US 12,192,052 B2
End-to-end radio access network (RAN) deployment in open ran (O-RAN)
Joey Chou, Cupertino, CA (US); Niall Power, Cupertino, CA (US); and Jianli Sun, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/441,515
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/037036
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/252052, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/859,559, filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158897 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/082 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating, for each virtual network function (VNF) of a plurality of VNFs comprising at least one distributed unit (DU) and at least one central unit (CU), a first request message that includes data representing a request to upload a VNF package for the VNF;
transmitting, to a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), the generated first request message;
receiving, from the NFVO, a first response message that includes data indicating that the VNF package upload was successful;
generating, for each physical network function (PNF) of a plurality of PNFs comprising at least one radio unit (RU), a second request message that includes data representing a request to upload a PNF Descriptor (PNFD) for the PNF;
transmitting the generated second request message to the NFVO; and
receiving, from the NFVO, a second response message that includes data indicating that the PNFD upload was successful.