a first mode of operation at a first time, the first mode being an acquisition mode, the multipath searcher operating with a revisit rate of 100 percent; and, operating the multipath searcher in a second mode of operation at a second time, the second mode being a steady-state mode and the multipath searcher operating with a revisit rate of less than 100 percent.
A method, computer readable media and system for providing X2 Gateway (GW) multi-cell support, comprising: are presented. In one embodiment a method includes providing a system having a Virtual Radio Unit (VRU) in communication with a Het Net Gateway (coordinating server); exchanging non-content X2 request messages between the VRU and the coordinating server; exchanging non-content X2 response messages between the VRU and the coordinating server; and wherein the non-content X2 request messages and the X2 response messages are used to communicate multiple cells served by the VRU to the coordinating server.
A method for establishing indirect and/or dual connectivity between virtualized 5G gENBs and virtualized 4G eNodeBs for dynamic X2 is disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes virtualizing, with a HetNet Gateway (HNG), BBUs and home eNodeBs over a standard S1 interface; establishing the HING as a macro interfacing an EPC on 3GPP standard interfaces; communicating with an MME over the S1 interface for control plane signaling; and communicating with SAEGW over a standard GTPU interface for a data plane.
H04W 76/16 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
A method is disclosed for providing distributed paging optimization, the method comprising: connecting a group of radio access network nodes, each supporting multiple small cells, to a gateway which acts as a virtual core network to the multiple small cells and acts as an eNodeB virtualizing the multiple small cells toward a core network; sending, by the gateway, in response to a paging request from the core network, a plurality of recommended cell IDs or base stations using a private information element (IE) in a paging request; and sending paging requests in response to the paging request from the core network to only the plurality of cell IDs or base stations recommended by the gateway.
Methods, systems and computer readable media are disclosed for providing optimized X2 cell reporting. In one embodiment a method includes selecting a subset of virtualized BaseBand Units (vBBU) vnodes to a macro peer that have either reported the X2 peer eNB as a neighbor, or host a cell that the X2 peer eNodeB (eNB) has reported as a neighbor while advertising the neighboring cells towards macro; and advertising cells of this subset of vBBU vnodes as served-cells in X2-Setup Request/Response towards a macro.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an OpenRAN solution suite. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method including communicating, by an all G COTS (Commercial off the Shelf) Base Band Unit (BBU), with a plurality of different G user devices; communicating, by a software platform, with the all G COTS BBU, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and SON edge core functionality; and communicating, by the software platform, with a plurality of different G core networks.
A method of determining a lower bound on users' speed for efficient SRS resource handling for MU-MIMO transmission includes determining an eNodeB (eNB) or gNodeB (gNB) timing of a subframe; determining a User Equipment (UE) timing of the subframe; calculating a timing advance type corresponding to a Round Trip Time (RTT); calculating a distance to a base station corresponding to the Round Trip Time (RTT); calculating a distance traveled by a UE between two points based on the distance to the base station; calculating a user speed based on the distance traveled by the UE; deriving a lower bound based on the user speed; and filtering users that exceed the lower bound on user speed. The filtered users may be not assigned SRS. The non-filtered users may be assigned SRS and may subsequently be sent MU-MIMO transmissions.
A method, computer readable media and a system for determining a Voice over LTE (VOLTE) codec is presented. In one embodiment a method includes discovering a packet header size used in a session using a Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID); inspecting downlink packet sizes coming into a receive buffer; determining when three consecutive packet sizes are greater than zero, then setting a first factor, a second factor, and a third factor equal to zero; calculating a header size; and determining a voice encoding codec by subtracting a header overhead value from the packet size.
Systems, methods, and computer software are disclosed for providing an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) networking infrastructure. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing real-time OpenRAN controller responsible for radio connection management, mobility management, QoS management, edge services, and interference management for the quality of end user experience; and providing a non-real-time controller in communication with the real-time OpenRAN controller, the non-real-time controller providing functionality such as configuration management, device management, fault management, performance management, and lifecycle management for all network elements in a network.
A method and computer readable media are described for providing hybrid functional splits for a system. In one example embodiment a method includes defining, for a system having a Radio Unit (RU) and a Distributed Unit (DU) a Centralized Unit (CU) and an interface protocol between the RU to the DU and to the CU, a plurality of split options for balancing computer power and spectral efficiency, the plurality of split options including a split option 6 in which users are served by a single cell; and a split option 7.x in which users are served by multi-cell joint processing.
The current UL link adaptation algorithm in 5G and 4G was designed for maximization of the UE's spectral efficiency. Such algorithm that requires the UE for maximization of spectral efficiency keeps the MCS high toward a certain target SINR, however without consideration of the UL RB power limitation and utilization. Such implementation causes us to limit the UE's RB allocation, trying to reach the target SINR. Increasing the UL RB utilization is twofold, on the one hand, increase throughput as stated in Shannon's capacity formula, and on the other, increase of our SINR estimation accuracy. Motivated by those reasons, we design a new algorithm which tries to keep the UE to with enough available power to support the user required average RB allocation.
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A computer-implemented method is described, for performing dynamic clustering of radio devices in a Cooperative Multi-Point network, the network comprising a plurality of radio devices, one or more clusters of radio devices of the plurality of radio devices, one or more scheduler instances each associated with a cluster of the one or more clusters, and a controller. The method includes: determining that a re-clustering condition associated with utilisation of one or more radio devices in a given cluster is satisfied; in response to determining that the re-clustering condition is satisfied: signalling a scheduler instance associated with the given cluster to remove the one or more radio devices from the given cluster; changing a processing resource allocation allocated for executing the one or more scheduler instances; and signalling a second scheduler instance to adopt the one or more radio devices.
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H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
A computer-implemented method is described for determining the impact of a cell site deployment plan on a telecommunications network, the method including: obtaining a map of baseline network performance of the telecommunications network in a target area; obtaining a deployment plan for the telecommunications network in the target area, wherein the deployment plan comprises a plurality of potential cell sites; generating, using a model, a signal propagation map for each of the plurality of potential cell sites; generating a map of predicted network performance of the telecommunications network after deployment of the deployment plan based on combining the map of baseline network performance and the plurality of signal propagation maps; determining an impact of the deployment plan by performing a comparison between the baseline network performance and predicted network performance.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.
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A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a centralised controller, network topology information, wherein the network topology information comprises information on network paths between a core network, one or more scheduler devices and a plurality of radio devices, wherein the one or more scheduler devices are operable to schedule operation of the plurality of radio devices based on a scheduling capacity for each of the plurality of radio devices, and wherein two or more of the plurality of radio devices share at least part of the same network path to the core network; and generating, by the centralised controller and based on the network topology information, a cluster scheduling plan comprising an updated scheduling capacity for each of the plurality of radio devices, sending, by the centralised controller and to the one or more scheduler devices, the updated scheduling capacity for each of the plurality of radio devices.
A computer-implemented method is described, for generating and evaluating a range of cell site deployment plans, the method including: obtaining a clutter location map comprising locations of buildings; obtaining an installation sites map comprising locations for possible cell sites; generating, using a model and the clutter location map, a signal propagation map for each of a plurality of possible cell sites from the installation sites map in a target deployment area; creating a plurality of deployment plans wherein each deployment plan comprises a different subset of the plurality of possible cell sites in the target deployment area; and generating for each of the plurality of deployment plans a fitness score based on the signal propagation maps of the subset of the plurality of possible cell sites in the deployment plan.
A telecommunication radio device arrangement for linear deployments comprising: a plurality of radio devices for providing a plurality of user device groups with connectivity to one or more telecommunication networks, each user device group comprising one or more user devices; and for each user device group of the plurality of user device groups, the arrangement comprises: a first cluster comprising radio devices from the plurality of radio devices; a second cluster of radio devices comprising radio devices from the plurality of radio devices; and a boundary between the first cluster and second cluster where a handover process is performable to transfer connectivity of user devices from the first cluster to the second cluster, wherein the boundaries for different user device groups are physically offset from each other.
A method for providing backhaul dynamic link distance for backhaul is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes propagating, by a network owner, a configured link distance parameter as part of beacon; using, by a mesh node joining the network, the configured link distance parameter for backhaul to set slot-time and Acknowledgement (ACK)/Clear To Send (CTS) timeout values before joining the network; wherein the configured link distance parameter for backhaul is part of a backhaul network profile.
In an aspect, a method of improving a radio access network (RAN) is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a network entity (e.g., a near real-time RAN intelligent controller), first data collected in real time of at least one user equipment (UE) attached to the RAN, receiving, by the network entity, second data collected in real time by at least one RAN node of the at least one UE, and based on the first and second data, estimating a UE location and UE mobility type for the at least one UE. The first data is at least two of: IQ samples from a radio front end, sounding reference signal (SRS) data, functional application platform interface (FAPI) messaging, radio link control (RLC) data, or medium access control (MAC) data. Numerous other aspects are provided.
A method is disclosed for network agility traffic steering at a centralized management entity in a network system, the method comprising: receiving load management information from a plurality of cells within a network cluster; evaluating the load management information to determine resource allocation for the plurality of cells within the network cluster; generating traffic steering instructions based on the evaluation; transmitting the traffic steering instructions to the cells within the network cluster to dynamically adjust resource allocation and network performance; and enabling clustering of cells through containerized microservices coordinated using Kubernetes, allowing for flexible and scalable deployment of network functions.
Methods are disclosed for an adaptive Transmit Time Interval (TTI) Bundling Configuration using a measurement gap. In one embodiment the method includes scheduling allocation of a TTI bundle wherein pat of the TTI bundle overlaps a measurement gap; transmitting, by a User Equipment (UE), only a part of the scheduled TTI bundle; and scheduling other UEs to use the resources not used by the scheduled TTI bundle.
In a first aspect, a first television white space (TVWS)-capable wireless backhaul terminal (TVWS WBT) is provided. The first TVWS-capable WBT comprises (1) a backhaul interface configured to receive backhaul traffic from a core network using Wi-Fi waveforms on one or more TVWS bands; and a scheduler configured to allocate resources for communicating the backhaul traffic to at least a second TVWS-capable WBT and a third TVWS-capable WBT coupled to the first TVWS-capable WBT. The second TVWS-capable WBT is coupled to first base station and configured to provide backhaul traffic for the first base station to the first base station, and the third TVWS-capable WBT is coupled to a second base station and configured to provide backhaul traffic for the second base station to the second base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.
In the case that several transmitting elements (e.g., a Tx chain) are simultaneously impaired, at least two different layouts are possible: the defected Tx chains are randomly scattered around the array; or, the defected Tx chains are aligned vertically on a random column (for 12 and 24 defected Tx chains—1 and 2 such columns are randomly chosen, respectively). It can be seen that the throughput is worse when the defected Tx chains are aligned in a column rather than randomly scattered, unless the defective Tx chains are known, in which case it is the opposite. This is because disabling an entire column has the most significant effect on the spatial null steering. When defected Tx chains are known the performance of all layouts are almost the same, though column yields slightly better results due to the antenna subarrays (2 vertical antennas have the same feed, therefore we lose less degrees of freedom).
Global digital predistortion techniques for distributed amplifier antenna array. An RF distribution network splits a low-power RF signal into multiple RF signals. A set of amplifiers resides within an antenna array column and each amplifier produces a respective amplified signal with a substantially equal power level. A first amplifier is connected to and positioned substantially adjacent to a nominal subarray of one or more radiating elements. A second amplifier is connected to and positioned substantially adjacent to a tapering subarray having more radiating elements than the nominal subarray. First and second observation couplers and an observation signal aggregator generate an aggregated observation signal. A DPD module updates a DPD parameter based on the aggregated observation signal.
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MULTI-BAND ELECTRONIC BEAM TILT IN DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER ANTENNA ARRAY
Multi-band electronic beam tilt for distributed amplifier antenna array. A first set of phase adjustment circuits within a low-power first-band RF transmit distribution network applies a first-band electronic beam tilt to a first-band RF transmit signal. A second set of phase adjustment circuits within a low-power second-band RF transmit distribution network applies a second-band electronic beam tilt to a second-band RF transmit signal. A first set of phase-adjusted first-band RF transmit signals is received at a set of RF front end modules that are distributed along an antenna array column. A second set of phase-adjusted second-band RF transmit signals is received at the set of RF front end modules. A set of subarrays of at least one radiating element is distributed along the antenna array column. Each subarray is connected to and positioned substantially adjacent to a corresponding RF front end module of the set of RF front end modules.
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A system is disclosed, comprising: a solar panel; a battery; an electric power supply source; a wireless fronthaul access point coupled to a radio mast and in communication with a remote baseband unit, the wireless fronthaul access point further comprising a first millimeter wave wireless interface; a self-organizing network module in communication with a coordinating server; and an antenna-integrated radio for providing access to user equipments (UEs), mounted within line of sight on the radio mast with the wireless fronthaul access point, the antenna-integrated radio further comprising: a second millimeter wave wireless interface configured to receive the digital I and Q signaling information from the remote baseband unit wirelessly via the wireless fronthaul access point, wherein the wireless fronthaul access point thereby wirelessly couples the remote baseband unit and the antenna-integrated radio, and the battery performing grid-backfeeding using the battery at the antenna site.
A system is disclosed, comprising: a solar panel; a battery; an electric power supply source; a wireless fronthaul access point coupled to a radio mast and in communication with a remote baseband unit, the wireless fronthaul access point further comprising a first millimeter wave wireless interface; a self-organizing network module in communication with a coordinating server; and an antenna-integrated radio for providing access to user equipments (UEs), mounted within line of sight on the radio mast with the wireless fronthaul access point, the antenna-integrated radio further comprising: a second millimeter wave wireless interface configured to receive the digital I and Q signaling information from the remote baseband unit wirelessly via the wireless fronthaul access point, wherein the wireless fronthaul access point thereby wirelessly couples the remote baseband unit and the antenna-integrated radio, and the battery performing grid-backfeeding using the battery at the antenna site.
A method and system for for providing Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) with Radio Access Network (RAN) Information Management (RIM) without network support is presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a coordinating server, direct information transfer System Information (SI) messages with RIM Packet Data Unit (PDU) from an eNodeB; sending, by the coordinating server, a RAN-information-request message to a relevant cell, using the routing information in the RIM PDU; collecting and replaying by the cell the SI needed for CFSB to the coordinating server; storing, by the coordinating server, the latest SI information per cell; and replaying, by the coordinating server, the eNodeB with the stored SI information using a MME direct information transfer S1 message.
In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for port reduction, comprising: calculating, at a distributed unit (DU), beamforming weights based on received DMRS channel estimates; sending the calculated beamforming weights to a radio unit (RU); applying, at the RU, port reduction to DMRS symbols based on the calculated beamforming weights; compressing IQ data and received DMRS symbol data to compensate for an underlying bandwidth increase, thereby enabling beamforming at the RU. PUSCH data may be compressed. Beamforming weight calculations may be performed in the O-DU. Beamforming weight calculations may be provided to the L2 scheduler. BFP format compression may be performed. Channel information may be compressed for non-signal data. DMRS compression may be performed at the CU. The DMRS pattern may be received from the control plane. An equalizer weight calculation may be performed to merge a plurality of CSI estimates from different RUs for a given user to calculate joint equalization. The method may further comprise applying, at the RU, port reduction to both PUSCH and DMRS symbols. Beamforming may be performed for uplink, for downlink, or both.
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A method is disclosed for network agility traffic steering at a centralized management entity in a network system, the method comprising: receiving load management information from a plurality of cells within a network cluster; evaluating the load management information to determine resource allocation for the plurality of cells within the network cluster; generating traffic steering instructions based on the evaluation; transmitting the traffic steering instructions to the cells within the network cluster to dynamically adjust resource allocation and network performance; and enabling clustering of cells through containerized microservices coordinated using Kubernetes, allowing for flexible and scalable deployment of network functions.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing high resolution timing advance estimation based on Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). An example method includes receiving a preamble signal r(n) having a predetermined sampling frequency and a predetermined length; correlating a down sampled version of the received preamble with a reference preamble sequence c(n) using an FFT method to provide correlation output Ryc; using a peak value P of the correlation output Ryc to detect a preamble ID and a timing advance at a resolution of 24Ts; zero padding sequences Y(k) and C(k) so that they have a predetermined length resulting in sequences Y_hat(k) and C_hat(k), which are 1024-point FFT of y(n) and c(n); performing a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to estimate a timing offset; and detecting a peak value out of the R_hat(m) and using a corresponding index Q to provide a timing advance with an accuracy of 2Ts.
A method is disclosed for enhancing the performance of a Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) system, comprising: measuring, by a User Equipment (UE), a plurality of ports including dedicated ports and additional ports beyond the dedicated ports; characterizing, by the UE, interfering streams based on the measurements of the additional ports; and sending, from the UE, a message to a gNB to relax stream separation requirements, thereby increasing cell throughput and efficiency.
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In a first embodiment, a method is disclosed for providing uplink scheduling in a cellular radio base station, comprising: an uplink (UL) scheduler running 6 TTI in advance to thereby provide a list of all Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (RNTIs) to be scheduled on a given UL slot; allocating, at a PDCCH resource allocator, control channel elements (CCEs) for all downlink (DL) RNTIs first; allocating, at the PDCCH resource allocator, CCEs for at least one UL RNTI for a first DL slot; placing RNTIs not allocated in the first DL slot in a pending queue.
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H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
A method for providing a Real-Time PHY model at a RAN edge involves running an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model on a general-purpose processor in the cloud using telecommunications data as inputs to generate outputs. These inputs and outputs are stored in a lookup format to facilitate lookup without concurrently storing the AI model. The stored inputs and outputs are then deployed to a Virtual Base Band Unit (VBBU), where in-memory lookup of parameters is used for real-time telecommunications data. The method may also include storing the inputs and outputs with compression and periodically refreshing them by re-running the AI model and deploying a new lookup format to the VBBU. The telecommunications data can be radio frequency physical layer data or 4G/5G media access control (MAC) layer data.
A method is disclosed for performing timing advance command (TAC) updates, comprising: configuring an appropriate block error rate (BLER); forwarding a timing advance command (TAC) for a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) x to a user equipment (UE), the TAC not equal to 31; tracking a time of receipt of a first downlink shared channel (DLSCH) protocol data unit (PDU) with redundancy version (RV) 0 at the user equipment (UE); adding k slots; and continuing tracking timing advance (TA) samples of the radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) x, where k may be based on the subcarrier spacing.
Methods are disclosed for determining a block error rate (BLER) and determining if the BLER is significantly above, below or on BLER target. The method includes determining a pair of thresholds including an upper threshold and a lower threshold for a predetermined confidence level and determining a threshold in total number of blocks received. The method further includes determining a Required Compensation BLER from a number of bad blocks, a total number of blocks received and a maximum total number of blocks to receive for a purpose of statistical significance; comparing the Required Compensation BLER against the upper and lower threshold to determine if the BLER is significantly above the BLER target, below the BLER target or inconclusive; and, if the threshold in total number of blocks received is reached, then the inconclusive result is reinterpreted as the BLER being on target.
A method is disclosed for providing singleton micro-service high availability, comprising: identifying, by an internal controller, that a pod/container has crashed; initiating, by the internal controller, a label change for an existing similar pod labeled as standby to active; matching a singleton micro-service selector label criterion; advertising the newly re-labeled existing similar pod as part of a singleton micro-service; and receiving, by the newly relabeled pod in the system, traffic directed on an IP address of the singleton micro-service.
H04L 41/0668 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications using network fault recovery by dynamic selection of recovery network elements, e.g. replacement by the most appropriate element after failure
A method for providing uplink link adaptation in 5G base stations is presented. In one embodiment the method includes computing a RSSI of each allocation measuredRSSI(i), including blocks which are unused; computing measurements upon receiving channel allocation and TPC commands from a MAC, the measurements including a revisedWidebandRSSI including a revisedRSSI(i), a lowest relative threshold of each allocation, and a revised RSSI of each allocation after applying TPC commands normalized by the revisedWidebandRSSI; when the revisedWidebandRSSI is greater than a widebandRSSIthreshold, then resetting the TPC commands to be sent to the particular UE and sending a saturation_error_indication message to the MAC; wherein when a revisedRSSInorm(i) for at least one allocation is below the widebandRSSIthreshold, sending the quant_loss_error_indication message to the MAC along with the corresponding index of the allocation; and adapting the MCS and power control information for each of the allocations in the next subframe.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing multi-User Equipment (UE) and multi-message support in tunnel management messages. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: determining, for a first node and a second node using GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) tunneling support for UE management, if the first node and the second node support multi-UE messaging; when the first node and the second node support multi-UE messaging, then switching to multi-UE multi-messaging mode wherein a chain of messages are formed; and when at least one of the first node and second node do not support multi-UE messaging, then using conventional tunnel management messaging.
Methods and computer software are disclosed for providing decomposition and distribution of network functions. In one example embodiment a method includes decomposing a node in a network into a decomposed node including a plurality of virtual machines or containers; and moving the decomposed node to any location across the network.
Methods and systems for handling of an inbound Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) packet at an SCTP load balancer (SCTP LB) are described. In one embodiment a method includes receiving, at the SCTP LB, an SCTP packet; determining, by the SCTP LB, which tunneling mechanism to use for the SCTP packet; and tunneling the SCTP packet to a correct back-end server for further processing of the SCTP packet.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing a 5G native architecture. In one embodiment a method includes providing an all G software platform, including a core virtualization stack capable of communication with all hauls, and a radio virtualization stack capable of communication with all cores; and wherein the core virtualization stack communicates with an analytics layer, the analytics layer communicates with an orchestration layer, the orchestration layer communicates with a consolidation layer, and the consolidation layer communicates with the radio virtualization stack such that any G core is able to communicate with any G radio access network.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for 4G and 5G core interworking. In one embodiment a HetNet gateway (HNG) is disclosed. The HNG includes a virtual 4G core; a virtual 5G core; an interface to a core network; an interface to a 4G Radio Access Network (RAN); and an interface to a 5G RAN. The HNG provides interworking 4G to 5G such that a 5G RAN works with a 4G core.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) round trip delay mitigation. In one embodiment a method includes receiving, by a node in a NTN network, a data payload; and providing, by the node, an acknowledgement of reception of the payload although payload processing is not complete.
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing computations on data at an intelligent data pipe en route to a data store. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving metadata regarding a data stream from a data source; performing an analysis of the metadata at a service orchestrator; creating at least one container instance based on the analysis; streaming the data stream from the data source to a data sink via the at least one container; and processing the data stream as it passes through the at least one container instance, thereby enabling application-aware processing of data streams in real time prior to arrival at the data store.
G06F 16/25 - Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
G06F 16/28 - Databases characterised by their database models, e.g. relational or object models
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Lawful Intercept (LI) for Vehicles Using Cameras Installed/Mounted on Connected and/or Autonomous Vehicles Using Their any G (2G/3G/4G/5G) Connectivity
Methods are disclosed for providing Lawful Intercept (LI) for vehicles. In one embodiment the method includes providing, to at least one autonomous vehicle, at least one vehicle number of a vehicle being tracked and using a camera of the at least one autonomous vehicle, determining a vehicle number of the a vehicle the autonomous vehicle has encountered. The method further includes comparing the vehicle number of the vehicle the autonomous vehicle encountered to the vehicle number of the vehicle being tracked, and when the vehicle number of the vehicle the autonomous vehicle encountered matches the vehicle number of the vehicle being tracked, sending a message to law enforcement that the vehicle being tracked has been encountered.
G08B 25/01 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
G06T 7/246 - Analysis of motion using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
G08B 25/10 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using wireless transmission systems
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
A method may be disclosed in accordance with some embodiments, comprising: receiving, at a virtualizing gateway, a first service request from a first user equipment (UE) via a first eNodeB; creating, at the virtualizing gateway, an association from each of a plurality of UE identifiers to a desired core network; applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a first filter using a first UE identifier of the first UE, based on the association; forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied first filter, the first service request from the first UE to the first core network; receiving, at the virtualizing gateway, via a second eNodeB, a second service request from a second user equipment (UE); applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a second filter using a second UE identifier of the second UE, based on the association; and forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied second filter, the second service request from the second UE to the second core network.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for resolving multiple contexts for a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless network. In one embodiment a method includes maintaining, for a coordinating node hosting a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) controller and a second RAT controller simultaneously, a centrally maintained database; determining, based on the contents of the centrally maintained database, when the UE is registering with the second RAT controller while currently registered with the first RAT controller; and sending, by the second RAT controller, a deregistration command to the first RAT controller the UE was registered with, wherein context is freed and wherein resources held at both the coordinating node and at a base station are freed.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for a Self Organizing Network (SON) Radio Access Technology (RAT) selection for User Equipment (UE) in a virtualized Radio Access Network (RAN) environment. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: establishing, by the UE, a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) and at least one Data Radio Bearer (DRB) with a Virtual node (Vnode); determining, by the SON, whether the Vnode has reached a data saturation limit; when the Vnode has reached the data saturation limit, then determining whether there is another RAT Vnode which can provide better data throughput; and when there is another RAT Vnode which can provide better data throughput, then initiating a handover procedure for the UE and specifying a target cell located in a same geographic area.
A wireless network system is described. In some scenarios MME/MSC/SGSN may act as a client which has huge amount of real-time data to be delivered towards server. For this speedy and reliable delivery requirement, a approach has been proposed which will use multiple parallel HTTP connections for delivery and also make sure that the events related to a particular node is delivered in right order. The multiple HTTP connections are used for parallel delivery so that in case one connections fails then it may not impact other existing connections. The number of connections may grow dynamically up to the configured limit depending on the data delivery requirements and then it may dynamically shrink once the load is reduced. A key based approach is proposed where each connected node will be assigned a unique key which will be used for sequencing the messages related to events of this particular node. In this way we can achieve in-order delivery of data which is dependent on each other along with parallel delivery of data which is independent of each other.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for fronthaul. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) having a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU); and interconnecting the CU and DU over an Input/Output (I/O) bus using Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express (PCIe); wherein the CU and the DU include a PCI to optical converter and an optical to PCI converter.
An intelligent scheme is proposed for the network to keep reconfiguring and re-tuning itself to achieve an optimal paging policy without requiring manual intervention. The scheme will allow the network to automatically devise a paging policy to adapt to the network deployment in place and as per the mobility pattern of users in the area covered by a particular CELL tower during different times of the day.
A method is disclosed of providing user equipment (UE) mobility context creation in 4G and 5G systems, comprising: downloading, by a non-real time (non-RT) Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC), a policy to connected centralized units (CUs) that whenever a User Equipment (UE) attaches to a CU and the UE's location changes, the Non-RT RIC be updated about UE's mobility; allocating, by the Non RT RIC, a fresh UE identifier (ID) and creating a context with parameters including Current Location, UE ID allotted by RIC, Current cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and cell information; sending the fresh UE ID to the CU that the CU maintains as part of the UE context information; determining whenever the UE moves within the CU served distributed units (DUs), and updating the Non-RT RIC about UEs mobility.
Generally, a combination of the following features are present to provide a centralization solution, in some embodiments: Latency compensation and auto-calibration of the delay between the PHY and the radio; Leveraging loopback in the radio (ORAN standard defined); Measurement based on air timing and/or RRH early/late feedbacks; and ability to understand routing changes and recalibrate latency compensation. In one embodiment, a method is provided for providing workload redundancy in a virtualized radio access network (RAN), comprising: distributing a baseband workload from a plurality of cells onto a first virtualized baseband unit (vBBU) at a centralized site; provisioning a second vBBU as a redundant vBBU for the plurality of cells; synchronizing state from the first vBBU to the second vBBU according to a first periodicity; performing failover from the first vBBU to the second vBBU at a first time; and adjusting an operating latency during the performed failover such that the plurality of cells continues operation without an interruption of service.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for demand-based dynamic carrier scaling. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: determining, at a gateway supporting dynamically created cells in a wireless network, whether there is a requirement for additional capacity; when there is a requirement for additional capacity, then providing, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for additional capacity; determining, at the gateway, whether there is a requirement for less capacity; and when there is a requirement for less capacity, then turning off, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for less capacity.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
Systems and methods are provided for telecom cloud scale down. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: deploying a coordinating node, which may be a CU-CP or CU-UP, in a microservices cloud infrastructure; receiving, at an internal controller at the coordinating node, a trigger request for scale down preparation; sending, from the internal controller, a scale down request to a first stateful telecom microservice; sending, from the first stateful telecom microservice, at least one existing session state distribution request to at least one additional stateful telecom microservice; distributing existing connection and session information to the at least one additional stateful telecom microservice; and sending, from the first stateful telecom microservice to the internal controller, a scale down preparation completion message, thereby performing telecom cloud scale down while mitigating disruptions to subscriber service. The method may further comprise terminating the first stateful telecom microservice.
H04L 41/40 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
H04L 41/5054 - Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
A system is shown for identifying cell user load in different quadrants (A quadrant is a logical division of the cell coverage into sectors) of the cell coverage and based on cell user load, light up additional cells in that quadrant which can handle the UE load and bring the cells when the load decreases after a particular defined threshold.
A mechanism is disclosed for establishing X2 connection between two eNB's (S1 connected to different MME's) by making use of the S10 interface between two MME's. During the Inter MME Handovers, instead of doing an S1 Handover, we leverage the advantages of the X2 interface between two eNB's and offload the Handover load from the EPC core and will concentrate that on the individual eNB's across which the handover needs to be performed, through X2 interface. Additionally, through these X2 connections we will be able to utilize the load management and the mobility parameters management functions of the x2 interface as well.
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting a plurality of beamformed reference signals using a corresponding plurality of beamforming precoders; receiving from each of the plurality of UEs a signal quality metric for at least a subset of the plurality of beamformed reference signals; determining a beam-specific cross-correlation for pairs of the plurality of UEs using the signal quality metrics; determining one or more scheduling groups of UEs from the plurality of UEs based on the beam-specific cross-correlation for pairs of the plurality of UEs; and allocating a set of time-frequency resource elements to two or more UEs selected from one of the determined scheduling groups.
H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
High capacity, long range wireless communication link was ever needed. With the technology advancement and the requirement for higher data rates and limited latency requirements the existing solutions are providing partial and very limited solution. We propose new approach that provides the need in an efficient way and with the required properties to allow easy use and tuning as well as great robustness with link redundancy.
Methods are disclosed for determining a block error rate (BLER) and determining if the BLER is significantly above, below or on BLER target. The method includes determining a pair of thresholds including an upper threshold and a lower threshold for a predetermined confidence level and determining a threshold in total number of blocks received. The method further includes determining a Required Compensation BLER from a number of bad blocks, a total number of blocks received and a maximum total number of blocks to receive for a purpose of statistical significance; comparing the Required Compensation BLER against the upper and lower threshold to determine if the BLER is significantly above the BLER target, below the BLER target or inconclusive; and, if the threshold in total number of blocks received is reached, then the inconclusive result is reinterpreted as the BLER being on target.
A method of manufacturing double-sided thermally-printable ballot stock is disclosed, comprising: receiving a first and a second input roll of paper having a thermo-sensitive ink layer and a base paper layer and emitting a first web; tension evening of the first and second web using festooning rollers; applying an adhesive in a liquid state using anilox rollers to the base paper layer of the first web; laminating the first web and the second web through laminating rollers, with the base paper layer of the first web contacting the base paper layer of the second web using the adhesive to create a laminated output web; heating the laminated output web to cure the adhesive in an oven while moving the laminated output web through the oven; and reducing a temperature of the applied liquid adhesive in the laminated output web.
B32B 29/00 - Layered products essentially comprising paper or cardboard
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 37/08 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the cooling method
B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives
B32B 37/20 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of continuous webs only
B32B 38/00 - Ancillary operations in connection with laminating processes
A 5G enhanced HetNet Gateway (HNG) is presented. In one embodiment the 5G HNG includes at least one non-5G virtual network function (VNF); a 5G Core (5GC) option selection VNF; a 5GC default VNF; a 5G local breakout VNF; at least one interface for any G base station; and at least one interface for any core network. Core functionality is abstracted for the EPC and for the 5GC.
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an OpenRAN solution suite. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method including communicating, by an all G COTS (Commercial off the Shelf) Base Band Unit (BBU), with a plurality of different G user devices; communicating, by a software platform, with the all G COTS BBU, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and SON edge core functionality; and communicating, by the software platform, with a plurality of different G core networks.
Generally, a combination of the following features are present to provide a centralization solution, in some embodiments: Latency compensation and auto-calibration of the delay between the PHY and the radio; Leveraging loopback in the radio (ORAN standard defined); Measurement based on air timing and/or RRH early/late feedbacks; and ability to understand routing changes and recalibrate latency compensation. In one embodiment, a method is provided for providing workload redundancy in a virtualized radio access network (RAN), comprising: distributing a baseband workload from a plurality of cells onto a first virtualized baseband unit (vBBU) at a centralized site; provisioning a second vBBU as a redundant vBBU for the plurality of cells; synchronizing state from the first vBBU to the second vBBU according to a first periodicity; performing failover from the first vBBU to the second vBBU at a first time; and adjusting an operating latency during the performed failover such that the plurality of cells continues operation without an interruption of service.
A computer-implemented method for expanding network throughput data coverage for an MNO network in a region, the method comprising: retrieving a plurality of sensor data records on the MNO network collected from a plurality of mobile network devices, wherein each sensor data record comprises measurement location data and one or more network condition measurements; and processing the plurality of sensor data records, using a model of correlations between network conditions and throughput, to calculate synthetic network throughput data at locations in the region.
In a first embodiment, a method may be disclosed, comprising: monitoring, at a backhaul monitoring module at a base station, quality measurements for a plurality of backhaul connections between the base station to a core network serving the base station; detecting, at the backhaul monitoring module at the base station, a degradation of a current backhaul connection; and switching from the current backhaul connection to another backhaul connection of the plurality of backhaul connections, wherein degradation may be detected by measuring one or more quality measurements from the list of RSSI, packet loss, connectivity loss, latency, or other measurements appropriate for a given backhaul connection. The method may further comprise communicating with a gateway backhaul monitoring module to monitor the plurality of backhaul connections. The plurality of backhaul connections may include satellite.
Systems, method sand computer readable medium are provided for proving real-time Self Optimizing Network (SON) Virtual Network Function (VRF) included as part of the HNG. In one embodiment data from connected devices is forwarded to the HNG; the data is organized into virtualized containers; and the data is processed by agile analytics and results are displayed to a user.
A method and computer readable software for providing randomized Security Parameter Index (SPI) for distributed Internet Protocol security (IPsec) are disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes designating each IPsec node with a unique node identifier, the IPsec node; performing a hash function on a random SPI to provide a randomized SPI; and assigning the randomized SPI to an IPsec tunnel associated with an IPsec node.
H04L 9/06 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols the encryption apparatus using shift registers or memories for blockwise coding, e.g. D.E.S. systems
A method is disclosed, comprising: determining, at an application pod, Responsibility of allocation/deallocation of individual protocol identifier; receiving, at a centralized identifier Range allocator, a request from the application pod, the request including an address of the application pod; assigning, at the centralized identifier range allocator, a new range in response to the received request; sending, from the centralized identifier range allocator to a database, and responding, from the centralized identifier range allocator to the application pod, the new identifier range.
The invention of this PCI Allocation using Dynamic Region Locking is mainly from system perspective how to allocate a conflict-free PCI in a dynamic environment without locking the entire devices. This achieves significant parallelism in PCI allocation and still achieve non-conflicting PCI allocation.
Systems, methods, and computer software are disclosed for providing an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) networking infrastructure. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing real-time OpenRAN controller responsible for radio connection management, mobility management, QoS management, edge services, and interference management for the quality of end user experience; and providing a non-real-time controller in communication with the real-time OpenRAN controller, the non-real-time controller providing functionality such as configuration management, device management, fault management, performance management, and lifecycle management for all network elements in a network.
An antenna assembly an antenna assembly having a plurality of antenna subarrays, each antenna subarray having at least four radiating elements physically arranged in a quadrilateral configuration along a first dimension and a second dimension wherein each transceiver IC subarray is configured to commonly process the digital baseband uplink data and the digital baseband downlink data in accordance with either the first dimension or the second dimension, allowing either (i) horizontally-adjacent transceivers or (ii) vertically adjacent transceivers to cooperatively process signals, allowing the panel to be positioned in either of two separate orientations.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H01Q 3/26 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elementsArrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
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An antenna assembly having a plurality of antenna subarrays, each antenna subarray having at least four radiating elements physically arranged in a linear configuration driven by serially-connected transceiver ICs configured to convey digital baseband uplink data and digital baseband downlink data between the transceiver ICs, and each transceiver IC in each transceiver IC subarray configured to transmit and received radio frequency signals in each of a first frequency band and a second frequency band using a respective antenna subarray; and wherein each transceiver IC subarray is configured to commonly process the digital baseband uplink data and the digital baseband downlink data in accordance with the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H01Q 3/26 - Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elementsArrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
An antenna assembly having a plurality of modular radiated antenna subarrays, each modular radiated antenna subarray having: a radio frequency (RF) module and an antenna board having at least four radiating elements; each RF module having a plurality of serially-interconnected transceiver ICs configured to convey digital baseband uplink data and digital baseband downlink data between the transceiver ICs, and each transceiver IC in each transceiver IC subarray configured to transmit and received radio frequency signals in each of a first frequency band and a second frequency band.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
H01Q 1/24 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
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Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing for providing a 5G mobile network. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a first base station having a first coverage area for a first Radio Access Network (RAN); providing a second base station having a second coverage area, the second coverage area within the first coverage area of the first base station for an overlay RAN; providing a 5G base station having a third coverage area, the third coverage area within the first coverage area and within the second coverage area and part of the overlay RAN; and determining, by a 5G Interworking Function (IWF) device, which subscribers are to be serviced by the overlay RAN and which subscribers are to be serviced by the first RAN.
A microcomponent massive MIMO array is presented. The microcomponent massive array includes a general purpose processor and an integrated power amplifier and transmitter device including a software defined radio (SDR) and a plurality of polar power amplifiers (PAs) disposed on a single integrated circuit, wherein the integrated power amplifier and transmitter device is in communication with the general purpose processor. The microcomponent massive MIMO array further includes an antenna array in communication with the integrated power amplifier and transmitter device.
H04W 52/28 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non-transmission
There is a need for a non-RT RIC to cause E2 sessions to be reset at a node. Accordingly, a system is described comprising a non-Real Time (RT) Radio Area Network (RAN) Intelligent controller (RIC), wherein the non-RT RIC further comprises an operations administration maintenance (OAM) server; a near-Real Time (RT) Radio Area Network (RAN) Intelligent controller (RIC) in communication with the non-RT RIC; and an E2 node in communication with the near-RT RIC providing connectivity to one or more User Equipments (UEs). The OAM server may be configured to periodically perform assessment of the E2 node. The near-RT RIC may be configured with an application programming interface (API) to enable the non-RT RIC, based on an assessment by the OAM server, to perform an E2 reset of E2 sessions at the E2 node.
A method, computer-readable medium and system are presented for providing prioritized connectivity service based on geography using a HetNet Gateway (HNG). In one embodiment, the method includes specifying a location and time where an event will take place; specifying a User Equipment (UE) prioritization to be used for the event; generating a prioritization profile for the event; providing prioritization for the event based on the prioritization profile; and monitoring prioritization during the event and taking remedial actions when the prioritization performance is not met.
A method for optimizing parameters affecting Paging Optimization is disclosed, comprising: determining a first paging stage timeout value based on at least one of how much congested is the radio network, and whether paging from a same sub from a same location but paging optimization had already moved to a second stage; determining a second paging stage timeout value based on receiving retransmissions from core network for the same sub within this time; and how many times the subscribers respond later after the timer expiry; and applying a function to the paging cache timeout value, the first paging stage timeout value; and the second first paging stage timeout value to obtain a paging optimization value.
A device, method and software are presented for a 5G OpenRAN controller. In one embodiment the 5G OpenRAN controller includes an interface for an EPC virtualization stack; an interface for a radio virtualization stack; a software suite executing on the 5G OpenRAN controller; and wherein the 5G OpenRAN controller virtualizes existing cells into a pool of virtualized resources that can be allocated dynamically and virtualizes multiple cores into a pool of resources for multi-technology RANs and presents them as standard interfaces to a packet core.
An apparatus and a method include receiving, by a transmitter integrated circuit (IC) having a serial data communications interface, a digital transmit signal, and generating a first signal that is an analog radio frequency (RF) modulated signal based on the digital transmit signal and a second signal that is a phase-offset version of the first signal. An amplified signal is generated by amplifying the first signal and includes an amplified version of the first signal and an out-of-band distortion signal. A reduced-power signal is generated from the amplified signal. The reduced-power signal is subtracted from the second signal to output a distortion cancellation signal. An amplified distortion cancellation signal is generated by amplifying the distortion cancellation signal using an error amplifier. The amplified distortion cancellation signal and a delayed version of the amplified signal are combined to output an amplified version of the first signal with reduced distortion.
A method for providing backhaul dynamic link distance for backhaul is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes propagating, by a network owner, a configured link distance parameter as part of beacon; using, by a mesh node joining the network, the configured link distance parameter for backhaul to set slot-time and Acknowledgement (ACK)/Clear To Send (CTS) timeout values before joining the network; wherein the configured link distance parameter for backhaul is part of a backhaul network profile.
An apparatus for obstructing the passage of debris and providing ventilation through a region between a first object and a second object, the apparatus comprising: a body; and a plurality of tines extending from the body, wherein the tines are arranged in use such that when the body is connected to the first object, the tines extend across the region and flex against the second object leaving channels between the tines in the region allowing for ventilation.
Methods and computer software are disclosed for determining a power budget for physical channels in a system. The method may include, obtaining a mean and variance of a previously computed power component; determining an estimate of a current power component in a current frame based on the mean and variance of the previously computed power component; and computing a power budget in a current frame using the estimate of the current power component.
