# US 10,771,989 B2 · Adaptive self-optimizing network using closed-loop feedback > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,989 B2 - Document ID: US10771989B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/228,678 - Filed: 2018-12-20 - Published: 2020-06-25 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-20 - Assignees: The Boeing Company - Applicants: The Boeing Company - Inventors: James P. Scott - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771989B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04B 7/18513: {Transmission in a satellite or space-based system} - H04B 7/18519: {Operations control, administration or maintenance} - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 84/06: Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Systems, methods, and apparatus for an adaptive self-optimizing network using closed-loop feedback are disclosed. A method for sharing network resources comprises receiving, by a network operations center (NOC), access requests for users subscribed to an external network. The method further comprises receiving, by the NOC, a summary of key performance indicators from at least one internal network. Also, the method comprises determining, by the NOC, whether at least one internal network has available resources by analyzing the summary of key performance indicators and user demand from the access requests. Further, the method comprises allowing, by the NOC when the NOC determines that there are available resources, at least some of the users from the external network to connect to at least one internal network according to the available resources. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for sharing network resources, the method comprising: receiving, by a network operations center (NOC) that controls operations of at least one internal network, user demand for a desired amount of available resources from the at least one internal network for users from an external network; receiving, by the NOC, key performance indicators from the at least one internal network; determining, by the NOC, whether the at least one internal network has the available resources by analyzing the key performance indicators and the user demand; and allowing, by the NOC when the NOC determines that there are the available resources, at least some of the users from the external network to connect to the at least one internal network according to the available resources. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises connecting at least some of the users from the external network to the at least one internal network via at least one user-to-network interface (UNI). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the external network is connected to the at least one internal network via at least one external network-to-network interface (ENNI). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein when there are more than one of the at least one internal network, the internal networks are connected to each other via at least one internal network-to-network interface (INNI). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein users from the at least one internal network are connected to the at least one internal network via at least one user-to-network interface (UNI). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the external network and the at least one internal network each comprise at least one of a vehicle, a router, a network operating system (NOS), an open virtual switch (OVS), a backbone edge bridge (BEB), a backbone core bridge (BCB), a virtual network function (VNF), or provider backbone bridging-traffic engineering (PBB-TE). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the vehicle is one of a space vehicle, an airborne vehicle, a terrestrial vehicle, or a marine vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the space vehicle is a satellite, and wherein the satellite is one of a geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) satellite, a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite, or a super GEO satellite. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a software defined network (SDN) controller of the NOC controls connections of at least one external network-to-network interface (ENNI), at least one internal network-to-network interface (INNI), and at least one user-to-network interface (UNI). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises controlling connections, by a software-defined network (SDN) controller in communication with the NOC, of network interfaces based on the determining of the NOC that there are the available resources. ### Claim 11 A system for sharing network resources, the system comprising: an external network; at least one internal network; and a network operations center (NOC) configured to control operations of the at least one internal network, to receive user demand for a desired amount of available resources from the at least one internal network for users from the external network, to receive key performance indicators from the at least one internal network, to determine whether the at least one internal network has the available resources by analyzing the key performance indicators and the user demand, and to allow, when the NOC determines that there are the available resources, at least some of the users from the external network to connect to the at least one internal network according to the available resources. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein at least some of the users from the external network are connected to the at least one internal network via at least one user-to-network interface (UNI). ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the external network is connected to the at least one internal network via at least one external network-to-network interface (ENNI). ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein when there are more than one of the at least one internal network, the internal networks are connected to each other via at least one internal network-to-network interface (INNI). ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein users from the at least one internal network are connected to the at least one internal network via at least one user-to-network interface (UNI). ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the external network and the at least one internal network each comprise at least one of a vehicle, a router, a network operating system (NOS), an open virtual switch (OVS), a backbone edge bridge (BEB), a backbone core bridge (BCB), a virtual network function (VNF), or provider backbone bridging-traffic engineering (PBB-TE). ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the vehicle is one of a space vehicle, an airborne vehicle, a terrestrial vehicle, or a marine vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the space vehicle is a satellite, and wherein the satellite is one of a geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) satellite, a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, a medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite, or a super GEO satellite. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein a software defined network (SDN) controller of the NOC is configured to control connections of at least one external network-to-network interface (ENNI), at least one internal network-to-network interface (INNI), and at least one user-to-network interface (UNI). ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the system further comprises a software-defined network (SDN) controller, in communication with the NOC, configured to control connections of network interfaces based on the NOC determining that there are the available resources.