SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ORCHESTRATION

摘要

A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include monitoring, by a radio access network (RAN) orchestration function, impairments between a plurality of candidate locations interconnected by a transport network, wherein one or more network elements capable of performing one or more operations associated with a RAN are located at the plurality of candidate locations; determining a decomposition of one or more operations associated with the RAN into a plurality of sets of virtualized network functions (VNFs) to execute the operations; determining a distribution of the plurality of sets of VNFs among the one or more network elements associated with the RAN for one or more optimal locations of the plurality of candidate locations based, at least in part, on the monitored impairments; and instantiating the plurality of sets of VNFs at each of the one or more optimal locations.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a radio access network (RAN) orchestration function, a characterization of impairments between a plurality of locations interconnected by a transport network, wherein the plurality of locations includes a location associated with at least one radio frequency (RF) termination point and a plurality of other locations associated with network elements of a radio access network (RAN); determining, based at least in part on the characterization of impairments between the plurality of locations interconnected by the transport network, a decomposition of one or more operations associated with the RAN into a first set of virtualized network functions (VNFs) associated with first operations to be executed for one or more RAN controllers and a second set of VNFs associated with operations to be executed for the at least one RF termination point; instantiating the first set of VNFs at one or more particular locations of the plurality of other locations associated with the network elements of the RAN interconnected by the transport network; and instantiating the second set of VNFs at the location of the at least one RF termination point.