Network optimization and control for wireless networks

Abstract

The disclosed technology is generally directed towards optimization and control of wireless networks based on monitoring and/or analytics data received at a radio access network (RAN) controller device in a split RAN protocol architecture. The RAN controller device processes the monitoring/analytics data and provides control information and/or optimization data, which can be policy data, to a central unit device that can configure the wireless network based on the control information and/or optimization data. The technology can facilitate optimization and configuration of mobility procedures including handovers and secondary cell group changes, optimization of carrier aggregation and dual connectivity procedures based on multiple metrics, and can facilitate centralized optimization of topology and route selection for integrated access and backhaul nodes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 based on respective power consumption of integrated access and backhaul nodes associated with a split radio access network, selecting, by network equipment comprising a processor, a route for traffic between a user equipment and a distributed unit device associated with the split radio access network; and   based on the route, configuring, by the network equipment, a communication link between the user equipment and the distributed unit device via the split radio access network.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selecting the route is further based on a location of the user equipment. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selecting the route is further based on an application layer metric. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selecting the route is further based on a latency threshold. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selecting the route is further based on an interference measurement threshold. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the route comprises a group of nodes of the integrated access and backhaul nodes. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selecting the route comprises generating a topology graph of possible connections between the integrated access and backhaul nodes. 
     
     
         8 . Network equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 choosing a route for traffic between a user equipment and a distributed unit device of a split radio access network based on respective power consumption of integrated access and backhaul nodes of the split radio access network; and 
 forming, based on the route, a communication link, in the split radio access network, between the user equipment and the distributed unit device. 
   
     
     
         9 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the choosing is further based on a location of the user equipment. 
     
     
         10 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the choosing is further based on an application layer metric. 
     
     
         11 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the choosing is further based on a latency threshold. 
     
     
         12 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the choosing is further based on an interference measurement threshold. 
     
     
         13 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the route comprises a group of the integrated access and backhaul nodes. 
     
     
         14 . The network equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the choosing comprises generating a topology graph of possible connections between at least two of the integrated access and backhaul nodes. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 configuring a route for traffic between a user equipment and a distributed unit device that is part of a split radio access network based on respective power consumption of integrated access and backhaul nodes that are part of the split radio access network; and   establishing, based on the route via the split radio access network, a communication link between the user equipment and the distributed unit device.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the configuring is further based on a location of the user equipment. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the configuring is further based on an application layer metric. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the configuring is further based on a latency threshold. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the configuring is further based on an interference measurement threshold. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the route comprises multiple nodes of the integrated access and backhaul nodes.