Anchor point movement in a compound cellular network

    公开(公告)号:US11856464B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17867864

    申请日:2022-07-19

    CPC classification number: H04W36/0022 H04W36/125 H04W48/17 H04W88/06 H04W88/16

    Abstract: Various arrangement of compound cellular networks that accommodate multiple cellular communication protocols are presented. A compound cellular network may connect user equipment (UE) with a data network using a first anchor point. The compound cellular network may transition the UE from the first anchor point to a second anchor point. Following the transitioning, the compound cellular network may connect the UE with the data network using the second anchor point. The UE may then be transitioned from the second anchor point to a converged anchor point of the compound cellular network. The UE may be locked to the converged anchor point while the UE is communicating with a second cellular network that communicates using the second cellular communication protocol.

    DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF BANDWIDTH IN 5G WIRELESS NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20230403748A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18451587

    申请日:2023-08-17

    Abstract: Spectrum and radio resources associated with a 5G radio unit (RU) of a host network are dynamically allocated amongst one or more guest networks. A provisioning plane receives inputs from a guest network operator that identifies desired times, locations and/or frequency bands for desired network coverage. The provisioning plane responsively identifies bandwidth allocations that meet the requested parameters for exclusive use by the guest network. User equipment (UE) associated with each guest network maintains time and frequency synchronization with the host network, but otherwise limits its communications to the frequency bands allocated to the guest network. By dynamically obtaining physical radio and spectrum resources from a host provider and by scaling backend network capabilities using cloud resources, guest networks for any number of different purposes can be quickly deployed or modified as desired.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SLICE ACCESS FAILURES

    公开(公告)号:US20230370934A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18356120

    申请日:2023-07-20

    Abstract: Systems, devices, and automated processes for user equipment (UE) to access network slices at cell sites. An example process includes receiving a registration request from the UE. The registration request includes a list of network slices for access at network cells within range of the UE. The UE is authenticated to the network to identify subscription information of the UE. A list of slice identifications (IDs) available to the UE is transmitted to the UE. A slice-specific authentication of the UE is initiated for a slice identified as available based on the subscription information. The UE is allowed to access the slice in response to the slice-specific authentication.

    USER PLANE FUNCTION (UPF) LOAD BALANCING SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SLICES

    公开(公告)号:US20230144066A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US18093246

    申请日:2023-01-04

    CPC classification number: H04W28/0942 H04W48/18

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

    Non-terrestrial network satellite beam switching

    公开(公告)号:US11588544B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US17592059

    申请日:2022-02-03

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for non-terrestrial network beam switching is provided. A non-terrestrial network base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit downlink data to user equipment and a receiver configured to receive uplink data from the user equipment. A channel bandwidth of the non-terrestrial network base station is divided into a plurality of bandwidth parts respectively corresponding to a plurality of geographic areas, and each bandwidth part is respectively associated with a satellite beam. When the user equipment is located in a first geographic area, the transmitter transmits the downlink data to the user equipment over a corresponding first bandwidth part. After the user equipment transitions from the first geographic area to a second geographic area, the transmitter transmits the downlink data to the user equipment over a corresponding second bandwidth part of the plurality of bandwidth parts.

    Robust grant-free transmissions
    100.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11570758B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17391436

    申请日:2021-08-02

    Abstract: Various arrangements for performing uplink grant-free transmissions are presented herein. An instance of user equipment (UE) may determine data that is to be transmitted using a grant-free (GF) uplink transmission to a base station of a cellular network. The UE may select a first GF resource block and a second GF resource block. The UE may transmit GF transmissions that comprise: a data payload and a first pointer at the first GF resource block; and the data payload and a second pointer at the second GF resource block. The first pointer may refer to the second GF resource block, while the second pointer may refer to the first GP resource block.

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