US 12,477,540 B2
Apparatus and method for supporting operator-specific service 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 May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,978.
Application 17/749,978 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/016621, filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0151746 (KR), filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279498 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 88/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for an apparatus configured to use an interface between a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) and a E2 node including a base station in a radio access network, the method comprising:
generating information related with an RIC service;
generating value indicating a type of a message to be used for transmitting the information; and
transmitting an E2 message comprising the information and the value,
wherein,
in case that the value indicates a first type, the E2 message includes a predetermined information element fields included in a predefined message format,
in case that the value indicates a second type, the E2 message includes at least a part of the predetermined information element fields included in the predefined message format and at least one additional field in a message format defined by an operator,
wherein the value belongs to either a first ran e or a se d range and
wherein a value indicating the first type belongs to a first range comprising values indicating the predefined message format, and a value indicating the second type belongs to a second range comprising values indicating the message format defined by the operator.