MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617067725 A) filed by Rakuten Mobile, Inc. on May 29, 2026, for Deep Hibernate Mode In A Radio Access Network Architecture.

Inventors include Veluchamy, Lingasamy; and Muhammad, Awn.

The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.

Abstract: A method (700) is disclosed. The method includes receiving (702), by a Radio Unit (RU) a deep hibernate command to disable a plurality of functions associated with the RU from a RU-controller. The deep hibernate command comprises a predefined time duration for a deep hibernate timer. Further, the method includes disabling (704), by the RU, a Control Plane (C-Plane) functi...