Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Junhyuk Song

Chungkeun Lee

Daejoong Kim

Jeongyeob Oak

Hyungtaig Lim

Jeongsik Dong

Juyoung Kim

Doohyun Ko

Sangkyou Ryou

Minjae Kim

Joonyoung Cho

Jeongho Jeon

Sung Hwan Won

Sunheui Ryoo

Hanseok Kim

Yue Wang

Dongsook Kim

Daewoo Lee

Pranav Madadi

Caleb K Lo

Jaijin Lim

The disclosure relates to a 5generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than 4generation (4G) communication systems such as long term evolution (LTE). An apparatus of an E2 node is provided. The apparatus includes at least one transceiver and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit a first indication message to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) through an E2 interface and transmit a second indication message to the RIC through the E2 interface, wherein the first indication message includes a measurement container, the measurement container includes measurement information and label information about a category related to measurement, the second indication message includes a reference indicator, and the reference indicator may indicate to use the measurement information or label information of the first indication message.

Apparatus and method for transmitting E2 message in wireless communication system

The disclosure relates to a pre-5-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to embodiments of the disclosure, a method performed by a Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC) is provided. The method includes receiving a report message from an E2 node, generating a control message, based on the report message, and transmitting the control message to the E2 node. The control message may include an RAN configuration related to the E2 node. The report message may include at least one of User Equipment (UE) assistance information transmitted from a UE and UE expected behavior-related information transmitted from an Access and Mobility management Function (AMF).

Apparatus and method for E2 node control in wireless communication system

The disclosure relates to a 5generation (5G) or 6generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes receiving a subscription request message from a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), transmitting a subscription response message to the RIC, and when an event occurs in response to the subscription response message, transmitting a RIC indication message to the RIC, and the RIC indication message may include a user equipment (UE) identifier (ID) which is managed at a higher node associated with the E2 node.

Apparatus and method for controlling E2 node in wireless communication system

A method in an apparatus configured to use an interface between a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) and a node including a base station operates in a radio access network; comprises: generating first information associated with an RIC service; generating second information indicating a type of message to be used for transmitting the first information; and transmitting a message including the first information and the second information.

Apparatus and method for supporting operator-specific service in wireless access network

A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes transmitting a first message to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) through an E2 interface to the RIC, and receiving a second message from the RIC in response to the first message, wherein the first message is an E2 setup request message or a configuration update message, and wherein the first message comprises at least one of first configuration information of one or more serviced new radio (NR) cells or second configuration information of one or more serviced evolved universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) cells.

Apparatus and method for E2 interface configuration including cell information in wireless access network

A method and an apparatus for identifying a user in a radio access network (RAN), and a first node in the wireless communication system are provided. The method includes identifying a unique identifier of a UE, identifying a radio access network (RAN) UE identifier of the UE, and transmitting information related to a mapping relation between the RAN UE identifier and the unique identifier of the UE to a second node, based on the unique identifier of the UE.

Method and apparatus for identifying user in radio access network communication system

The disclosure relates to a pre-5-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes receiving a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) subscription request message from an RIC via an E2 interface, and the RIC subscription request message may include information indicating a network interface type.

Apparatus and method for service subscription through E2 interface in radio access network communication system

Disclosed is a method performed a network entity in a wireless communication system using an open-radio access network (O-RAN), the network entity including at least one of a non-real-time RAN intelligent controller (non-RT RIC) and near-RT RIC, the method comprises configuring at least one node with a list of cell IDs representing cells to be activated or deactivated based on a condition in a network, and transmitting, to the at least one node, information including the list of cell IDs.

Method and apparatus for energy saving in a wireless communication system using an open radio access network

A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes transmitting an E2 setup request message to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), and receiving an E2 setup response message from the RIC, wherein the E2 setup request message includes an information element (IE) related to an RIC service update request message, and wherein the E2 setup response message includes an IE related to an RIC service update acknowledgement message.

Device and method for service subscription via E2 interface in radio access network communication system

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for an E2 node comprises: transmitting an indication message including a measurement container to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), wherein the measurement container may include at least one among: first measurement information of a digital unit (DU), the first measurement information including at least one of physical resource block (PRB) usage information for a standalone (SA) structure and PRB usage information for a non-standalone (NSA) structure; second measurement information of a central unit control plane (CU-CP), the second measurement information including information about the number of active user equipments (UEs); and third measurement information including at least one of packet data conversion protocol (PDCP) usage information for the SA structure and the PRB usage information for the NSA structure.

Method and device for measuring performance in wireless communication system

A method performed by an E2 node is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC), an RIC subscription request message through an E2 interface. The RIC subscription request message may include information indicating a network interface type.

Apparatus and method for service subscription, using E2 interface in wireless access network communication system

A service management and orchestration (SMO) entity enabling a functional split between a non-real-time (RT) radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) and an external artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) server will, during a data collection phase, utilize the SMO entity and the non-RT RIC to collect and process RAN data and non-RAN data and, during a data transfer phase, transfer processed RAN and non-RAN data from the SMO entity to an external AI/ML server via an interface. During a training model input phase, the SMO entity receives a trained AI/ML model, metadata, and training results from the external AI/ML server via an interface and, during a configuration phase, the SMO entity uses the trained AI/ML model within the SMO entity and the non-RT RIC to transfer configuration parameters to a near-RT RIC.

Functional architecture and interface for non-real-time ran intelligent controller

The present invention relates to a method and a device for supporting a public safety network access in a wireless communication system. The method for supporting a public safety network access in a wireless communication system of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a message comprising public safety net related information to a base station; determining whether a handover command is received from the base station in response to the message; and performing a handover at a frequency band which supports public safety network services.

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Anyang-si, South Korea

Junhyuk Song