MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511014228 A) filed by Rakuten Mobile, Inc. on February 19, 2025, for Network Function Orchestration With Northbound Interface For Network Function Deployment Lifecycle Management.

Inventors include Sun, Kexuan; and Bajpai, Anurag.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for network function orchestration with a northbound interface for network function deployment lifecycle management. The method includes receiving, at a Service Orchestration (SO) Service Management and Orchestration System (SMOS) module, a service creation request; retrieving, by the SO S...