US 12,445,839 B2
Determining authentication status information of an O-RAN radio unit
Paromita Chintan Shah, Karnataka (IN); Nagendra Shridhar Bykampadi, Karnataka (IN); and Krishna Pramod Adharapurapu, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/575,466
Filed by RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/036334
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2025/005949, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2025.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/US2023/026301 (WO), filed on Jun. 27, 2023; and application No. PCT/US2023/026303 (WO), filed on Jun. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0080979 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Radio Unit (O-RU) controller, configured to:
obtain a Media Access Control (MAC) address of an O-RU;
determine, based on the MAC address of the O-RU, an authentication status of the O-RU;
based on determining that the O-RU has been authenticated, establish a channel binding with the O-RU; and
based on determining that the O-RU has not been authenticated, isolate the O-RU from further communications with the O-RU controller.