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US 11,457,397 B2Granted
Methods, wireless communications networks and infrastructure equipment
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Hideji Wakabayashi
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuxin Wei, Vivek Sharma, Hideji Wakabayashi
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A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The communications network comprises a plurality of infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more others of the infrastructure equipment via a backhaul communications link, one or more of the infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface. The method comprises receiving, at a first of the infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network part of the wireless communications network, from a second of the infrastructure equipment, information relating to each of a plurality of different communications paths from the second infrastructure equipment to the first infrastructure equipment via one or more others of the infrastructure equipment acting as relay nodes, determining, based on the received information relating to the plurality of different communications paths, that either at least a part of a new communications path exists between the first of the infrastructure equipment and the second of the infrastructure equipment or at least a part of a previously known communications path no longer exists between the first of the infrastructure equipment and the second of the infrastructure equipment, and updating a communications path list by either adding the at least the part of the new communications path or deleting the at least the part of the previously known communications path that no longer exists.
A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more others of the infrastructure equipment via a backhaul communications link, one or more of the infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface, the method comprising
A method of operating a first infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of other infrastructure equipment, the first infrastructure equipment and the plurality of other infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more others of the infrastructure equipment via a backhaul communications link, one or more of the infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface, wherein the first infrastructure equipment is configured to act as a donor node connected to a core network part of the wireless communications network, the method comprising
Circuitry for a first infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of other infrastructure equipment, the first infrastructure equipment and the plurality of other infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more others of the infrastructure equipment via a backhaul communications link, one or more of the infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface, wherein the first infrastructure equipment is configured to act as a donor node connected to a core network part of the wireless communications network and comprises transceiver circuitry and controller circuitry configured in combination
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Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing: using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver…
Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks: multipath
Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing: based on wireless node resources
Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing: based on transmission quality or channel quality
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The present application is based on PCT filing PCT/EP2019/056656, filed Mar. 18, 2019, which claims priority to EP 18164770.2, filed Mar. 28, 2018, the entire contents of each are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for the management of communications routes between various infrastructure equipment and the core network on a wireless backhaul communications link in a wireless communications system.
The “background” description provided herein is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. Work of the presently named inventors, to the extent it is described in this background section, as well as aspects of the description which may not otherwise qualify as prior art at the time of filing, are neither expressly or impliedly admitted as prior art against the present invention.
A more complete appreciation of the disclosure and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
FIG. 1 schematically represents some aspects of a LTE-type wireless telecommunication system which may be configured to operate in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 schematically represents some aspects of a new radio access technology (RAT) wireless communications system which may be configured to operate in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure;
Long Term Evolution (LTE) Wireless Communications System FIG. 1 provides a schematic diagram illustrating some basic functionality of a mobile telecommunications network/system 6 operating generally in accordance with LTE principles, but which may also support other radio access technologies, and which may be adapted to implement embodiments of the disclosure as described herein. Various elements of FIG. 1 and certain aspects of their respective modes of operation are well-known and defined in the relevant standards administered by the 3GPP® body, and also described in many books on the subject, for example, Holma H. and Toskala A [1]. It will be appreciated that operational aspects of the telecommunications networks discussed herein which are not specifically described (for example in relation to specific communication protocols and physical channels for communicating between different elements) may be implemented in accordance with any known techniques, for example according to the relevant standards and known proposed modifications and additions to the relevant standards.
The network 6 includes a plurality of base stations 1 connected to a core network 2. Each base station provides a coverage area 3 (i.e. a cell) within which data can be communicated to and from communications devices 4.
Although each base station 1 is shown in FIG. 1 as a single entity, the skilled person will appreciate that some of the functions of the base station may be carried out by disparate, inter-connected elements, such as antennas, remote radio heads, amplifiers, etc. Collectively, one or more base stations may form a radio access network.