Dynamic resource partitioning for multi-carrier access for 5g or other next generation network
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsZhi Cui, Erie Lai Har Lau, Sangar Dowlatkhah
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Abstract
Dynamic sharing of pooled radio access network (RAN) resources can be divided amongst different tenant carriers according to a service level agreement and/or a host carrier policy. The carriers can share the RAN with the host carrier while utilizing their own core network and service delivery platform. The hosting carrier can utilize policies to provide guidelines on how to share among the tenant carriers. Additionally, the hosting carrier can also provide services for internet-of-things devices based on security requirements with different firewall, and/or authentication requirements.
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A method, comprising:
- based on a common control plane, generating, by a software-defined network device comprising a processor, a dedicated user plane associated with a dedicated control plane;
- based on agreement data representative of a service level agreement between a first carrier and a second carrier, tagging, by the software-defined network device, a first data packet of the first carrier to distinguish the first data packet from a second data packet of the second carrier;
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- in response to the generating the dedicated user plane, facilitating, by the software-defined network device, sending a resource to be provided, by a carrier device associated with a carrier identity of the first carrier, to an internet-of-things device associated with the carrier identity, wherein the facilitating the sending the resource comprises facilitating the sending of the first data packet to the internet-of-things device.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- associating a common control plane of a wireless network with a dedicated control plane of the wireless network;
- based on the associating the common control plane with the dedicated control plane, generating a dedicated user plane associated with the dedicated control plane;
- based on agreement data representative of a service level agreement between a first carrier and a second carrier, tagging a first data packet of the first carrier to differentiate the first data packet from a second data packet of the second carrier;
- and
- in response to the generating the dedicated user plane, facilitating providing a resource to a carrier device, associated with a carrier identity of the first carrier, for use by an internet-of-things device associated with the carrier identity.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- facilitating generating a common control plane associated with a dedicated control plane of a wireless network;
- based on the facilitating the generating the common control plane, facilitating generating a dedicated user plane associated with the dedicated control plane;
- based on agreement data representative of a service level agreement between a first carrier and a second carrier, facilitating tagging a first data packet of the first carrier to distinguish the first data packet from a second data packet of the second carrier;
- and
- in response to the facilitating the generating the dedicated user plane, facilitating granting a request for access by a carrier device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.