Bulk data processing system
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12193113
The system allows real time collection and processing of massive data from many network elements. It has an elastic architecture that scales horizontally to support different network sizes. The system in a uniform data format for downstream consumption. It employs a pub/sub data distribution mechanism that supports multiple concurrent downstream subscribers efficiently in real-time.
Method for mobile service chaining via hybrid network resources switching
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12193079
A method includes receiving a request for a communication session from a user device, identifying a first resource from a plurality of resources, wherein the first resource is associated with a first service control layer for a radio access network and wherein the plurality of resources includes at least one virtual network function (VNF), identifying a second resource from the plurality of resources, wherein the second resource is associated with a second service control layer for LTE…
Validating the integration of new carrier components at access point equipment
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12192782
The technologies described herein are generally directed to validating the integration of new carrier components at base station equipment, e.g., in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, confirming based on installation data, an installation milestone of an installation of a carrier component at base station equipment, resulting in a confirmed milestone. The method can further include, based on the confirmed…
Relationship graphs for telecommunication network fraud detection
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12192400
A processing system may maintain a relationship graph that includes nodes and edges representing phone numbers and device identifiers having associations with the phone numbers. The processing system may obtain an identification of a first phone number or a first device identifier for a fraud evaluation and extract features from the relationship graph associated with at least one of the first phone number or the first device identifier. The plurality of features may include one or more…
Alarm correlation and ticketing for Open reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer networks
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12191981
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to alarm correlation and ticketing for reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (“ROADM”) networks. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a ROADM controller can create, based upon data associated with a plurality of ROADM network elements operating in a ROADM network, a graph of the plurality ROADM network elements. The ROADM controller can retrieve a plurality of alarms from at least a portion the plurality of ROADM…
Counting crowds by augmenting convolutional neural network estimates with fifth generation signal processing data
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190594
An example method for estimating a number of individuals present in a crowd includes generating a density map based on an image of a crowd, using a convolutional neural network, augmenting the density map with cellular signal processing data to produce an augmented density map, and estimating a number of individuals present in the crowd, based on the augmented density map.
Time-aware blockchain staged regulatory control of internet of things data
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12184774
The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to time-aware blockchain staged regulatory control of Internet of Things (“IoT”) data. A federation platform can receive a registration request from an enterprise edge platform to register a blockchain identifier for publication of public data on a public blockchain. The federation platform can determine if the registration request contains any restricted data parameters. In response to determining that the registration…
Dual subscriber identity module radio device and service recovery method
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12185401
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio device that has first and second subscriber identity modules; radio resources; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of establishing a first communications network connection associated with the first subscriber identity module; establishing a second communications network connection…
Message routing for partner carrier subscribers
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12185220
The disclosed technology is directed towards routing, by a mobile network operator, a message to a messaging hub associated with a partner carrier or to the partner carrier itself. In response to receiving a message to reroute, a data store (e.g., an ENUM database) is queried to attempt to obtain information corresponding to the routing. For example, when the query response includes a regular expression that specifies a domain, the domain is evaluated against a data structure of…
Dual connectivity cell selection with dynamic spectrum sharing
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12185118
The disclosed technology is directed towards avoiding a misconfiguration that uses a Long Term Evolution (LTE) and new radio dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) carrier as an LTE carrier and new radio primary secondary cell carrier concurrently for a dual connectivity mobile device. Network equipment can detect the misconfiguration and prevent its usage, or if already configured, deconfigure the LTE DSS secondary cell during setup of a dual connectivity mobile device. Alternatively a dual…
Encapsulating network performance metrics in border gateway protocol to support customer-driven path selection
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12184540
In one example, a method includes receiving a plurality of network probes originating from a first provider edge router in a service provider network, calculating a plurality of network performance metrics, based on the plurality of network probes, and storing the network performance metrics associated with each network probe of the plurality of network probes in a path metric table, wherein an entry in the path metric table for the each network probe includes a path traveled by the each…
Centralized method for computing bypass/FRR (fast re-route) tunnels
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12184538
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining for a first path carrying first network traffic a corresponding first alternate path; obtaining for a second path carrying second network traffic a corresponding second alternate path, at least a first portion of the first alternate path being the same as at least a second portion of the second alternate path; responsive to a first detected failure on the first path, causing communication of first re-directed network…
Autonomous aerial vehicle projection zone selection
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12183110
A processing system of an autonomous aerial vehicle including at least one processor may determine informational data to present for at least one person, capture at least a first image via at least one imaging sensor of the autonomous aerial vehicle in a vicinity of the at least one person and determine a first position and a first orientation of the at least one person. The processing system may then identify, based upon the first position and the first orientation of the at least one…
System and method for creating and using floating virtual machines
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12182600
A system includes a plurality of interconnected hardware platforms, wherein the plurality of hardware platforms are configured to run a software defined network, a plurality of virtual machines configured to be instantiated on the software defined network, and a plurality of floating management layers, each of the floating management layers associated with one of the plurality of virtual machines. Each floating management layer includes coupling the associated virtual machine to one of…
Systems, methods and computer readable media for software defined storage security protection
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12182423
A system is provided with a software controller; a storage platform capable of storing stored blocks of data and having a central processing unit; a controller monitoring and isolation tool embedded in the software controller; and a storage monitoring and isolation tool embedded in the storage platform that is capable of locking down a memory partition on the storage platform. The system also includes a memory for storing computer instructions and a host computer coupled with the memory,…
Enhanced 911 location for dense cell network meshes
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12181599
Techniques for Enhanced 911 (E911) location for dense cell network meshes are provided. A method can include obtaining, by a system comprising a processor via a communication network comprising first network cells listed in a neighboring cell list of a user equipment, coverage area information for the first network cells, wherein the coverage area information comprises respective reported positions of the first network cells and respective coverage radii of the first network cells;…
Unmanned aerial vehicle drive testing and mapping of carrier signals
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12172535
Unmanned aerial vehicle drive testing and mapping of carrier signals is disclosed. An example method may include determining that an unmanned aerial vehicle is travelling on a flight route at an altitude for determination of network performance of a cellular network. The method may further include determining, using an antenna, signal diagnostics of the cellular network during travel of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the flight route. The method may conclude with transmitting the signal…
Baseband unit pooling using shared scheduler
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177871
Described is centralized scheduling of baseband unit resources of a hub, including allocating and deallocating baseband unit resources of a distributed unit instance based on anticipated and/or actual demand for the resources. For example, when user equipment transitions to a connected state, a corresponding message can be detected and used to determine whether sufficient baseband unit resources exist to handle the traffic of the newly connecting user equipment. If not, additional…
Enhanced broadband and mobility access
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177773
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network communication device that includes a backhaul link circuit and a Wi-Fi access point to provide broadband services to a service provider's broadband customers and to provide mobility services to the service provider's mobility customers. This network communication device is installed outside of a dwelling unit in order to simplify the installation procedure and avoid property disruption. An extender device registered to…
LTE gateways for home and commercial sensor data
Granted: December 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12177754
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that receives data from a machine-type communication (MTC) device located at a premises, determines an identifier for the MTC device; compares the identifier with a list of identifiers; and, responsive to determining that the MTC device is a listed device, transmits the data to a first network element remote from the premises. The device and the first network element do not receive data from devices at the premises…
