A method includes generating a shaped gate signal using a gate voltage generator and providing the shaped gate signal to a gate of an active component of a radio frequency (RF) chain in a time delay-based array. The method also includes amplifying noise with a changing gain based on the shaped gate signal using the active component and generating shaped noise data based on the amplified noise using the RF chain. The method further includes measuring a path length for the RF chain based on an arrival time for the shaped noise data and calculating a time delay for the RF chain based on the path length to calibrate the array.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first data sourced from a first plurality of applications, analyzing the first data to identify a conflict involving a radio access network of communication network, resulting in a first identified conflict, identifying a first plurality of candidate resolutions for addressing the first identified conflict, selecting a resolution from the first plurality of candidate resolutions, resulting in a first selected resolution, and implementing the first selected resolution. Other embodiments are disclosed.