Patent ID: 11916999
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a server at a site of a radio access network (RAN) that includes:
one or more processors configured to run virtualized RAN network functions; and
one or more network function accelerator cards in communication with the one or more processors;

wherein the server stores instructions that upon execution on or across the one or more processors:
select a particular networking hardware device from among a plurality of networking hardware devices of the server to transmit at least a portion of mid-haul traffic of a radio-based application from a distributed unit (DU) of the radio-based application to a centralized unit (CU) of the radio-based application, wherein the DU includes one or more virtualized RAN network functions run at the one or more processors, and wherein selecting the particular networking hardware device includes determining whether to use (a) a first networking hardware device incorporated within a network function accelerator card of the one or more network function accelerator cards, or (b) a second networking hardware device which is not incorporated within the network function accelerator card;
cause the portion of mid-haul traffic to be transmitted from the server to the CU via the particular networking hardware device; and
cause at least a portion of front-haul traffic of the radio-based application to be transmitted from the server to a radio unit (RU) of the radio-based application via the first networking hardware device.