Method and apparatus for balancing server load in cloud ran systems
AssigneeMavenir Networks, Inc.
InventorSridhar RAJAGOPAL
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Abstract
A method of handling communication traffic from one or more User Equipment (UE) in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) network includes: analyzing, by an analytics engine in the CRAN network, communication traffic distribution and loads across multiple cell sites; and determining, by the analytics engine, an optimal mapping of one of a specified cell site or a selected sector of a specified cell site to one of a specified virtual machine or server. Communication traffic from a sector of a first cell site having a first type of traffic load profile and communication traffic from a sector of a second specified cell site having a second type of traffic load profile are aggregated by a single specified virtual machine or server.
Claims11
A method of handling communication traffic in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN)-compatible system, comprising:
- directing communication traffic from a first specified cell site having a first type of traffic load profile to one of a specified virtual machine or server;
- directing communication traffic from a second specified cell site having a second type of traffic load profile to the one of the specified virtual machine or server;
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- aggregating, by the one of the specified virtual machine or server, the communication traffic from the first specified cell site and the second specified cell site.
A method of handling communication traffic in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN)-compatible system, comprising:
- directing communication traffic from a first sector of a specified cell site to one of a first specified virtual machine or server;
- directing communication traffic from a second sector of the specified cell site to one of a second specified virtual machine or server;
- mapping component carriers within the first sector to the one of the first specified virtual machine or server;
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- mapping component carriers within the second sector to the one of the second specified virtual machine or server.
A method of handling communication traffic in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) network, comprising:
- analyzing, by an analytics engine in the CRAN network, communication traffic distribution and loads across multiple cell sites;
- and
- at least one of:
- i) determining, by the analytics engine, an optimal mapping of one of a specified cell site or a selected sector of a specified cell site to one of a specified virtual machine or server during different times of the day;
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- ii) using available spare capacity in the one of the specified virtual machine or server for non-real-time workloads in the server during low-load conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.