US 12,477,350 B2
Network management method and system for a shared radio access network, RAN, infrastructure
Konstantinos Samdanis, Heidelberg (DE); and Xavier Costa Perez, Heidelberg (DE)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/367,668.
Application 17/367,668 is a continuation of application No. 15/749,788, granted, now 11,115,828, previously published as PCT/EP2015/069464, filed on Aug. 25, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 15180127 (EP), filed on Aug. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337392 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/14 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 16/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing network management for a shared Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure provided by a mobile network operator, the method comprising:
managing the shared RAN infrastructure by a master operator network manager of the mobile network operator; and
allocating, by the master operator network manager upon receiving service requests from one or more tenants, resources to accommodate the service requests,
wherein the master operator network manager cooperates with a capacity or resource broker residing inside the network of the mobile network operator that considers information on mobility of a user or a set of users involved in a particular service request for deciding on resource allocations to the particular service request.