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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Ipcom Gmbh & Co. KG, Pullach, DE;
Andreas Schmidt, Braunschweig, DE;
Achim Luft, Braunschweig, DE;
Martin Hans, Bad Salzdetfurth, DE;
Maik Bienas, Schoeppenstedt, DE;
IPCOM GMBH & CO. KG, Pullach, DE;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of transferring resource control unit operational control functionality within a single frequency network, in which multiple transmission points transmit identical downlink data packets in a synchronized manner, from a first node to a second node, the method comprising receiving at a resource control unit a set of resource control information from at least one candidate node; determining using the resource control information a suitability of the at least one candidate node to be the second node; and initiating transfer of the resource control unit operational control functionality from the first node to the second node.