Coordinated RAN and transport network utilization
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsHongliang Zhang, Hailei Henry Cheng
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Abstract
OSS device(s) described herein are configured to receive a congestion indication from a RAT component, a CSR, or an edge router of a core network and to determine whether the congestion indication meets a threshold or criteria. Based on that determination, the OSS device(s) may perform one or both of obtaining additional transport resources from a provider of a transport network or updating a resource utilization policy for the RAT component, CSR, or edge router. If obtaining additional transport resources, the OSS device(s) may notify the RAT component, the CSR, and the edge router. If updating a policy, the OSS device(s) may provide the updated resource utilization policy to its associated RAT component, CSR, or edge router.
Claims20
An operations support system (OSS) device comprising:
- a processor;
- one or more transceivers in data communication with a cell site operated by a telecommunication service provider, a core network operated by the telecommunication service provider, and an interface of an intermediate transport network that connects the cell site to the core network, wherein the intermediate transport network is operated by a provider different than the telecommunication service provider;
- and
- memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations comprising:
- receiving a congestion indication from the cell site or the core network;
- determining that the congestion indication is above a first threshold;
- in response to determining that the congestion indication is above the first threshold, generating a resource utilization policy for resources of the intermediate transport network that are available to the telecommunication service provider;
- and
- sending the resource utilization policy to the cell site or the core network.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an operations support system (OSS) device in data communication with a with a cell site operated by a telecommunication service provider, a core network operated by the telecommunication service provider, and an interface of an intermediate transport network that connects the cell site to the core network, a congestion indication from the cell site or the core network;
- determining, by the OSS device, that the congestion indication is above a first threshold;
- in response to determining that the congestion indication is above the first threshold, generating, by the OSS device, a resource utilization policy for resources of the intermediate transport network that are available to the telecommunication service provider;
- and
- sending, by the OSS device, the resource utilization policy to the cell site or the core network,
- wherein the intermediate transport network is operated by a provider different than the telecommunication service provider.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an operations support system (OSS) device in data communication with a cell site operated by a telecommunication service provider, a core network operated by the telecommunication service provider, and an interface of an intermediate transport network that connects the cell site to the core network, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a congestion indication from the cell site or the core network;
- determining that the congestion indication is above a first threshold;
- in response to determining that the congestion indication is above the first threshold, generating a resource utilization policy for resources of the intermediate transport network that are available to the telecommunication service provider;
- and
- sending the resource utilization policy to the cell site or the core network,
- wherein the intermediate transport network is operated by a provider different than the telecommunication service provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.