Samsung patents server that times network updates to avoid outages
Samsung describes a management server that decides when to update network equipment. It checks the current status of the network and how well nearby clusters are performing to pick a safe time for changes.
In the filing’s own words
A management server includes at least one processor including: a monitoring module; and a scheduling module, including the monitoring module is configured to resource information from at least one cluster, and in which the scheduling module is configured to: receive an update request for the at least one cluster, determine an update time point of the at least one cluster based on (i) status information and network performance information included in the resource information and on (ii) a service coverage of a neighboring cluster, and transmit an update specification so as to update network functions of the at least one cluster at the determined update time point.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A management server comprising: at least one processor comprising: a monitoring module; and a scheduling module, wherein the monitoring module is configured to receive resource information from at least one cluster, and wherein the scheduling module is configured to: receive an update request for the at least one cluster, determine an update time point of the at least one cluster based on (i) status information and network performance information included in the resource information and on (ii) a service coverage of a neighboring cluster, and transmit an update specification so as to update network functions of the at least one cluster at the determined update time point.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260270144A1
- Application number
- 19676164
- Filed
- May 13, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 41/082 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/62 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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