US 12,445,906 B2
Apparatus and method for E2 interface configuration including cell information in wireless access network
Junhyuk Song, Suwon-si (KR); Jeongyeob Oak, Suwon-si (KR); and Chungkeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,248.
Application 17/835,248 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/018111, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,081, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0165946 (KR), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303831 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 45/247 (2022.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/082 (2023.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/18 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0073 (2013.01); H04W 28/082 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an E2 node, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) through an E2 interface to the RIC, a first message; and
receiving, from the RIC, a second message in response to the first message,
the first message being an E2 setup request message or a configuration update message,
wherein the first message comprises a value of message type for the first message, an identifier (ID) of the E2 node, and a list for adding one or more RAN functions,
wherein the first message further comprises configuration information for one or more serviced cells associated with the E2 node, and
wherein the one or more serviced cells comprise new radio (NR) cells or evolved universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) cells.