Methods of communicating between a radio unit and a distributed unit

A dedicated base station for connecting a first radio unit and a first distributed unit of an operational wireless network in an industrial facility, the dedicated base station comprising:

• a dedicated radio unit capable of wirelessly connecting to a dedicated user device associated with the first radio unit;
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• a dedicated distributed unit capable of communicatively connecting to the dedicated radio unit and connecting the first distributed unit via a user plane function,
• wherein the dedicated base station is configured to one of receive one or more data packets from the first radio unit and transmit one or more data packets to the first radio unit via the dedicated user device over a second user plane, and
• wherein the one or more data packets are associated with one of a first user plane and a first control plane associated with the first radio unit.

A dedicated wireless sub network for connecting a first radio unit and a first distributed unit of an operational wireless network in an industrial facility using a dedicated base station, the dedicated wireless sub network comprising:

• a dedicated user device capable of being communicatively coupled to the first radio unit and communicatively coupled to a dedicated radio unit of the dedicated base station;
• a user plane function capable of being connected to a dedicated distributed unit of the dedicated base station and the first distributed unit;
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• a dedicated user plane for transmission of data packets between the dedicated user device and the dedicated base station,
• wherein the data packets are associated with a first user plane or a first control plane associated with the first radio unit, and
• wherein the dedicated user plane is configured to tunnel data packets associated with one of the first control plane and a first data plane associated with the first radio unit and the first distributed unit.