# US 12,009,973 B2 · System and method to facilitate open mobile networks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,973 B2 - Document ID: US12009973B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/543,971 - Filed: 2021-12-07 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-07 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Bo Lee; Zhi Cui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009973B2 ## CPC - H04L 41/0809: {Plug-and-play configuration} - G06F 11/0742: {in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices} - H04L 41/0873: Checking configuration conflicts between network elements - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - G06F 11/0793: {Remedial or corrective actions (recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including facilitating activation of a first module for a wireless system; integrating the first module into the wireless system; checking for errors during the integration of the first module in the wireless system; responsive to a determination that the integrating of the first module is error free, placing the wireless system in an operational state; and receiving an operational error code from an originating module. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: facilitating activation of a first module in a wireless networking system, wherein the first module is a software-based module that fulfills network specific functions; integrating the first module into the wireless networking system; checking for errors during the integration of the first module in the wireless networking system; responsive to a determination that the integrating of the first module is error free, placing the wireless networking system in an operational state; and receiving an operational error code from an originating module that is part of the first module in the wireless networking system, wherein the operational error code provides a format indicating a hierarchy of the first module in the wireless networking system, wherein the wireless networking system conforms to the Operator Defined Open and Intelligent Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) standard, and wherein the format specifies the first module, a sub-module for one of user plane or control plane of the first module, a first interface of the originating module, and a second interface of a receiving module that is part of the first module. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the receiving module performs functions of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the originating module performs functions of a Service Data Application Protocol (SDAP). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein the operational error code specifies an error number identifying a problem. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating deactivation of the first module responsive to a second determination that the integrating of the first module is not error free. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating corrective action responsive to receiving the operational error code. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, performs operations comprising: facilitating a selection of a first module to integrate into a wireless networking system; integrating the first module into the wireless networking system; checking for errors during the integrating of the first module in the wireless networking system; responsive to a determination that the integration of the first module is error free, placing the wireless networking system in an operational state; and receiving an operational error code from an originating module that is part of the first module in the wireless networking system, wherein the operational error code provides a format indicating a hierarchy of the first module in the wireless networking system, wherein the wireless networking system conforms to the Operator Defined Open and Intelligent Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) standard, and wherein the format specifies the first module, a sub-module for one of user plane or control plane of the first module, a first interface of the originating module, and a second interface of a receiving module that is part of the first module. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the originating module performs functions of a Service Data Application Protocol (SDAP). ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the receiving module performs functions of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP). ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first module is connected to a RAN Intelligent Controller. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first module is connected to a ORAN Distributed Unit (O-DU). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the operational error code specifies an error number identifying a problem. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating deactivation of the first module responsive to a second determination that the integrating of the first module is not error free. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating corrective action responsive to receiving the operational error code. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment. ### Claim 17 A method, comprising: enabling, by a processing system including a processor, selection of a first module to include in a wireless networking system; integrating, by the processing system, the first module into the wireless networking system; identifying, by the processing system, errors during the integrating of the first module in the wireless networking system; responsive to a determination that the integrating of the first module is error free, placing, by the processing system, the wireless networking system in an operational state; and receiving, by the processing system, an operational error code from an originating module that is part of the first module in the wireless networking system, wherein the operational error code provides a format indicating a hierarchy of the first module in the wireless networking system, wherein the wireless networking system conforms to the Operator Defined Open and Intelligent Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) standard, and wherein the format specifies the first module, a sub-module for one of user plane or control plane of the first module, a first interface of the originating module, and a second interface of a receiving module that is part of the first module. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: facilitating, by the processing system, deactivation of the first module responsive to a second determination that the integrating of the first module is not error free. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the originating module performs functions of a Service Data Application Protocol (SDAP). ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving module performs functions of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP).