US 11,856,449 B2
Integrated radio network with multi operator and multi signal format fronthaul capability
Massimo Notargiacomo, Castel Bolognese (IT); Gilberto Brizzi, Clay, NY (US); Franceso Foresta, Faenza (IT); Alessandro Pagani, Bolonga (IT); Giovanni Chiurco, Bologna (IT); Giulio Gabelli, Bologna (IT); Davide Durante, Bologna (IT); Fabrizio Marchese, Castel S. Pietro Terme (IT); Richard Wank, Dallas, TX (US); and Michael Tierney, Skaneateles, NY (US)
Assigned to John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US)
Filed by John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/347,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,730, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400527 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0289 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0284 (2013.01)] 44 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for allocating fronthaul bandwidth resources among a plurality of network operators within a radio network, comprising:
assigning a hierarchy of priorities to the plurality of network operators,
wherein the hierarchy of priorities includes an allocation of fronthaul bandwidth resources;
establishing packet-based communications between a plurality of baseband processors and a plurality of remote units,
wherein each of the baseband processors corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of network operators;
routing a plurality of packet streams between each of the plurality of baseband processors and the plurality of remote units;
monitoring fronthaul traffic for at least one of an allocation violation and a congestion anomaly; and
based on a detection of at least one of an allocation violation and a congestion anomaly, mitigating the at least one of the allocation violation and the congestion anomaly,
wherein one or more of the baseband processors comprises an LTE eNodeB,
wherein the one or more LTE eNodeBs transmits and receives a CPRI data stream via a switch/monitor, and
wherein the switch/monitor converts the CPRI data stream to/from an additional time domain eCPRI packet stream.