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US 12,744,709 B2Granted
O-Cloud node uncordon
AssigneesRakuten Mobile, Inc., Rakuten Symphony, Inc.
InventorsMohit Luthra, Awn Muhammad, Pankaj Shete, Puneet Devadiga
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a request to change a deployable state of an open radio access network (O-RAN) cloud (O-Cloud) node, changing the deployable state of the O-Cloud node in response to receiving the request, and transmitting an indication that the deployable state of the O-Cloud node has been modified in response to changing the deployable state.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) of an open radio access network (O-RAN) system, a request to change a deployable state of an open radio access network (O-RAN) cloud (O-Cloud) node from a cordoned state to an uncordoned state, the request received over an O2 interface from a Federated O-Cloud Orchestration and Management (FOCOM) of a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework of the O-RAN system;
- changing the deployable state of the O-Cloud node in response to receiving the request;
- and
- transmitting, by the IMS to the FOCOM over the O2 interface, an indication that the deployable state of the O-Cloud node has been modified in response to changing the deployable state,
- wherein changing the deployable state of the O-Cloud node comprises changing the deployable state from the cordoned state to the uncordoned state of the O-Cloud node that has undergone maintenance,
- wherein the O-Cloud node is incapable of deploying at least one of an application, a workload, or a network function in the cordoned state, and
- wherein the O-Cloud node is capable of deploying at least one of the application, the workload, or the network function in the uncordoned state.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a Federated open radio access network (O-RAN) cloud (O-Cloud) Orchestration and Management (FOCOM) of a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework of an open radio access network (O-RAN) system, a request to change a deployable state of an open radio access network (O-RAN) cloud (O-Cloud) node from a cordoned state to an uncordoned state, the request causing the deployable state of the O-Cloud node to change from the cordoned state in which the O-Cloud node is incapable of deploying at least one of an application, a workload, or a network function to the uncordoned state of the O-Cloud node that has undergone maintenance, wherein the O-Cloud node is capable of deploying at least one of the application, the workload, or the network function in the uncordoned state,
- wherein the request is transmitted over an O2 interface to an Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) of the O-RAN system, and
- receiving, by the FOCOM from the IMS over the O2 interface, an indication that the deployable state changed to the uncordoned state.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one memory configured to store computer program code;
- and
- at least one processor configured to access said at least one memory and operate as instructed by said computer program code, said computer program code including:
- receiving code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to receive, by an Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) of an open radio access network (O-RAN) system, a request to change a deployable state of an O-RAN cloud (O-Cloud) node from a cordoned state to an uncordoned state, the request received over an O2 interface from a Federated O-Cloud Orchestration and Management (FOCOM) of a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework of the O-RAN system;
- changing code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to change the deployable state of the O-Cloud node in response to receiving the request;
- and
- transmitting code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to transmit, by the IMS to the FOCOM over the O2 interface, an indication that the deployable state of the O-Cloud node has been modified in response to changing the deployable state,
- wherein the changing code is further configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to change the deployable state from the cordoned state to the uncordoned state of the O-Cloud node that has undergone maintenance,
- wherein the O-Cloud node is incapable of deploying at least one of an application, a workload, or a network function in the cordoned state, and
- wherein the O-Cloud node is capable of deploying at least one of the application, the workload, or the network function in the uncordoned state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.