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US 12,750,734 B2Granted
Cellular system observability centralized for all domains and vendors
AssigneeBoost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
InventorAshish Bansal
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Abstract
A system includes domains comprising a radio access network (RAN), physical network functions (PNFs), and clusters, whereby the RAN comprises a core on a public network and DUs on different clusters in a private network; and a single collection module that collects data from all of the domains and centralizes the data in a single location on the public network.
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A 5G cellular network system for cellular communications, the system comprising:
- a series of cell sites that each comprise a cellular tower, a distribute unit (DU), and a containerized application worker to communicate data between the DU and a central unit (CU);
- domains making up components of the 5G cellular network, including:
- physical network functions (PNFs) of the domains, and
- kubernetes clusters created using a containerized application, whereby the 5G cellular network comprises a core on a public network and DUs on different clusters in a private network;
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- a server implementing a single collection module that collects data from all of the domains and centralizes the data in a single location on the public network.
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A method for collecting data for cellular communications, the method comprising:
- providing one or more of probes and traces in between domains and a data streaming bus of a radio access network (RAN) of a cellular network;
- collecting cellular network data, via the one or more of probes and traces, from the domains of a radio access network (RAN) and physical network functions (PNFs), whereby the RAN comprises a central unit (CU) on a core network and distributed units (DUs) on different clusters in a private network;
- collecting, at a single collection module, the cellular network data from all of the domains;
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- centralizing, by the single collection module, the cellular network data in a single location on the public network.
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