Rakuten Group had two patents in connectivity during Q2 2024. Rakuten Group Inc has filed patents for a system in O-RAN architecture with real-time services and functions, including centralized and distributed units with low latency connections. Another patent involves apparatuses and methods for identifying network slices in a transport network, creating mapping entries for network slices and paths assigned to them, and publishing them to a performance monitoring system. GlobalData’s report on Rakuten Group gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Rakuten Group had no grants in connectivity as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Real-time ric architecture for open ran networks (Patent ID: US20240214833A1)
The patent filed by Rakuten Group Inc. describes a system for providing real-time services in an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture. The system includes various physical nodes with processors executing instructions to implement different components like O-CU, O-DU, RT RIC, Non-RT RIC, and Near-RT RIC. The RT RIC, with a latency of less than 10 ms, hosts applications for controlling the O-DU over a real-time control loop. The system also involves interfaces connecting different RICs for policy-based guidance, machine learning management, and enrichment information to optimize the RAN.
Additionally, the patent includes claims detailing the configuration and functions of the system, such as the placement of the RT RIC within or external to the O-DU, connections to SMO framework, and interactions between different RICs for optimizing the O-RAN system. The RT RIC is designed to perform various services like report, insert, control, policy services, interface management, service updates, integration of AI/ML models, implementation of cell-free massive MIMO, MAC scheduler utilization, and zero trust security framework in real-time. The apparatus described in the patent includes a processor executing instructions to connect to O-DU, SMO framework, Non-RT RIC, and Near-RT RIC, as well as host applications for real-time control and optimization of the O-RAN system.
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