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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Xiang Xu, Suzhou, CN;
Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Oulu, FI;
Matti Einari Laitila, Oulu, FI;
Jens Gebert, Oberstenfeld, DE;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus including circuitry for, at a distributed unit of a relay node, determining that an internet protocol, IP, address of the distributed unit of the relay node used for communicating with a centralised unit of a donor node over a first communication path including a first donor distributed unit is to be reused after a change from the first communication path to a second communication path including a second donor distributed unit and providing an indication to the control plane of the centralised unit of the donor node that the IP address is to be reused.