Architecture for radio access network virtualization
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsSarat Puthenpura, Ioannis Broustis, Leonid Razoumov, Eric Rozner
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Abstract
Multiple access wireless communication networks/infrastructures are virtualized in telecommunications environments. A system replicates a cell identifier associated with a macro base station device to create a virtual base station device presence for a set of network devices included in the multiple access wireless communication network and thereafter facilitates communication with the multiple access wireless communication network, the set of network devices, and a mobile device through the created virtual base station presence.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- employing a received cell identifier representative of a base station device to create data representing a device object for devices associated with a network;
- in response to receiving a paging request comprising header data from a device of the devices associated with the network, replacing the header data with substitute header data comprising the data representing the device object;
- and
- facilitating a communication between the device and the devices based on the data.
A method, comprising:
- replicating, by a system comprising a processor, a received cell identifier representing a base station device to create data representing a device object for devices associated with a network;
- in response to receiving a paging request from a device of the devices associated with the network, replacing, by the system, header data included in the paging request with substitute header data comprising the data;
- and
- facilitating, by the system, a communication between the device and devices associated with the network the based on the data.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- in response to a paging request comprising header data received from a network device of a network of network devices, replacing the header data with substitute header data comprising data representative of a device object for the network devices of the network according to a received cell identifier representing a base station device;
- and
- facilitating communication between the network device and the network devices based on the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.