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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sarma V. Vangala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Munich, DE;
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Krisztian Kiss, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mona Agnel, Greater London, GB;
Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralf Rossbach, Neubiberg, DE;
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Zhibin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality are disclosed herein. An TAB node includes a distributed unit (DU) having a local application instance of a MEC-enabled application. The local application instance is configured for communication with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the TAB node. A mobile termination functionality (MT) of the IAB node uses a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer to transport data of the local application instance between the MT and an IAB donor. Further, data of the local application instance is transported between the UE and the TAB node via one of a variety of methods, including the use of a second PDCP layer at the DU (and optionally the use of service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layers at each of the DU and the MT), and/or via sidelink.