US 12,707,537 B2 · 5G interoperability architecture

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a 5G interoperability architecture. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising: at least one Radio Access network (RAN); at least one core network; and a gateway in communication with the RAN and the core network, the gateway including: a Radio Access Network (RAN) interface for communicating with the at least one RAN; a core network interface for communicating with the at least one core network; and a processor configured to: process 5G signaling received from the at least one RAN on the RAN interface and provide core signaling to at least one core network; and process signaling received from the at least one core on the core network interface and provide 5G RAN signaling to at least one RAN.

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Dependent claims

A gateway comprising:

a Radio Access Network (RAN) interface for communicating with at least one RAN;
a core network interface for communicating with at least one core network;
and
a processor in communication with the RAN interface and the network interface, the processor configured to:
process 5G signaling received from a first RAN of the at least one RAN on the RAN interface and provide non-5G core signaling to a first core network of the at least one core network on the core network interface;
process 5G RAN signaling received from a second core network of the at least one core network on the core network interface and provide non-5G RAN signaling to a second RAN of the at least one RAN on the RAN interface;
virtualize the at least one RAN to appear as a single base station to the at least one core network;
and
virtualize the at least one core network to appear as a single core network to the at least one RAN.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing 5G interoperability which, when executed, cause a system to perform steps comprising:

by a gateway, in communication with at least one Radio Access network (RAN) and
at least one core network, and including
a RAN interface for communicating with the at least one RAN and
a core network interface for communicating with the at least one core network,
process 5G signaling received from a first RAN of the at least one RAN on the RAN interface and provide non-5G core signaling to a first core network of the at least one core network on the core network interface;
process 5G RAN signaling received from a second core network of the at least one core network on the core network interface and provide non-5G RAN signaling to a second RAN of the at least one RAN on the RAN interface;
virtualize the at least one RAN to appear as a single base station to the at least one core network;
and
virtualize the at least one core network to appear as a single core network to the at least one RAN.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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