Systems and methods for concerted upgrade deployment for open radio access network (O-RAN) components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12340205-B2
Application number	US-202318175488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2023
Priority date	Feb 27, 2023
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable by one or more processors to display, a listing of one or more Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) units; receive, by an orchestrator tool, a first user selection of a first set of O-RAN units; receive a first user entry of a version identifier of a first upgrade; receive a second user entry of a path associated with the first upgrade; receive a first request to deploy the first upgrade to the first set of O-RAN units; and in response to receiving the first request, prepare a first standardized configuration payload. The first standardized configuration payload includes the version identifier of the first upgrade; and the path associated with the first upgrade. The instructions cause transmission of the first standardized configuration payload in a first configuration file to a configuration management module or service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for concerted upgrade deployment comprising:
a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and
one or more processors connected to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions for:
receiving information indicating one or more open radio access network (O-RAN) units to be updated, wherein the information is generated in response to selection of one or more units from a light comprising units that are operable in an O-RAN;
receiving a version identifier of a first upgrade;
receiving a path associated with the first upgrade;
receiving a first request to deploy the first upgrade to the one or more O-RAN units;
in response to receiving the first request, preparing a first standardized configuration payload,
wherein the first standardized configuration payload comprises:
the version identifier of the first upgrade; and
the path associated with the first upgrade;

instructing a transmitter to transmit the first standardized configuration payload in a first configuration file to a configuration management module or service;
receiving an indication of a fault during upgrading of the one or more O-RAN units; and
performing a fault management process on the one or more O-RAN units in response to receiving the indication of the fault.

2. The system for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 1 , wherein receiving the information indicating the one or more O-RAN units comprises receiving selection information from a selectable list of the one or more O-RAN units, and the selectable list comprises:
a serial number for the one or more O-RAN units; and
a version number for the one or more O-RAN units.

3. The system for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute the instructions for preparing the first standardized configuration payload by:
fetching one or more sets of login credentials corresponding to each of the first set of O-RAN units; and
fetching one or more server Internet Protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to each of the first set of O-RAN units.

4. The system for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions for:
receiving an upgrade report following the instructing the transmitter to transmit the first standardized configuration payload; and
performing the fault management process based on the upgrade report.

5. The system for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute instructions for:
generating a notification in response to the fault management process indicating at least one error; and
instructing a display to display the notification.

6. The system for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 5 , wherein the notification comprises at least one of:
a software download error;
a software installation error; or
a software activation error.

7. The system for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute the instructions for:
instructing a display to display the selectable list of O-RAN units; and
wherein the receiving the first user selection is based on a received input following the display of the selectable list of O-RAN units.

8. A method executed by one or more processors for concerted upgrade deployment comprising:
receiving information indicating one or more open radio access network (O-RAN) units to be updated, wherein the information is generated in response to selection of one or more units from a light comprising units that are operable in an O-RAN;
receiving a version identifier of a first upgrade;
receiving a path associated with the first upgrade;
receiving a first request to deploy the first upgrade to the one or more O-RAN units;
in response to receiving the first request, preparing a first standardized configuration payload,
wherein the first standardized configuration payload comprises:
the version identifier of the first upgrade; and
the path associated with the first upgrade;

transmitting the first standardized configuration payload in a first configuration file to a configuration management module or service;
receiving an indication of a fault during upgrading of at least one of the one or more O-RAN units; and
performing a fault management process on the one or more O-RAN units in response to receiving the indication of the fault.

9. The method for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 8 , wherein receiving the information indicating the one or more O-RAN units comprises receiving selection information from a selectable list of one or more O-RAN units, and the selectable list comprises:
a serial number for the one or more O-RAN units; and
a version number for the one or more O-RAN units.

10. The method for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 8 , wherein the preparing the first standardized configuration payload comprises:
fetching one or more sets of login credentials corresponding to each of the first set of O-RAN units; and
fetching one or more server Internet Protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to each of the first set of O-RAN units.

11. The method for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving an upgrade report following the instructing the transmitter to transmit the first standardized configuration payload; and
performing the fault management process based on the upgrade report.

12. The method for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 11 , further comprising:
generating a notification in response to the fault management process indicating at least one error; and
displaying the notification.

13. The method for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 12 , wherein the notification comprises at least one of:
a software download error;
a software installation error; or
a software activation error.

14. The method for concerted upgrade deployment of claim 9 , further comprising:
displaying the selectable list of O-RAN units; and
wherein the receiving the first user selection is based on a received input following the display of the selectable list of O-RAN units.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations for concerted upgrade deployment, the operations comprising:
receiving information indicating one or more open radio access network (O-RAN) units to be updated, wherein the information is generated in response to selection of one or more units from a light comprising units that are operable in an O-RAN;
receiving a version identifier of a first upgrade;
receiving a path associated with the first upgrade;
receiving a first request to deploy the first upgrade to the one or more O-RAN units;
in response to receiving the first request, preparing a first standardized configuration payload,
wherein the first standardized configuration payload comprises:
the version identifier of the first upgrade; and
the path associated with the first upgrade;

instructing a transmitter to transmit the first standardized configuration payload in a first configuration file to a configuration management module or service;
receiving an indication of a fault during upgrading of the one or more O-RAN units; and
performing a fault management process on the one or more O-RAN units in response to receiving the indication of the fault.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein receivi

Assignees

• Rakuten Symphony Inc

Inventors

• Chopra Akashdeep
• Singh Chandan Kumar
• Madan Ashish

Classifications

• H04L41/082

  the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality · CPC title

• H04L41/22

  comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title