Private RAN Provisioning via Hyperscale Portal and Cloud Bootstrap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Device management systems designed for wireless service operators are not suitable for private enterprises deploying private radio access networks, requiring extensive knowledge and separate configuration of network entities, which is not feasible for non-operator users.
Innovation Solution
A third-party hyperscale network system comprising a hyperscale cloud and edge is used to obtain subscription information, determine initial configurations, deploy virtual entities, and provide final configurations for physical and virtual entities to enable wireless service through a private radio access network, utilizing a hyperscale services portal for user-friendly management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If device management systems are designed for wireless service operators, then the system can manage public radio access networks effectively, but the system becomes unsuitable for private enterprises deploying private radio access networks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service provider as an intermediary between private enterprises and the device management system. The service provider handles the complexity of configuring and managing physical and virtual entities, allowing private enterprises to deploy private radio access networks without requiring extensive knowledge of radio access network protocols and procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The device management system is designed to support multiple deployment scenarios including both public radio access networks operated by wireless service operators and private radio access networks deployed by private enterprises. This universal approach allows the same system to serve different customer types with different needs
2Ease of operation
If private enterprises deploy private radio access networks directly, then they can have control over their network, but they require extensive knowledge of radio access network protocols which is not feasible for non-operator users
Solution Approach 1:
The service provider acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of radio access network protocols and procedures. Private enterprises can deploy networks through the service provider without needing to understand the underlying technical complexity, while still maintaining control over their private radio access network deployment
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables private enterprises to self-deploy private radio access networks through automated processes. The device management system automatically provisions physical and virtual entities, configures network parameters, and manages the deployment lifecycle, allowing enterprises to deploy networks without requiring expert knowledge
Data Source
AI summary
To enable a private enterprise to subscribe to wireless service provided at a site of the private enterprise using a private radio access network (RAN), one embodiment is directed to a hyperscale network configured to: obtain subscription information for providing the wireless; determine initial configurations for physical entities deployed at the site; store the determined initial configurations in vendors clouds; deploy, in the hyperscale network, virtual entities needed to provide the wireless service; instruct the private enterprise to cause the physical entities deployed at the site to perform initial bootstrap processes whereby the physical entities download the determined initial configurations for use thereby in communicating with at least one of the virtual entities; and provide final configurations to the physical entities and the virtual entities for use thereby in configuring the physical entities and the virtual entities to provide the wireless service at the site using the RAN.