Method and device for O-RAN-based performance optimization and configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12082006-B2
Application number	US-202117561306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2021
Priority date	Mar 20, 2020
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to an O-RAN based network system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
obtaining, from a base station, first information associated with a communication capability, the first information including at least one of configuration information, or a performance indicator;
obtaining, from an application server, second information associated with a terminal status, the second information including global positioning system (GPS) information;
determining, based on the first information and the second information, at least one first terminal from a plurality of terminals for a first group and at least one second terminal from the plurality of terminals for a second group; and
transmitting, to the base station, a result of the determination,
wherein the first group is associated with a single user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO) transmission and the second group is associated with a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information further includes a measurement report,
wherein the second information further includes at least one of mobility information of traffic information,
wherein an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) module is used for the determination based on the second information,
wherein the RIC entity is a non-real-time (non-RT) RIC entity and the result of the determination is transmitted via a near-RT RIC entity, and
wherein a radio access network (RAN) is an open-RAN (O-RAN).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining comprises:
estimating, using the AI/ML module, based on the second information, at least one of a mobility or a traffic usage of each of the plurality of terminals; and
allocating, based on the estimation, the at least one first terminal to a first sub-slice instance corresponding to the first group and the at least one second terminal to a second sub-slice instance corresponding to the second group.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for each of the at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal; and
transmitting, to the base station, the determined RRC configuration.

5. A radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) entity in a wireless communication system, the RIC entity comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
obtain, from a base station, first information associated with a communication capability, the first information including at least one of configuration information, or a performance indicator,
obtain, from an application server, second information associated with a terminal status, the second information including global positioning system (GPS) information,
determine, based on the first information and the second information, at least one first terminal from a plurality of terminals for a first group and at least one second terminal from the plurality of terminals for a second group, and
transmit, to the base station, a result of the determination,
wherein the first group is associated with a single user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO) transmission and the second group is associated with a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission.

6. The RIC entity of claim 5 , wherein the first information further includes a measurement report,
wherein the second information further includes traffic information,
wherein an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) module is used for the determination based on the second information,
wherein the RIC entity is a non-real-time (non-RT) RIC entity and the result of the determination is transmitted via a near-RT RIC entity, and
wherein a radio access network (RAN) is an open-RAN (O-RAN).

7. The RIC entity of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
estimate, using the AI/ML module, based on the second information, at least one of a mobility or a traffic usage of each of the plurality of terminals, and
allocate, based on the estimation, the at least one first terminal to a first sub-slice instance corresponding to the first group and the at least one second terminal to a second sub-slice instance corresponding to the second group.

8. The RIC entity of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for each of the at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal, and
transmit, to the base station, the determined RRC configuration.

9. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) entity, first information associated with a communication capability, the first information including at least one of configuration information, or a performance indicator;
receiving, from the RIC entity, terminal grouping information that includes a first group comprising at least one first terminal from a plurality of terminals and a second group comprising at least one second terminal from the plurality of terminals; and
scheduling, based on the terminal grouping information, resources for the plurality of terminals,
wherein the terminal grouping information is generated based on the first information and based on second information associated with a terminal status, the second information obtained from an application server, the second information including global positioning system (GPS) information, and
wherein the first group is associated with a single user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO) transmission and the second group is associated with a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmission.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first information further includes a measurement report,
wherein the second information further includes traffic information,
wherein an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) module is used for the generation of the terminal grouping information based on the second information,
wherein the RIC entity is a non-real-time (non-RT) RIC entity and the terminal grouping information is received via a near-RT RIC entity,
wherein a radio access network (RAN) is an open-RAN (O-RAN), and
wherein the at least one first terminal is allocated to a first sub-slice instance corresponding to the first group and the at least one second terminal is allocated to a second sub-slice instance corresponding to the second group based on at least one of a mobility or a traffic usage of each of the plurality of terminals that is estimated by the AI/ML module based on the second information.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration for each of the at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal from the RIC entity,
wherein the RRC configuration is determined by the RIC entity based on the terminal grouping information.

12. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
transmit, to a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC) entity, first information associated with a communication capability, the first information including at least one of configuration information, or a performance indicator,
receive, from the RIC entity, terminal grouping informa

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zhigang
• Huang Qixin
• Zhang Ranran
• Zhu Ying
• Wang Ying
• Li Yan
• Li Ying
• Li Honghong

Classifications

• H04L41/0893

  Assignment of logical groups to network elements · CPC title

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04B7/0452 Primary

  Multi-user MIMO systems · CPC title

• H04W48/18

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title

• H04W28/16

  Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service] · CPC title