US 12,244,457 B2
Real-time inventory for cloud network resources
Ali Shahwaiz, Littleton, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH WIRELESS L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH WIRELESS L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,071.
Prior Publication US 2024/0422053 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/16 (2022.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/08 (2013.01) [H04L 41/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cellular network comprising:
radio access network (RAN) nodes where each RAN node includes (i) a central unit (CU) that resides on a public cloud of the cellular network, (ii) a distributed unit (DU) that resides on a private cloud of the cellular network such that the DU is in communication with the CU on the public cloud of the cellular network, and (iii) a radio unit (RU) under control of the DU;
network repository functions (NRFs) that are distributed on the cellular network and reside on at least the public cloud of the cellular network where the NRFs control operation of cell sites and local data centers (LDCs) on the cellular network; and
processors configured to control data collection edge applications residing with the NRFs to:
send messages to at least one NRF with which each data collection edge application resides;
receive operating data from the at least one NRF when the at least one NRF is active;
store the operating data in a log;
filter the operating data in the log to obtain filtered operating data;
format the filtered operating data to obtain formatted operating data; and
send the formatted operating data to one or more data collection tracking agents configured to track resource inventory on the cellular network.