System and method for an agile wireless access network
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1. A method for agile radio access network management comprising:
- obtaining, by the network controller, information about backhaul network infrastructure for a radio access network, including information about capabilities, locations, and neighborhood relations of the radio nodes in the radio access network, information about multi-hop backhaul connections among the radio nodes, and information about wireline backhaul connections between the radio nodes and a core backhaul network;
determining, by the network controller, network resource utilization information, the network resource utilization information comprising utilization information of hard spectral resources for the wireline backhaul connections and soft spectral resources for the radio nodes;
adapting, by the network controller, the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections for the radio nodes in accordance with the capabilities and the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes, the network resource utilization information, and the locations of the radio nodes;
updating, by the network controller, the backhaul network infrastructure and the network resource utilization information in response to adapting the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections; and
storing, by the network controller, the updated backhaul network infrastructure and the updated network resource utilization information in a database accessible to the network controller.
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Abstract
A system and method for agile wireless access network is provided. A method embodiment for agile radio access network management includes determining, by a network controller, capabilities and neighborhood relations of radio nodes in the radio access network. The network controller then configures a backhaul network infrastructure for the radio access network in accordance with the capabilities and the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for agile radio access network management comprising:
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obtaining, by the network controller, information about backhaul network infrastructure for a radio access network, including information about capabilities, locations, and neighborhood relations of the radio nodes in the radio access network, information about multi-hop backhaul connections among the radio nodes, and information about wireline backhaul connections between the radio nodes and a core backhaul network; determining, by the network controller, network resource utilization information, the network resource utilization information comprising utilization information of hard spectral resources for the wireline backhaul connections and soft spectral resources for the radio nodes; adapting, by the network controller, the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections for the radio nodes in accordance with the capabilities and the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes, the network resource utilization information, and the locations of the radio nodes; updating, by the network controller, the backhaul network infrastructure and the network resource utilization information in response to adapting the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections; and storing, by the network controller, the updated backhaul network infrastructure and the updated network resource utilization information in a database accessible to the network controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A network controller comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; obtain information about backhaul network infrastructure for a radio access network, including information about capabilities, locations and neighborhood relations of the radio nodes in the radio access network, information about multi-hop backhaul connections among the radio nodes, and information about wireline backhaul connections between the radio nodes and a core backhaul network; determine network resource utilization information, the network resource utilization information comprising utilization information of hard spectral resources for the wireline backhaul connections and soft spectral resources for the radio nodes; adapt the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections for the radio nodes in accordance with the capabilities and the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes, the network resource utilization information, and the locations of the radio nodes; update the backhaul network infrastructure and the network resource utilization information in response to adaption of the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections; and store the updated backhaul network infrastructure and the updated network resource utilization information in a database accessible to the network controller. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A network controller comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; receive, from a network status analyzer, network traffic conditions in an area of a radio access network controlled by the network controller; receive information from a node database about capabilities and neighborhood relations for radio nodes in the area of the radio access network, and locations of the radio nodes in the area; receive information from a private node database about availability of privately deployed radio nodes in the radio access network; receive from a resource pool database available to the network controller, network resource utilization information of the area of the radio access network, the network resource utilization information including information about hard spectral resources available to each of the radio nodes; reconfigure wireline backhaul connections and multi-hop backhaul connections in a backhaul network infrastructure for the area of the radio access network in accordance with the network traffic conditions, the capabilities of the radio nodes, the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes, the availability of the privately deployed radio nodes, the locations of the radio nodes in the radio access network, and the network resource utilization information, wherein the wireline backhaul connections link the radio nodes and a core backhaul network, wherein the multi-hop backhaul connections provide connections among the radio nodes; transmit information about the backhaul network infrastructure to one or more end user terminals, one or more radio nodes, one or more privately deployed radio nodes, and an entity within a control plane of the area of the radio access network; and update the resource pool database and a topography database with the backhaul network infrastructure in response to the reconfiguration of the wireline backhaul connections and the multi-hop backhaul connections.
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27. A method for execution by a network controller in a radio access network, the method comprising:
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receiving network traffic conditions associated with an area of the radio access network associated with the network controller; receiving information about locations of radio access nodes in the area of the radio access network, along with capabilities and neighborhood relations associated with the radio access nodes; receiving information about availability of privately deployed radio nodes in the radio access network; receiving network resource utilization information associated with the area of the radio access network, comprising information associated with hard spectral resources available to each of the radio nodes in the area; transmitting instructions to reconfigure wireline and multi-hop backhaul connections in a backhaul network within the area of the radio access network in accordance with the network traffic conditions, the capabilities of the radio nodes, the neighborhood relations of the radio nodes, the availability of the privately deployed radio nodes, the locations of the radio nodes in the radio access network, and the network resource utilization information, wherein the wireline backhaul connections link the radio nodes and a core backhaul network, and wherein the multi-hop backhaul connections provide connections among the radio nodes; transmitting information about the backhaul network infrastructure to one or more end user terminals, one or more radio node, one or more privately deployed radio nodes and an entity within a control plane associated with the area of the radio access network; and transmitting update information in response to the reconfiguration of the wireline and multi-hop backhaul connections.
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