System and method for providing a cloud resource optimization policy in telecommunications system
View Patent ↗A system for implementing an open cloud (O-Cloud) optimization policy by an application hosted in a near real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) of a telecommunications network. The system includes a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to implement the nRT-RIC within an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture, the at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive the O-Cloud optimization policy from a non-real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (NRT-RIC) within a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework of the telecommunications network; control to implement the O-Cloud optimization policy in the O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN.
1. A system for implementing an open cloud (O-Cloud) optimization policy by an application hosted in a near real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) of a telecommunications network, the system comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to implement the nRT-RIC within an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture, the nRT-RIC being communicatively coupled to an O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN via an interface, the at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
receive the O-Cloud optimization policy from a non-real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (NRT-RIC) within a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework of the telecommunications network;
control to implement, via the interface, the O-Cloud optimization policy in the O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:
receive the O-Cloud optimization policy from the NRT-RIC within the SMO framework via an A1 interface.
3. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
receive data comprising at least one of performance data and event data from at least one physical host in the O-cloud computing environment within the O-RAN via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
send and receive data of at least one O2 Management Service in the O-cloud computing environment via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
5. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
control to implement the O-Cloud optimization policy via at least one O2 Management Service in the O-Cloud computing environment via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
6. The system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the performance data of the at least one physical host comprises a processor load, a memory usage, and a hard disk drive usage of the at least one physical host.
7. A method for implementing an open cloud (O-Cloud) optimization policy by an application hosted in a near real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) of a telecommunications network, the nRT-RIC being communicatively coupled to an O-Cloud computing environment within an open radio access network (O-RAN) via an interface, the method comprising:
receiving, by the nRT-RIC, the O-Cloud optimization policy from a non-real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (NRT-RIC) within a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework of the telecommunications network;
controlling to implement, by the nRT-RIC via the interface, the O-Cloud optimization policy in the O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by the nRT-RIC, the O-Cloud optimization policy from the NRT-RIC within the SMO framework via an A 1 interface.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by the nRT-RIC, data comprising at least one of performance data and event data from at least one physical host in the O-cloud computing environment within the O-RAN via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the method comprises:
sending and receiving, by the nRT-RIC, data of at least one O2 Management Service in the O-cloud computing environment via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the method comprises:
controlling to implement, by the nRT-RIC, the O-Cloud optimization policy via at least one O2 Management Service in the O-Cloud computing environment via an the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
12. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the performance data of the at least one physical host comprises a processor load, a memory usage, and a hard disk drive usage of the at least one physical host.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions executable by at least one processor configured to implement a near real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) within an open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture, to perform a method for implementing an open cloud (O-Cloud) optimization policy by an application hosted in the nRT-RIC, the nRT-RIC being communicatively coupled to an O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN via an interface, the method comprising:
receiving, by the nRT-RIC, the O-Cloud optimization policy from a non-real-time radio access network Intelligent Controller (NRT-RIC) within a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework of the telecommunications network;
controlling to implement, by the nRT-RIC via the interface, the O-Cloud optimization policy in the O-Cloud computing environment within the O-RAN.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by the nRT-RIC, the O-Cloud optimization policy from the NRT-RIC within the SMO framework via an A1 interface.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by the nRT-RIC, data comprising at least one of performance data and event data from at least one physical host in the O-cloud computing environment within the O-RAN via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 15 , wherein method comprises:
sending and receiving, by the nRT-RIC, data of at least one O2 Management Service in the O-cloud computing environment via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the method comprises:
controlling to implement, by the nRT-RIC, the O-Cloud optimization policy via at least one O2 Management Service in the O-Cloud computing environment via the interface between the nRT-RIC and the O-Cloud computing environment.
18. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interface is an O2 interface.
19. The system as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the O2 interface is further communicatively coupled with the SMO and the O-Cloud computing environment.
20. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application hosted in the nRT-RIC controls an O-DU or an O-RU via a different interface from the interface between the nRT-RIC and O-Cloud computing environment.
21. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application hosted in the nRT-RIC controls an O-DU or an O-RU by implementing a different policy generated by the NRT-RIC from the O-Cloud optimization policy.
22. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the interface is an O2 interface.
23. The method as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the O2 interface is further communicatively coupled with the SMO and the O-Cloud computing environment.
24. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the application hosted in the nRT-RIC controls an O-DU or an O-RU via a different interface from the interface between the nRT-RIC and O-Cloud computing environment.
25. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the application hosted in the nRT-RIC controls an O-DU or an O-RU by implementing a different policy generated by the NRT-RIC from the O-Cloud optimization policy.