O-RAN Neutral Host Configuration Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technologies face challenges in enabling multiple operators to share a single radio unit, lacking a standardized method for validating and committing configurations, which hinders efficient resource partitioning and management across different tenants.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for a shared O-RU Operator to validate and commit configurations received from tenant operators, ensuring conformity to out-of-band agreements, allowing for efficient resource sharing and management by validating and committing partitioned configurations within the shared O-RU framework.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple operators share a single radio unit in O-RAN, then resource utilization and economic viability are improved, but configuration validation and management complexity worsen without standardized methods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the configuration management process into distinct validation and commitment phases. The validation phase checks configuration parameters against predefined rules and agreements, while the commitment phase applies validated configurations to the shared radio unit. This segmentation reduces management complexity by providing structured, modular handling of multi-operator configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary validation mechanism that mediates between multiple tenant operators and the shared radio unit. This intermediary layer validates configurations against out-of-band agreements and orchestrates the commitment process, simplifying the interaction between multiple operators and the shared resource while ensuring compliance with sharing rules.
2Reliability
If configurations are validated and committed through standardized processes, then reliability and compliance are improved, but processing time and operational complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs validation actions preliminarily before commitment. Configuration parameters are validated against predefined rules and out-of-band agreements in advance of being committed to the shared radio unit. This preliminary validation ensures compliance and reliability while allowing for efficient batch processing of validated configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms that provide status information about validation and commitment processes. The system feedbacks validation results and commitment status to tenant operators, enabling transparent monitoring and reducing uncertainty. This feedback loop improves reliability by ensuring compliance while allowing for optimized processing through status-aware scheduling.
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AI summary
System, methods, and computer-readable media for validating and committing a shared O-RU configuration via a shared O-RU Operator. The shared O-RU Operator validates a partitioned configuration received from a tenant operator, with the ability to indicate to the tenant operator that the partitioned configuration is conformant to agreed-upon sharing rules and then commits the shared configuration to the shared O-RU. The shared O-RU operator shares the outcome of the commit operation to the tenant operator via defined operational-data that can be read by the tenant operator. A single radio in O-RAN is shared by multiple different operators and enables a neutral host to deploy a radio unit and then have that attached to different operators networks.