A policy-based mechanism for managing access to sensitive bootstrapping data in O-Cloud.
A policy-based data management system in the O-RAN cloud infrastructure addresses the insecure handling of sensitive data and breach notifications in NFs, ensuring secure and proactive network defense.
JP2026520354APending Publication Date: 2026-06-23RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INC
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INC
- Filing Date
- 2023-11-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-23
AI Technical Summary
Technical Problem
Existing O-RAN systems lack a policy-based mechanism for securely handling sensitive data during bootstrapping of network functions (NFs) and do not provide notifications for potential security breaches, increasing the attack surface of NFs.
Method used
Implement a policy-based data management system in the O-RAN cloud (O-Cloud) infrastructure that includes data policies for unmounting, remounting, and notifying NFs of security threats, managed by the O-Cloud runtime engine.
Benefits of technology
Enables secure handling of sensitive data and proactive reduction of NF attack surfaces by providing timely notifications to NFs, enhancing network security.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for policy-based data management in an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Cloud (O-Cloud) infrastructure. The method may include storing a data policy for managing network functions (NFs) deployed on the O-Cloud infrastructure, the data policy having a definition for a data volume for at least one action from among an unmount action, a remount action, and a notification action for notifying the NF of a security threat, and the O-Cloud infrastructure performing at least one action based on the data policy.
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