{"id":13534,"date":"2023-03-30T08:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.5gworldpro.com\/?p=13534"},"modified":"2023-03-30T08:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:35:02","slug":"what-is-5g-ric-ran-intelligent-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.5gworldpro.com\/?p=13534","title":{"rendered":"What is 5G RIC\u00a0? RAN Intelligent Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>RAN intelligent Controller (RIC)<\/strong>\u00a0is cloud-native and forms a major component of an open , virtualized network of RAN.\u00a0It is the foundation for enabling the programmability of networks, as well as intelligence and disaggregation on the modern network.<\/p>\n<p>The RIC architecture is comprised of an Distributed Unit (DU) Software function as well as a multi-RAT protocol CU stack, a near-real time RIC and orchestration\/NMS component with non-real Time RIC.<\/p>\n<p>The RIC \u00a0makes smart decisions regarding the RAN in order to maximize performance. by using artificial intelligence (AI), machine-learning (ML), energy optimizationand Network slicing. It\u00a0is the primary responsible \u00a0for all RAN operations and optimization processes such as radio connection management, mobility management, <strong>the QoS management<\/strong>, interference management and radio resource management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the types of RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As per the\u00a0<strong>Open RAN<\/strong>\u00a0architecture, there are following two types of\u00a0<strong>RAN<\/strong>\u00a0Intelligent Controller. This classification of RIC is done based on control functionality timings e.g.\u00a0<strong>Non-RT<\/strong>\u00a0control functionality (&gt; 1s) and near-Real Time (<strong>near-RT<\/strong>) control functions(&lt;1s).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non Real-Time RIC (RIC non-RT)<\/li>\n<li>Near Real-Time RIC (RIC near-RT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The non-RT RIC is deployed centrally, while the near RT RIC can be deployed centrally or on the network edge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-RT RIC:<\/strong> A logical function internal to the Service Management and Orchestration (SMO). It receives some intents from e.g., the Business Support System (BSS), and translates them into policies for the Near-RT RIC to guide its operation. The Non-RT RIC can host non-real-time control, optimization and AI\/ML models running within applications denoted as <strong>rApps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Near-RT RIC: <\/strong>A logical function that controls and optimizes E2 nodes\u2019 functions and resources. It can host control, optimization and AI\/ML models within applications denoted as <strong>xApps <\/strong>that operate at a time scale varying from 10 milliseconds to 1 second. xApps are used to enforce policies instantiated by the Non-RT RIC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0RAN intelligent Controller (RIC)\u00a0is cloud-native and forms a major component of an open , virtualized network of RAN.\u00a0It is the foundation for enabling the programmability of networks, as well as intelligence and disaggregation on the modern network. 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