US 12,177,071 B2
Techniques for hardware configuration reporting using change messages
Emile Minh Tran, Sammamish, WA (US); Muhammad Shakil, Snoqualmie, WA (US); Robert Berrier, Renton, WA (US); Joshua Van de Walle, Bellevue, WA (US); Benjamin Yuen, Puyallup, WA (US); Danny Goswami, Bothell, WA (US); and Murali Krishnan Govindan, Ashburn, VA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,347.
Prior Publication US 2024/0388502 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/082 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/082 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
periodically receiving, at a first computing device, a status update, each status update comprising status information for one or more equipment nodes of a wireless communication network, the one or more equipment nodes including at least one of a base station or hardware associated with the base station;
for at least a subset of the status updates,
determining, by the first computing device based on the status information, one or more changes in status of the one or more equipment nodes since a first prior status update;
generating, by the first computing device, a change message that includes the one or more changes, wherein the change message does not include information about the one or more equipment nodes other than the one or more changes; and
providing, by the first computing device, the change message to at least one second computing device; and
for at least one other of the status updates not belonging to the subset,
determining, by the first computing device based on the status information, that there are no changes in status of the one or more equipment nodes since a second prior status update;
generating, by the first computing device, a heartbeat message that does not include information about the one or more equipment nodes other than an indication that nothing has changed since the second prior status update; and
providing, by the first computing device, the heartbeat message to the at least one second computing device,
wherein the one or more changes are used to update aggregate data maintained by the second computing device, and
wherein the first computing device and the second computing device are associated with the wireless communication network.