Real-time network provisioning for distributed virtual zones of collaborative mobile devices for 5G or other next generation network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11026095-B2
Application number	US-201916527789-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2019
Priority date	Jul 31, 2019
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) platform can enable various highly secure, reliable, fast communications for first responders during emergency situations. The RIC can utilize radio access network (RAN) resources, for example, beam management procedures to facilitate the use of virtual zones. The virtual zones can be generated dynamically by leveraging collaborating mobile devices from various zones. The virtual zones can be distributed entities that span across real-physical zones but are managed as a single logical entity under a common set of policies. The creation and management of virtual zones can be performed by a group of corresponding RICs as a distributed system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
facilitating, by network equipment comprising a processor, receiving, from a first user equipment, a first request for a resource;
facilitating, by the network equipment, receiving, from a second user equipment, a second request for the resource;
based on the first request for the resource, requesting, by the network equipment from a data store, model data representative of a service profile model applicable to the resource;
in response to requesting the service profile model, facilitating, by the network equipment, receiving the model data representative of the service profile model applicable to the resource;
based on the service profile model, obtaining, by the network equipment, a configuration parameter usable in connection with provisioning the first user equipment with an ability to use the resource;
in response to receiving the second request for the resource, allocating, by the network equipment, the resource to the second user equipment;
in response to allocating the resource to the second user equipment, grouping, by the network equipment, the first user equipment and the second user equipment into a group of user equipment; and
in response to a network condition being determined to have been satisfied, receiving, by the network equipment, a third request from the second user equipment to exit the group.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
based on the service profile model, generating, by the network equipment, a virtual zone to be associated with the first user equipment.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
assigning, by the network equipment, a global identification number to the service profile model for use in a distributed computing system.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to generating the configuration parameter, facilitating, by the network equipment device, sending the configuration parameter to a radio access network device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assigning, by the network equipment, a global identification number to the service profile model.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second request for the resource comprises a further request that the second user equipment receive the resource in addition to the first user equipment.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to generating a beam pattern, dispatching, by the network equipment, pattern data representative of the beam pattern to radio access network equipment.

8. Network equipment, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, from a first user equipment, a first request for a resource for a second user equipment;
in response to receiving the request for the resource, identifying a service profile model applicable to the first request for the resource;
in response to identifying the service profile model, obtaining the service profile model applicable to the resource;
based on the service profile model, generating a configuration parameter to use to facilitate provisioning the resource for the second user equipment;
in response to receiving a second request for the resource, allocating the resource to the second user equipment;
in response to allocating the resource to the second user equipment, grouping the first user equipment and the second user equipment into a group of user equipment; and
in response to a network condition being determined to have been satisfied, receiving a third request from the second user equipment to exit the group.

9. The network equipment of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to receiving the second request for the resource for the second user equipment, facilitating a distributed computing control protocol for a radio access network intelligent control device.

10. The network equipment of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on a condition associated with an emergency being determined to have been satisfied, handling a third request for the resource from a third user equipment.

11. The network equipment of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to receiving the third request for the resource from the third user equipment, identifying a global identification number for use in a distributed computing system.

12. The network equipment of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to identifying the global identification number, authenticating the third user equipment for the resource.

13. The network equipment of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to authenticating the third user equipment for the resource, adding the third user equipment to the group of user equipment comprising the first user equipment and the second user equipment.

14. The network equipment of claim 13 , wherein the group of user equipment are involved in forming a distributed network associated with an open network automation platform.

15. The network equipment of claim 14 , wherein the distributed network coordinates execution of the configuration parameter by the open network automation platform.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, from a first mobile device, a first request for a network resource;
receiving, from the first mobile device, a second request for the network resource for a second mobile device;
in response to receiving the first request, requesting a service profile model to be utilized to provision the network resource;
in response to requesting the service profile model, receiving the service profile model applicable to the network resource;
based on the service profile model, generating a configuration parameter applicable to provisioning the network resource;
in response to receiving the second request for the network resource for the second mobile device, allocating the network resource to the second mobile device;
in response to allocating the network resource to the second mobile device, grouping the first mobile device and the second mobile device into a group of mobile devices; and
in response to a condition associated with the wireless network being determined to have been satisfied, receiving a third request from the second mobile device to be excluded from the group.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the condition is a first condition, and wherein the operations further comprise:
based on a second condition associated with an emergency being determined to have been satisfied, receiving the third request.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a global identification number for use in a distributed computing system.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the group of mobile devices is configured to execute a network configuration policy associated with a wireless network via which the network resource is enabled.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining the global identification number, authenticating a third mobile device for the network resource.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Tofighbakhsh Mostafa
• Sharma Deva-Datta
• Jana Shraboni
• Ungureanu Bogdan
• Jana Rittwik

Classifications

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04L5/0064

  Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority · CPC title

• H04L5/0032

  Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation · CPC title

• H04W16/10 Primary

  Dynamic resource partitioning · CPC title

• H04L5/0044

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title