US 12,294,486 B2
Network configuration method and system
Shubham Deshmukh, Madhya Pradesh (IN); Ravi Manaware, Madhya Pradesh (IN); Jayveer Prajapati, Madhya Pradesh (IN); and Shubham Rathore, Madhya Pradesh (IN)
Assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/798,309
Filed by Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/032598
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/239357, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187304 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 43/0882 (2022.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0895 (2022.05); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method executed by a processor, the method comprising:
receiving a network configuration request from a site manager at a site of a network, wherein the network configuration request comprises location information of the site of the network;
based on the location information, identifying a geographic domain that includes the site of the network;
identifying a server cluster mapped to the geographic domain;
determining whether a network function exists in the server cluster and is capable of managing the network; and either
based on determining that a network function exists in the server cluster and is capable of managing the network, using the existing network function to configure the network, or
based on determining that no network function exists in the server cluster and is capable of managing the network, creating a new network function in the server cluster and using the new network function to configure the network.