Cellular system observability architecture
AssigneeBoost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
InventorsAshish Bansal, Siddhartha Chenumolu
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Abstract
A system includes domains comprising systems generating data from the cellular network system. The domains may include cellular towers; a core network located on a public network and comprising a central unit (CU); and a series of clusters that each comprise a distributed unit (DU) that communicates with the CU and the cellular towers. The system may further include a single collection module that collects data from all domains relating to the cellular network system and stores the collected data on a public network, and a data output module to output the data of the cellular network to a business domain on the public network.
Claims20
A cellular network system comprising:
- domains comprising systems generating data from the cellular network system, the domains comprising:
- cellular towers;
- a core network located on a public network and comprising a central unit (CU);
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- a series of clusters that each comprise a distributed unit (DU) that communicates with the CU and the cellular towers;
- a single collection module that collects data from all domains relating to the cellular network system and stores the collected data on a public network, and
- a data output module to output the data of the cellular network to a business domain on the public network.
A cellular network system for cellular communications observability, the system comprising:
- domains comprising systems generating data from the cellular network system, the domains comprising:
- a series of clusters that each comprise a distributed unit (DU) that communicates with a central unit (CU);
- radio and core cloud-native network functions (CNFs);
- physical network functions (PNFs);
- a single collection module that collects data from all domains relating to the cellular network system and stores the collected data on a public network, and
- a data output module to output the data of the cellular network to a business domain on the public network.
A method for cellular communications observability of a cellular network system, the method comprising:
- generating data, using domains, from a cellular network employing clusters created using a containerized application, wherein the clusters:
- (1) communicate with a core network that is located on a public network and that comprises a central unit (CU);
- and (2) that each comprise a distributed unit (DU) that communicates with the CU and cellular towers;
- collecting, using an observability (OBF) layer, the data and store the data over all of the domains, wherein the OBF layer comprises a single collection module that collects data from all domains relating to the cellular network system and stores the collected data on a public network, and
- outputting, via a data output module, the data of the cellular network to a business domain on the public network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.