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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Balaji B Raghothaman, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Calogero Armao, Saronno, IT;
Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen, Acton, MA (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a system comprising a distributed unit (DU) and a plurality of remote units (RUs) to wirelessly transmit and receive radio frequency signals to and from the user equipment using a wireless interface. The DU and RUs are communicatively coupled to each other over a fronthaul and are configured to communicate over the fronthaul using an O-RAN fronthaul interface. The DU and RUs are configured to communicate O-RAN control-plane and user-plane messages that include a new O-RAN section extension for use in communicating different section data to different RUs. Other embodiments are disclosed.