Granted Patent B2

US 12,634,218 · App. 18/890,571 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventors: Victor Elizondo Santos (Englewood, CO); Gaurang Deshmukh (Denver, CO); Dean DellaLoggia (Englewood, CO); Nidhi Gandhi (Englewood, CO); Jonathan Amdahl (Castle Rock, CO)

Assignee: Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.

H04L43/10H04L41/12

Abstract

Claims (77)

1 . A method for performing health checks on network components in a cellular wireless network, the method comprising:

obtaining cluster data regarding the network components from a cluster management tool;

aggregating configuration files from multiple clusters into a master configuration file based on the cluster data;

creating a topology file for on-premises network components based on the master configuration file;

determining a health status for each of the network components based on a health status dataset developed using the topology file; and

generating a payload containing network component health check results based on the determined health status.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: converting the payload containing the network component health check results to a standardized format;

publishing the converted payload containing network component health check results to a distributed streaming platform; and

storing the converted payload containing network component health check results in a cloud storage service.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the determining the health status for said each of the network components based on the health status dataset developed using the topology file includes:

using the topology file, executing health check scripts to:

extract alarm data from an element management system to extract information about status of network elements;

access a container orchestration platform to extract information regarding nodes associated with containerized network components and status of the nodes;

join the alarm data and the information regarding the nodes associated with the containerized network components to generate the health status dataset including a joined health status dataset;

flatten the joined health status dataset;

add actual and expected Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) fields to the joined health status dataset; and

detect disabled cells based on the joined health status dataset.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the determining the health status for said each of the network components based on the health status dataset developed using the topology file further includes:

examining parameters and metrics indicated by the health status dataset to classify a cell site status; and

examining parameters and metrics indicated by the health status dataset to classify the health status of various network components.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the cluster management tool, the element management system, and the container orchestration platform are accessed via application programming interfaces (APIs).

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising making the network component health check results available to and displayed on a Network Operations Center (NOC) data visualization dashboard.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network components comprise one or more of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU).

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the health status includes:

filtering and classifying alarms;

classifying container statuses; and

evaluating criteria including cloud services router (CSR) reachability, master node status, and virtualization platform synchronization state.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed within a containerized environment running on a cloud computing platform.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, based on the network component health check results, differences between network components implemented in a cloud environment and network components implemented as on-premises devices; and

adjusting a network component health check process based on the detected differences.

11 . A system for performing health checks on network components in a cellular wireless network, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

obtain cluster data regarding the network components from a cluster management tool;

aggregate configuration files from multiple clusters into a master configuration file based on the cluster data;

create a topology file for on-premises network components based on the master configuration file;

determine a health status for each of the network components based on a health status dataset developed using the topology file; and

generate a payload containing network component health check results based on the determined health status.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to:

convert the payload containing the network component health check results to a standardized format;

publish the converted payload containing the network component health check results to a distributed streaming platform; and

store the converted payload containing network component health check results in a cloud storage service.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the determining the health status for said each of the network components based on the health status dataset developed using the topology file includes:

using the topology file to execute health check scripts to:

extracting alarm data from an element management system to extract information about status of network elements;

accessing a container orchestration platform to extract information regarding nodes associated with containerized network components and status of the nodes;

joining the alarm data and the information regarding nodes associated with the containerized network components to generate the health status dataset including a joined health status dataset;

flattening the joined health status dataset;

adding actual and expected Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) fields to the joined health status dataset; and

detecting disabled cells based on the joined health status dataset.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the determining the health status for said each of the network components based on the health status dataset developed using the topology file further includes:

examining parameters and metrics indicated by the health status dataset to classify a cell site status; and

examining parameters and metrics indicated by the health status dataset to classify the health status of various network components.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the cluster management tool, the element management system, and the container orchestration platform are accessed via application programming interfaces (APIs).

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for performing health checks on network components in a cellular wireless network, the operations comprising:

obtaining cluster data regarding the network components from a cluster management tool;

aggregating configuration files from multiple clusters into a master configuration file based on the cluster data;

creating a topology file for on-premises network components based on the master configuration file;

determining a health status for each of the network components based on a health status dataset developed using the topology file; and

generating a payload containing network component health check results based on the determined health status.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

converting the payload containing the network component health check results to a standardized format;

publishing the converted payload containing the network component health check results to a distributed streaming platform; and

storing the converted payload containing the network component health check results in a cloud storage service.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein determining the health status for said each of the network components based on the health status dataset developed using the topology file includes:

using the topology file, executing health check scripts to:

extract alarm data from an element management system to extract information about status of network elements;

access a container orchestration platform to extract information regarding nodes associated with containerized network components and status of the nodes;

join the alarm data and information regarding nodes associated with containerized network components to generate the health status dataset including a joined health status dataset;

flatten the joined health status dataset;

add actual and expected Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) fields to the joined health status dataset; and

detect disabled cells based on the joined health status dataset.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein determining the health status for said each of the network components based on the health status dataset developed using the topology file further includes:

examining parameters and metrics indicated by the health status dataset to classify a cell site status; and

examining parameters and metrics indicated by the health status dataset to classify the health status of various network components.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the cluster management tool, the element management system, and the container orchestration platform are accessed via application programming interfaces (APIs).

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