IP Library Granted Patent US 12,284,526
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US 12,284,526 · App. 18/802,740 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

System, method, and apparatus for providing optimized network resources

Inventors: Armando Montalvo (Winter Garden, FL); Khashayar Kotobi (Tysons Corner, VA)
Assignee: Digital Global Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,284,526
App. No.
18/802,740
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.

Claims (46)

1. A system for spectrum management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

at least one monitoring sensor operable to create measured data from the electromagnetic environment;

a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) layer in a network slice, wherein the MEC layer is in communication with a radio access network (RAN) and a core network; and

at least one data analysis engine in the MEC layer operable to analyze the measured data;

an artificial intelligence (AI) agent in communication with the at least one data analysis engine;

wherein the at least one data analysis engine uses an equalizer to reduce signal interference and/or distortion of at least one signal based on information from at least one other signal for preemptive removal of the at least one other signal before equalization;

wherein the at least one signal and the at least one other signal have a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation type; and

wherein the AI agent is operable to make predictions about the electromagnetic environment based on the analyzed data and/or a previous dataset; and

wherein the equalizer is operable to use the predictions about the electromagnetic environment for the equalization and mitigation of signal noise of the at least one signal in real-time as the electromagnetic environment changes.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network slice is administered by a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the equalizer reduces the signal interference and/or the distortion of the at least one signal using a Kullback Leibler (KL) Divergence value.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the AI agent is operable to utilize at least one AI or machine learning (ML) algorithm to make predictions about the electromagnetic environment.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein slicing architecture of the MEC layer is based on a plurality of factors including geographic scope, specificity of services, flexible architecture, and/or implementation of MEC applications as part of a slice access point.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the AI agent is operable to provide at least one recommendation to optimize L1, L2, and/or L3 network parameters in real time.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the equalizer improves the modulation error ratio (MER) of the QPSK modulation type by decreasing the error of the at least one signal.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the equalizer utilizes information theory.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the AI agent is operable to dynamically suggest changes to network parameters based on at least one customer goal.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one radio unit, distributed unit, and/or central unit, wherein at least one of the at least one radio unit, distributed unit, and/or central unit includes the AI agent.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal and at least one other signal have an overlapping bandwidth.

12. A system for spectrum management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

at least one monitoring sensor operable to create measured data from the electromagnetic environment;

a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) layer in a network slice, wherein the MEC layer is in communication with a radio access network (RAN) and a core network; and

at least one data analysis engine in the MEC layer operable to analyze the measured data;

an artificial intelligence (AI) agent in communication with the at least one data analysis engine;

wherein the at least one data analysis engine uses an equalizer to reduce signal interference and/or distortion of at least one signal based on information from at least one other signal for preemptive removal of the at least one other signal before equalization;

wherein the at least one signal and the at least one other signal have a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation type;

wherein the AI agent is operable to make predictions about the electromagnetic environment based on the analyzed data and/or a previous dataset;

wherein the equalizer is operable to use the predictions about the electromagnetic environment for the equalization and mitigation of signal noise of the at least one signal in real-time as the electromagnetic environment changes; and

wherein the MEC layer is operable to use the predictions from the AI agent to create actionable data for optimizing network resources.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the AI agent is operable to provide at least one recommendation for optimization of L1, L2, and/or L3 parameters.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the AI agent is operable to provide at least one recommendation to optimize performance over time based on a training model.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the AI agent is operable to provide for validation of sensor fusion based on pattern recognition.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the actionable data is based on customer goals.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the equalizer utilizes information theory.

18. A system for spectrum management in an electromagnetic environment comprising:

at least one monitoring sensor operable to create measured data from the electromagnetic environment;

a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) layer in a network slice, wherein the MEC layer is in communication with a radio access network (RAN) and a core network; and

at least one data analysis engine in the MEC layer operable to analyze the measured data;

an artificial intelligence (AI) agent in communication with the at least one data analysis engine;

wherein the at least one data analysis engine uses an equalizer to reduce signal interference and/or distortion of at least one signal based on information from at least one other signal for preemptive removal of the at least one other signal before equalization;

wherein the at least one signal and the at least one other signal have a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation type;

wherein the AI agent is operable to make predictions about the electromagnetic environment based on the analyzed data and/or a previous dataset;

wherein the equalizer is operable to use the predictions about the electromagnetic environment for the equalization and mitigation of signal noise of the at least one signal in real-time as the electromagnetic environment changes; and

wherein the AI agent is operable to provide recommendations for optimization of network parameters based on at least one customer goal.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the equalizer reduces the signal interference and/or the distortion of at least one signal using a Kullback Leibler (KL) Divergence value.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the AI agent is operable to provide at least one recommendation for optimization of L1, L2, and/or L3 network parameters in real time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2024
From: MONTALVO, ARMANDO; KOTOBI, KHASHAYAR
To: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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Continuity (16)
Continuation 18799623 · Aug 9, 2024
Continuation In Part 18789220 · Jul 30, 2024
Continuation In Part 18738760 · Jun 10, 2024
Continuation In Part 18646330 · Apr 25, 2024
Continuation In Part 18417659 · Jan 19, 2024
Continuation 18411817 · Jan 12, 2024
Continuation 18405531 · Jan 5, 2024
Continuation 18526329 · Dec 1, 2023
Continuation 18237970 · Aug 25, 2023
Continuation In Part 18085904 · Dec 21, 2022
Continuation In Part 18086115 · Dec 21, 2022
Continuation 18085733 · Dec 21, 2022
Continuation 18085791 · Dec 21, 2022
Continuation In Part 17901035 · Sep 1, 2022
Provisional Application 63370184 · Aug 2, 2022
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