Patents by Inventor Henning Sanneck
Henning Sanneck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12137033Abstract: According to a method for implementing a training coordination function, at least one training request with which training of a network function instance of an autonomous network of a communication network system is requested is processed. Based on a result of the processing, it is decided whether to approve the at least one training request, or not. If the at least one training request is approved, the training is planned based on the at least one training request, an identification of the at least one training request is returned, and in accordance with the planning, an existing training state associated with the network function instance is stored or updated in a database which is configured to store existing training states associated with network function instances of the autonomous network.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Janne Tapio Ali-Tolppa
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Publication number: 20240348508Abstract: A method, executable by a first network entity or function associated to a network, wherein the first network entity or function has an interface configured to receive information in relation to an artificial intelligence, AI, trustworthiness level from a network management entity or function associated to the network and a second network entity or function associated to the network, has an interface configured to receive information in relation to an AI service level from the network management entity or function, the method comprising communicating with the second network entity or function via an interface established between the first network entity or function and the second network entity or function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Borislava GAJIC, Tejas SUBRAMANYA, Henning SANNECK, Janne ALI-TOLPPA, Sina KHATIBI
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Publication number: 20240195701Abstract: Method comprising: receiving a trust level requirement for a service; translating the trust level requirement into a requirement for at least one of a fairness, an explainability, and a robustness of a calculation performed by an artificial intelligence pipeline related to the service; providing the requirement for the at least one of the fairness, the explainability, and the robustness to a trust manager of the artificial intelligence pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Tejas SUBRAMANYA, Janne ALI-TOLPPA, Henning SANNECK, Laurent CIAVAGLIA
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Publication number: 20230412458Abstract: According to a method for implementing a training coordination function, at least one training request with which training of a network function instance of an autonomous network of a communication network system is requested is processed. Based on a result of the processing, it is decided whether to approve the at least one training request, or not. If the at least one training request is approved, the training is planned based on the at least one training request, an identification of the at least one training request is returned, and in accordance with the planning, an existing training state associated with the network function instance is stored or updated in a database which is configured to store existing training states associated with network function instances of the autonomous network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Henning SANNECK, Janne Tapio ALI-TOLPPA
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Patent number: 11729860Abstract: A method for verifying an operation of a mobile radio communication network is provided, wherein the method comprises sending an Initiation Message from a first network entity to a second network entity, the Initiation Message defining an undo request and comprising an UNDO section defining an undo area, a TRIGGERING_CM section indicating changes to the network, and an ASSISTANCE section; receiving an Assistance-Response Message, the Assistance-Response Message comprising the UNDO section, and an ASSISTED_CM section; and sending an Assistance-Acknowledge Message including an ACK flag and the UNDO section from the first network entity to the second network entity.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Tsvetko Ivanchev Tsvetkov, Janne Tapio Ali-Tolppa, Henning Sanneck
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Publication number: 20230078490Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting communications management may be configured to support communications management for an operations technology (OT) domain that uses an associated network domain for supporting communications of the OT domain. Various example embodiments for supporting communications management for an OT domain that uses an associated network domain for supporting communications of the OT domain may be configured to support such communications management based on slice management capabilities. Various example embodiments for supporting communications management for an OT domain that uses an associated network domain for supporting communications of the OT domain, based on slice management capabilities, may be configured to support such communications management based on support for slice configuration across the OT domain and the network domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Henning Sanneck, Janne Ali-Tolppa
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Publication number: 20220311664Abstract: To configure network automation functions, a scope administration function assigns, per a region in an operator-defined scope space, the region to one or more network automation function amongst a plurality of coexisting network automation functions. Then, per a network automation function assigned at least to one region, the network automation function is configured to control the at least one region assigned to the network automation function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Stephen MWANJE, Henning Sanneck
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Patent number: 11304070Abstract: A method of adapting operation of self-organizing network functions in a communication network comprising a big data level system and a self-organizing network system and at least one network element is provided, wherein the method comprises adapting the operation of at least one self-organizing network function by using knowledge achieved by analysis performed on the big data level.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Haitao Tang
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Patent number: 11116040Abstract: A method of coordinating a communication network comprising a self-coordination network coordinator is provided, wherein the method comprises receiving dynamic context information at the self-coordination network coordinator and performing a coordination of at least one self-organising network function instance based on the received dynamic context information.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Lars Christoph Schmelz, Henning Sanneck, Haitao Tang
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Patent number: 10681566Abstract: There are provided measures for verification of configuration actions. Such measures exemplarily comprise detecting a configuration change in a domain, said configuration change comprises at least one parameter change, and said domain comprises at least one cell, repeating, for a predetermined period, an assessment cycle, and deciding, for each respective parameter change of said at least one parameter change, whether said respective parameter change is to be undone, based on a performance change of each cell of said domain which cell is affected by said respective parameter change, wherein said assessment cycle comprises assessing said performance change of each cell of said domain which cell is affected by any of said at least one parameter change.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Szabolcs Novaczki, Tsvetko Ivanchev Tsvetkov
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Patent number: 10505807Abstract: A method comprising determining at least one event criteria from a received event function request; determining an event impact from the at least one event criteria and a general function impact; determining whether the event impact interferes with at least one implemented function instance; and generating a coordination output based on the determination whether the event impact interferes.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Tobias Bandh, Raphael Romeikat
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Patent number: 10419309Abstract: While a SON function of a SON system for automated network management in a communication network is operating according to a task assigned to the SON function, when a problem associated with operating according to the task is detected, the problem is indicated to a SON operation diagnosis function of the SON system. The SON operation diagnosis function receives the indication, acquires additional information comprising key performance indicators and operation context, and decides on an action to take based on the indication and the additional information.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Henning Sanneck, Peter Szilagyi, Christoph Frenzel
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Patent number: 10412601Abstract: A method comprises receiving at a training coordinator training information from a self-organizing network function and network related information and providing to a self-organizing network function coordinator a first training request comprising a training request for said self-organizing network function and one or more of network related information and training information about one or more other self-organizing network functions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Haitao Tang, Juergen Goerge, Lars Christoph Schmelz
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Patent number: 10397812Abstract: Outage detection and recovery in heterogeneous networks may benefit from sub-cell level, multi-layer degradation detection, diagnosis, and recovery. For example, cell outage detection and cell outage compensation may benefit from appropriate use of sub-cell level and multi-layer diagnosis and recovery techniques applied to degradation and outage scenarios. A method can include self-healing at least one first cell in a network or at least one second cell in the network. The network includes the at least one first cell and the at least one second cell. The at least one first cell and the at least one second cell have at least partially overlapping coverage. The self-healing can include a network device, such as a network management device, applying at least one of multi-layer reasoning to integrate information of different cell layers or sub-cell level reasoning to consider fine-granular location information. The self-healing can be based on location information.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Peter Szilagyi, Christoph Frenzel
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Patent number: 10367690Abstract: It is proposed a method of operating a network by a SON Verification Function (20), monitoring a network behavior and verifying a change in network based on the monitored network behavior. The SON Verification Function performs a post-action verification of CM changes and may request from a SON coordinator to undo CM changes.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Tsvetko Ivanchev Tsvetkov, Szabolcs Novaczki
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Patent number: 10200234Abstract: There are provided measures for realizing multi-level self-organizing network coordination, including self-organizing network coordination procedures. Such measures exemplarily comprise communication of a notification for self-organizing network coordination, which notifies an action of at least one self-organizing network function at a lower management level, from the lower management level of a self-organizing network to a higher management level of the self-organizing network, either before the action is actually performed or after the action has actually been performed, and coordination of the notified action in terms of self-organizing network coordination at the higher management level.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Haitao Tang, Clemens Suerbaum, Henning Sanneck
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Patent number: 9985819Abstract: To decide, whether or not a SON function instance is allowed to execute, a priority, an impact time and an impact area for the SON function instance is determined, and priorities of other SON function instances scheduled to be run during the impact time of the requesting SON function instance and having an overlapping impact area are compared to the priority of the requesting SON function instance.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Haitao Tang
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Publication number: 20180124867Abstract: A method for verifying an operation of a mobile radio communication network is provided, wherein the method comprises sending an Initiation Message from a first network entity to a second network entity, the Initiation Message defining an undo request and comprising an UNDO section defining an undo area, a TRIGGERING_CM section indicating changes to the network, and an ASSISTANCE section; receiving an Assistance-Response Message, the Assistance-Response Message comprising the UNDO section, and an ASSISTED_CM section; and sending an Assistance-Acknowledge Message including an ACK flag and the UNDO section from the first network entity to the second network entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Tsvetko Ivanchev TSVETKOV, Janne Tapio ALI-TOLPPA, Henning SANNECK
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Patent number: 9900210Abstract: A method of establishing connectivity between a relay node and an OAM entity in a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a connection between the relay node and a user plane of the communications network; addressing communications to the OAM entity defined as residing in an OAM subnet via a gateway in the user plane; and routing the communications from the user plane to the OAM subnet.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Peter Szilagyi
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Patent number: 9893943Abstract: A method comprising determining at least one event criteria from a received event function request; determining an event impact from the at least one event criteria and a general function impact; determining whether the event impact interferes with at least one implemented function instance; and generating a coordination output based on the determination whether the event impact interferes.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Henning Sanneck, Tobias Bandh, Raphael Romeikat