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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2023
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten Symphony, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Manmeet Singh Bhangu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, IN;
Pankaj Tanaji Shete, Tokyo, JP;
Mohit Luthra, Tokyo, JP;
Awn Muhammad, Tokyo, JP;
Puneet Devadiga, Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and an Service Management and Orchestration Framework (SMO) and O-Cloud to drain one or more O-Cloud Nodes based on recommendations from an rApp or manually by an O-Cloud Maintainer via the SMO. In particular, the method may include: receiving, by a SMO function, a first request or recommendation to drain at least one O-Cloud Node, the first request or recommendation being received from an rApp of a Non-Real-Time (Non-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) or from an O-Cloud Maintainer; transmitting, by the SMO function to an Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) and/or Deployment Management Services (DMS) via an O2 interface, a second request to drain the at least one O-Cloud Node based on the received first request or recommendation; and receiving, from the IMS/DMS, a first notification as to whether the at least one O-Cloud Node has been drained.