US 12,452,924 B2
System and method of enabling a self organizing network in Open RAN
Satish Nanjunda Swamy Jamadagni, Bangalore (IN); Mahesh Nayaka Mysore Annaiah, Bangalore (IN); and Mathew Oommen, Mumbai (IN)
Assigned to JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED, Ahmedabad (IN)
Appl. No. 18/246,303
Filed by JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED, Ahmedabad (IN)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/057059
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/007452, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202121034199 (IN), filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015790 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/0816 (2013.01) [H04W 74/002 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system (100) for enabling a Self-Organizing Network (SON) in an open Radio Access Network (o-RAN), the system (100) comprising:
a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) module (110) comprising a Non-Real-Time Radio access network Intelligent Controller (Non-RT RIC) (122), wherein the Non-RT RIC (122) may configured to:
assign at least one of one or more non-real-time Self-Organizing Network (SON) functional elements and one or more non-real-time Radio Resource Management (RRM) functional elements in an Element Management System (EMS) entity associated with the SMO module (110),
wherein the EMS entity communicates with one or more E2 nodes associated with a Radio Access Network (RAN), via an O1 interface,
wherein the one or more non-real-time SON functional elements are implemented in at least one of, the Non-RT RIC (122) using individual rAPPs associated with the o-RAN, for each functional element, and the EMS entity or a Network Management System (NMS) entity associated with the SMO module (110);
exchange at least one of non-real-time SON functional information and non-real-time SON control information with the one or more E2 nodes via at least one of the O1 interface, an A1 interface, and an E2 interface; and
a Near Real Time Radio access network Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) (124) may configured to:
assign at least one of one or more time-sensitive SON functional elements and one or more time-sensitive RRM functional elements in at least one of the Near-RT RIC (124) and the EMS entity associated with the SMO module (110); and
execute, for each function, one or more time-sensitive SON functional elements and the one or more time-sensitive RRM functional elements using individual xAPPs associated with the o-RAN,
wherein, for each function, the one or more time-sensitive SON functional elements are implemented in the Near-RT RIC (124) using individual xAPPs associated with the o-RAN.