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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing, CN;
Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to communication in an IAB network. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a source donor distributed unit (DU) of a base station comprises a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor. The source donor DU is coupled to a donor centralized unit (CU) of the base station, and the processor of the source donor DU is configured: to receive, from the donor CU of the base station, address information relating to at least one integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node; and to transmit, via the transceiver, a downlink packet to a target donor DU within at least one target donor DU, wherein the downlink packet is associated with the address information relating to the at least one IAB node.