Identification of radio access network (ran) resources for ai/ml computation availability
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorZheng Cai
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Abstract
Wireless communication methods enhance computations in a radio access network (RAN). An example method involves a first RAN node receiving an interface setup message from a second RAN node, which includes resource capacity information. The interface setup message may relate to setting up a node-to-node interface between the first and second RAN nodes. The first RAN node transmits a resource status request and receives a resource status response containing resource availability information. This method allows for efficient resource management by utilizing neighboring cell site resources, thereby reducing data transmission capacity and latency.
Claims20
A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving, at a first network node, an interface setup message from a set of other network nodes, wherein the interface setup message from each other network node comprises a resource capability information associated with the other network node;
- selecting, by the first network node, a second network node from the set of other network nodes based on the resource capability information associated with each of the set of other network nodes;
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- transmitting, by the first network node, a status request to a second network node for a resource availability information associated with a time duration.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor of a first network node associated with a radio access network (RAN), cause the first network node to perform operations comprising:
- during a communication protocol with a second network node associated with the RAN, receive a resource capability information from the second network node, wherein the resource capability information includes at least one of (i) a processing hardware type at the second network node, (ii) a processing speed associated with the second network node, or (iii) a memory storage capacity associated with the second network node;
- store the resource capability information received from the second network node in a database that includes resource capability indications associated with network nodes with which the first network node has a RAN interface established;
- begin a processing of a computational task related to a machine learning model, wherein the computational task is one of an inference computational task using the machine learning model or a training computational task for the machine learning model;
- in response to a determination that distribution of the computational task is required, selecting the second network node based on identifying the resource capability information associated with the second network node stored in the database;
- query the second network node regarding a present resource availability for the second network node;
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- based on the present resource availability for the second network node, cause at least a portion of the computational task to be processed at the second network node.
A system associated with a first node of a radio access network (RAN), comprising:
- at least one hardware processor;
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- at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the first node to:
- obtain resource capability information associated with each of a set of other nodes of the RAN during a setup of node-to-node interfaces between the first node and each of the set of other nodes;
- select a second node from the set of other nodes for a computational task based on the resource capability information associated with the second node;
- query the second node for a resource availability information associated with a time duration;
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- allocate at least a portion of the computational task to the second node based on the resource availability information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.