Patent for Improved Management of Cellular Networks

ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia, Associate Research Scientist Leonardo Bonati, and Associate Research Professor Salvatore D’Oro were awarded a patent for “Operating system for software-defined cellular networks.”
Abstract Source: USPTO
A self-optimizing operating system for next-generation cellular networks is provided. The system provides telecommunications operators with an efficient and flexible network control platform that hides low-level network details through a virtual network abstraction and allows them to define centralized and high-level control objectives with no need for in-depth and detailed knowledge of cross-layer optimization theory or the underlying wireless protocol stack implementation.