Xuan B Tran

US Patent:

20230060496, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Nov 10, 2022

Appl. No.:

18/054294

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Minsung Jang - Basking Ridge NJ, US
Kaustubh Joshi - Short Hills NJ, US
Xuan Tuyen Tran - Piscataway NJ, US

International Classification:

H04W 74/08
H04W 76/11
H04W 80/02
H04W 74/00

Abstract:

The disclosed technology is directed towards associating a distributed unit (a baseband function) with a radio unit, corresponding to a service area, when the radio unit transitions from an idle state to an active state with respect to serving user equipment. When an idle radio unit receives a message requesting connection from a formerly idle user equipment, or user equipment to be served due to a handover, the message triggers assignment of a distributed unit to the radio unit, whereby the radio unit becomes active to serve the user equipment. If insufficient distributed unit capacity exists, a new distributed unit is dynamically instantiated and assigned to the radio unit. When a radio unit transitions from active to idle, the radio unit is disassociated from the distributed unit. If a distributed unit is not associated with any radio unit, the distributed unit is deactivated to reduce resource consumption.