Cloudified mac scheduler
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsYang Yang, Rakesh Misra
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for performing radio access network (RAN) functions in a cloud at a medium access control (MAC) scheduler application that executes on a machine deployed on a host computer in the cloud. The method receives data, via a RAN intelligent controller (RIC), from a first RAN component. The method uses the received data to generate a MAC scheduling output. The method provides the MAC scheduling output to a second RAN component via the RIC.
Claims24
A method for performing radio access network (RAN) functions in a cloud, the method comprising:
- at a medium access control (MAC) scheduler application that executes on a machine deployed on a host computer in the cloud:
- receiving data, via a RAN intelligent controller (RIC), from a first RAN component;
- using the received data to generate a MAC scheduling output;
- and
- providing the MAC scheduling output to a second RAN component via the RIC.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a medium access control (MAC) scheduler application which when executed by at least one processing unit of a host computer performs radio access network (RAN) functions in a cloud, the MAC scheduler application executing on a machine deployed on a host computer, the MAC scheduler application comprising sets of instructions for:
- receiving data, via a RAN intelligent controller (RIC), from a first RAN component;
- using the received data to generate a MAC scheduling output;
- and
- providing the MAC scheduling output to a second RAN component via the RIC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.