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- Patent Title: System and method for a distributed ledger for base station slicing using blockchain
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Application No.: US17301223Application Date: 2021-03-29
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Publication No.: US11483742B1Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Onur Ibek , Oguz Oktay , Seyhan Civanlar
- Applicant: NETSIA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: NETSIA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NETSIA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W28/26
- IPC: H04W28/26 ; H04W48/18 ; H04L41/0893 ; H04L9/06 ; H04W28/20 ; H04L9/00

Abstract:
A system and method for reliable and secure record keeping for Radio Access Network (RAN) capacity sharing amongst a plurality of operators using slicing methods according to 3GPP 5G specifications, wherein slicing is controlled by a RAN controller is disclosed. The record keeping system is a distributed Blockchain ledger in which a block specifies information pertaining to available, leased or purchased base station slice(s). The ledger is immutable and available to all operators through a distributed database hosted by each participant wherein each base station owner advertises its leased as well as unused base station capacity at a specific time using blocks in the Blockchain. In an embodiment, the RAN controller directly feeds the information needed to form a new block into the ledger whenever the slicing profile of a RAN changes, thereby making the ledger in complete synchronicity with the network.
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