Abstract: A disclosed method may include (i) providing, to an end-user of a radio access network, a graphical user interface that enables the end-user to configure at least one of a plurality of control knobs for configuring a slice of the radio access network, (ii) receiving, after the providing the graphical user interface, user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface indicating how the end-user would adjust the at least one of the control knobs for configuring the slice of the radio access network, and (iii) configuring the slice of the radio access network according to the user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface. 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: 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: Methods, devices, and systems for network slicing are provided. In one example, a method includes: selecting a first network slice and a second network slice both pertaining to a common data network, designating a first traffic flow to the first network slice and a second traffic flow to the second network slice, generating a first network slice profile including a first network identifier and first mapping information, generating a second network slice profile including a second network identifier and second mapping information, assigning the first network slice profile to the first traffic flow and the second network slice profile to the second traffic flow, and separating the first traffic flow from the second traffic flow on a user plane function (UPF) instance, based on the assigned first network slice profile and the second network slice profile.

Abstract: A disclosed method may include (i) providing, to an end-user of a radio access network, a graphical user interface that enables the end-user to configure at least one of a plurality of control knobs for configuring a slice of the radio access network, (ii) receiving, after the providing the graphical user interface, user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface indicating how the end-user would adjust the at least one of the control knobs for configuring the slice of the radio access network, and (iii) configuring the slice of the radio access network according to the user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface. Related systems and computer-readable mediums are further disclosed.

Abstract: A disclosed method may include (i) providing, to an end-user of a radio access network, a graphical user interface that enables the end-user to configure at least one of a plurality of control knobs for configuring a slice of the radio access network, (ii) receiving, after the providing the graphical user interface, user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface indicating how the end-user would adjust the at least one of the control knobs for configuring the slice of the radio access network, and (iii) configuring the slice of the radio access network according to the user input from the end-user through the graphical user interface. Related systems and computer-readable mediums are further disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is creation of a very narrow bandwidth part (BWP), referred to herein as a virtual BWP. The virtual BWP is created within an operating channel that is not supported by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) current standards (e.g., below 5 MHz). This enables a wireless network to be even more flexible in supporting a variety of use cases. In particular, the network artificially creates a small virtual BWP and assigns it to users without requiring any explicit signaling to the user for creating the virtual BWP. The virtual BWPs will limit the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data region, the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for a given user which can be associated with slicing.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media facilitate cellular network security. Communications corresponding to requested network access from an external entity may be processed. Configuration specifications to instantiate network slices may be generated. The network slices may be instantiated in accordance with the configuration specifications with network access provided to user equipment of the external entity, the cellular network consequently providing the network access to the user equipment of the external entity. Signals corresponding to detection of a security event mapped to network traffic of the network slices of the cellular network may be identified. The network traffic may correspond to communications from some of the user equipment that are detected as malicious traffic. A first subset of the user equipment using the network slices to be compromised user equipment may be determined. The first subset of the user equipment or a second subset of the user equipment may be transitioned.

Abstract: A base station establishes a mobile communications network utilizing multiple component carriers. The base station receives one or both of location data and profile data associated with user equipment devices connected to the mobile communications network. The base station selects carrier aggregation schemes for each of the user equipment devices based on one or both of the location data and the profile data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adaptive channel, beamforming, and traffic shaping management in a network including configuring an element management system to monitor, via a distribution unit (DU) and/or a central unit (CU) power and channel traffic at a plurality of cell sites in a network; applying, in response to a detection of a power outage at a cell site, at least one power saving schema including adaptive channel management, adaptive beam management, and/or adaptive traffic management, wherein the systems and methods incrementally reduce power consumption at the cell site by choking at least on channel based on a level of network traffic congestion. The systems and methods further limits users for congested channels, determines a relationship between power reduction as a result of the choking, arranges power to beamforming systems based on the choking, adjusts traffic of one or more applications, and move users of choked channels.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media facilitate cellular network security. Communications corresponding to requested network access from an external entity may be processed. Configuration specifications to instantiate network slices may be generated. The network slices may be instantiated in accordance with the configuration specifications with network access provided to user equipment of the external entity, the cellular network consequently providing the network access to the user equipment of the external entity. Signals corresponding to detection of a security event mapped to network traffic of the network slices of the cellular network may be identified. The network traffic may correspond to communications from some of the user equipment that are detected as malicious traffic. A first subset of the user equipment using the network slices to be compromised user equipment may be determined. The first subset of the user equipment or a second subset of the user equipment may be transitioned.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for upgrading software services are provided. An example method includes receiving an upgrade artifact to be deployed on a cloud computing platform comprising a plurality of servers, extracting a plurality of attributes from the upgrade artifact, selecting a first attribute from the plurality attributes, determining a first performance criterion associated with the first attribute, configuring an upgrade instance to meet the first performance criterion during deployment of the upgrade artifact, identifying a first group of servers associated with the first attribute from the plurality of servers, and executing the upgrade instance to deploy the upgrade artifact on the first group of servers in a production environment.

Abstract: Various arrangements of hybrid cloud cellular network systems are presented herein. A cellular radio access network (RAN) that includes multiple base stations (BSs) can be in communication with a cloud computing platform. Multiple cloud-implemented national data center (NDC) instantiations can be present and executed on the cloud computing platform. Network functions (NFs) are executed within each cloud-implemented NDC instantiation on the cloud computing platform. The system further includes instances of a cellular network database function that updates each other instance of the cellular network database function across the NDC instantiations.

Abstract: A base station establishes a mobile communications network utilizing multiple component carriers. The base station receives one or both of location data and profile data associated with user equipment devices connected to the mobile communications network. The base station selects carrier aggregation schemes for each of the user equipment devices based on one or both of the location data and the profile data.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adaptive channel, beamforming, and traffic shaping management in a network including configuring an element management system to monitor, via a distribution unit (DU) and/or a central unit (CU) power and channel traffic at a plurality of cell sites in a network; applying, in response to a detection of a power outage at a cell site, at least one power saving schema including adaptive channel management, adaptive beam management, and/or adaptive traffic management, wherein the systems and methods incrementally reduce power consumption at the cell site by choking at least on channel based on a level of network traffic congestion. The systems and methods further limits users for congested channels, determines a relationship between power reduction as a result of the choking, arranges power to beamforming systems based on the choking, adjusts traffic of one or more applications, and move users of choked channels.

Abstract: Methods and systems for network slice management and adaptive bandwidth allocation are provided. An example method includes assigning a first radio frequency band to multiple RAN slices of a network. Each one of the RAN slices is assigned to a network consumer, the first band includes a first BWS and a second BWS, the first BWS is configured to be allocatable to each one of the RAN slices, and the second BWS is configured to be allocatable to qualified RAN slices. The method further includes allocating a first allotment belonging to the first BWS to the identified RAN slice, monitoring continuously real-time bandwidth usage of the first BWS by the identified RAN slice, and determining whether the first allotment allocated to the identified RAN slice is sufficient to achieve predetermined QoS attributes of the identified RAN slice.

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: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting cell site simulators are provided. An example method includes obtaining signal characteristics data including geolocation data, identifying a legitimate cell site in proximity to the geolocation of the user device based on the geolocation data, identifying a preestablished model stored in the user device, and the model is corresponding to the identified legitimate cell site and includes one or more predetermined expected features. The method further includes selecting the identified model, extracting one or more actual features from the signal characteristics data using the selected model, comparing the actual features with the predetermined expected features to determine a degree of matching of the actual features with the predetermined expected features, and in response to a determination that the degree of matching is below a predetermined threshold, indicating that the cell site is a suspicious cell site simulator.

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: Methods and systems for adaptive spectrum allocation are provided.