59 results about "Cell site" patented technology

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing device usage data that can be generated when end user devices connect with the network; and analyzing the device usage data according to identification information of the deployable cell site, which enables determining or estimating a location of the deployable cell site. In one embodiment, this analysis can be based on device usage reports and network performance data. A performance report and / or location map can be generated for an area associated with the deployable cell site. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, communicating management plane (M-plane) data at a first port of a radio unit (RU), the RU being one RU of a set of radio units (RUs) at a cell site of a network operator, the M-plane data related to management and control of the RU, wherein the communicating M-plane data comprises communicating the M-plane data with a distributed unit (DU) over an M-plane segment, and initiating communication of the M-plane data at a second port of the RU, the second port configured for data communication over an alternate M-plane segment to a second RU of the set of RUs for forwarding the M-plane data to the DU over a second M-plane segment between the second RU and the DU, wherein the initiating communication is in response to an interruption in the communicating M-plane data.Other embodiments are disclosed.

An inventory system comprises one or more mini-cell sites, one or more reader devices to read tags, and a control system. The mini-cell site comprises radio equipment configured to broadcast power signals within an inventory environment. The control system transmits a first instruction to the mini-cell site to set a configuration parameter at the mini-cell site to a first frequency channel based on mini-cell site capability data and inventory environment data, and transmits a second instruction to the reader device to set a network setting at the reader device to a second frequency channel based on reader device capability data and the inventory environment data. The first frequency channel is different from the second frequency channel.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of identifying a public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier associated with a communications network; determining a tracking area code (TAC) range of a plurality of cell sites in a radio access network (RAN) associated with the PLMN identifier; identifying transport network circuits of a transport network connecting the plurality of cell sites with a core network of the communications network; and displaying a user interface comprising a graphical representation of the core network, the transport network and the RAN. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A core network is configured to receive a first message indicative of a trigger event at a mobile device, in which the trigger event occurs when the mobile device is initiating an RFID communication with an RFID tag over a frequency channel, in which the mobile device is also configured to communicate with a cell site associated with the core network over the frequency channel, and perform an interference mitigation action on a cellular communication destined for the mobile device over the frequency channel, in which the interference mitigation action comprises temporarily caching the cellular communication destined for the mobile device over the frequency channel or rerouting the cellular communication destined for the mobile device over another frequency channel.

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.

Systems and methods for Distributed Unit (DU) pooling in ORAN wireless telecommunication networks are disclosed. The system generates multiple virtualized DU instances (vDUs) within a baseband cloud to form an ORAN vDU pool. Baseband processing resources are dynamically shared among cell sites served by respective vDUs within the pool by reallocating idle processing capacities from vDUs serving underutilized cell sites to vDUs serving cell sites with higher traffic demands. The vDUs share common physical server resources, enabling multiple Radio Access Network (RAN) services to run on shared hardware. The system enables efficient resource utilization, enhanced network scalability, and supports multiple cell sites with varying traffic patterns using shared resources.

A radiator for an antenna, comprising a radiator head with an active radiation area having a first section and at least one second section, wherein the first section and the at least one second section are conductively connected forming a dual polarized radiator together, and wherein the first section lies within a first plane and the at least one second section lies within a second plane offset to the first plane. Further, an antenna and a mobile communication cell site.

Techniques for synchronizing components of a Lower-Layer Split Radio Access Network (RAN) are provided. In one example, a RAN includes a Cell Site Router (CSR). A first Distributed Unit (DU) and a first Radio Unit (RU) managed by the first DU are both connected to the CSR and synchronized to a Primary Reference Time Clock (PRTC) via reference timing information received from the CSR. A second DU connected to the CSR, the first DU, or both, is synchronized to the PRTC via reference timing information received from the CSR or the first DU. A second RU connected to, and managed by, the second DU, is synchronized to the PRTC via reference timing information received from the second DU.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding an environment associated with a cell site, identifying one or more coverage pivots from a plurality of coverage locations in the environment, utilizing one or more machine learning (ML) models to determine emission directions for the one or more coverage pivots based at least in part on locations of the one or more coverage pivots and the cell site in the environment, resulting in determined emission directions, and causing ray tracing simulation to be performed using the determined emission directions, wherein the ray tracing simulation enables first signal coverage estimates to be derived for the one or more coverage pivots and used to extrapolate second signal coverage estimates for a remainder of the plurality of coverage locations. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A device comprises a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive information about an existing cell site; and generate a distance histogram for the existing cell site based on the received information. Additionally, the processor may be configured to at least one of: calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a first value that indicates an amount of traffic to be offloaded from the existing cell site to a new cell site, or calculate, using the generated distance histogram, a second value that indicates an amount of traffic to be offloaded from operating bands of the existing cell site as a result of an upgrade at the existing cell site.

A user equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception with a cellular station. The controller performs a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission or retransmission using a first PRACH resource and switches to perform a second PRACH retransmission using a second PRACH resource after the first PRACH transmission or retransmission.

A method. The method comprises periodically retrieving cell site information from operational support systems (OSSs) by an application executing on a computer system, where the cell site information is associated with cell sites sourced by different equipment vendors and associated with different cellular technologies; converting the cell site information received from the OSSs by the application into a uniform format; retrieving maintenance information about cell sites by the application; based on the maintenance information and based on the cell site information in uniform format, determining status of cells by the application; based on the status of cells and based on an inventory of cells disposed at different cell sites, determining a cell site availability for the cell sites by the application; and providing the status of cells and the cell site availability by the application to a network operation center (NOC) application executing on the computer system.

Systems and method for installing and testing an alarming system at a cell site includes installing an alarm controller at a cell site; coupling a first end of a cable to an input of the alarm controller and a second end of the cable to a component of the cell site, wherein the alarm controller is adapted to provide alarming associated with the component; placing the component in a failure mode; and verifying that the alarm controller receives the alarm.

A system described herein may receive configuration information and Key Performance Indicator ("KPI") monitoring information from a plurality of cell sites of a wireless network, based on which a plurality of cell site models may be generated. The cell site models may be scored and ranked based on the KPI monitoring information for each cell site model and further based on optimization factors. A first ranking of the cell site models includes may be based on a first optimization factor and a second ranking may be based on a second optimization factor. The system may select, based on comparing a requested optimization factor to the optimization factors, the first optimization factor, and may identify the first ranking. The system may select the particular cell site model based on the first score; identify configuration information included in the cell site model; and implement a cell site based on the configuration information.

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.

An apparatus and method for selecting an upgrade sequence of cell sites in a radio access network are provided. The apparatus includes a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: determine, for each cell site pair from among a plurality of cell sites, a pairing score based on a coverage overlap between the cell sites, split the plurality of cell sites into at least two batches based on the determined pairing score for each cell site pair, and determine which cell sites, of the plurality of cell sites, can be upgraded simultaneously based on the split into the at least two batches.

The present disclosure provides a system and method for facilitating tracking area code (TAC) engine to prepare dynamic network polygons based on actual configuration, allocation of TAC to new cell sites, identification of various discrepancies and anomalies in existing planned network, capacity optimization through TAC Division, merge and network polygon edit, and auto work order generation and execution of changes in respective systems, MME Pool and eNB / SCs. Tracking Area Code is a vital parameter for new sites planning and rollout. The method complements network rollout speed with highest level of accuracy of planning and better network perform nave and accuracy. Auto planning engine makes TAC planning zero touch engine with manual review and action through manual edit, audit and work order creation features. Auto planning and configuration help faster rollout, speedy correction and implementation in live network to enhance network performance and user experience.

Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for determining signal transmission optimization of coverage regions. The method includes: creating a grid layout over a geographical area of coverage regions, the layout including a plurality of coverage region grids with associated cellular transmission data sets; applying a coverage region algorithm to analyze the cellular transmission data sets; prioritizing the plurality of coverage region grids for cellular site deployment; analyzing technological impacts on the geographical area of the prioritization of the plurality of coverage region grids; filtering the plurality of coverage region grids based on criteria set for each category; and prioritizing the plurality of coverage region grids for cellular site deployment.

Systems and methods are provided for providing an equitable availability distribution real-time calculator. More particularly, systems and methods reduce the potential for telecommunications outages following upgrades and allow markets better control over availability metrics. To do so, an outage indication is initially received that identifies a plurality of cell sites affected by an outage and a timeframe for an update corresponding to the outage to be deployed to each of the plurality of cell sites. A selection of a portion of the plurality of cell sites to deploy the update at a particular time within the timeframe is received. Real-time data is received from each cell site of the portion of the plurality of cell sites corresponding to the particular time within the timeframe. Using the real-time data, the impact of deploying the update for the portion of the plurality of cell sites at the particular time is determined.

Aspects herein provide a system, media, and methods for / of an application that utilizes and leverages machine learning techniques, infrastructure information (e.g., existing and planned cell sites, lease agreement sites, fiber-optic networks, geographic landmarks), and collected telecommunication data, to accurately identify and determine specific solutions and specific locations for those solutions to be deployed in a geographic area. In embodiments, the application autonomously identifies an optimized specific solution type for various clusters of poor-service coverages areas within the geographic areas. The application also determines a precise location for deployment of each optimized specific solution type for each cluster.

Methods and apparatuses for improving telecommunications services by intelligently deploying radio access network components and redundant links within a data center hierarchy to satisfy latency, power, availability, and quality of service requirements for one or more network slices are described. The radio access network components may include virtualized distributed units (VDUs) and virtualized centralized units (VCUs). To satisfy a latency requirement for a network slice, various components of a radio access network may need to be redeployed closer to user equipment. To satisfy a power requirement for the network slice, various components of the radio access network may need to be redeployed closer to core network components. Over time, the components of the radio access network may be dynamically reassigned to different layers within a data center hierarchy in order to satisfy changing latency requirements and power requirements for the network slice.

A method of resolving cell site backhaul link redundancy failures in a communication system comprises receiving a plurality of alarms from a plurality of network elements (NEs) in the communication system, determining that the alarms include at least two alarms associated with a cell site, including a first alarm indicating that a path through an alternative access vendor network to the cell site is down and a second alarm indicating that the cell site is unreachable, generating a first incident report indicating a lack of diverse paths through the alternative access vendor network to the cell site, and obtaining, based on an LSE incident report for the alarms, a second incident report comprising a compensation or credit from the alternative access vendors for failing to provide contracted-for diverse paths through the alternative access vendor networks.

Methods and apparatuses for improving telecommunications services by intelligently deploying radio access network components and redundant links within a data center hierarchy to satisfy latency, power, availability, and quality of service requirements for one or more network slices are described. The radio access network components may include virtualized distributed units (VDUs) and virtualized centralized units (VCUs). To satisfy a latency requirement for a network slice, various components of a radio access network may need to be redeployed closer to user equipment. To satisfy a power requirement for the network slice, various components of the radio access network may need to be redeployed closer to core network components. Over time, the components of the radio access network may be dynamically reassigned to different layers within a data center hierarchy in order to satisfy changing latency requirements and power requirements for the network slice.

Use of a data-driven approach that assimilates historical signal to interference-plus noise ratio (SINR) and channel estimation data along with location-map of the cell in which base station equipment is situated to better define the relationship between SINR and the user-channel environmental map and spatio-temporal changes to it to achieve more granular, cell site-specific modeling is disclosed herein. This data-driven approach estimates SINR using variational autoencoders. Variational encoders typically consist of two sections, an encoder section and decoder section. The encoder section learns the distribution on the low-dimensional latent space over the input data samples. The decoder section is a generative model that learns the joint distribution of the latent variables and input data.

Techniques are described for detecting cell site conditions using environmental monitoring units (EMUs). An example method includes configuring, by one or more processors, first environmental monitoring units (EMUs) installed at a first portion of cell sites to share first EMU data in real-time, wherein the first EMUs are a first brand of EMU; configuring, by the one or more processors, second EMUs installed at a second portion of the cell sites to share second EMU data in real-time, wherein the second EMUs are a second brand of EMU; accessing aggregated data generated from at least a portion of the first EMU data and at least a portion of the second EMU data; analyzing, at least a portion of the aggregated data to detect a cell site condition; and based, at least in part on the analyzing, causing one or more operations to execute.

Wireless communication methods enhance computations in a radio access network (RAN). An example method involves a first RAN node receiving an interface setup message from a second RAN node, which includes resource capacity information. The interface setup message may relate to setting up a node-to-node interface between the first and second RAN nodes. The first RAN node transmits a resource status request and receives a resource status response containing resource availability information. This method allows for efficient resource management by utilizing neighboring cell site resources, thereby reducing data transmission capacity and latency.

An antenna, in particular for a mobile communication cell site, has radiators, a reflector, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and at least one phase shifter with at least one delay line and a shifting device. The radiators are mounted at the front side of the first layer, and the reflector for the radiators is provided by one of the layers. The second layer comprises a cutout extending vertically through the second layer, the cutout being closed to the front by the first layer and to the rear by the third layer forming a cavity. The delay line is arranged within a vertical projection of the cavity, and the shifting device comprises a shifting portion arranged in the cavity covering the delay line at least partly.

A cell site test tool provides field technicians with resources to support multiple aspects of cell site testing. The cell site test tool includes multiple, integrated and removably connectable modules such as a base module, a user interface module, and a battery module. Additional modules include a CPRI module to provide Common Public Radio Interface testing, an OTDR module to provide dedicated Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer testing, a CAA module to provide Cable Antenna Analysis testing, a fiber inspection module to visually inspect optical fiber, and an SA / CPRI module to provide Radio Frequency over Common Public Radio Interface testing.