US 12,382,315 B2
Deployment control system, deployment control method, and deployment control program
Jin Nakazato, Tokyo (JP); Saki Tanaka, Tokyo (JP); and Haruka Horiuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/779,317
Filed by RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/045317
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/105708, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0172003 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/04 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0247 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A deployment control system, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from a camera, an image of a service area;
analyze the image to determine information associated with conditions or future conditions estimated from the conditions in the service area;
determine, based on the information associated with conditions or future conditions estimated from the conditions in the service area to which one or more RUs (Radio Units) in a mobile communication system belong, a placement change regarding at least one NF (Network Function) among NFs in the mobile communication system;
determine, based on the information, an NF to be changed and a placement destination of the NF to be changed; and
executing the placement change by instantiating the NF to be changed at the placement destination, wherein
the service area includes a plurality of cells formed by a plurality of DUs,
the plurality of DUs are connected to the same CU (Central Unit), and
based on determining the plurality of cells are grouped in a plurality of cell groups, the at least one processor is further configured to determine that a UPF (User Plane Function) is the NF to be changed.