US 12,445,346 B2
Optimal fault and performance management reporting via NF level northbound reporting agent
Virendra Reddy, Bangalore (IN); and Prasaanth Gowravalli, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/019,970
Filed by Rakuten Symphony, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/053945
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/136876, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259253 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/06 (2022.01); H04L 41/0213 (2022.01); H04L 41/0233 (2022.01); H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); H04L 41/342 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0631 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 41/0233 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2013.01); H04L 41/342 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reporting data to a Northbound Management System (NBMS) via a Network Function (NF) level northbound fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security (FCAPS) Reporting Microservice (MS) in an NF of a Radio Access Network (RAN), performed by at least one processor implementing the NF, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first microservice (MS) from at least one other MS of the NF, data, the first MS being one of a Fault Management (FM) MS and a Performance Management (PM) MS and the data comprising performance data for the PM MS or event data for the FM MS;
processing, by the first MS, the received data;
obtaining, by the FCAPS Reporting MS, the processed data; and
reporting, from the FCAPS Reporting MS to the NBMS, the processed data,
wherein the NF is a centralized unit (CU) or a distributed unit (DU) of a mobile telecommunications network.