Architecture for radio access network virtualization

• US 9,473,949 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Puthenpura, Sarat, Broustis, Ioannis, Razoumov, Leonid, Rozner, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Zaidi, Iqbal
• Application Number:
  US14/952,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 328 Days
• Field of Search: 370328-339, 370/415, 370229-238, 370252-253
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

Multiple access wireless communication networks/infrastructures are virtualized in telecommunications environments. A system replicates a cell identifier associated with a macro base station device to create a virtual base station device presence for a set of network devices included in the multiple access wireless communication network and thereafter facilitates communication with the multiple access wireless communication network, the set of network devices, and a mobile device through the created virtual base station presence.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

replicating a cell identifier received from and associated with a base station device to create first data representing a first base station device object for network devices associated with a radio access network;

in response to receiving a paging request comprising header data from a device associated with the radio access network, replacing the header data with substitute header data comprising the first data representing the first base station device object; and

facilitating communication between the device and the network devices based on the first data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise maintaining a data structure of identities to distinguish the first base station device object from a second base station device object, and wherein the data structure of identities comprises a media access control address of a network interface associated with the first base station device object.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, as a function of the cell identifier, grouping the first data representing the first base station device object with second data representing a second base station device object.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise initiating sending of a radio access network transmission synchronization timing value or a radio access network transmission parameter to the first base station device object.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise initiating sending of a radio access network quality of service request for the device to the first base station device object.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise initiating sending of a software update to the first base station device object.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise initiating sending of an operating system image or a system configuration parameter to the first base station device object.

8. The system claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise executing a self organized networking process for a parameterization of the first base station device object for the radio access network.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise coordinating use of different wireless technologies between the first base station device object and a second base station device object to associate the device with a single network identifier.

10. A method, comprising:

replicating, by a system comprising a processor, a cell identifier received from and associated with a base station device to create first data representing a first base station device object for network devices associated with a radio access network;

in response to receiving a paging request from a device associated with the radio access network, replacing, by the system, header data included in the paging request with substitute header data comprising the first data; and

facilitating, by the system, a communication between the device and the network devices based on the first data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the paging request is a first paging request, and further comprising, as a function of a data structure of identities, transmitting, by the system, a second paging request received from a mobility management entity device to the first base station device object.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, as a function of a paging response received from the device associated with the radio access network, transmitting a response, by the system, to the second paging request received from the mobility management entity device.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

generating first data representing a first base station device object for network devices associated with a radio access network according to a cell identifier received from and associated with a base station device;

in response to a paging request comprising header data received from a device associated with the radio access network, replacing the header data with substitute header data comprising the first data; and

facilitating communication between the device and the network devices based on the first data.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise maintaining a data structure of identities comprising a media access control address of a network interface associated with the first base station device object.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a radio access network transmission synchronization timing or a radio access network transmission parameter to the first base station device object.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a quality of service requirement for the radio access network and associated with the device to the first base station device object.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a software update to the first base station device object.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise initiating a self organized networking process for a parameterization of the network devices of the radio access network.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the paging request is a first paging request, and wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a second paging request received from a mobility management entity device to the first base station device object as a function of a data structure of identities that distinguishes the first base station device object from a second base station device object.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the paging request is a first paging request, and wherein the operations further comprise, as a function of a paging response received from the device associated with the radio access network, transmitting a reply comprising a second paging request received from a mobility management entity device.