US 11,838,787 B2
Functional architecture and interface for non-real-time ran intelligent controller
Caleb K. Lo, San Jose, CA (US); Pranav Madadi, Mountain View, CA (US); Jeongho Jeon, San Jose, CA (US); Joonyoung Cho, Portland, OR (US); and Junhyuk Song, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/236,895.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,148, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/051,346, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,512, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,692, filed on May 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/014,040, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337420 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 28/0263 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5083 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method at a service management and orchestration (SMO) entity of enabling a functional split between a non-real-time (RT) radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) and an external artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) server, the method comprising:
during a data collection phase, utilizing a SMO framework and the non-RT RIC to collect and process RAN data and non-RAN data;
during a data transfer phase, transferring processed RAN and non-RAN data from the SMO entity to an external AI/ML server via an interface;
during a training model input phase, receiving a trained AI/ML model, metadata, and training results from the external AI/ML server at the SMO entity via an interface; and
during a configuration phase, using the trained AI/ML model within the SMO entity and the non-RT RIC to transfer configuration parameters to a near-RT RIC.