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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for optimizing Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Cloud (O-Cloud) resources using rApps of a Non-RT RIC is provided. The method includes: obtaining, by an rApp hosted in the Non-RT RIC, O1 data received over an O1 interface of an SMO framework for managing and orchestrating an O-Cloud platform, the O1 interface for communication with virtualized network functions (VNFs) hosted in a plurality of physical nodes of the O-Cloud platform; obtaining, by the rApp, O2 data received over an O2 interface of the SMO framework, the O2 interface for communication with Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) and Deployment Management Services (DMS) of the O-Cloud platform; and generating, by the rApp and based on at least one of the O1 data and the O2 data, a policy for optimizing the O-Cloud platform or the VNFs via SMO anchored functionalities or the O1 interface of the SMO framework.