Deploying a radio access network containerized network function (RAN CNF) that is portable across a plurality of RAN hardware platforms
US11544042B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/4557
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for deploying a Radio Access Network Containerized Network Function (RAN CNF) that is portable across a plurality of RAN hardware platforms is provided. The system includes a Software Development Kit (SDK), a schedule generator and a scheduler runtime unit. The SDK enables providing a RAN functionality in a physical layer (L1) software code in a platform-independent manner as a RAN pipeline of a plurality of RAN tasks. The RAN tasks include a first and second RAN task. The first RAN task invokes an Application programming interface (API) from a plurality of Application Programming Interfaces to call to the second RAN task. The schedule generator generates a schedule for allocating a node in the RAN pipeline to one or more processing elements. The scheduler runtime unit loads the RAN tasks corresponding to nodes in the RAN pipeline, based on the schedule generated by the schedule generator.
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