Method and Apparatus to Lower Capacity Requirements on Backhaul Interface Between Base Stations
OwnerPetri Olavi Jappila, Hannu Tapio Hakkinen +1inventors
InventorsPetri Olavi Jappila, Hannu Tapio Hakkinen, Christian Mahr
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for processing in a non serving base station received data from at least one user equipment in order to reduce said data; and causing that the processed data are sent to a base station.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor:
- to process received data in a non serving base station from at least one user equipment to reduce said data;
- and
- to cause said processed data to be sent to a serving base station.
2-16. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor:
- to cause a request from a serving base station to be sent to a non serving base station, said request comprising information for causing said non serving base station to reduce an amount of data to be sent from said non serving base station to said serving base station.
(canceled)
A method comprising:
- processing received data in a non serving base station from at least one user equipment to reduce said data;
- and
- causing said processed data to be sent to a serving base station.
21-24. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- causing a request from a serving base station to be sent to a non serving base station, said request comprising information for causing said non serving base station to reduce an amount of data to be sent from said non serving base station to said serving base station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.