IP Library Granted Patent US 12,294,487
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,487 · App. 18/017,130 · Granted May 6, 2025

Structure of system and/or data of the near-RT RIC of the O-RAN

Inventors: Hale Donertasli (Tokyo, JP); Madhukiran Medithe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
H04L41/0806H04L41/0894
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Patent No.
US 12,294,487
App. No.
18/017,130
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A class related to the xApp registration configuration is correlated to at least one of a class related to the xApp policy, a class related to the xApp messaging configuration, a class related to the xApp enrichment information, and a class related to the xApp API enablement configuration, in the Near-RT RIC (Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller) of the O-RAN. A class related to the xApp registration configuration is correlated to a class related to the xApp RAN function, in the Near-RT RIC (Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller) of the O-RAN.

Claims (18)

1. A radio access network control apparatus of an open radio access network (O-RAN) comprising:

a Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) configured to correlate a class related to an E2 node to a class related to an E2 node component configuration.

2. The radio network control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the Near-RT RIC is configured to correlate the class related to the E2 node to a class related to the E2 node component configuration, through at least one of association, aggregation, composition, dependency, generalization, specialization, realization, or implementation.

3. A radio access network control apparatus of an open radio access network (O-RAN) comprising:

a Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) configured to correlate a class related to an E2 node to a class related to an E2 node RAN function.

4. The radio network control apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the Near-RT RIC is configured to correlate the class related to the E2 node to the class related to the E2 node RAN function, through at least one of association, aggregation, composition, dependency, generalization, specialization, realization, or implementation.

5. A radio access network control apparatus of an open radio access network (O-RAN) comprising:

a Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) configured to correlate a class related to an xApp registration configuration to at least one of a class related to an xApp policy, a class related to an xApp messaging configuration, a class related to an xApp enrichment information, and a class related to an xApp API enablement configuration.

6. The radio network control apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the Near-RT RIC is configured to correlate the class related to the xApp registration configuration to the at least one of the class related to the xApp policy, the class related to the xApp messaging configuration, the class related to the xApp enrichment information, and a class related to the xApp API enablement configuration, through at least one of association, aggregation, composition, dependency, generalization, specialization, realization, or implementation.

7. A radio access network control apparatus of an open radio access network (O-RAN) comprising:

a Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) configured to correlate a class related to an xApp registration configuration to a class related to an xApp RAN function.

8. The radio network control apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the Near-RT RIC is configured to correlate the class related to the xApp registration configuration to the class related to the xApp RAN function, through at least one of association, aggregation, composition, dependency, generalization, specialization, realization, or implementation.

9. A radio access network control apparatus of an open radio access network (O-RAN) comprising:

a Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) configured to correlate a class related to an xApp registration configuration to at least one of a class related to an xApp runtime A1 enrichment information mapping, a class related to an xApp runtime A1 policy mapping, and a class related to an xApp runtime E2 node RAN function mapping.

10. The radio network control apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the Near-RT RIC is configured to correlate the class related to the xApp registration configuration to the at least one of the class related to the xApp runtime A1 enrichment information mapping, the class related to the xApp runtime A1 policy mapping, and the class related to the xApp runtime E2 node RAN function mapping, through at least one of association, aggregation, composition, dependency, generalization, specialization, realization, or implementation.

11. A radio access network control apparatus of an open radio access network (O-RAN) comprising:

a Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) configured to correlate a class related to the subscription to a class related to an xApp runtime E2 node RAN function mapping.

12. The radio network control apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the Near-RT RIC is configured to correlate the class related to the subscription to the class related to the xApp runtime E2 node RAN function mapping, through at least one of association, aggregation, composition, dependency, generalization, specialization, realization, or implementation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: DONERTASLI, HALE; MEDITHE, MADHUKIRAN
To: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
Reel/Frame 062432/0771 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-005950 · Jan 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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