CPC G06F 9/546 (2013.01) [G06F 11/2028 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); H04L 41/122 (2022.05); H04L 41/40 (2022.05)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of connecting a set of applications in a telecommunication network with a set of base station components in the telecommunication network, the method comprising:
deploying primary and secondary RAN (Radio Access Network) Intelligent Controllers (RICs), said deploying comprising deploying, in both the primary and secondary RICs, a common set of distinct Pods to perform a common set of operations;
designating the primary RIC as an active RIC and the secondary RIC as a standby RIC;
configuring the primary RIC to forward data messages from the base station components to the applications and to synchronize stateful data with the standby RIC; and
when the primary RIC fails, configuring the secondary RIC to become the active RIC,
wherein the common set of distinct Pods in each RIC comprises a datapath Pod performing data message forwarding between the base station components and the applications, a service Pod performing application onboarding, and a shared data layer (SDL) Pod performing shared data operations.
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