Structuring and method for wireless radio access network deployment
OwnerAhmed ALSOHAILY, Elvino Silveira Medina de SOUSAinventors
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Abstract
A structuring and deployment method is provided for a radio access network in a cellular wireless communication system, employing a single or plurality of Radio Access Technologies (RATs). The method consists of: Unifying the performance of non-Radio Transmission Functions (non-RTFs) in multi-RAT systems; providing a flexible RAN topology, comprising reconfigurable Connection Points (CPs) that may be supplemented by reconfigurable RAN Functional Elements (RFEs), that is capable of adapting to system deployment environments; Reconfiguration of the implementation of RAN functions based on changes in the available system hardware and links.
Claims16
A radio access network system comprising one or more radio access network elements communicatively linked to form at least a portion of a radio access network, the one or more radio access network elements each comprising one or more processors, the system further comprising:
- one or more reconfigurable connection points comprising one or more processors executable to provide all or a subset of radio transmission functions for one or more radio access technologies, the radio transmission functions linking user equipment operating on the radio access technology to the radio access network;
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- one or more reconfigurable radio access network functional elements each executable on at least one of the radio access network elements, each of the radio access network functional elements linked directly or indirectly to one or more of the reconfigurable connection points, each radio access network functional element configurable to provide one or more non-radio transmission functions for enabling communication between the user equipment and a core network linked to the radio access network.
A method of deploying a radio access network, at least a portion of the radio access network formed by communicatively linking one or more radio access network elements, each of the radio access network elements comprising one or more processors, the method comprising deploying:
- one or more reconfigurable connection points comprising one or more processors executable to provide all or a subset of radio transmission functions for one or more radio access technologies, the radio transmission functions linking user equipment operating on the radio access technology to the radio access network;
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- one or more reconfigurable radio access network functional elements each executable on at least one of the radio access network elements, each of the radio access network functional elements linked directly or indirectly to one or more of the reconfigurable connection points, each radio access network functional element configurable to provide one or more non-radio transmission functions for enabling communication between the user equipment and a core network linked to the radio access network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.