Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'User Equipment Offloading During Cuup Auto Scale Down' Filed by Rakuten Symphony, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411072880 A) filed by Rakuten Symphony, Inc., Tokyo, on Sept. 26, 2024, for 'user equipment offloading during cuup auto scale down.'

Inventor(s) include Gayam, Kartik Reddy; Korachara Mareppa, Hanumantappa; and Antonyraj, Santhiyaku Jeevakumar.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method includes receiving, at an Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 104, a plurality of RIC indication messages from a plurality of gNodeBs (gNBs) 100. Each of the plurality of RIC indication messages comprises one or more network parameters. The method further includes determining whether a plurality network conditions satisfy one or more predefined criteria based on the one or more network parameters. The plurality network conditions comprise an identification of a scale-in, an expiration of a session drain timer, and an absence of any scale-out. The method further includes transmitting a RIC control request in response to the plurality network conditions that satisfy one or more predefined criteria. The RIC control request is transmitted to initiate a change of Centralized Unit User Plane (CU-UP) procedure for a set of User Equipments (UEs) associated with at least one gNB among the plurality of gNBs 100."

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