US 12,328,607 B2
Apparatuses and methods for implementing O2 related functions definitions within a telecommunications network
Pankaj Shete, Tokyo (JP); and Awn Muhammad, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/021,424
Filed by RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/011120
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/191941, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,663, filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267753 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a non-real-time radio access network intelligence controller (NRT-RIC) framework in an open radio access network (O-RAN), the apparatus comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to implement the NRT-RIC framework of an NRT-RIC to:
receive, from an rApp hosted by the NRT-RIC, at least one request of at least one R1-O2-related service via an R1 interface within the O-RAN architecture between rApps and the NRT-RIC framework; and
send, from the NRT-RIC framework to the rApp, at least one response of the at least one R1-O2-related service via the R1 interface;
wherein the at least one request and the at least one response are implemented as data types comprising a plurality of R1 data models of an R1 application protocol that enable the NRT-RIC framework and the rApp to produce and/or consume data of the at least one R1-O2 related service in the NRT-RIC; and
wherein the at least one R1-O2-related service is based on data transmitted over an O2 interface and exposed to the rApp via an O2 termination in a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework of the O-RAN, and via the R1 interface between the O2 termination and an R1 termination in the NRT-RIC framework, and wherein the R1 interface comprises an R1-O2 application programming interface (API).