# US 2021/0243797 A1 · Status messaging protocol > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243797 A1 - Document ID: US20210243797A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/781,833 - Filed: 2020-02-04 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-04 - Assignees: AltioStar Networks, Inc. - Applicants: AltioStar Networks, Inc. - Inventors: M Ramana Reddy; Sankarshan Sen; Parvez Munir Khan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243797A1 ## CPC - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 74/002: {Transmission of channel access control information} - H04L 27/2666: {Acquisition of further OFDM parameters, e.g. bandwidth, subcarrier spacing, or guard interval length} - H04L 27/2671: {Time domain} - H04W 36/0033: {with transfer of context information} - H04W 36/0064: {of control information between different access points} - H04W 24/04: Arrangements for maintaining operational condition - H04W 56/00: Synchronisation arrangements - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for radio synchronous status messaging between communications units in wireless communications systems. A change of status event by one or more first communications devices is detected. A message indicative of the detected change of status event is generated. The generated message is transmitted to one or more second communications devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method, comprising: detecting a change of status event by one or more first communications devices; generating a message indicative of the detected change of status event; and transmitting the generated message to one or more second communications devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more first and second communications devices includes at least one of the following: a base station, a gNodeB base station, an eNodeB base station, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the one or more first and second communications devices includes at least one of the following: one or more distributed units, one or more radio units, and any combinations thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the one or more remote units generate the message and transmit the generated message to the one or more distributed units. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the one or more distributed units generate the message and transmit the generated message to the one or more remote units. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the message is a Layer 2 message frame configured to be transmitted from one or more Layer 2 components of the one or more first communications devices to one or more Layer 2 components of the one or more second communications devices. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the Layer 2 message includes at least one of the following: an identification of a source of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the source of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a destination of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the destination of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the Layer 2 message, a data corresponding to the change of status event, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the data corresponding to the change of status event includes at least one of the following: a precision timing protocol clock status, a synchronous Ethernet clock status, a time error status, a precision timing protocol configuration, a synchronous Ethernet configuration, one or more commands, one or more configurations, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the data corresponding to the change of status event includes at least one of the following: a time elapsed since a detection of a previous change of status event, a phase offset configuration, a frequency offset configuration, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising executing, by the one or more second communications devices, one or more actions based on the received message. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the message is a multicast message configured to be received by the one or more second communication devices in real-time. ### Claim 12 An apparatus comprising: at least one programmable processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising: detecting a change of status event by one or more first communications devices; generating a message indicative of the detected change of status event; and transmitting the generated message to one or more second communications devices. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the one or more first and second communications devices includes at least one of the following: a base station, a gNodeB base station, an eNodeB base station, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the one or more first and second communications devices includes at least one of the following: one or more distributed units, one or more radio units, and any combinations thereof. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the one or more remote units generate the message and transmit the generated message to the one or more distributed units. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the one or more distributed units generate the message and transmit the generated message to the one or more remote units. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the message is a Layer 2 message frame configured to be transmitted from one or more Layer 2 components of the one or more first communications devices to one or more Layer 2 components of the one or more second communications devices. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the Layer 2 message includes at least one of the following: an identification of a source of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the source of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a destination of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the destination of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the Layer 2 message, a data corresponding to the change of status event, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the data corresponding to the change of status event includes at least one of the following: a precision timing protocol clock status, a synchronous Ethernet clock status, a time error status, a precision timing protocol configuration, a synchronous Ethernet configuration, one or more commands, one or more configurations, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the data corresponding to the change of status event includes at least one of the following: a time elapsed since a detection of a previous change of status event, a phase offset configuration, a frequency offset configuration, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise executing, by the one or more second communications devices, one or more actions based on the received message. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the message is a multicast message configured to be received by the one or more second communication devices in real-time. ### Claim 23 A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising: detecting a change of status event by one or more first communications devices; generating a message indicative of the detected change of status event; and transmitting the generated message to one or more second communications devices. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the one or more first and second communications devices includes at least one of the following: a base station, a gNodeB base station, an eNodeB base station, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The computer program product according to claim 24, wherein the one or more first and second communications devices includes at least one of the following: one or more distributed units, one or more radio units, and any combinations thereof. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The computer program product according to claim 25, wherein the one or more remote units generate the message and transmit the generated message to the one or more distributed units. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The computer program product according to claim 25, wherein the one or more distributed units generate the message and transmit the generated message to the one or more remote units. ### Claim 28 (depends on 23) The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the message is a Layer 2 message frame configured to be transmitted from one or more Layer 2 components of the one or more first communications devices to one or more Layer 2 components of the one or more second communications devices. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The computer program product according to claim 28, wherein the Layer 2 message includes at least one of the following: an identification of a source of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the source of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a destination of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the destination of the Layer 2 message, an identification of a type of the Layer 2 message, a data corresponding to the change of status event, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The computer program product according to claim 29, wherein the data corresponding to the change of status event includes at least one of the following: a precision timing protocol clock status, a synchronous Ethernet clock status, a time error status, a precision timing protocol configuration, a synchronous Ethernet configuration, one or more commands, one or more configurations, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein the data corresponding to the change of status event includes at least one of the following: a time elapsed since a detection of a previous change of status event, a phase offset configuration, a frequency offset configuration, and any combination thereof. ### Claim 32 (depends on 23) The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the operations further comprise executing, by the one or more second communications devices, one or more actions based on the received message. ### Claim 33 (depends on 23) The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the message is a multicast message configured to be received by the one or more second communication devices in real-time.