US 12,439,314 B2
Son function for dynamically configured RU in multi-protocol RAN
Fred J. Anderson, Lakeville, OH (US); Shailender Potharaju, Fremont, CA (US); Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US); and Clark Carty, Brunswick, OH (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/602,413.
Application 18/602,413 is a continuation of application No. 17/529,170, filed on Nov. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,956,685.
Prior Publication US 2024/0224145 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/14 (2013.01) [H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a report of conditions of a static radio of a first radio unit (RU) and a dynamic radio of the first RU, wherein the static radio is configured at boot-up and retains a network interface and the dynamic radio is reconfigurable to provide dynamic network service access across a plurality of different Radio Access Technologies (RATS);
determining that network service access needs of a User Equipment (UE) require that the dynamic radio switch from a first RAT to a second RAT of the plurality of different RATs based on the report of conditions;
running simulated scenarios to determine side effects of changing the dynamic radio to the second RAT; and
determining the dynamic radio is able to switch to a different radio technology to the second RAT without side effect issues based on the simulated scenarios; and
sending instructions to the first RU to switch the dynamic radio to the second RAT.