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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Pankaj Shete, Tokyo, JP;
Awn Muhammad, Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radio access network control apparatus has at least one processor that performs: by a virtual infrastructure information acquisition unit, acquiring virtual infrastructure information from a virtual infrastructure that virtually manages a set of a plurality of radio access network nodes; and by a virtual infrastructure information provision unit, providing the virtual infrastructure information to the rApp through the R1 interface in the Non-RT RIC (Non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller) of the O-RAN. The virtual infrastructure information acquisition unit is provided in the SMO (Service Management and Orchestration) including the Non-RT RIC, and acquires the virtual infrastructure information from the virtual infrastructure through the O2 interface. The virtual infrastructure information includes information on at least one of configuration and telemetry of the virtual infrastructure.