US 2024/0205808 A1 · MULTI-COMPONENT CONFIGURATIONS IN A RAN SYSTEM

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for providing automated admission control services for a RAN system. The method receives a trigger alert that includes an application identifier for an application, a dRIC identifier associated with a dRIC to which the application is to be deployed, and a set of configurations for the application that are in a first format. The method converts the set of configurations from the first format to a second format and sends the set configurations in the second format to an FCAPS management pod deployed to the dRIC. Upon receiving positive acknowledgment indicating successful implementation of the set of configurations from the FCAPS management pod, the method updates a configuration table stored in a database of the RAN with a set of admissions control information for the application. The method sends a notification to an API server for the RAN indicating the set of configurations have been successfully implemented for the application.

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A method for configuring RAN (Radio Access Network) applications deployed in a RAN system comprising at least one RAN intelligent controller (RIC) and at least one RIC management system (RMS) for managing the RIC, the method comprising:

at a configuration service of the RIC:
receiving, from the RMS, a request to modify a configuration of each RAN application in a plurality of RAN applications;
forwarding a configuration update to each RAN application in the plurality of RAN applications;
after receiving a first acknowledgement from each RAN application that the configuration update is accepted for processing, instructing each RAN application in the plurality of RAN applications to process the configuration update in order to modify at least one operation performed by the RAN application;
and
in response to receiving a second acknowledgement from each RAN application that the configuration update has been processed by the RAN application, sending a notification to the RMS to notify the RMS that the plurality of RAN applications have performed the requested modification.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for execution by a set of processing units, the program for a configuration service of a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) that configures RAN (Radio Access Network) applications deployed in a RAN system that comprises the RIC and a RIC management system (RMS) for managing the RIC, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

receiving, from the RMS, a request to modify a configuration of each RAN application in a plurality of RAN applications;
forwarding a configuration update to each RAN application in the plurality of RAN applications;
after receiving a first acknowledgement from each RAN application that the configuration update is accepted for processing, instructing each RAN application in the plurality of RAN applications to process the configuration update in order to modify at least one operation performed by the RAN application;
and
in response to receiving a second acknowledgement from each RAN application that the configuration update has been processed by the RAN application, sending a notification to the RMS to notify the RMS that the plurality of RAN applications have performed the requested modification.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multi-component configurations in a ran system

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