Multi-tenant location service architecture for 5G network customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems face challenges in providing customized position location services to multiple tenants in a 5G network, as existing solutions lack flexibility and customization options for different user equipment devices and network configurations.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of Multi-Tenant Location as a Service (MT-LaaS) system, which allows each tenant to define customization parameters for positioning services and network core attributes, including the use of various positioning technologies and policies for storage, retention, and analytics, operating within a wireless network slice and utilizing a Gateway Mobile Location Center and Location Management Function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a standardized location service system is deployed across multiple tenants, then infrastructure cost is reduced and resource utilization is improved, but customization capability for different tenant requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments location services into multiple isolated network slices, each dedicated to a specific tenant. Each network slice contains tenant-specific location management functions, positioning engines, and data storage, enabling independent customization while sharing underlying physical infrastructure. This segmentation allows each tenant to have customized positioning technologies, data retention policies, and analytics capabilities without affecting other tenants.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested architecture where virtualized location service components are embedded within network slices, which are in turn hosted on shared physical infrastructure. The nested structure includes: physical hardware layer, virtualization layer, network slice layer with tenant-specific functions, and application layer. This nesting enables multi-tenant customization while consolidating infrastructure resources.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple positioning technologies are integrated to meet diverse tenant needs, then adaptability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal positioning framework within each network slice that can selectively activate different positioning technologies (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, cellular triangulation, Wi-Fi positioning) based on tenant requirements. The unified architecture provides common interfaces, data management, and analytics capabilities that work across all positioning methods, reducing complexity while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically configures positioning technology stacks within each network slice based on tenant-specific requirements, service conditions, and environmental factors. The positioning engine can adaptively select and combine different positioning methods in real-time, and tenants can dynamically adjust their positioning technology preferences through API interfaces without requiring system reconfiguration.
3Reliability
If tenant-specific customization parameters are allowed for location services, then service quality is improved, but configuration and management difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service capabilities through standardized API interfaces that enable tenants to independently configure their location service parameters, select positioning technologies, define data retention policies, and manage analytics preferences without requiring manual system configuration. Tenants can programmatically define customization parameters and have them automatically applied to their network slice, reducing operational complexity while maintaining high service quality.
4Reliability
If network slicing is implemented to isolate tenant data and services, then security and data privacy are improved, but infrastructure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network slice manager as an intermediary component that handles the complexity of multi-tenant isolation and resource management. The slice manager orchestrates the creation, configuration, and management of network slices, enforces security policies, and manages resource allocation between tenants. This intermediary abstracts the complexity of infrastructure management while providing strong security isolation through virtualized network functions and dedicated data paths for each tenant.
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AI summary
A multiple tenant architecture for providing location services in a wireless network. A method or system electronically defines, for each tenant of a plurality of tenants of the wireless network, customization parameters for one or more location services or location services systems. The customization parameters specify attributes or policies of the positioning technology used to locate the User Equipment (UE) devices and attributes or policies of the core network.