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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ukyo Hishi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a remote unit (RU) apparatus that can effectively utilize statistical information of packets generated in a RU apparatus and a distributed unit (DU) apparatus that execute separated functions in a base station. A RU apparatus () according to the present disclosure includes: a reception unit () that receives a packet from a DU apparatus () that executes processing of a higher-level layer than a layer to be executed by the RU apparatus () among communication functions of a base station that are divided into a plurality of layers; and a transmission unit () that transmits an alarm signal to the DU apparatus () or a management apparatus that manages a network when statistical information regarding the received packet satisfies a predetermined criterion.