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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a method and/or apparatus for performing a radio access network (RAN) function in a wireless communication system. A server performing a radio access network (RAN) function may be configured to obtain traffic processing information about a plurality of base stations (BSs) connected to the server, obtain information about traffic to occur in the plurality of BSs, based on the traffic processing information, and adjust a resource and/or the number of software components (SCs) to virtualize a RAN function in the server, based on the information about the traffic to occur in the plurality of BSs.