TENANT DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE NETWORK COMPONENTS

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Ravi Kiran Guntupalli of Cumming GA (US)

TENANT DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE NETWORK COMPONENTS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18665711 titled 'TENANT DEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE NETWORK COMPONENTS

The patent application describes a system that utilizes a central control plane in a managed 5G network service architecture to deploy tenant-specific user plane function (UPF) and gNB components within tenant-managed compute infrastructure.

Assigns gNBs and UPF instances to specific tenants and communicates these assignments to core components.
Defines and applies policies to specific tenants from the central control plane.
Routes inbound data to a specific tenant by referencing a data store in the control plane that identifies assigned gNBs for that tenant.
Pages the assigned gNBs to service the incoming data.

Potential Applications: - Telecom companies can use this technology to efficiently manage and allocate resources in their 5G networks. - Cloud service providers can enhance their network services by implementing tenant-specific components.

Problems Solved: - Efficient resource allocation in a managed 5G network service architecture. - Streamlined communication and coordination between core components and tenant-specific components.

Benefits: - Improved network performance and resource utilization. - Enhanced security and isolation for different tenants in the network.

Commercial Applications: This technology can be applied in telecommunications, cloud computing, and network infrastructure industries to optimize resource allocation and improve network efficiency.

Questions about the technology: 1. How does this technology improve resource allocation in a 5G network? 2. What are the key advantages of deploying tenant-specific components in a managed network architecture?

Original Abstract Submitted

Disclosed are embodiments that leverage a central control plane of a managed 5G network service architecture across multiple serviced tenants by deploying tenant specific user plane function (UPF) and gNB components within tenant managed compute infrastructure. To enable this architecture, the disclosed embodiments assign gNBs and UPF instances to specific tenants and communicate those assignments to core components. Policies can be defined and applied to specific tenants from the central control plane. Inbound data routing to a specific tenant is accomplished by referencing a data store in the control plane that identifies which gNBs are assigned to a tenant associated with the incoming data. Those gNBs are then paged to service the incoming data.