CPC H04L 41/0803 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of automatically provisioning RAN (Radio Access Network) applications in a RAN system, the method comprising:
at a particular RIC (RAN intelligent controller) deployed in the RAN system:
receiving a description of a RAN application as a CR (custom resource), the RAN application to be deployed by the particular RIC;
parsing the CR and providing parsed data from the CR to a RIC management system (RMS), the parsed data comprising data defining the RAN application;
receiving, from the RMS, a set of data to validate for the RAN application along with a request to associate the RAN application with a datapath in the particular RIC to connect the RAN application to one or more base station components through the particular RIC; and
after receiving a command from the RMS to deploy the RAN application, deploying the RAN application.
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