CPC H04W 28/0263 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5083 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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.
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