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AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsYoshinori WATANABE, Kenji KAWAGUCHI, Rumi MATSUMURA, Masayuki UEDA, Hideki KOZUKA, Katsunon DATE, Eiji TAKAHASHI, Takeo ONISHI
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A Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC) (1, 3) obtains a first identifier associated with a User Equipment (UE) (6) and obtains a first type of UE identifier corresponding to the first identifier from a core network (7). The RIC (1, 3) uses the first type of UE identifier or a second type of UE identifier associated with the first type of UE identifier to cause one or more RAN nodes (5) in a RAN (4) to perform control with respect to the UE (6). For example, this helps to enable the RIC to identify a target UE based on user identification information (first identifier) specified by an external server or entity, such as an application server, and to perform continuous control over that target UE.
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A method performed by a Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC), the method comprising:
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A method performed by a first Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC), the method comprising:
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A method performed by a second Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC) to be deployed between a first RIC and a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising:
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