Facilitation of radio access neighbor relationships for 5G or other next generation network
Automatic neighbor relationships (ANR) can be implemented within a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), which receives load information from network nodes and user equipment measurements from user equipment. The RIC can create and maintain real-time load information and leverage slicing knowledge of neighbor cells during mobility to direct the user equipment to various network slices. Thus, an enhanced radio access network (RAN) neighbor relationship that utilizes slicing information can provide slice level RAN neighbor visibility on top of physical ANR relationships to enable enhancements for mobility management optimization.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by network equipment comprising a processor, cell data representative of a neighbor relationship between a first network cell and a second network cell;
receiving, by the network equipment:
first capability data representative of a first capability of the first network cell, and
second capability data representative of a second capability of the second network cell;
determining, by the network equipment, a difference between the first capability and the second capability;
based on the difference, splitting, by the network equipment, the first network cell and the second network cell onto a first network slice and a second network slice, respectively; and
in response to receiving resource request data representative of a resource requested from a user equipment, allocating, by the network equipment, the resource from the first network cell to the user equipment based on the first capability.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adding, by the network equipment, the first capability of the first network cell to a data structure.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first capability is an ultra-reliable low latency capability.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein allocating the resource is further based on a new radio preferred status representative of a preferred new radio to be utilized.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transmission point type is assigned to a base station associated with the first network cell.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transmission point type is a millimeter wave transmission point type.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transmission point type is a sub-6 gigahertz transmission point type.
8. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
after determining a neighbor relationship between a first network cell and a second network cell,
receiving first capability data representative of a first capability of the first network cell, and
receiving second capability data representative of a second capability of the second network cell;
based on determining that the first capability is different than the second capability, allocating a first network slice, to the first network cell, that is different than a second network slice allocated to the second network cell; and
in response to receiving resource request data representative of a resource requested from a user equipment, allocating a resource of the first network cell to the user equipment based on the first capability.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to allocating the first network slice to the first network cell, updating a data structure with relationship data representative of a relationship between the first network cell and the first network slice.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to allocating the first network slice to the first network cell, updating a data structure with relationship data representative of a management function associated with the first network cell.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the management function is associated with a handover capability of the first network cell.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first network slice is associated with a high bandwidth capability according to a defined high bandwidth criterion.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second network slice is associated with a low bandwidth capability according to a defined low bandwidth criterion.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first network slice is associated with a massive internet-of-things connectivity capability.
15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving neighbor relationship data representative of a neighbor relationship between a first network cell and a second network cell;
receiving first capability data representative of a first capability of the first network cell;
receiving second capability data representative of a second capability of the second network cell;
in response to receiving the neighbor relationship data, the first capability data and the second capability data, determining that the first capability is different than the second capability;
based on the determining that the first capability is different than the second capability, allocating a first network slice, to the first network cell, that is different than a second network slice allocated to the second network cell; and
in response to receiving resource request data representative of a resource requested from a user equipment, allocating a resource of the first network cell to the user equipment based on the first capability.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first capability is an ultra-low latency capability according to a defined ultra-low latency criterion.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein operations further comprise:
receiving preference data representative of a preference for a millimeter wave transmission point type.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to receiving the preference data, updating a data structure with the preference data.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second capability is voice over new radio support capability.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the first capability is a vehicle to everything service capability.