Abstract: Systems and methods of scheduling bit rates for first-class traffic for a first and second class session for a device; honoring for the device each first class session with the bit rate equal to a session aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) by a scheduler by assigning a threshold for an aggregate bit rate for traffic for each first-class session; if a total of the aggregate bit rate of traffic for each first class session is below the threshold assigned, then assigning each first class session the session AMBR for first-class session traffic for the device; if the total of the aggregate bit rate of traffic for each first class session is above the threshold assigned, then proportionality scheduling packets of the traffic for the first class session of the device to limit the aggregate rate of the first-class traffic below the threshold.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices perform core services on a 5G data and telephone network. A first edge data center of a first cloud network receives a communication from user equipment (UE). The communication is directed to another UE. A route is selected from a plurality of potential routes to route the communication. The route may include a first instance at a first data center and a second instance at a second data center. The first instance can be provisioned at the first data center, and the second instance at the second data center. The communication can be routed from an edge service to the first instance over a first communication channel, from the first instance to the second instance over the core communication channel, and from the second instance to the second UE over a third communication channel.

Abstract: Arrangements for performing cellular network timing are presented. A light base station which is to serve as a timing grandmaster can be assigned. The master light base station includes a radio unit (RU) and a router, but does not include an onsite distributed unit. The router of the light base station can include a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. The distributed unit (DU) for the light base station is hosted remotely at a local data center (LDC) that communicates with the master light base station via a network. The master light base station can generate a grandmaster timing signal based on a signal received by the GNSS receiver and a clock signal of a local oscillator. The master light base station can transmit the grandmaster timing signal to LDC that hosts the DU for the master light base station and other light base stations.

Abstract: A disclosed method may include (i) detecting, from a first sensor at a first user equipment, a vertical height of the first user equipment, (ii) detecting, from the first user equipment, a request for emergency services directed to an emergency response service, (iii) detecting an indication that a second user equipment is located within a network vicinity of the first user equipment, and (iv) improving an accuracy of detecting the vertical height of the first user equipment by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a second sensor at the second user equipment. Related systems and computer-readable mediums are further disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for slice-specific adaptive resource allocation are provided. An example method includes generating multiple RAN sub-slices within a RAN slice of a network, assigning a first band to the RAN slice. The first band has a first BWS and a second BWS, the first BWS is allocatable to each one of the RAN sub-slices, and the second BWS is allocatable to qualified RAN sub-slices. The method further includes assigning a first allotment of the first BWS to an identified RAN sub-slice, monitor continuously real-time bandwidth usage of the first BWS by the identified RAN sub-slice, and determine whether the first allotment allocated to the first RAN sub-slice is sufficient to achieve predetermined QoS attributes of the first RAN sub-slice.

Abstract: A disclosed method may include (i) initiating a cellular field testing tool that tests a condition of cellular network connectivity of a device under test, (ii) detecting, by the cellular field testing tool, a first data structure specifying a first cellular carrier aggregation configuration at the device under test, (iii) detecting, by the cellular field testing tool, a second data structure specifying a second cellular carrier aggregation configuration at a reference device, and (iv) outputting, by the cellular field testing tool, an indication of whether the first cellular carrier aggregation configuration and the second cellular carrier aggregation configuration satisfy a consistency policy applied by the cellular field testing tool to ensure that a performance test is performed under conditions in which the first cellular carrier aggregation configuration and the second cellular carrier aggregation configuration are sufficiently similar to ensure reliable output of the performance test according to the c

Abstract: Technologies for inter DU carrier aggregation are disclosed. An example method includes identifying, by a CU, multiple DUs associated with the CU for carrier aggregation. A first subset of the DUs is associated with a first cell and a second subset of the DUs associated with a second cell. The method also includes configuring, by the CU, the DUs to aggregate selected component carriers, and scheduling, by the CU, data transmission across the aggregated selected component carriers as a basis for the DUs to transmit and receive data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for adaptive bandwidth application are provided. An example method includes generating multiple RAN slices of a network for multiple network consumers, selecting one or more of RAN slices and assigning the one or more RAN slices to each one of multiple network consumers, dividing a radio frequency spectrum into multiple radio frequency bands, assigning one or more of the multiple bands to each one of the multiple RAN slices, associating one or more QoS priority indicators to each one of the bands assigned to the RAN slices, allocating one or more allotments of the one or more bands to each RAN slice, monitoring continuously real-time bandwidth usage by each one of the multiple RAN slices, and adjusting automatically and adaptively a total bandwidth allocated to each RAN slice, according to the one or more QoS priority indicator associated with the RAN slice and a predetermined rule.

Abstract: Computing systems, devices and automated processes are described for automatically tagging new functions prior to deployment in a cloud-based telecommunications system, such as a 5G wireless network implemented in accordance with an open radio access network (ORAN) specification. The automated processing evaluates the new function to identify one or more attributes of the new function relating to the ORAN that can be used to generate a tag. The tag can be used during subsequent operation to filter, identify or otherwise access functions for execution by particular components of the cloud-based telecommunication system.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting and mitigating interference of a satellite signal by one or more cell signals includes receiving cell information from pods in an exclusion zone, which includes interference levels, Physical Cell Identity (PCI), and Reference Signal Receive Power (RSRP). The method monitors interference levels and RSRP, determines a Physical Resource Block (PRB) blanking level based on these metrics, and applies PRB blanking accordingly. The system comprises processors and a storage medium with programming instructions to execute these operations. The exclusion zone may be created for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) earth station for an exclusion time period, and the method can involve AI/ML modules for inferring threshold levels.

Abstract: Computing systems, devices and automated processes are described for automatically testing or validating new functions prior to deployment in a cloud-based telecommunications system, such as a 5G wireless network. The new function is initially received within a sandbox environment that is isolated from production systems and that permits the function to be evaluated upon such factors as scalability, statelessness, container-based nature, resiliency, observability and/or any other factors as desired. The automated processing evaluates the new function to ensure at least a threshold level of compliance with each factor. Passing functions may be permitted to be stored in a code base or otherwise deployed for further testing and/or production environments to implement an operation of the 5G wireless network, as appropriate, while non-passing functions may be flagged for further development.

Abstract: Data relating to call failures that occurred in a wireless communication network is accessed from a memory, the data including a plurality of call failure samples. The samples are plotted on a map along with a potential new cell site. An enclosed buffer area is selected around the potential new cell site and call failure samples within the enclosed buffer area are selected. Among the selected samples, a set of samples is selected that are associated with values of a coverage parameter lower than a coverage threshold. A percentage contribution is calculated of the samples in the set among all samples within the buffer area. When the percentage contribution equals or exceeds a first threshold and a number of the samples in the buffer area equals or exceeds a second threshold, it is determined that the potential new cell site is to be deployed.

Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for providing an in-service upgrading of software for a radio access network (RAN) distributed unit (DU). First, a software upgrade is received at the DU, where the DU is split into a first DU pod and a second DU pod. The amount of traffic is drained at the first DU pod so that the second DU pod handles all user equipment (UE) traffic for the DU. When the traffic has been drained for the first DU pod, the software upgrade is installed for the first DU pod, and the first DU pod running the upgraded software is redeployed.

Abstract: Data relating to call failures that occurred in a wireless communication network is accessed from a memory, the data including a plurality of call failure samples. The call failure samples are classified into a plurality of sets, wherein each set is associated with a first range of values of the coverage parameter and a second range of values of the signal quality parameter. One or more remedial actions associated with a particular set of the call failure samples is obtained, wherein each set of the call failure samples is associated with respective at least one remedial actions. An indication is generated that the one or more remedial actions is to be performed to resolve call failure events associated with call failure samples in the particular set of the call failure samples.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and automated processes are described to provide collection of wireless network status data, such as for a 5G or other mobile network, and to automatically created user interactable dashboards providing various status information regarding the operation of the network. Systems and automated processes may obtain status data from a plurality of network components, for example radio units (RU), distributed units (DU), and centralized units (CU) associated with a cell sites, determine an operational state for each of the network components based on the obtained data, aggregate the determined operational states to determine an operational state of the cell sites, generate a dashboard having an indication of the operational states, provide the dashboard to a user interface, receive a user selection from the dashboard, and provide a report detailing the determined operational state.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing parallel software instances in Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) with disaggregated hardware and software in a cellular network are disclosed. One such method includes: initiating a first instance of a DU of a RAN on a first portion of a plurality of core processors in the cellular network; initiating a second instance of the DU of the RAN on a second portion of the plurality of core processors in the cellular network, wherein the first portion of the plurality of core processors is distinct from the second portion of the plurality of core processors; running the first instance of the DU of the RAN concurrently with the second instance of the DU of the RAN in the cellular network; and swapping the active instance from the first instance of the DU of the RAN with the second instance of the DU of the RAN.

Abstract: A method of controlling ongoing power consumption at a cellular base station includes determining a usage characteristic of the cellular base station, and preparing a notification of the usage characteristic. The method also includes sending the notification to a cloud computing network so as to be recognized by an artificial intelligence cellular base station management program. The method further includes receiving a power consumption instruction from the cloud computer network when the artificial intelligence cellular base station management program evaluates that the notification meets a criteria for changing power consumption at the cellular base station, and effectuating a change in power consumption at the cellular base station by executing the power consumption instruction.

Abstract: Technologies for population distribution-based drive testing are disclosed. An example method includes determining geographic units for drive testing based on a proposed coverage of the communications network and a population distribution of potential users of the communications network, and for each geographic unit: determining a mobile test pattern and a set of stationary test locations for drive testing, and causing performance of drive testing in accordance with the mobile test pattern and set of stationary test locations.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for coverage-based robust and efficient random access for 5G networks which uses a higher Aggregation Level (AL) and lower and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) the larger the Path Loss (PL) between the user equipment (UE) and the base station. To do so, the message preamble of the Random Access Channel (RACH) message received from the UE by the base station (gNB) is associated with the PL between the base station and the UE, and is thus used to determine the AL and MCS.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching in a cellular network (e.g., a 5G network). Example embodiments include systems and methods for: the RAN functions supporting providing measuring and reporting particular items for dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching with a network intelligence layer; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching without a network intelligence layer; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching based on availability of an inter-DU link and meeting latency/bandwidth criteria; RAN dynamic carrier aggregation and dual connectivity switching based on availability of an inter-DU link and meeting resource criteria; and prioritization for using CA instead of DC based on CQI information reported from UEs.