ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,246, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE INC. (Tokyo).

"Apparatuses and methods for implementing an R1-O1 application protocol within a telecommunications network" was invented by Pankaj Shete (Tokyo) and Awn Muhammad (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for a non-real-time radio access network intelligence controller (NRT-RIC) framework in an open radio access network (O-RAN). The apparatus includes: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to implement the NRT-RIC framework to: receive, from an rApp hosted by an NRT-RIC, at least one request of at least one R1-O1 re...