ULTRA-BROADBAND VIRTUALIZED TELECOM AND INTERNET

• US 20180041905A1
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nxgen Partners Ip, LLC (NxGen Partners LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nxgen Partners Ip, LLC (NxGen Partners LLC)
• Inventors: ASHRAFI, SOLYMAN
• Granted Patent: US 9,949,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0003 Software-defined radio [SDR] systems, i.e. systems wherein components typically implemented in hardware, e.g. filters or modulators/demodulators, are implented using software, e.g. by involving an AD or DA conversion stage such that at least part of the signal processing is performed in the digital domain digital baseband systems H04L25/00; digital modulation/demodulation H04L27/00; CDMA H04B1/707; TDMA H04B7/2643; image transmission H04N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0897 by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

A system provides a connection between a core network and at least one user device responsive to an application or service being used by the at least one user device. The system includes a dynamically configurable network including a plurality of control layers for connecting the core network and the at least one user device. At least one server implements the dynamically configurable network. The at least one server is configured to select a first slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the dynamically configurable network to support operation of a first application or service and to select a second slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network to support operation of a second application or service.

Claims

1. A system for providing a dynamically configurable network between a core network and at least one user device responsive to an application or service being used by the at least one user device, comprising:

a radio access network for providing a first communications link with the at least one user device, the radio access network including a first plurality of control layers;

a backhaul network for connecting the radio access network to the core network, the backhaul network including a second plurality of control layers;

at least one server for implementing at least a portion of the radio access network and the backhaul network within the at least one server;

wherein the at least one server is configured to select a first slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and a first slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support operation of a first application or service and to select a second slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and a second slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support operation of a second application or service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server is further configured to implement a data center (DC) based cloud architecture.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one server is further configured to select a first slice portion of the DC based cloud architecture to support operation of the first application or service and to select a second slice portion of the DC based cloud architecture to support operation of the second application or service.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server is further configured to select the first slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the first slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) to select the second slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the second slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support ultra-reliable low latency communication (uRLLC) and to select a third slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the third slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support massive machine type communications (mMTC).

5. The system of claim 4, wherein SDR based massive-MIMO is used to support high bandwidth requirements caused by selection of the first slice portion to support eMBB.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the application or service being used by the at least one user device is implemented on a cloud based data center.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first slice portion of the of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the first slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network implements a new service in the dynamically configurable network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server implements the at least the portion of the radio access network and the backhaul network using software defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) to define the configurable network infrastructure.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio access network further comprises massive MIMO transceivers for establishing communications links with the backhaul network.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first slice portion and the second slice portion comprise differing amounts of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network depending on needs of the service or application associated with each of the first slice portion and the second slice portion.

11. A method for providing a dynamically configurable network between a core network and at least one user device responsive to an application or service being used by the at least one user device, comprising:

providing a first communications link with the at least one user device through a radio access network including a first plurality of control layers;

connecting the radio access network to a core network through a backhaul network including a second plurality of control layers;

implementing at least a portion of the radio access network and the backhaul network within at least one server;

selecting within the at least one server a first slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and a first slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support operation of a first application or service;

providing the first application or service to the at least one user device on the first slice portion;

selecting within the at least one server a second slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and a second slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support operation of a second application or service; and

providing the second application or service to the at least one user device on the second slice portion.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of configuring the first server to implement a data center (DC) based cloud architecture.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the steps of selecting further comprise:

selecting within the at least one server a first slice portion of the DC based cloud architecture to support operation of the first application or service; and

selecting within the at least one server a second slice portion of the DC based cloud architecture to support operation of the second application or service.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the steps of selecting further comprise:

selecting at the at least one server the first slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the first slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB);

selecting at the at least one server the second slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the second slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support ultra-reliable low latency communication (uRLLC); and

selecting at the at least one server a third slice portion of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the third slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network to support massive machine type communications (mMTC).

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of selecting the first slice portion further comprises:

selecting of the first slice portion to support eMBB; and

implementing SDR based massive-MIMO to support high bandwidth requirements.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprises the step of implementing the application or service being used by the at least one user device on a cloud based data center.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the first slice portion of the of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the first slice portion of the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network implements a new service in the dynamically configurable network.

18. The method of claim 11 further comprises implementing on the at least one server the at least the portion of the radio access network and the backhaul network using software defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) to define the configurable network infrastructure.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprises establishing a communications link with the backhaul network using massive MIMO transceivers within the radio access network.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the first slice portion and the second slice portion comprise differing amounts of the first plurality of control layers of the radio access network and the second plurality of control layers of the backhaul network depending on needs of the service or application associated with each of the first slice portion and the second slice portion.

21. A system for providing a connection between a core network and at least one user device responsive to an application or service being used by the at least one user device, comprising:

a dynamically configurable network including a plurality of control layers for connecting the core network and the at least one user device;

at least one server for implementing the dynamically configurable network; and

wherein the at least one server is configured to select a first slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the dynamically configurable network to support operation of a first application or service and to select a second slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network to support operation of a second application or service.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one server is further configured to implement a data center (DC) based cloud architecture.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the at least one server is further configured to select a first slice portion of the DC based cloud architecture to support operation of the first application or service and to select a second slice portion of the DC based cloud architecture to support operation of the second application or service.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one server is further configured to select the first slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network to support enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), to select the second slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network to support ultra-reliable low latency communication (uRLLC) and to select a third slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network to support massive machine type communications (mMTC).

25. The system of claim 24, wherein SDR based massive-MIMO is used to support high bandwidth requirements caused by selection of the first slice portion to support eMBB.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the application or service being used by the at least one user device is implemented on a cloud based data center.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the first slice portion of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network implements a new service in the dynamically configurable network.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one server implements the at least the portion of the configurable network using software defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) to define the configurable network infrastructure.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the configurable network further comprises massive MIMO transceivers for establishing communications links with the backhaul network.

30. The system of claim 21, wherein the first slice portion and the second slice portion comprise differing amounts of the plurality of control layers of the configurable network depending on needs of the service or application associated with each of the first slice portion and the second slice portion.