Patent ID: 11882482
Assignee: MAVENIR NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of handling communication traffic in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN)—compatible system, comprising:
i) directing, by a Top of Rack switch, communication traffic from a first sector of a first specified cell site having a first type of traffic load profile to one of a first specified virtual machine or server;
ii) directing, by the Top of Rack switch, communication traffic from a first sector of a second specified cell site having a second type of traffic load profile to the one of the first specified virtual machine or server; and
iii) directing, by the Top of Rack switch, communication traffic from a second sector of the first specified cell site to one of a second specified virtual machine or server;
iv) directing, by the Top of Rack switch, communication traffic from a second sector of the second specified cell site to the one of the second specified virtual machine or server;
v) aggregating, by the one of the first specified virtual machine or server, the communication traffic from the first sector of the first specified cell site with the communication traffic from the first sector of the second specified cell site; and
vi) aggregating, by the one of the second specified virtual machine or server, the communication traffic from the second sector of the first specified cell site with the communication traffic from the second sector of the second specified cell site.