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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dawei Ying, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Leifeng Ruan, Beijing, CN;
Jaemin Han, Portland, OR (US);
Qian Li, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus comprising: memory to store policy statement information for a plurality of radio access network (RAN) automation applications (rApps); and processing circuitry, coupled with the memory, to: retrieve the policy statement information from the memory, wherein the policy statement information includes respective policy scope identifiers for respective rApps in the plurality of rApps; identify a conflict associated with common or overlapping policy scope identifiers between two or more rApps from the plurality of rApps; modify one or more A1 policies associated with an A1 interface connecting a non-real-time (non-RT) RAN intelligence controller (RIC) and a near-real-time (near-RT) RIC to resolve the conflict; and notify the two or more rApps of the modification of the one or more A1 policies.