Patent ID: 11968282
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An adapter entity configured to manage managed equipment included in a radio access network (RAN) comprising a plurality of nodes, at least some of which are communicatively coupled to each other via a fronthaul network, wherein the RAN is configured to wirelessly communicate with user equipment (UE), the adapter entity comprising:
a Technical Report 069 (TR-069) protocol automatic configuration server (ACS) module configured to communicate with at least one node of the RAN using a TR-069 protocol;
a Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) server configured to communicate with a management entity using NETCONF; and
A TR-069-to-NETCONF mapper module, communicatively coupled to the TR-069 protocol ACS module and the NETCONF server, configured to dynamically map NETCONF requests and responses to and from TR-069 Protocol requests and responses, wherein the NETCONF requests and responses are related to the managed equipment and are communicated between the NETCONF server and the management entity, and wherein the TR-069 Protocol requests and responses are related to the managed equipment and are communicated between the TR-069 protocol ACS module and the managed equipment.