Method and systems for exchanging messages in a wireless network
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsYin GAO, He HUANG
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Abstract
Methods and system for a centralized unit and a distributed unit of a base station to operatively cooperate with each other are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first communication node includes: sending a first message to a second wireless communication node upon determining to switch a third wireless communication node to a radio resource control inactive mode. The first and second wireless communication nodes cooperate to serve as a first base station in a wireless network.
Claims20
A method performed by a first wireless communication node, comprising:
- sending, by the first wireless communication node, a first message to a second wireless communication node upon determining to switch a third wireless communication node to a radio resource control inactive mode,
- wherein the first and second wireless communication nodes cooperate to serve as a first base station in a wireless network.
A method performed by a second wireless communication node, comprising:
- receiving a first message sent by a first wireless communication node;
- and
- passing a first encoded container included in the first message to a third wireless communication node, wherein the first encoded container is configured to switch the third wireless communication node to a radio resource control inactive mode,
- wherein the first and second wireless communication nodes cooperate to serve as a first base station in a wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.