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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A management apparatus of a RAN that is shared by a plurality of operators, the RAN comprising: a CU; a first DU that is communicably connected to the CU; a second DU that is communicably connected to the CU; and an RU that are communicably connected to the first DU and the second DU, wherein the management apparatus comprises a processor that executes: until an amount of traffic being monitored in the RAN reaches a predetermined range, selecting one operator, among the plurality of operators, that has entered into a guarantee type Service Level Agreement (SLA) with a user; and transmitting instructions to the CU, the first DU, and the second DU to cause the second DU to process at least a portion of the data for a User Equipment that is communicably connected with the RU and that has entered into the guarantee type SLA with the selected operator.