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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsFredrik GUNNARSSON, Stefan Engström, Meta Landstedt, Johan Moe, Robert Petersen
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The technology described in this application provides a way for an O&M node or system to configure, monitor, and manage relay nodes efficiently. A base station serves a relay node in a cellular communications system that also includes the O&M node. A relay node O&M data context for the relay node is established in a memory associated with the base station. O&M data pertaining to the relay node is stored in the relay node O&M data context. The information in the relay node O&M data context is different than O&M data pertaining to the base station. The base station performs, on behalf of the relay node, O&M-related communications using the O&M data in the relay node O&M data context.
A method for a base station serving a relay node in a cellular communications system that includes an operation and maintenance (O&M) node, comprising the base station:
The method in 3, wherein the base station explicitly or implicitly marks the O&M data with a validity indicator.
Apparatus for a base station serving a relay node in a cellular communications system that is associated with an operation and maintenance (O&M) node, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.