Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a computer program for providing end-to-end slicing in wireless communications systems. Profiles of a plurality of network slices of a wireless communications system are determined. Each network slice in the plurality of network slices has one or more communication components logically isolated from one or more communication components of another network slice in the plurality of network slices. Based on the determined profiles and a request received from the user device, a network slice in the plurality of network slices is selected for transmission of data associated with the user device. Using the selected network slice, data associated with the user device is transmitted.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for radio synchronous status messaging between communications units in wireless communications systems. A change of status event by one or more first communications devices is detected. A message indicative of the detected change of status event is generated. The generated message is transmitted to one or more second communications devices.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for enhancing reception of signals in a wireless communication system. A signal containing a frame including a plurality of symbols is received on an uplink communication channel. An angular position of at least one symbol in the plurality of symbols in a constellation of symbols is detected. The plurality of symbols include equalized symbols. An angular difference corresponding a phase error between the detected angular position of the symbol and an expected reference angular position in the constellation of symbols corresponding to an expected reference symbol corresponding to the received frame is determined. Using the determined phase error, a phase of the symbol is compensated.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for transmission of data in a wireless communications system. A first downlink data is transmitted to a user equipment using a first downlink frequency. A first uplink data is received from the user equipment utilizing a first uplink frequency. A second downlink data is transmitted to the user equipment using a second downlink frequency. A second uplink data is received using the first uplink frequency.

Abstract: An Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) communication system includes a GNB Central Unit Control Plane (GNB-CUCP) to establish a connection with a Near-RT RIC via an E2 interface; a User Equipment (UE); a plurality of cells in a Tracking Area (TA) of the GNB-CUCP; and an O-RAN Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) to host an xApp and initiate a subscription procedure with the UE. The GNB-CUCP sends cell location information of the UE to the Near-RT RIC upon a UE context release procedure, the Near-RT RIC creates and maintains a record of the cell location information received from the GNB-CUCP via the xApp, and the GNB-CUCP pages the UE in a subset of cells from the plurality of cells in the TA, the subset of cells corresponding to the record of cell location information created and maintained by via the xApp.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method performed in an O-DU includes dividing a transmission time unit (TTI) into a plurality of symbol units, the TTI corresponding to a permitted time for transmission of data from the O-DU to the O-RU via the fronthaul link. The method further includes allocating a first packet of a first type to a first symbol unit. The method further includes, in response to determining (i) a size of the first packet of the first type is less than a size of the first symbol unit and (ii) a first packet of a second type associated with the first packet of the first type is available for transmission, allocating the first packet of the second type to the first symbol unit. The method further includes transmitting the first symbol unit with the first packet of the first type and the first packet of the second type to the O-RU.

Abstract: A method is performed by at least one processor in a network node operating in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving, from at least one user equipment (UE), a data stream including one or more data packets associated with an uplink transmission between the UE and the network node. The method further includes analyzing the data stream to determine whether the at least one UE transmitted one or more data packets not received by the network node. The method further includes, in response to determining the at least one UE transmitted the one or more data packets not received by the network node, performing a corrective action on the data stream. The method further includes completing the uplink transmission based on the data stream after the corrective action is performed.

Abstract: A method, performed by at least one processor, for protecting a front-haul link from a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attack in a network communication system includes receiving, through a port of an authenticator, an authentication request for port authentication from a supplicant via an Ethernet Frame, obtaining, by the authenticator from the Ethernet frame, a hop count corresponding to a number of hops in a transmission path of the Ethernet frame between the supplicant and the authenticator, comparing the hop count to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the port should be disabled, and disabling the port based on the hop count being greater than the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method of policy decision includes receiving, by a central policy server, a network policy, determining, by a cluster policy server that is separate from the central policy server, whether the network policy is relevant to a cluster corresponding to the cluster policy server, storing, by the cluster policy server, the network policy in a cluster policy database based on determining that the network policy is relevant to the cluster corresponding to the cluster policy server, obtaining, by a policy decision point (PDP) module that is separate from the cluster policy server, the network policy stored in the cluster policy database, and determining, by the PDP module, whether to implement the network policy based on a policy query received from a policy enforcement point (PEP) module.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of distributing traffic includes distributing, to a first distributed unit (DU), traffic via a first path, receiving, from the first DU, an indication generated by a first dry contact alarm of the first DU that a state has changed in the first DU, switching, by an optical switch, the traffic from the first path to a second path based on the indication from the first DU, and distributing, to a second DU, the traffic via the second path.

Abstract: 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

Abstract: Techniques are provided for receiving PUSCH and PUCCH transmitted by a high speed transmitter. The techniques include calculating a phase difference of OFDM symbols of the PUCCH from OFDM symbols of a first DM-RS and OFDM symbols of a second DM-RS of the PUCCH, correlating the OFDM symbols of the first DM-RS and second DM-RS. Determine a doppler shift and report it to L2. Compensate channel estimates and data symbols with the doppler shift. Equalize and demodulate the PUCCH. Perform a first level of phase correction on the PUSCH by correcting the phase on output samples of an IDFT from the doppler shift received from L2. Measure a phase deviation on the output of the first level of phase correction, accumulate the measured phase deviation and the doppler shift received from L2, to derive an accumulated phase correction, and report the accumulated phase correction to L2. Demodulate the PUSCH.

Abstract: A method performed in at least one processor of a network node includes receiving, from at least one user equipment (UE) over a wireless communication network, a plurality of physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble sequences in the frequency domain. The method further includes determining, in the frequency domain, an average of the received plurality of preamble sequences. The method further includes performing a correlation function between the average of the received plurality of preamble sequences and a base sequence. The method further includes converting an output of the correlation function to the time domain to generate time domain samples in a sampling window. The method further includes determining power samples from the time domain samples. The method further includes performing a search of the power samples in the sampling window for a peak corresponding to the plurality of PRACH preamble sequences.

Abstract: A method and a system of configuring custom operator defined rules for managing radio resources of user equipment in a wireless communication system. The system includes a plurality of User Equipment (UE), a plurality of wireless base stations configured to host Centralized Unit (CU) and Distributed Unit (DU) software, a rules engine, a first Application Programming Interface (API) wherein the rules engine is programmed with operator defined rules via the first API, and a second API coupled with the CU and DU software and configured to invoke the rules engine upon an occurrence of one or more defined events, wherein one or more of the operator defined rules is invoked via API calls to execute operator defined rules that match one or more inputs provided by at least one of the CU and DU hosted by at least one of the plurality of base stations.

Abstract: An apparatus for resource management in a network environment includes at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to allocate at least one first central processing unit (CPU) core to perform tasks corresponding to a first layer of the network environment, allocate at least one second CPU core to perform tasks corresponding to a second layer of the network environment, allocate at least one third CPU core to perform tasks corresponding to the second layer of the network environment, determine at least one network usage parameter corresponding to usage of at least one of the first layer and the second layer, and reallocate at least one of the at least one third CPU core to perform tasks corresponding to the first layer of the network environment based on the at least one network usage parameter.

Abstract: An apparatus for idle state central processing unit (CPU) core transitioning includes at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a first slot of a slot pattern in which a task of a first type is scheduled to be performed, assign at least one task of the first type to be performed by at least one first CPU core allocated to perform tasks of the first type, determine a second slot of the slot pattern in which a task of the first type is not scheduled to be performed, and transition the at least one first CPU from an active state to an idle state after at least the second slot of the slot pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus for resource allocation of a central processing unit (CPU) including a plurality of cores includes at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to allocate a first core of the plurality of cores of the CPU to perform tasks of a first type, allocate a second core of the plurality of cores of the CPU to perform tasks of a second type that is different from the first type, assign at least one task of the first type to be performed by the first core, and transition the first core to an idle state based on the at least one task of the first type being completed.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program product for coordinating communication of data packets between a user device and a core network are disclosed. The system includes a first device communicatively coupled to the core network, a second device communicatively coupled to the first device. The second device receives signals from the user device. The first device and the second device share at least one functionality associated with layer 2 of a long term evolution radio access network.

Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for selecting fronthaul links in a wireless communication system. One or more link delays are determined. The link delays are associated with one or more communication links in the plurality of communication links communicatively coupling a first communication device and a second communication device. Using the determined link delays, a communication link transmission priority of the communication links for transmission of one or more data packets is determined. A listing of prioritized communication links is generated. At least one communication link in the prioritized communication links is selected for transmission of data packets between the first and second communication devices. Using the selected communication link, the data packets are transmitted between the first and second communication devices.