Automated parameter deployment for cellular communication networks

Abstract

The described technology is generally directed towards generating and deploying radio access network parameters by a management platform. The management platform can use a defined data structure as a carrier for parameters within the management platform. Newly generated parameters can be placed in the defined data structure. The newly generated parameters can be approved at the management platform for deployment to radio access network devices. A software defined networking function of the management platform can convert a parameter into a specific format utilized at a radio access network, and the software defined networking function can deploy the converted parameter to the radio access network.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on an analysis of radio access network data received via a radio access network, generating, via a data collection, analysis and events function of a management platform, a parameter for the radio access network;   including, via the data collection, analysis and events function, the parameter for the radio access network in an instance of a defined data structure, wherein a definition of the defined data structure permits different instances of the defined data structure to comprise different parameters for different radio access networks; and   outputting, via the data collection, analysis and events function, the instance of the defined data structure, wherein the management platform formats the instance of the defined data structure for the radio access network and delivers a corresponding formatted data structure to an element management system for the radio access network.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise approving the parameter via a control loop coordinator of the management platform or a policy manager of the management platform. 
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the instance of the defined data structure via a data movement as a platform interface to a software defined networking device of the management platform. 
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the instance of the defined data structure at the software defined networking device of the management platform, and wherein the software defined networking device of the management platform formats the instance of the defined data structure for the radio access network and delivers the corresponding formatted data structure to the element management system for the radio access network. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 4 , wherein the software defined networking device of the management platform formats the instance of the defined data structure for multiple respective radio access networks. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 5 , wherein the software defined networking device of the management platform formats the instance of the defined data structure for the multiple respective radio access networks by communicating the instance of the defined data structure to multiple respective adaptors corresponding to the multiple respective radio access networks. 
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 6 , wherein the multiple respective adaptors generate multiple respective formatted data structures for the multiple respective radio access networks. 
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the parameter comprises an adjustable interface element for radio access network nodes of the radio access network. 
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the element management system is adapted to provide the formatted data structure to the radio access network nodes of the radio access network, the formatted data structure enabling control, by the management platform, of the parameter at the radio access network nodes. 
     
     
         10 . A method, comprising:
 generating, by network equipment comprising a processor and comprises a data collection, analysis and events function of a management platform, a radio access network parameter based on an analysis of radio access network data from a radio access network,   wherein the radio access network parameter comprises an adjustable interface element for control of radio access network nodes of the radio access network by the management platform;   including, by the network equipment comprising the data collection, analysis and events function, the radio access network parameter in a management platform payload; and   outputting, by the network equipment comprising the data collection, analysis and events function, the management platform payload for further processing by the network management platform, wherein the further processing comprises formatting the radio access network parameter in multiple different formats for deployment to multiple different radio access network element management systems.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the further processing by the network management platform comprises approving the radio access network parameter by a control loop coordinator of the network management platform. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the further processing by the network management platform comprises approving the radio access network parameter by policy manager of the network management platform. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the formatting the radio access network parameter in multiple different formats is performed by a software defined networking function of the network management platform. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the software defined networking function of the network management platform formats the radio access network parameter in multiple different formats using multiple different adaptors that generate multiple different radio access network files. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the multiple different radio access network files each comprise the radio access network parameter and different respective radio access network file properties associated with respective ones of the multiple different radio access network element management systems. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the different respective radio access network file properties utilize different respective syntaxes. 
     
     
         17 . Network equipment, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:   analyzing, by a data collection, analysis and events function of a management platform of the network equipment, radio access network data received via a radio access network;   generating, based on a result of the analyzing, a parameter comprising an adjustable interface element for control of radio access network nodes of the radio access network by the management platform;   including the parameter in a management platform payload; and   providing the management platform payload to a different function of the network management platform, other than the data collection, analysis and events function, in order to format and deploy the parameter to multiple different radio access network element management systems associated with multiple different radio access networks, wherein each of the multiple different radio access network element management systems comprises a different parameter syntax requirement.   
     
     
         18 . The network equipment of  claim 17 , wherein the different function of the network management platform comprises a software defined networking component equipped with multiple different adaptors configured to generate multiple different radio access network files based on the management platform payload. 
     
     
         19 . The network equipment of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise collecting the radio access network data by a data collector. 
     
     
         20 . The network equipment of  claim 17 , wherein analyzing the radio access network data is performed by an analytics microservice of the data collection, analysis and events function.