# US 2023/0054483 A1 · Electronic device for controlling e2 termination based on traffic information of the e2 termination and method for the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0054483 A1 - Document ID: US20230054483A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/944,831 - Filed: 2022-09-14 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Minha LEE; Hoejoo LEE; Myeonggi JEONG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230054483A1 ## CPC - H04W 28/0215: {based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices (services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51)} - H04L 47/2475: for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications - H04W 76/19: Connection re-establishment - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract In an electronic device and an operating method of the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device may include: a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) connected to at least one E2 node. The RIC may include: an application, a plurality of E2 terminations connected between the at least one node and the application, and a traffic controller. The traffic controller may be configured to: receive a subscription request for the node from the application, select an E2 termination to be used for the application to perform subscription among the plurality of E2 terminations based on traffic information of data transmitted or received through the E2 termination, and control the application to receive data through the E2 node, through the selected E2 termination. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) connected to at least one E2 node, wherein the RIC comprises: an application; a plurality of E2 terminations connected between the at least one node and the application; and a traffic controller, wherein the traffic controller is configured to: receive a subscription request for the node from the application, select an E2 termination to be used for the application to perform subscription among the plurality of E2 terminations based on traffic information of data transmitted or received through the E2 termination, and control the application to receive data through the E2 node, through the selected E2 termination. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the traffic controller is configured to: activate another E2 termination based on identification of an amount of traffic of the E2 termination satisfying a designated condition, and connect the another E2 termination and the node. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the traffic controller is configured to: deactivate the E2 termination based on identification of an amount of traffic of the E2 termination satisfying a designated condition, and connect, to another E2 termination, a node connected to the deactivated E2 termination. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the traffic controller is configured to: determine an amount of traffic to be generated by the application based on a type of data to be subscribed by the application included in the subscription request, and select an E2 termination to be connected to the application based on the determined amount of traffic. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the traffic controller is configured to: identify a service type provided by the at least one node, and connect, to an identical E2 termination, nodes providing an identical service. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the traffic controller is configured to connect, to the identical E2 termination, an application requesting subscription corresponding to the service type. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of E2 terminations is configured to periodically transmit the traffic information to the traffic controller. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the traffic controller comprises: a node connection control module comprising circuitry and/or executable program instructions configured to control a connection between the node and the E2 termination; a termination control module comprising circuitry and/or executable program instructions configured to control an operation related to an activation of the E2 termination; and a traffic manager comprising circuitry and/or executable program instructions configured to control the node connection control module and the termination control module. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the termination control module is configured to determine whether to activate or deactivate at least some of the plurality of E2 terminations based on traffic information received from the traffic manager. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the traffic manager is configured to: select an E2 termination to which the application is to be connected based on the traffic information received from the E2 termination, and control the node connection control module to connect the selected E2 termination and the node. ### Claim 11 A method of operating an electronic device, comprising: receiving, by a traffic controller of a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), a subscription request for an E2 node from an application included in the RIC; selecting, by the traffic controller, an E2 termination to be used for the application to perform subscription among the plurality of E2 terminations based on traffic information of data transmitted or received through the E2 termination; and controlling, by the traffic controller, the application to receive data through the E2 node, through the selected E2 termination. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: activating another E2 termination based on identification of an amount of traffic of the E2 termination satisfying a designated condition, and connecting the another E2 termination and the node. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: deactivating the E2 termination based on identification of an amount of traffic of the E2 termination satisfying a designated condition, and connecting, to another E2 termination, a node connected to the deactivated E2 termination. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: determining an amount of traffic to be generated by the application based on a type of data to be subscribed by the application included in the subscription request, and selecting an E2 termination to be connected to the application based on the determined amount of traffic. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: identifying a service type provided by the at least one node, and connecting, to an identical E2 termination, nodes providing an identical service. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising connecting, to the identical E2 termination, an application requesting subscription corresponding to the service type. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising periodically transmitting, by the plurality of E2 terminations, the traffic information to the traffic controller. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising determining whether to activate or deactivate at least some of the plurality of E2 terminations based on the traffic information.