US 11,811,630 B2
Managing a communications system based on software defined networking (SDN) architecture
Robert Fred Basile, Tega Cay, SC (US); and Jason Elliott Greene, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Corning Optical Communications LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,572.
Application 17/478,572 is a continuation of application No. 16/836,136, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,159,405.
Application 16/836,136 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,149, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,680,920, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 16/195,149 is a continuation of application No. 15/482,890, filed on Apr. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,135,706, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006715 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 41/5025 (2022.01); H04B 10/2575 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/5067 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/065 (2013.01) [H04B 10/25753 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/5025 (2013.01); H04L 41/5067 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A software defined networking (SDN) controller in a communications system, the SDN controller configured to:
receive a wireless distribution system (WDS) performance report from a WDS control system in communication with the SDN controller and a WDS comprising a plurality of remote units;
receive a local area network (LAN) performance report from a LAN control system in communication with the SDN controller and a LAN;
determine whether quality-of-experiences (QoEs) of the communications system meet performance targets;
provide a WDS configuration instruction to the WDS control system in response to determining that the WDS needs to be reconfigured to improve the QoEs of the communications system; and
provide a LAN configuration instruction to the LAN control system in response to determining that the LAN needs to be reconfigured to improve the QoEs of the communications system, wherein:
the LAN control system is configured to:
determine a selected radio frequency (RF) circuit in the LAN that is out of service; and
generate the LAN performance report indicating that the selected RF circuit is out of service; and
the SDN controller is configured to provide the WDS configuration instruction to the WDS control system to shift capacity to a selected remote unit in the WDS that is collocated with the selected RF circuit.