Rakuten Symphony Singapore Pte. Ltd.

A method and system for identifying radio transmission links for one or more cells within a network. The method includes receiving location data with respect to a cell within the network, determining if a first line of sight is substantially clear between the cell and a first nearest radio transmitter to the cell, upon determining that the first line of sight is substantially clear between the cell and the first nearest radio transmitter to the cell, determining if the first nearest radio transmitter is a first transmission medium location, and upon determining that the first nearest radio transmitter is the first transmission medium location, creating a radio transmission link between the cell and the first nearest radio transmitter to the cell.

This disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for visualizing coverage area deficiencies. In an aspect, a method comprises retrieving, from a data storage, network performance data from a plurality of user wireless mobile devices; filtering the network performance data to narrow the dataset to data samples with accurate locations and dates; counting the number of data samples indicating a coverage deficiency in an area; comparing the number of data samples indicating the coverage deficiency in the area with a predefined threshold; rendering a map including the area; and displaying on the map a visual indicator of the coverage deficiency based on the number of data samples indicating the coverage deficiency in the area exceeding the predefined threshold.

An Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) may include an O-RAN Centralized Unit (O-CU), at least one O-RAN Distributed Unit (O-DU), at least O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU), and a Real-Time (RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) coupled to the at least O-DU and configured to host at least one application for controlling the at least one O-DU over a real-time control loop with a latency of less than 10 ms. The O-RAN wireless system may include a Non-RT (Non-RT) RIC configured to manage resources and events having a latency of 1 second or greater, and may include a Near-RT RIC configured to manage resources and events having a latency of 10 ms to 1 second. In addition, O-RAN may include a Service Management and Orchestrator (SMO) platform, where the RT RIC is connected to at least one of the SMO, the Non-RT RIC, the Near-RT RIC, RAN network elements and the O-RU.

Pole management is described for installation of network elements based on latitude and longitude values. Pole data having latitude and longitude values is obtained from a plurality of sources. The pole data from the plurality of sources is stored in a central pole database. Poles associated with at least a portion of the pole data is presented on a map in a graphical user interface based at least on the latitude and longitude values. A first pole is selected on the map for consideration for installing a network element for providing wireless services. A geographic boundary is presented on the map relative to the first pole, the geographic boundary encompassing candidate poles. A pole is selected from the candidate poles within the geographic boundary to install the network element to provide the wireless services.

A method performed by at least one processor in a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more resources from a base station operating in a non-energy saving mode. The method further includes receiving, from the base station, control information including in a downlink control channel, the control information indicating whether the base station is operating in an energy saving mode. The method further includes determining, based on the control information, whether the base station is operating in the energy saving mode. The method further includes modifying the receiving of the one or more resources in response to a determination the base station is operating in the energy saving mode.

A method for planning network sites includes receiving a dataset of a plurality of planned network sites. The method further includes executing a coverage availability microservice to determine coverage availability for each planned network site in the plurality of planned network sites. The method further includes executing one or more microservices to determine geographic conditions for each planned network site in the plurality of network sites. The method further includes executing a priority microservice to assign one or more priority levels to each planned network site of the plurality of planned network sites based on at least the determined coverage availability for each planned network site and the determined geographic conditions for each planned network site. The method further includes executing a report generating microservice to generate a report for each planned network site of the plurality of network sites.

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a user interface, base station configuration criteria including a nominal location, a coverage area, and a search area, uploading base station configuration parameters, identifying, based on the base station configuration criteria and parameters, a set of base station candidates included in the search area, ranking the set of base station candidates, outputting the ranked set of base station candidates to the user interface, and receiving a base station selection from the user interface.

A system for providing real-time services and functions in an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture, includes: a first physical node comprising at least one first processor configured to execute instructions to implement an O-RAN centralized unit (O-CU); at least one second physical node comprising at least one second processor configured to execute instructions to implement: an O-RAN distributed unit (O-DU), and a real-time (RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) connected to the O-DU via an interface terminating at the RT RIC and having a latency of less than 10 ms; an O-RAN radio unit (O-RU); at least one third physical node comprising at least one third processor configured to execute instructions to implement a non-real-time (Non-RT) RIC operating at a time scale of greater than 1 second; and at least one fourth physical node including at least one fourth processor configured to execute instructions to implement a near-real-time (Near-RT) RIC operating at a time scale of 10 ms to 1 second, wherein the RT RIC is a software platform configured to host applications for controlling at least the O-DU over a real-time control loop with a latency of less than 10 ms.

A method includes receiving inputs that include geo-located data collected over a period for a plurality of cells in a radio access network; mapping the geo-located data to one or more polygons displayed through a GUI on a user interface, the interference polygons being layered above a display of a geo-location; determining a dataset of each cell included in each interference polygon displayed through the GUI; determining a total number of user samples included in each interference polygon; determining a number of user samples for each cell included in each interference polygon; in response to a first cell including less than or equal to a first threshold of the total number of user samples, determining whether the first cell is an over-shooter cell; and in response to the first cell including greater than the first threshold of the total number of user samples, determining whether the first cell is misaligned.

A device and method for new site impact analysis for network improvement. Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data is from a KPI database. A new site impact analysis graphical user interface (GUI) for analyzing an impact of a new site to the network is presented on a display device. A report GUI is presented on the display device for making a selection for generating a report including data associated with the impact of the new site. Based on the KPI data, the report is generated according to the selection made using the report GUI and displaying the report on the display device. At least one of a cluster of neighbor cells and the new site are configured to improve performance of the network based on the generated report. After configuring the at least one of the cluster of neighbor cells and the new site, the new site impact analysis GUI is used to bring the new site on-air.