Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the provisioning of one or more O-RAN energy-saving policies. According to example embodiments, a system may include a non-real-time (Non-RT) radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) configured to: obtain a policy schema; generate, based on the policy schema, an energy-saving policy for execution by a near-real-time (Near-RT) RIC, wherein the energy-saving policy may include at least one of: an energy-saving control parameter, a restriction control parameter, and an operational and coverage state control parameter; and provide, to the Near-RT RIC via an A1 interface, the energy-saving policy.
H04W 8/26 - Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
H04W 8/02 - Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
H04L 41/0833 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for reduction of network energy consumption
A method of mitigating interference in a 5th generation (5G) new radio (NR) environment includes determining a cumulative interference level margin corresponding to at least one satellite ground station and at least one base station, determining whether the cumulative interference level margin is less than or equal to a maximum allowed interference margin for the at least one satellite ground station, based on determining that the cumulative interference level margin is less than or equal to the maximum allowed interference margin, determining at least one of an optimal equivalent isotopically radiated power (EIRP) for the at least one base station and an optimal tilt for the at least one base station, and configuring the at least one base station based on at least one of the optimal EIRP and the optimal tilt configuration.
Apparatuses and methods for a non-real-time radio access network intelligence controller (NRT-RIC) framework in an open radio access network (O-RAN), the apparatus includes: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to implement the NRT-RIC framework to: receive, from an rApp hosted by the NRT-RIC, at least one request of at least one R1-O2-related service via an R1 interface within the O-RAN architecture between rApps and the NRT-RIC framework; and send, from the NRT-RIC framework to the rApp, at least one response of the at least one R1-O2-related service via the R1 interface; wherein the at least one request and the at least one response are implemented as data types comprising a plurality of R1 data models of an R1 application protocol that enable the NRT-RIC framework and the rApp to produce and/or consume data of the at least one R1-O2 related service in the NRT-RIC.
Provided are apparatus, method, and device for automatically and dynamically perform power source and energy consumption coordination. According to example embodiments, the apparatus may be configured to: obtain, from a Radio Unit (RU), a power source data comprising data related to a power source of the RU; determine, based on the power source data, a characteristic of the power source, wherein the characteristic may include at least one of: a type of the power source and a remaining power of the power source; and determine, based on the characteristic of the power source, an energy saving feature implementation of the RU.
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the enhancement on cell Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)/Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mechanisms. According to example embodiments, a system may include a non-real-time (Non-RT) radio access network intelligent controller (RIC). The Non-RT RIC may be configured to: configure at least one policy that defines a configuration of a cell DTX/DRX and provide the configured policy to at least one of: a near-real-time (Near-RT) RIC, an open radio access network (O-RAN) central unit (O-CU), and an O-RAN distributed unit (O-DU).. The policy may be executable by at least one of: the Near-RT RIC, the O-CU, and the O-DU, to thereby implement the cell DTX/DRX.
H04L 41/147 - Network analysis or design for predicting network behaviour
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
Provided are apparatus, method, and device for dynamically optimizing communications in spatial and power domains. According to example embodiments, the apparatus may be configured to: obtain a policy defining a plurality of configurations of an RU of a telecommunication network, wherein the plurality of configurations may be associated with transmission of a signal to a UE, and wherein each of the plurality of configurations may specify at least one of: a spatial element of the RU and a power associated the transmission of the signal to the UE; control the RU to transmit, to the UE, the signal based on the plurality of configurations defined in the policy; receive, from the UE, a CSI report including a plurality of CSI associated with the plurality of configurations of the RU; and configure the RU according to one of the plurality of configurations based on the received CSI report.
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 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
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SELECTION OF USER PLANE FUNCTION AND PROVIDING SELECTED USER PLANE FUNCTIONALITY
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a Network Repository Function (NRF). The NRF is configured to receive, from at least one user plane function (UPF), a profile registration request. The profile registration request comprises a plurality of attributes supported by the at least one UPF. The plurality of attributes at least comprise one or more of: Network Address Translation (NAT) functionality, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection, Domain Name Service (DNS) spoofing, packet inspection functionality, energy saving, one or more hardware configurations, and operator specific string. The NRF is further configured to register the profile of the at least one UPF based on the plurality of attributes supported by UPF network function (NF) of the at least one UPF. The NRF is then configured to transmit a registration response indicating the registration of the UPF.
Provided are apparatus, method, and device for automatically and dynamically enhancing paging methods. According to example embodiments, the apparatus may be configured to: determine a location of a user equipment (UE); determine a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam from among a plurality of SSB beams associated with a distributed unit (DU) of a telecommunication network based on the determined location of the UE; control the DU to activate only the determined SSB beam of the plurality of SSB beams; and control the DU to transmit a paging message to the UE via only the activated SSB beam of the plurality of SSB beams.
Provided are apparatus, method, and device for automatically perform SSB-Less SCell operations. According to example embodiments, the system may include a non-RT RIC configured to implement at least one rApp; where the rApp may be configured to: configure, based on one or more network conditions, at least one policy, wherein the at least one policy may define one or more trigger conditions for a secondary cell (SCell) to stop transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) to a user equipment (UE); and control, via at least a distributed unit (DU), transmission of the SSB from the SCell to the UE based on the at least one policy.
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
A communication control apparatus includes processor that performs: by a relay station controller in a radio access network, controlling a relay station that relays communication between the radio access network and a communication device; by the relay station controller, providing the relay station with setting information concerning the relay radio wave to be transmitted by the relay station; and by a relay radio wave transmitter in the relay station, transmitting the relay radio wave based on the setting information. The relay radio wave setter provides the relay station with the setting information concerning at least one of the following for the relay radio wave to be transmitted by the relay station: coverage, allocation to a specific communication device, transmission power, beam type, beam width, number of beams, beam direction, frequency, frequency bandwidth, subcarrier spacing, symbol length, slot length, transmission time length, and transmission pattern.
H04W 16/26 - Cell enhancers, e.g. for tunnels or building shadow
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MANAGING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN O-CLOUD RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ORCHESTRATION AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ORCHESTRATION ADMINISTRATION MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS
Provided are a method, system, and device for managing interactions between an O-Cloud Resources Management and Orchestration (ORMO) Service Management Orchestration Function (SMOF) and a Radio Access Network Operations Administration Maintenance (RANOAM) function. The method may include receiving, by the ORMO, a service related to an SMOF from a Service Management and Exposure (SME); sending, by the ORMO, a request to the SMOF to drain traffic of at least one network function (NF); and sending, by the ORMO, a request to a Topology Exposure and Inventory Management (TE/IV) to update an inventory.
H04L 41/342 - Signalling channels for network management communication between virtual entities, e.g. orchestrators, SDN or NFV entities
H04L 41/0895 - Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
H04L 41/122 - Discovery or management of network topologies of virtualised topologies e.g. software-defined networks [SDN] or network function virtualisation [NFV]
Provided are apparatus, method, and device for automatically manage policies a network. According to example embodiments, the apparatus may be configured to: obtain policy type registration information specifying at least one policy type that is supported by a respective one of the plurality of network functions; receive a policy type identification request to identify a policy type that is supported by a target network function in the plurality of network functions; identify the policy type that is supported by the target network function based on the obtained policy type registration information; provide the identified policy type; receive a policy registration request to register a policy to be implemented via the target network function, wherein the policy registration request may include the policy; and register the policy and transmit the policy to the target network function.
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configurationTracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
H04L 41/34 - Signalling channels for network management communication
A system for managing digital content, the system comprising: a memory storing instructions; at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, by a Content Management Platform, a first digital content and a second digital content; determine, by a Content Delivery Management Module and a Scheduler Module, a content type of each of the received first digital content and the received second digital content; and store, by the Content Delivery Management Module and based on the determined content type, the first digital content and the second digital content in a Content Storage.
A method (700) is disclosed. The method includes receiving (702), by a Radio Unit (RU) a deep hibernate command to disable a plurality of functions associated with the RU from a RU-controller. The deep hibernate command comprises a predefined time duration for a deep hibernate timer. Further, the method includes disabling (704), by the RU, a Control Plane (C-Plane) function, a User Plane (U-Plane) function, and a Synchronization Plane (S-Plane) function associated with the RU and initiating the deep hibernate timer. Moreover, the method includes receiving (706), by the RU, a close-session command to suspend an established/active session between the RU and the RU controller, from the RU controller. Furthermore, in response to the received close-session command, the method includes disabling (708), by the RU, a Management Plane (M-Plane) associated with the RU and entering the deep hibernate mode.
H04L 41/0833 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for reduction of network energy consumption
Provided are a method, system, and device for shutting down an identified Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Cloud (O-Cloud) node. The method may include: receiving, by a Federated O-Cloud Orchestration and Management (FOCOM), a recommendation from an rApp to shutdown an identified O-Cloud node; sending, by the FOCOM, an instruction to a Network Function Orchestrator (NFO) to relocate a workload from the identified O-Cloud node to alternative O-Cloud node based on the recommendation; and sending, by the FOCOM, an instruction to Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) to shutdown the identified O-Cloud node.
H04L 41/0897 - Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities
H04L 41/0833 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for reduction of network energy consumption
H04L 41/16 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks using machine learning or artificial intelligence
H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING WRITING CONFIGURATION CHANGES IN A NON-REAL-TIME RADIO ACCESS NETWORK INTELLIGENCE CONTROLLER (NRT-RIC) ARCHITECTURE WITHIN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Systems and methods for implementing writing configuration changes in a non-real-time radio access network intelligence controller (NRT-RIC) architecture including a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework and a NRT-RIC framework in an open radio access network (O-RAN) are provided. The method includes: receiving at least one request to write a configuration change to one or more O-RAN Operations and Maintenance (OAM) related functions; authorizing the at least one request to write a configuration change to the one or more O-RAN OAM-related functions from the rApp; validating information provided by the at least one request to write a configuration change to one or more O-RAN OAM-related functions; creating a job for writing the configuration changes based on the information provided by the at least one request to write a configuration change to one or more O-RAN OAM-related functions; and sending a job identifier comprising information about the job to the rApp.
H04L 41/0816 - Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
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RETRIEVING CONFIGURATION SCHEMA API FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to retrieving configuration schemas API's for radio access network (RAN) operation and maintenance (OAM) functions. In particular, a method may be implemented by an API producer and include receiving a configuration schema request originating from an API consumer, the configuration schema request including a resource URI and query criteria, the query criteria including at least one or more of a scope parameter and a filter parameter; determining whether the configuration schema request is valid or not; upon determining that the configuration schema request is valid, obtaining a configuration schema based on the resource URI and the query criteria; and sending a response, wherein the response includes a message based on the determination of whether the configuration schema request is valid or not, wherein the message includes the configuration schema if the configuration schema request was determined as being valid.
AR glasses includes one or more processors, and at least one of the one or more processors performs: receiving processing of receiving collision prediction information including location information about a dangerous area where a user is predicted to collide with a mobile object and information regarding a trajectory of the mobile object, from an external apparatus; determining processing of deriving a distance between the dangerous area and the user on the basis of the collision prediction information, to determine a danger level corresponding to the distance; generating processing of generating content that prompts danger avoidance depending on the danger level; and display control processing of displaying the content on a display.
There is provided a network management apparatus performing a first storage process, a second storage process, a search process, and a presentation process. The first storage process stores logs of a plurality of components constituting a virtualization environment of a network. The second storage process stores correspondence information in which, for each failure that may occur in the network, error logs of the plurality of components related to the failure are associated with each other. The search process searches, when a failure occurs in the network, based on an error log of a first component among the plurality of components, for an error log of a second component related to the failure from the stored logs using the correspondence information. The presentation process presents a result of the search to a user.
H04L 41/069 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications using logs of notificationsPost-processing of notifications
H04L 41/22 - Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CLOUD RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION POLICY IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
A system for implementing an open cloud (O-Cloud) optimization policy by an application hosted in a near real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) of a telecommunications network. The system includes a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to implement the nRT-RIC within an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture, the at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive the O-Cloud optimization policy from a non-real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (NRT-RIC) within a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework of the telecommunications network; control to implement the O-Cloud optimization policy in the O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that executes: accepting, by a position information request acceptor, a request for position information concerning a communication device connected to a communication station; and providing, by a positioning information provider, positioning information acquired through a positioning function (that is, a positioning device) of the communication station as the position information concerning the communication device when the request satisfies a specific condition. When position information of the communication device itself can be acquired through a satellite positioning device included in the communication device, the positioning information provider does not provide positioning information acquired through the positioning function of the communication station.
The present disclosure describes techniques for timing advance management during layer (L1/L2) Triggered Mobility (LTM). In one aspect, a method comprises obtaining timing advances (TAs) for one or more LTM candidate cells based on indication from a serving gNB-DU and storing the obtained TAs and receiving LTM serving cell switch command to switch from a current serving cell to a target cell. The method further comprises transmitting, a list of candidate cell IDs and the stored TAs corresponding to the list of candidate cell IDs, to the target gNB-DU serving the target cell, in response to the successful completion of the LTM cell switch.
An apparatus (203) is disclosed. The apparatus (203) is configured to receive, from a Management Service (MnS) consumer (210), one or more policies for an Open-Radio Access Network (ORAN)-Radio Unit (O-RU) (230). The apparatus (203) is configured to examine one or more conditions associated with the O-RU (230) based on the one or more policies. Upon successfully examining the one or more conditions, the apparatus (203) is configured to apply the one or more policies at the O-RU (230). The apparatus (203) is configured to receive, from the O-RU (230), one of an acknowledgement message and a non-acknowledgment message based on an execution of the applied one or more policies. The apparatus (203) is configured to transmit, to the MnS consumer (210), a policy utilization status based on the received one of the acknowledgement message and the non-acknowledgment message.
H04W 24/02 - Arrangements for optimising operational condition
H04L 41/0833 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for reduction of network energy consumption
Provided are a method, system, and apparatus for adjusting the bitrate for video streaming may be provided. The method may include: determining whether there is network congestion for a packet based on whether a filtered cell quality indicator provided from a Media Access Control (MAC) Scheduler is lower than a cell quality indicator threshold value, based on whether a scheduling queue delay of a User Equipment (UE) is greater than a queue delay threshold value, or based on UE Assistance Information (UAI) reported by a user equipment (UE); based on a determination that there is network congestion: setting an explicit congestion notification (ECN) bit in an IP packet header and setting the congestion state of a user IP to true; sending the packet; and applying adaptive bitrate to adjust a quality of a video stream based on the congestion state
According to example embodiments, a system may include a Non-RT RIC and a Near-RT RIC. The Non-RT RIC includes an rApp and a first conflict management (CM) entity, while the Near-RT RIC includes an xApp and a second CM entity. The first CM may be configured to communicate with the second CM entity to provide information of the rApp thereto and to obtain information of the xApp therefrom. Similarly, the second CM entity may be configured to communicate with the first CM entity to provide the information of the xApp thereto and to obtain information of the rApp therefrom. The rApp and the xApp may be configured to obtain the information of the xApp and information of the rApp, respectively, from the associated CM entity, and then initiate an associated operation thereafter.
H04L 41/0873 - Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configurationTracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to simulating load for a load test. According to embodiments, a system may include a load simulator. The load simulator may be configured to: generate at least one first transaction request associated with at least one first transaction for modifying at least one first entry in at least one database; provide, to the at least one database via a direct interface, the at least one first transaction request; and receive, from the at least one database via the direct interface, information associated with at least one second transaction for modifying at least one second entry in the at least one database, wherein the at least one second entry may be associated with the at least one first entry.
System and method for implementing advanced sleep modes in an O-RAN, the method includes collecting measurement data for training an AI/ML model; based on the collected measurement data, training an A/ML model and deploying the AI/ML model in the nRT-RIC; activating the trained AI/ML model in the nRT-RIC; monitoring energy optimization data for AI/ML model inference from an open radio unit (O-RU) via an E2 node; activating at least one advanced sleep mode (ASM) in the nRT-RIC; based on the activation of the ASM, collecting data to temporarily deactivate O-RU components; based on the activated AI/ML model and the ASM, evaluating, the collected data to temporarily deactivate O-RU components; based on the evaluating, requesting to initiate the ASM to the O-RU; based on the ASM initiation request, implementing the ASM, by the E2 node and the O-RU.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a communication cell identification unit, identifying a surrounding communication cell where a moving station capable of communicating with a communication device is located; by a communication quality insufficiency estimation unit, estimating insufficiency of communication quality of a communication device currently connected to the moving station; and by a connection control unit, connecting the communication device whose communication quality is estimated to be insufficient, to a surrounding base station providing the surrounding communication cell. The moving station includes a communication-device functional unit that functions as a communication device to the surrounding base station, and a base-station functional unit that functions as a base station to a communication device with which the moving station can communicate.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that executes: acquiring, by an emergency information acquirer, emergency information regarding an emergency information distribution area where at least either a communication station capable of communicating with a communication device or the communication device is located; generating, by a local warning information generator, local warning information regarding the emergency information in a vicinity of at least either the communication station or the communication device, the vicinity being smaller than the emergency information distribution area; and distributing, by an information distributor, the local warning information from the communication station to the communication device.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by an operating plan acquisition unit, acquiring an operating plan of a base station; by a communication device identification unit, identifying a communication device in a connection standby state with the base station, which may transfer to a unconnectable state with the base station according to the operating plan; and by a connection control unit, causing the communication device to transfer from the connection standby state to a connected state with the base station and/or another base station, before transferring to the unconnectable state. The base station is a moving base station that moves relative to a communication device, and the operating plan acquisition unit acquires a moving plan of the moving base station.
A network management apparatus performs a determination process and a prioritization process. The determination process is processing that determines, while instructing to execute a first task registered in a first queue in sequence, whether or not an execution condition of a second task registered in a second queue, which has an execution priority higher than the first task, is satisfied. The prioritization process is processing that gives priority to instructing to execute the second task when the execution condition of the second task is satisfied.
A communication network system includes multiple communication nodes and a control node, and has a topology including multiple rings in which the multiple communication nodes are connected in ring form. The communication network system includes a first management apparatus for the control node and a second management apparatus for each communication node. The first management apparatus, by one or more first processors, causes the control node to transmit the image file and a transmission command specifying transmission routes from the control node to the multiple destination nodes. The second management apparatus, by one or more second processors, performs the following operations. The second management apparatus causes a branching node to duplicate the received image file. The second management apparatus causes each communication node on the transmission routes to transmit the received image file to another communication node along the transmission routes in accordance with the transmission command.
A system and method are provided for modifying the C-state of processors in nodes within an O-Cloud infrastructure of a telecommunications network. The method includes: obtaining, by a federated O-Cloud orchestration and management module (FOCOM), a request to modify a C-state of a processor of an O-Cloud node within the O-Cloud infrastructure of the telecommunications network; sending, by the FOCOM, a request to modify the C-state of the processor of the O-Cloud node via an O2 interface to an infrastructure management service module (IMS); receiving, by the IMS via the O2 interface, the request to modify the C-state of the processor of the O-Cloud node; controlling, by the IMS, implementation of the request to modify the C-state of the processor of the O-Cloud node; and sending, by the IMS to the FOCOM via the O2 interface, a confirmation of the C-state modification of the processor of the O-Cloud node.
G06F 1/3287 - Power saving characterised by the action undertaken by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
H04L 41/0833 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for reduction of network energy consumption
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a communication cell identification unit, identifying a surrounding communication cell where a moving station capable of communicating with a communication device is located; and by a connection control unit, controlling a communication device within a moving communication cell provided by the moving station into a state where it can be connected to any of the moving station and a surrounding base station providing the surrounding communication cell. The connection control unit may control the communication device into a state where it can be connected to both the moving station and the surrounding base station simultaneously. The connection control unit may control the communication device into a state where it can communicate by an aggregated carrier into which a carrier of the moving station and a carrier of the surrounding base station are bundled.
A system and method are provided for modifying P-state of processors in nodes within an O-Cloud infrastructure of a telecommunications network. The method includes: obtaining, by a federated O-Cloud orchestration and management module (FOCOM) within a service management orchestration (SMO) framework, a request to modify a P-state of a processor of an O-Cloud node; sending, by the FOCOM, a request to modify the P-state of the processor of the O-Cloud node via an O2 interface to an infrastructure management service module (IMS); receiving, by the IMS via the O2 interface, the request to modify the P-state of the processor of the O-Cloud node; controlling, by the IMS, implementation of the request to modify the P-state of the processor of the O-Cloud node; and sending, by the IMS to the FOCOM via the O2 interface, a confirmation of the P-state modification of the processor of the O-Cloud node.
G06F 1/3296 - Power saving characterised by the action undertaken by lowering the supply or operating voltage
H04L 41/0833 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for reduction of network energy consumption
A communication control apparatus 3 controls a terrestrial network comprising terrestrial base station 111 installed on the ground and a non-terrestrial network comprising flying communication satellite 131. The non-terrestrial network is provided with a satellite antenna 134 capable of communicating with the communication satellite 131, and a non-terrestrial signal processing unit 135 that processes non-terrestrial signal communicated with communication device 2 in the satellite communication cell 132. The communication control apparatus 3 comprises: a non-terrestrial communication quality information sharing unit 34 that shares, among the non-terrestrial signal processing unit 135 and the terrestrial network, non-terrestrial communication quality information regarding the quality of the non-terrestrial communication between communication device 2 and the satellite antenna 134; and a communication ratio determining unit 135 that determines the ratio of the terrestrial network and the non-terrestrial network to be used for communication with communication device 2 based on the non-terrestrial communication quality information (FIG. 2).
A network management apparatus performs a first acquisition process, a generation process, and a second acquisition process. The first acquisition process is processing that acquires server information capable of identifying a target physical server for acquiring a log among physical servers that constitute a virtualized environment of a network. The generation process is processing that generates, based on the server information, a program that corresponds to the target physical server for acquiring the log and acquires the log of the target physical server. The second acquisition process is processing that executes the program and acquires the log of the target physical server for acquiring the log.
A radio access network control apparatus has at least one processor that performs: by a hardware acceleration policy issuance unit in a Non-RT RIC (Non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller) of an O-RAN, issuing a hardware acceleration policy concerning hardware acceleration in a radio access network node managed virtually by a virtual infrastructure. The hardware acceleration policy issuance unit provides the hardware acceleration policy to the outside of the Non-RT RIC through the A2 interface inside the SMO (Service Management and Orchestration) including the Non-RT RIC. The hardware acceleration policy issuance unit provides the hardware acceleration policy to a hardware acceleration management unit in the virtual infrastructure.
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
An automated crisis simulator and method for providing automated crisis simulation for Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Data is entered in a crisis simulation User Interface (UI) to define a crisis simulation. A crisis notification is received and a determination is made whether the notification of the crisis is a fake crisis notification. In response to the notification being determined to be a real crisis notification, a manager of the mobile network is notified of the crisis being real and the crisis simulation is terminated. Alternatively, in response to the notification being determined to be the fake crisis notification associated with the crisis simulation, the manager of the mobile network is notified, wherein a drill is initiated according to a predetermined protocol to address the crisis simulation. A drill report is recorded, which enables the response of the operations and monitoring teams to be analyzed to identify areas for improvement.
G06Q 10/0637 - Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisationPlanning actions based on goalsAnalysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
G06Q 10/067 - Enterprise or organisation modelling
A communication control device 3 comprises at least one processor that executes: acquiring emergency information relating to a first emergency information delivery area EA1 in which a movable mobile station MS is present by an emergency information acquisition unit 34; identifying mobile communication instruments 2M-1, 2M-2, 2M-3 moving together with the mobile station MS by a mobile communication instrument identification unit 32; generating movement warning information relating to the emergency information by a movement warning information generation unit 35, the movement warning information relating to movement of at least one among the mobile station MS and the mobile communication instruments 2M-1, 2M-2, 2M-3; and delivering the movement warning information from the mobile station MS to the mobile communication instruments 2M-1, 2M-2, 2M-3 by an information delivery unit 38.
A communication control device 3 comprises at least one processor that executes the following: accepting, by means of a position information request accepting unit 31, a request for position information regarding a communication device 2 connected to a communication station CS; and providing, by means of a positioning information provision unit 32, positioning information acquired via a positioning function (namely, a positioning unit 43) included in the communication station CS as the position information regarding the communication device 2 if the request satisfies a specific condition. The positioning information provision unit 32 does not provide the positioning information acquired via the positioning function included in the communication station CS if the communication device 2 can acquire position information about itself via a satellite positioning device included in said communication device 2.
A communication control device 3 comprises at least one processor that executes the following: acquiring, by means of an emergency information acquisition unit 33, emergency information pertaining to emergency information delivery areas EA1, EA2 in which at least one of communication devices 2G, 2H, 2I and a communication station CS capable of communicating with the communication devices 2G, 2H, 2I are present; generating, by means of a local advisory information generation unit 35, local advisory information related to emergency information in a vicinity of at least one of the communication devices 2G, 2H, 2I and the communication station CS, said vicinity being smaller than the emergency information delivery areas EA1, EA2; and delivering, by means of an information delivery unit 36, the local advisory information from the communication station CS to the communication device(s) 2G, 2H, 2I.
H04W 4/90 - Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
H04M 11/04 - Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
H04W 4/021 - Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
H04W 76/50 - Connection management for emergency connections
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AUTOMATED CRISIS SIMULATION FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING (BCP)
An automated crisis simulator and method for providing automated crisis simulation for Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Data is entered in a crisis simulation User Interface (UI) to define a crisis simulation. A crisis notification is received and a determination is made whether the notification of the crisis is a fake crisis notification. In response to the notification being determined to be a real crisis notification, a manager of the mobile network is notified of the crisis being real and the crisis simulation is terminated. Alternatively, in response to the notification being determined to be the fake crisis notification associated with the crisis simulation, the manager of the mobile network is notified, wherein a drill is initiated according to a predetermined protocol to address the crisis simulation. A drill report is recorded, which enables the response of the operations and monitoring teams to be analyzed to identify areas for improvement.
A radio access network control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by an instruction verification unit provided in the SMO (Service Management and Orchestration) of the O-RAN, verifying instruction to the outside of the SMO generated by the rApp executed by the Non-RT RIC (Non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller) in the SMO; and by an instruction issuance unit provided in the SMO, issuing the verified instruction to the outside of the SMO. The instruction verification unit verifies an operational policy generated by the rApp concerning the operation of a radio access network node, and the instruction issuance unit issues the verified operational policy to at least one of the radio access network node, a virtual infrastructure that virtually manages the radio access network node, and the Near-RT RIC (Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller).
A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable media for automating a change in site configuration during a crisis. Sites in a mobile network are monitored for power outages. A determination is made whether a power outage for a plurality of the sites in the mobile network qualifies as a crisis. In response to the power outage of the plurality of the sites qualifying as a crisis, the plurality of the sites in the mobile network that experience the power outage is converted from a higher configuration to a lower configuration. Whether a cause for the power outage of the plurality of the sites has been addressed is determined. In response to the cause for the power outage of the plurality of the sites being addressed, the plurality of the sites in the mobile network that were converted to the lower configuration are converted to the higher configuration.
A communication control apparatus that controls handover of a communication device in two layers in a communication protocol hierarchy, includes at least one processor that performs: causing an upper-layer measurement reporter to report upper-layer communication quality of the one base station to the one base station in an upper layer; causing a state transitioner to transition the communication control apparatus to a lower-layer control state in which the handover control is enabled in a lower layer, if the upper-layer communication quality goes below a lower-layer control threshold; causing a lower-layer measurement reporter, in the lower-layer control state, to report lower-layer communication quality of the one base station to the one base station in the lower layer; and causing a handover determiner, in the lower-layer control state, to determine appropriateness of the handover in the lower layer based on the lower-layer communication quality.
Systems and methods for implementing a policy-based framework for O-Cloud Resource Management and Orchestration Services are provided. The method includes: determining, a network function (NF) hosted on a O-Cloud node to be instantiated on another O-Cloud nodes; creating an instantiation policy for the determined NF for the ORMOS; sending the instantiation policy via an R1 interface to the ORMOS; requesting an instantiation implementation of the determined NF via an O2 interface to at least one O-Cloud management service; instantiating a NF on the other O-Cloud nodes according to the implementation request; sending a registration and configuration request for the instantiated NF to NF-related RAN OAM Services; sending a configuration notice for the instantiated NF to the ORMOS; and sending instructions to finalize the instantiation implementation of the determined NF to the at least one O-Cloud management service.
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A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable media for automating a change in site configuration during a crisis. Sites in a mobile network are monitored for power outages. A determination is made whether a power outage for a plurality of the sites in the mobile network qualifies as a crisis. In response to the power outage of the plurality of the sites qualifying as a crisis, the plurality of the sites in the mobile network that experience the power outage is converted from a higher configuration to a lower configuration. Whether a cause for the power outage of the plurality of the sites has been addressed is determined. In response to the cause for the power outage of the plurality of the sites being addressed, the plurality of the sites in the mobile network that were converted to the lower configuration are converted to the higher configuration.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: causing a communication control model provider to provide a communication control model concerning communication control between a communication device and a base station that provides a communication cell to the communication device, to at least one of the communication device and the base-station side; causing a control entity setter to set a control entity of the communication control model to either the communication device or the base-station side; and causing a communication control procedure setter to set a communication control procedure for the communication control model in accordance with the location where the communication control model is provided and the control entity.
A method of network-controlled repeater (NCR) management includes obtaining, by an NCR, operations, administrations, and management (OAM) information, generating, by the NCR, NCR assistance information based on the OAM information, transmitting, by the NCR to a base station, the NCR assistance information and performing, by the base station, a corrective action on the NCR based on the NCR assistance information
The present disclosure discloses techniques for collecting and exposing network energy related information in a communication system. In one embodiment, the present disclosure discloses a method which comprises receiving, from an application function, a request for network energy related information associated with at least one network element. The received request comprises information identifying the at least one network element. The method further comprises based at least on the information identifying the at least one network element, obtaining, from an Operations, Administration and Maintenance node, the network energy related information associated with the at least one network element. The method further comprises transmitting the obtained network energy related information associated with the at least one network element to the application function.
The present disclosure discloses techniques for controlling network policies for energy saving in a communication system. In one embodiment, the present disclosure discloses a method which comprises obtaining, from an Operations Administration and Maintenance node, energy consumption assistance information associated with one or more Network Functions of a Core Network (CN). The method further comprises calculating, based on the obtained energy consumption assistance information, energy consumption associated with a network element that is associated with the CN. The method further comprises transmitting a request to a Policy Control Function for controlling one or more network policies when the calculated energy consumption associated with the network element exceeds a predefined energy threshold.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: in case a communication control model concerning communication control between a communication device and a network that provides communication service to the communication device can be managed by the communication device and the network under different management schemes, causing an ID associator to associate a communication-device-side ID of the communication control model managed by the communication device and a network-side ID of the communication control model managed by the network; and causing an identifying information provider to provide identifying information from at least one of the communication device and the network to the other of the communication device and the network to identify the correct communication control model in accordance with the association between the communication-device-side ID and the network-side ID.
It is enabled that accurate estimation of a cause of why an application is unstable. A policy manager (90) estimates, when it is determined that a first application is unstable based on a stability evaluation value indicating a stability of the first application, whether the cause of why the first application is unstable lies in the first application or lies in hardware resource on which a process included in the first application is operating based on a stability evaluation value indicating a stability of a second application in which at least one process is operating on the hardware resources on which at least one process included in the first application is operating.
It is enabled that a reduction in wastage of hardware resources at the replacement site when an unstable application is replaced. A policy manager (90) executes a setting change of excluding at least one replacement candidate resource from an operating resource group and adding a new resource to the operating resource group when it is determined that an application is unstable based on a stability evaluation value indicating the stability of the application in which processes are dispersedly operating on the operating resource group. The policy manager (90) again executes the setting change when it is determined that the application is unstable based on the stability evaluation value indicating the stability of the application in which processes are dispersedly operating on the operating resource group on which the setting change has been executed.
Provided are a router estimation system and a router estimation method which enable accurate estimation of a router in network slices that is a cause of a silent failure. A policy manager (90) identifies, when a plurality of function elements are determined to have deteriorated in performance in slice communication, for each of the plurality of function elements determined to have deteriorated in performance, a group of routers located on a route of the slice communication, based on router group data. The policy manager (90) estimates at least one router included in every router group identified for the each of the plurality of function elements determined to have deteriorated in performance to be a router that is a cause of the deterioration of performance of the function element.
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Provided are a router estimation system and a router estimation method which enable accurate estimation of a router that is a cause of silent failures in network slices. A policy manager (90) identifies, for each one of a plurality of slice communications held in a communication system, the number of pairs that include the slice communication and that are each linked to a degree of correlation decrease satisfying a decrease determination condition. The policy manager (90) estimates at least one router as a router that is a cause of deterioration of performance of function elements related to the slice communication, the at least one router being included in a group of routers which are identified based on router group data and which are located on a route of the slice communication for which the number of the pairs that satisfies a given pair count condition is identified.
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SENSOR SETTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUEST FOR SENSOR INFORMATION CONCERNING SENSING AREA
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs, by a sensing information providing sensor setter, setting a sensor, among a plurality of sensors whose sensing ranges are included in a sensing area, to provide the sensing information through a mobile communication network in response to a request for sensing information concerning the sensing area. The sensing information providing sensor setter sets the providing manner of the sensing information from the sensor in response to the request. The at least one processor: by a sensor identifiable information reducer, reducing information identifiable of the sensor in its sensing information, based on the providing manner set by the sensing information providing sensor setter, in response to the request; and by a sensing information outputter, outputting the sensing information with reduced information identifiable of the sensor by the sensor identifiable information reducer, in response to the request.
It is enabled that countermeasures are accurately taken against occurrence of a silent failure in communication between elements through a ring network. A monitor (72) monitors, for each of a plurality of routers that form the ring network, communication quality of a communication network under control of the router. A policy manager (90) determines, for each of the plurality of routers, whether the communication quality of the communication network under the control of the router has deteriorated. A slice manager (92) switches, when it is determined that the communication quality of the communication networks under the control of a predetermined number of two or more routers in succession from the router on a most upstream side in a communication route connecting the plurality of routers has deteriorated and it is determined that the communication quality of the communication network under the control of remaining router has not deteriorated, the communication route between the plurality of routers to an alternative route.
It is enabled that an unstable process is extracted from among processes included in a communication system with a small processing load. A policy manager (90) monitors whether an application which is included in a communication system and which includes processes that are dispersedly operating on a plurality of virtual machines has become unstable. The policy manager (90) determines, in response to detecting that the application has become unstable, for each of the plurality of virtual machines on which at least one process included in the application is operating, whether the process operating on the virtual machine is unstable.
Provided are a router estimation system and a router estimation method which enable accurate estimation of a router that is a cause of silent failures in network slices. When it is determined that a degree of correlation increase linked to a pair of a first slice communication and a second slice communication satisfies a given condition, a policy manager (90) estimates at least one router included in both of a first router group, which is a group of routers identified based on router group data as routers located on a route of the first slice communication, and a second router group, which is a group of routers identified based on the router group data as routers located on a route of the second slice communication, as a router that is a cause of deterioration of performance of a first function element and a second function element.
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A file management apparatus has one or more processors that execute a process including: managing management information in which a plurality of nodes belonging to a communication network and files held by the respective plurality of nodes are associated; receiving a file request; identifying a node that holds a file corresponding to the file request by referring to the management information; and instructing at least one identified node to transmit the file corresponding to the file request to a designated destination.
An update control apparatus has one or more processors that execute a process including: among a plurality of execution environments in each of which a process related to a communication terminal connected to an update cell is executed by executing software which is an update target, determining the number of execution environments to be stopped on the basis of the number of communication terminals connected to the update cell; and instructing, for each of the determined number of execution environments, an update of the software executed in each of the execution environments.
An interference controller apparatus performs a process for acquiring a first position at which an unmanned ground vehicle is positioned and a second position at which a wearable device worn by a user is positioned, respectively; a process for acquiring route information indicating a route on which the unmanned ground vehicle is to travel; a process for acquiring a property related to a traveling of the unmanned ground vehicle; a process for generating a first signal for displaying a first image indicating a direction and a path that the unmanned ground vehicle is to travel based on the first position and the route information; a process for generating a second signal for displaying a second image indicating a zone where an entry of a user wearing the wearable device is to be restricted, based on the first position, the second position, and the route information; and a process for transmitting the first signal and the second signal to the wearable device. The first signal is generated such that the first image dynamically changes to be displayed based on the property of the unmanned ground vehicle.
It is enabled that accurate determination of a machine learning model suitable for a communication system from among a plurality of machine learning models to be used for a given prediction purpose related to the communication system. An AI (70) inputs, to each of a plurality of trained machine learning models, input data corresponding to the machine learning model, and acquires a predicted value as an output of the machine learning model. The AI (70) evaluates an accuracy of a prediction related to the prediction purpose by the machine learning model based on the acquired predicted value and, of test data, a part indicating an actual result value corresponding to the predicted value. The AI (70) determines at least one machine learning model among the plurality of trained machine learning models based on a result of the evaluation of the accuracy.
It is enabled that accurate determination of a machine learning model which is to be used for predicting a performance index value of a communication system and which is suitable for the communication system. A monitor (72) monitors at least one type of performance index value related to the communication System. An AI (70) identifies, for each of a plurality of machine learning models to be used for a given prediction purpose related to the communication system, an additional performance index value type which is a type of performance index value required to be added to a target of the monitoring in order to use the machine learning model. The AI (70) determines at least one machine learning model among the plurality of machine learning models based on the additional performance index value type identified for each of the plurality of machine learning models.
It is enabled that wasteful usage of resources used for displaying a monitoring screen showing a performance index value of an element included in a communication system is reduced. A management supporter (84) repeatedly updates the monitoring screen showing the performance index value for at least one time point with respect to the element included in the communication system. A policy manager (90), a life cycle manager (94), a container manager (78), and a configuration manager (76) execute, in response to receiving an instruction to execute a given action on the element, the action on the element. The management supporter (84) executes, when a reception status of the execution instruction satisfies a given condition, at least one of starting display of a predicted value of the performance index value or shortening an update interval of the monitoring screen.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a communication congestion detector, detecting congestion state of communications in a communication cell; by a congestion measurer, measuring congestion state of at least one of persons and objects in the communication cell; and by a congestion state estimator, estimating congestion state in the communication cell, based on the congestion state of communications detected by the communication congestion detector and the congestion state of at least one of the persons and the objects measured by the congestion measurer.
A communication control apparatus includes a processor that performs: by a roaming restriction area setter, setting a roaming restriction area in which roaming connection is restricted during normal time and roaming connection is allowed during emergency; and by a roaming restriction easer, easing the restriction on roaming connection during normal time for a specific communication cell included in the roaming restriction area. The roaming restriction area includes a plurality of communication cells. The roaming restriction area includes a terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by a terrestrial base station installed on the ground and a non-terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by a flying non-terrestrial base station, and the roaming restriction easer eases the restriction on roaming connection during normal time for the non-terrestrial communication cell included in the roaming restriction area. The non-terrestrial base station is a communication satellite flying in outer space.
It is enabled that hardware resources included in a communication system are efficiently used. When a surplus level of a hardware resource included in a special spare resource group satisfies a surplus condition, a configuration manager (76) changes, in response to a usage status of a hardware resource group satisfying a resource addition condition, an affiliation of the hardware resource included in the special spare resource group from the special spare resource group to the hardware resource group. When the surplus level of the hardware resource included in the special spare resource group does not satisfy the surplus condition, a bare metal manager (96) executes, in response to the usage status of the hardware resource group satisfying the resource addition condition, a setup on a hardware resource included in a general-purpose spare resource group, and the configuration manager (76) changes the affiliation of the hardware resource on which the setup has been executed from the general-purpose spare resource group to the hardware resource group.
A device and method for providing end-to-end application onboarding. An application bundle is uploaded to a pre-production system and pre-production testing of the application bundle is requested. In response to the application bundle passing the pre-production testing, approval of the application bundle is received. In response to receiving the approval of the application bundle, quality assurance testing of the application bundle is performed in at least one pre-production test environment isolated from the production environment. In response to the application bundle passing the quality assurance testing in the at least one pre-production test environment isolated from the production environment, the application bundle is promoted to the production environment.
A method for policy onboarding includes receiving, by a processor, a request from a network slice service builder module for registration of an application bundle; requesting, by the processor, a central inventory create an application bundle object; requesting, by the processor, a policy manager create a policy descriptor file corresponding to one or more rule-based policy and the application bundle; and receiving, by the processor, a policy identifier (ID) for the application bundle from the policy manager.
Automatic software upgrades for transport layer devices is described. One or more transport layer devices from a device list for upgrading are presented on a user interface (UI). A user, via the UI, selects one or more transport layer devices from a device list for upgrading. Upgrade details for upgrading the one or more transport layer devices selected from the device list for upgrading are received via the UI. Based on the upgrade details, the upgrading of the one or more transport layer devices is initiated. Real-time information returned from the one or more transport layer device during the upgrading of the one or more transport layer devices is presented on the UI. The upgrading of the one or more transport layer devices is validated based on the real-time information.
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SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR OPTIMAL ACCESS DETERMINATION
Provided are system, method, and device for optimal access determination. The system including: a first node including: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: determine whether or not multiple access points (APs) are available; based on determining that the multiple APs are available, determine a type of each of the multiple APs; and based on the determined type of each of the multiple APs, determine an optimal AP from among the multiple APs.
It is enabled to optimize an execution condition of an action on an element included in a communication system. A policy manager (90) changes, when a reception status of an instruction to execute the action on the element satisfies a given change condition, the action execution condition to a condition determined based on the reception status of the execution instruction. The policy manager (90), a life cycle manager (94), a container manager (78), and a configuration manager (76) execute, after the action execution condition is changed, the action on the element in response to a performance index value satisfying the changed action execution condition.
It is enabled that wasteful usage of resources used for determining whether to execute an action on an element included in a communication system is reduced. A management supporter (84) receives a specification of an element from among a plurality of elements included in a communication system. The management supporter (84) displays a monitoring screen showing performance information on the specified element. A policy manager (90) selects at least one monitoring target element from among a plurality of the elements for which the performance information is shown on the monitoring screen. The policy manager (90) initiates execution of a determination process to determine whether to execute a given action on the monitoring target element based on a performance index value of the monitoring target element.
It is enabled that hardware resources included in a communication system are efficiently used. A monitor (72) monitors a usage status of each of a plurality of hardware resource groups included in the communication system. A configuration manager (76) changes, in response to the usage status of any one of the hardware resource groups satisfying a condition associated with the hardware resource group, an affiliation of a hardware resource included in a common spare resource group different from all of the hardware resource groups from the common spare resource group to the hardware resource group.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor to execute: identifying, by a communication device identifier, a communication device inside an existing communication cell; estimating, by a communication quality insufficiency estimator, an insufficient communication quality given by the existing communication cell to the communication device; and causing, by a dynamic communication cell provider, a dynamic communication station to provide a dynamic communication cell for the communication device inside the existing communication cell. The dynamic communication cell provider moves the dynamic communication station to a place at which the dynamic communication cell can be provided for the communication device to which an insufficient communication quality is estimated in response to such an estimation made by the communication quality insufficiency estimator.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a measurement information collector, collecting measurement information of a sensor through a mobile communication network; by a measurement information analyzer, analyzing the measurement information at least during normal time when no emergency is occurring; by an emergency detector, detecting an emergency based on the measurement information; by an emergency reporter, making an emergency report through the mobile communication network in response to the emergency, before the measurement information analyzer completes the analysis of the measurement information; and by an emergency response criteria provider, causing the emergency response agency to provide emergency response criteria concerning an emergency whose report is acceptable, to the mobile communication network.
Systems and methods for optimizing break-out/break-in paths of voice calls between a source operator's (SO) IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystems (IMS) and a target operator's IMS (TO IMS), the method includes: obtaining a voice call originating from a user equipment (UE) in the SO IMS and terminating at an UE in the TO IMS; determining a routing policy for the voice call; determining an optimal TO Interconnect Session Border Controller (ISBC) by applying at least one path metric according to the routing policy to a machine learning (ML) model for determining an optimal route between the SO IMS and the TO IMS; and route the voice call to the optimal TO ISBC, wherein, the ML model, for determining the optimal TO ISBC using, for each of the path metrics, one or more routing parameter rankings of a plurality of possible paths between the SO IMS and the TO IMS.
Provided are a method and system for managing configuration schemas for an rApp. The method may include: receiving, by a RAN OAM-related function, a get configuration schema request, wherein the get configuration schema request originates from the rApp, and wherein the get configuration schema request indicates a requested configuration schema of a network element; determining, by the RAN OAM-related function, whether or not the get configuration schema request is valid; and sending, by the RAN OAM-related function, a get configuration schema response to the rApp, in response to the get configuration schema request.
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configurationTracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
Edge-masking guided node pruning is performed by masking at least one edge among a plurality of edges of a trained model to produce a masked model, initializing the masked model, training the masked model, detecting, from among a plurality of channels of the masked model, each channel among the plurality of channels including a set of edges among the plurality of edges, at least one zero channel in which each edge among the set of edges is masked; determining, from among a plurality of nodes of the masked model, each node corresponding to two channels among the plurality of channels, at least one removable node in which the corresponding two channels are zero channels; and pruning the masked model to remove the removable nodes from the masked model, resulting in a pruned model.
Integrated application performance and infrastructure management is described. Performance of an application and utilization of provisioned infrastructure for supporting the application are proactively monitored. A determination is made that the application is not performing according to application dimensioning information or the provisioned infrastructure is being over utilized. In response to determining the provisioned infrastructure is being over utilized, an adjustment to the provisioned infrastructure to prevent over utilization is initiated. In response to determining the application is not performing according to the application dimensioning information, an alert indicating the application is not performing according to the application dimensioning information is generated. In response to the alert, the application dimensioning information is updated or the application is adjusted to perform according to the application dimensioning information.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a sensing capability recognizer, causing a mobile communication network to recognize sensing capabilities of a plurality of sensors that can communicate in the mobile communication network; and by a sensing area setter, setting a sensing area, and managing, in the mobile communication network, the sensing capabilities of the plurality of sensors whose sensing ranges are included in the sensing area, as a sensing capability group in the sensing area. The at least one processor performs, by a sensing information outputter, outputting sensing information based on the sensing capability group in the sensing area.
A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a simulation network provider, providing a simulation network that simulates a real mobile communication network; and by a network operation information provider, providing network operation information used for operation of the simulation network, from the mobile communication network to the simulation network, through a first interface to which access by an operator of the mobile communication network and an operator of the simulation network is allowed, and access by a participant in the simulation network who is different from each of the operators is restricted.
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ESTIMATION OF ROUTER THAT IS CAUSE OF SILENT FAILURES
Provided are a router estimation system and a router estimation method which enable accurate estimation of a router in network slices that is a cause of a silent failure. A policy manager (90) extracts, when it is determined that a plurality of function elements have deteriorated in performance in slice communication, a plurality of function elements that are similar to one another in terms of shifts in performance in the slice communication from the plurality of function elements determined to have deteriorated in performance. The policy manager (90) identifies, for each of the plurality of extracted function elements, a group of routers located on a route of the slice communication based on router group data. The policy manager (90) estimates at least one router included in every router group identified for the each of the plurality of extracted function elements to be a router that is a cause of the deterioration of performance of the plurality of extracted function elements.
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SPECIFYING ANALYSIS TARGET IN ESTIMATION OF JURISDICTIONAL AREA FOR EMERGENCY REPORT
A communication control apparatus includes a processor that performs: by an emergency report detector, detecting an emergency report from a communication device within a communication cell that includes jurisdictional areas of a plurality of emergency response agencies; by an analysis target specifier, specifying as an analysis target a time and an area different from at least either of the time and the area in which the communication device has made the emergency report; by a jurisdictional area estimator, estimating the jurisdictional area where the communication device is located, based on an analysis of at least either of the time and the area as the analysis target; and by a connection controller, connecting the emergency report to the emergency response agency of the estimated jurisdictional area. The analysis target specifier specifies as the analysis target a time in the past or a time in the future.
Cellular Diagnostics is implemented using a Device and Management Server. A Device having a Client conducts a quality measurement procedure to obtain measurement results associated with radio communication, wherein the Device telecommunicates with at least one base station. The measurement results are configured into parameters of a Cellular Diagnostic Data Model by the Device. The parameters of the Cellular Diagnostic Data Model are provided to a Management Server. The Device is able to be a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and the Management Server is able to be an Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) The client of the Device is able to be a CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP) Client and the measurement results are able to be communicated to the ACS via a TR-069 protocol.
Collaborative training with buffered activations is performed by partitioning a plurality of layers of a neural network model into a device partition and a server partition; transmitting, to a computation device, the device partition, training, collaboratively with the computation device through a network, the neural network model by applying the server partition to a set of activations to obtain a set of output instances, the set of activations obtained by one of receiving, from the computation device, the set of activations as output from the device partition, or reading, from an activation buffer, the set of activations as previously recorded, applying a loss function relating activations to output instances to each output instance among the current set of output instances to obtain a set of loss values, and computing a set of gradient vectors for each layer of the server partition based on the set of loss values.
A Logstash SNMP input plugin is customized to work in an IPv6 environment. A cloned copy of the Logstash SNMP Input Plugin is debugged to identify modifications to make to the cloned copy of the Logstash SNMP Input Plugin to enable operation in the IPv6 environment. The cloned copy of the Logstash SNMP Input Plugin is updated to implement the modifications to enable operation in the IPv6 environment. The updated cloned copy of the Logstash SNMP Input Plugin is recompiled to generate a custom SNMP Input Plugin. The custom SNMP Input Plugin is installed into Logstash. Logstash with the custom SNMP Input Plugin installed is deployed and tested in the IPv6 environment. Upon discovering further issues, the custom SNMP Input Plugin is debugged. In response to discovering no further issues, Logstash with the custom SNMP Input Plugin installed is released for use in the IPv6 environment.
A method and system of automatically and proactively managing incidents within a network. The method can include identifying a network issue based on a user service issue and received one or more network performance metrics. The method can also include correlating the identified network issue with one or more known network incidents to identify a relation between the network issue and the one or more known network incidents. The method can further include classifying the network issue within a database based on the correlation. The method may also include wherein the user service issue is based on at least one: call or service failure, call or service quality, or reduced network coverage. In addition, the method may include filtering the correlated network issue with the one or more known network incidents based on one or more conditions.
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92.
COLLABORATIVE TRAINING WITH COMPRESSED TRANSMISSIONS
Collaborative training with compressed transmissions is performed by partitioning a plurality of layers of a neural network model into a device partition and a server partition, combining a plurality of encoding layers of an auto-encoder neural network with the device partition, wherein a largest encoding layer among the plurality of encoding layers is adjacent a layer of the device partition bordering the server partition, combining a plurality of decoding layers of the auto-encoder neural network with the server partition, wherein a largest decoding layer among the plurality of decoding layers is adjacent a layer of the server partition bordering the device partition, transmitting, to a computation device, the device partition combined with the plurality of encoding layers, and training, collaboratively with the computation device through a network, the neural network model.
A file distribution system provided with a file distribution apparatus and a file reception apparatus, wherein: the file distribution apparatus has one or more first processors; and the one or more first processors execute a process including transmitting, to the file reception apparatus, multiple layers included in a first file to be distributed to the file reception apparatus, and among multiple layers included in a second file to be distributed to the file reception apparatus, a layer other than a common layer that is included in common in the first file and the second file.
H04L 67/06 - Protocols specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
H04L 67/1074 - Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks for supporting data block transmission mechanisms
H04L 67/1097 - Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
94.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS
A method includes receiving a unilateral relationship between a first service specification and a second service specification; receiving a complimentary relationship between the second service specification and the first service specification; storing each relationship in a relationship table included in a service catalog; receiving a payload corresponding to the first service specification, where the payload includes a service specification relationship with the second service specification; verifying the service specification relationship in the payload correlates with the unilateral relationship stored in the relationship table; in response to the service specification relationship in the payload correlating with the unilateral relationship stored in the relationship table, verifying whether the complimentary relationship exists in the relationship table; and in response to the complimentary relationship existing in the relationship table, updating automatically a service corresponding to the second service specification with a service specification relationship with the first service specification.
H04L 41/5051 - Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
H04L 41/5054 - Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
95.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING SLICE MANAGER INVENTORY DATA
A method includes creating, by a processor and based on a network slice design submitted by a user, a network slice; and generating, automatically by the processor, a network slice selection assistance information ID (nSSAI ID) for the network slice.
Provided are system, method, and device for assigning identification to cells. According to embodiments, the system may include: a memory storage storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: determine a distance between a current cell and a plurality of cells; and assign an identification value to the current cell based on at least the distance.
A Layer 1-Layer 2 (L1/L2) Triggered Mobility (LTM) handover (HO) procedure, and method. A gNB-Centralized Unit User Plane (gNB-CU-CP) sends Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages with LTM candidate cell configuration of LTM candidate gNB-DUs. Based on the RRC messages, a Layer (L1) Measurement Report is sent to the LTM candidate gNB-DUs. In response, the LTM candidate gNB-DUs determine whether a radio condition of the LTM candidate gNB-DUs meet a predetermined resource reservation criteria. Based on meeting the predetermined resource reservation criteria, the LTM candidate gNB-DUs initiate reservation of radio resources for an LTM candidate cell for a LTM cell switch. The LTM candidate gNB-DUs send to the gNB-CU-CP an updated LTM candidate cell configuration. The gNB-CU-CP sends the updated radio resource configuration to the UE via the serving gNB-DU.
Cellular Diagnostics is implemented using a Device and Management Server. A Device having a Client conducts a quality measurement procedure to obtain measurement results associated with radio communication, wherein the Device telecommunicates with at least one base station. The measurement results are configured into parameters of a Cellular Diagnostic Data Model by the Device. The parameters of the Cellular Diagnostic Data Model are provided to a Management Server. The Device is able to be a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and the Management Server is able to be an Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) The client of the Device is able to be a CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP) Client and the measurement results are able to be communicated to the ACS via a TR-069 protocol.
A method, apparatus, and system for configuration management API's for radio access network (RAN) operation and maintenance (OAM) functions in R1 interface may be provided and may include, receiving, by an API producer, an HTTP request, wherein the HTTP request originates from an API consumer; determining, by the API producer, whether the HTTP request is valid or not based on whether the API consumer is authorized or not; based on determining that the HTTP request is valid, performing, by the API producer, a configuration management (CM) operation based on the HTTP request; and sending, by the API producer, an HTTP response based on the CM operation and whether the HTTP request is valid or not.
H04L 41/0246 - Exchanging or transporting network management information using the InternetEmbedding network management web servers in network elementsWeb-services-based protocols
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
A method of detecting an MFA attack includes identifying at least one MFA failure condition corresponding to at least one failed login attempt of a user, detecting a successful login attempt of the user following the identification of the at least one MFA failure condition, determining whether a login violation condition of the successful login attempt occurs within a first predetermined time period from the detection of the successful login attempt, determining an MFA attack occurs based on determining that the login violation condition occurs within the first predetermined time period.
