COGNITIVE VIRTUAL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a software-based solution that can classify interference signals in real-time affecting a radio equipment and provide/implement an interference mitigations scheme to combat the interference signal and restore communication system of the radio equipment. In one aspect, a radio equipment includes memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive at least one interference signal via an antenna of the radio; determine one or more layers characteristics of one or network layers used for transmission of signals for the radio; classify the interference signal using one or more features in the interference signal and the one or more layers characteristics; and determine an interference mitigation scheme for countering the interference signal.
1 . A device comprising:
memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein; and
one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to operate as a virtualized radio access network to:
receive at least one interference signal via an antenna;
classify the interference signal using one or more features in the signal received and one or more network layer characteristics of a modem of the device; and
determine an interference mitigation scheme for countering the interference signal based on classification of the interference signal.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes switching operation of the device from an existing frequency band to a different frequency band.
3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes applying an updated signal processing function to signals received at the device.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes applying an adaptive filter to signals received at the device.
5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes updating one or more modifying a utilized modulation and coding scheme or increasing a transmit power of the device.
6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme is determined using a trained neural network.
7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to operate as a 5G virtualized radio access network.
8 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors configured to operate as a virtualized radio access network, cause the virtualized radio access network to:
receive at least one interference signal via an antenna;
classify the interference signal using one or more features in the signal received and one or more network layer characteristics of a modem associated with the virtualized radio access network; and
determine an interference mitigation scheme for countering the interference signal based on classification of the interference signal.
9 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes switching operation of a device from an existing frequency band to a different frequency band.
10 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes applying an updated signal processing function to signals received at a device associated with the virtualized radio access network.
11 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes applying an adaptive filter to signals received at a device associated with the virtualized radio access network.
12 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes updating one or more modifying a utilized modulation and coding scheme or increasing a transmit power of a device associated with the virtualized radio access network.
13 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme is determined using a trained neural network.
14 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the virtualized radio access network is a 5G virtualized radio access network.
15 . A method of interference mitigation by a virtualized radio access network, the method comprising:
receiving at least one interference signal via an antenna;
classifying the interference signal using one or more features in the signal received and one or more network layer characteristics of a modem associated with the virtualized radio access network; and
determining an interference mitigation scheme for countering the interference signal based on classification of the interference signal.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes switching operation of a device from an existing frequency band to a different frequency band.
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes applying an updated signal processing function to signals received at a device associated with the virtualized radio access network.
18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes applying an adaptive filter to signals received at a device associated with the virtualized radio access network.
19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme includes updating one or more modifying a utilized modulation and coding scheme or increasing a transmit power of a device associated with the virtualized radio access network.
20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the interference mitigation scheme is determined using a trained neural network.