# US 11,910,303 B2 · OpenRAN solution suite > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,303 B2 - Document ID: US11910303B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/203,740 - Filed: 2021-03-16 - Published: 2021-09-16 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-16 - Assignees: Parallel Wireless, Inc. - Applicants: Parallel Wireless, Inc. - Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra; Kaitki Agarwal; Yang Cao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910303B2 ## CPC - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - 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)} - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - 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 computer software are disclosed for providing an OpenRAN solution suite. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method including communicating, by an all G COTS (Commercial off the Shelf) Base Band Unit (BBU), with a plurality of different G user devices; communicating, by a software platform, with the all G COTS BBU, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and SON edge core functionality; and communicating, by the software platform, with a plurality of different G core networks. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing an Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) solution suite, comprising: communicating, by a software platform, with an all G baseband unit (BBU), the all G BBU in communication with a plurality of different G user devices, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and self-organizing network (SON) edge core functionality; and communicating, by the software platform, with a plurality of different G core networks, further comprising providing automation across at least two of 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G radios. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the OpenRAN comprises at least one of integrated OpenRAN, hybrid OpenRAN, and Split 7 OpenRAN. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein communicating with a plurality of different G user devices includes communicating with at least one of a 2G user device, a 3G user device, a 4G user device and a 5G user device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising communicating, by the software platform, with a WiFi access device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 further comprising using the hybrid open RAN in rural and suburban environments and includes all G from a same base station and is software upgradeable to 5G. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 further comprising using the split 7,8 OpenRan in urban, suburban and rural environments and includes all G from a same base station and is software upgradeable to 5G. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 further comprising providing a pooled server capacity with a BBU. ### Claim 8 A system for providing an Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) solution suite, comprising: a software platform in communication with an all G baseband unit (BBU), the all G BBU in communication with a plurality of different G user devices, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and SON edge core functionality, and wherein the software platform provides automation across at least two of 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G radios; and a plurality of different G core networks in communication with the software platform. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the OpenRAN comprises at least one of integrated OpenRAN, hybrid OpenRAN, and Split 7 OpenRAN. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the plurality of different G user devices includes at least one of a 2G user device, a 3G user device, a 4G user device and a 5G user device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 further comprising a WiFi access device in communication with the software platform. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 further comprising using the hybrid open RAN in rural and suburban environments and includes all G from a same base station and is software upgradeable to 5G. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9 further comprising using the split 7,8 OpenRan in urban, suburban and rural environments and includes all G from a same base station and is software upgradeable to 5G. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 further comprising a pooled server capacity with a BBU. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions for providing an Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) solution suite which, when executed, causes a software platform to communicate with an all G BBU baseband unit (BBU), the all G BBU in communication with a plurality of different G user devices, wherein the software platform includes virtualized software providing open RAN controller functionality, network orchestrator functionality, and SON edge core functionality, and wherein the software platform provides automation across at least two of 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G radios; and the software platform to communicate with a plurality of different G core networks. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer-readable media of claim 15 further including instructions wherein the OpenRAN comprises at least one of integrated OpenRAN, hybrid OpenRAN, and Split 7 OpenRAN. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer-readable media of claim 15 wherein communicating with a plurality of different G user devices includes communicating with at least one of a 2G user device, a 3G user device, a 4G user device and a 5G user device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer-readable media of claim 15 further comprising communicating, by the software platform, with a WiFi access device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The computer-readable media of claim 16 further comprising using the hybrid open RAN in rural and suburban environments and includes all G from a same base station and is software upgradeable to 5G. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The computer-readable media of claim 16 further comprising using the split 7,8 OpenRan in urban, suburban and rural environments and includes all G from a same base station and is software upgradeable to 5G.