Adaptive Baseband Resource Envelope for Wireless Network Entities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently utilizing processing resources due to static baseband resource envelopes, leading to underutilization or overutilization of resources based on channel conditions.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an adaptive processing envelope based on channel conditions, where a virtual radio access network (VRAN) manager allocates and adjusts baseband resource envelopes dynamically in response to measurements reported by network entities, ensuring optimal resource utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If static baseband resource envelopes are allocated to network entities, then resource allocation is simplified and device complexity is reduced, but processing resources are underutilized or overutilized based on varying channel conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic baseband resource envelope allocation where the VRAN manager continuously monitors channel conditions and adjusts the processing envelope allocated to each network entity in real-time. This transforms the static resource allocation into a dynamic system that adapts to varying channel conditions, ensuring optimal resource utilization without requiring complex manual configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where network entities report channel condition measurements to the VRAN manager, which then adjusts the baseband resource envelope allocations accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables automatic optimization of resource utilization based on actual channel conditions, resolving the contradiction between simple allocation and efficient resource use
2Productivity
If baseband pooling is implemented to share processing resources, then resource utilization efficiency improves, but system complexity and coordination overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The VRAN manager serves as a universal control entity that manages baseband resource envelopes for multiple network entities simultaneously. By centralizing the resource allocation function in a single multi-functional manager, the system achieves efficient resource sharing across multiple entities without requiring complex peer-to-peer coordination between them
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the VRAN manager as an intermediary layer between the physical processing resources and the network entities. This intermediary abstracts the complexity of resource management, allowing network entities to focus on their primary functions while the VRAN manager handles the complex coordination of baseband resource allocation and sharing
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for dynamically adapting a baseband resource envelope (e.g., baseband resources) allocated to a network entity. A virtual radio access network (VRAN) manager (e.g., a host platform for a VRAN) may perform baseband pooling to allocate a baseband resource envelope to a network entity for signal processing at the network entity. The network entity may perform measurements indicating the channel conditions associated with communicating with one or more user equipment (UEs), and the network entity may report the measurements to the VRAN manager. The VRAN manager may then adapt a baseband resource envelope allocated to the network entity based on the measurements to improve the utilization of processing resources.