Patent ID: 11930374
Assignee: DISH WIRELESS L.L.C.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A cellular network system with advanced secondary operator privacy, the cellular network system comprising:
a first radio unit that communicates with a first plurality of user equipment using a first radio spectrum, wherein:
first communications between the first radio unit and a cellular network are performed using a first cellular network slice; and
the first radio unit is operated by a cellular network operator;

a second radio unit that communicates with a second plurality of user equipment using a second radio spectrum, wherein:
the second radio unit is operated by a secondary operator distinct from the cellular network operator;
second communications between the second radio unit and the cellular network are performed using a second cellular network slice; and
the second communications are encrypted such that the cellular network cannot decrypt the second communications;

a distributed unit (DU) of the cellular network that is in communication with the first radio unit and the second radio unit, wherein the DU is operated by the cellular network operator; and
a first national data center (NDC) of the cellular network that is in communication with the DU, wherein:
the first NDC processes the first communications performed using the first cellular network slice; and
a second NDC, operated by the secondary operator distinct from the cellular network operator, processes the encrypted second communications performed using the second cellular network slice.