Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes creating an awareness module on a first near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (near-RT RIC) that controls a first domain. The first near-RT RIC identifies a second near-RT RIC that controls a second domain, which has a mutual impact on the first domain. The first near-RT RIC creates a first border state that represents attributes of the first near-RT RIC and the xApps of the first near-RT RIC. The first near-RT RIC receives from the second near-RT RIC, a second border state of the second near-RT RIC. The first near-RT RI generates, a policy for the first near-RT RIC and the second near-RT RIC by analyzing the first and second border states. The first near-RT RIC updates a parameter only if the policy allows a requesting xApp to update the parameter.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-implemented method that includes intercepting, using a controller of a programmable network (PN), a deployment of a control application in the PN. Responsive to intercepting the deployment of the control application, a user experience (UE) analysis is performed. The UE analysis includes determining, based at least in part on a set of digital twins, a UE impact of the control application; and, based at least in part on the UE impact, generating a UE-based control application deployment recommendation. The UE analysis further includes deploying the control application based at least in part on the UE-based control application deployment recommendation.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically reconfiguring a control plane of a radio access network. The computer-implemented method includes generating a self-awareness matrix of a radio access network (RAN) that comprises a plurality of E2 nodes, the self-awareness matrix comprises a plurality of records for each respective E2 node from the plurality of E2 nodes, a first record corresponding to a first E2 node comprises, for the first E2 node, one or more attributes of the control plane of the RAN, the first E2 node being assigned to a first Near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (near-RT RIC). The method further includes, in response to the first record satisfying a predetermined condition based on the one or more attributes of the control plane reconfiguring the control plane of the RAN.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for addressing conflicts in a radio access network (RAN) includes generating, by a non-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (non-RT RIC), a policy for a near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (near-RT RIC) by analyzing an activity log of several xApps, which are being executed by the near-RT RIC. The method further includes sending, by the non-RT RIC the policy to the near-RT RIC to cause the near-RT RIC, in response to receiving a request from an xApp from the several xApps to update a parameter of the RAN. The policy specifies an update the parameter based on the policy allowing the xApp to update the parameter. The policy further specifies maintaining the parameter unchanged based on the policy restricting the xApp to update the parameter.