Coverage and load based smart mobility
Disclosed is a method of operating a fifth-generation New Radio (5G NR) cellular telecommunication network radio access network (RAN). The method includes: receiving, by an intelligent sensor device, configuration information that identifies carrier frequencies; receiving, by the intelligent sensor device, a radio frequency signal at each of the carrier frequencies identified by the configuration information; generating, by the intelligent sensor device, digital signal information corresponding to the radio frequency signal received at each of the carrier frequencies identified by the configuration information; and transmitting, by the intelligent sensor device, the digital signal information to a sensor processing unit device. The sensor processing unit device determines a network load on each of the carrier frequencies identified by the configuration information based on the digital signal information. The sensor processing unit device transmits corresponding network load information to a processing device that makes user mobility determinations based on the network load information.
1 . A method performed by a sensor processing unit device of a cellular telecommunication network, the method comprising: receiving, by the sensor processing unit device, configuration information that identifies a plurality of carrier frequency bands, each carrier frequency band is associated with a separate wireless communication technology; transmitting, by the sensor processing unit device, the configuration information from the sensor processing unit device to an intelligent sensor device; receiving, by the sensor processing unit device, signal information from the intelligent sensor device, the signal information corresponding to digital copies of radio frequency signals captured by the intelligent sensor device at the plurality of carrier frequency bands identified by the configuration information; decoding, by the sensor processing unit device, the digital copies of the radio frequency signals based on the separate wireless communication technology associated with the carrier frequency band of the radio frequency signals; determining, by the sensor processing unit device, a network load on each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands identified by the configuration information based on the decoded radio frequency signals; and transmitting, by the sensor processing unit device, information indicating the network load on each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands identified by the configuration information.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein: the receiving configuration information includes receiving the configuration information from a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) device; and the transmitting information indicating the network load includes transmitting the information indicating the network load to the RIC device.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein: the receiving configuration information includes receiving the configuration information from a Centralized Unit (CU) device of the cellular telecommunication network; and the transmitting information indicating the network load includes transmitting the information indicating the network load to the CU device.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein decoding the digital copies of the radio frequency signals comprises: converting, by the sensor processing unit device, the digital copies of the radio frequency signals into a-waveforms corresponding to the separate wireless communication technology associated with the carrier frequency band of the radio frequency signals; and decoding, by the sensor processing unit device, the waveforms corresponding to the separate wireless communication technology associated with the carrier frequency band of the radio frequency signals.
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein: the separate wireless communication technology associated with the plurality of carrier frequency bands includes is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication technology, a 5G NR wireless communication technology, and a Wi-Fi wireless communication technology.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein: the sensor processing unit device is operated by a first mobile network operator (MNO), and the plurality of carrier frequencies identified by the configuration information includes at least one carrier frequency used by a second MNO that is different from the first MNO.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein: the sensor processing unit device is operated by a first mobile network operator (MNO), and the plurality of carrier frequencies identified by the configuration information are not used by the first MNO.
8 . A method of operating a fifth-generation New Radio (5G NR) cellular telecommunication network radio access network (RAN), the method comprising: transmitting, by a processing device of the cellular telecommunication network RAN, configuration information that identifies a plurality of carrier frequency bands to a sensor processing unit device; receiving, by the processing device, information indicating a network load on each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands identified by the configuration information from the sensor processing unit device, wherein the network load on each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands identified by the configuration information is based on radio frequency signals captured by a radio transceiver of an intelligent sensor device; determining, by the processing device, at least one user experience parameter based on the information indicating the network load on each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands identified by the configuration information; selecting, by the processing device, a radio unit device based on the at least one user experience parameter; and transmitting, by the sensor processing unit device, a message including information that identifies the radio unit device.
9 . The method of claim 8 wherein: the processing device is a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) device.
10 . The method of claim 8 wherein: the processing device is a Centralized Unit (CU) device.
11 . The method of claim 8 wherein: the message is configured to cause a handover of a User Equipment (UE) device to the radio unit device.
12 . The method of claim 8 wherein: the configuration information includes information that identifies a separate one or more wireless communication technology for each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands technologies.
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein: the separate wireless communication technology for each of the plurality of carrier frequency bands include a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication technology, a 5G NR wireless communication technology, or and a Wi-Fi wireless communication technology.
14 . The method of claim 8 wherein: the processing device is operated by a first mobile network operator (MNO), and the one or more carrier frequencies identified by the configuration information includes at least one carrier frequency used by a second MNO that is different from the first MNO.