US 2026/0074983 A1 · FIRST NETWORK NODE, SECOND NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY FOR HANDLING A SET OF NODES PROVIDING A SEGMENTED FRONT-HAUL

Abstract

A method performed by a first network node operating in a communications network comprising the set of nodes providing a segmented front-haul. The first network node determines, out of a respective first subset of nodes to serve a respective device of one or more devices, a respective second subset of nodes to serve each respective device. The determining is based on information obtained from a second network node. The information comprises respective routing information between a respective source node of respective one or more packets, and the respective device, so that a respective delivery of the respective packets to the respective device is based on an improvement of one or more metrics. The first network node also initiates sending of the respective one or more packets to the respective device via the determined respective second subset of nodes.

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A method performed by a first network node, the method being for handling a set of nodes providing a segmented front-haul, the first network node operating in a communications network comprising the set of nodes, the method comprising:

determining, out of a respective first subset of nodes in the set of nodes to serve a respective device of one or more devices, a respective second subset of nodes to serve each respective device of the one or more devices, the determining based on information obtained from a second network node operating in the communications network, the information comprises respective routing information between a respective source node of respective one or more packets for the respective device of the one or more devices and the respective device, so that a respective delivery of the respective one or more packets to the respective device of the one or more devices is based on an improvement of one or more metrics;
and
initiating sending of the respective one or more packets to the respective device of the one or more devices via the determined respective second subset of nodes.

A method performed by a second network node, the method being for handling a set of nodes providing a segmented front-haul, the second network node operating in a communications network comprising the set of nodes, the method comprising:

receiving a first indication from a first network node operating in the communications network, the first indication indicating a determined respective first subset of nodes in the set of nodes to serve a respective device of one or more devices;
determining, responsive to receiving the first indication, for the respective first subset of nodes, information comprising respective routing information between a respective source node of respective one or more packets for the respective device of the one or more devices and the respective device, the information being based on the determined respective first subset of nodes, the information enabling the first network node to determine, out of the respective first subset of nodes a respective second subset of nodes to serve each respective device of the one or more devices, so that a respective delivery of the respective one or more packets to the respective device of the one or more devices is based on an improvement of one or more metrics;
and
sending a second indication to the first network node, the second indication indicating the determined information.

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A first network node, for handling a set of nodes configured to provide a segmented front-haul, the first network node being configured to operate in a communications network configured to comprise the set of nodes, the first network node being further configured to:

determine, out of a respective first subset of nodes in the set of nodes to serve a respective device of one or more devices, a respective second subset of nodes to serve each respective device of the one or more devices, the determining being configured to be based on information configured to be obtained from a second network node configured to operate in the communications network, the information being configured to comprise respective routing information between a respective source node of respective one or more packets for the respective device of the one or more devices and the respective device, so that a respective delivery of the respective one or more packets to the respective device of the one or more devices is configured to be based on an improvement of one or more metrics;
and
initiate sending of the respective one or more packets to the respective device of the one or more devices via the respective second subset of nodes configured to be determined.

A second network node, for handling a set of nodes configured to provide a segmented front-haul, the second network node being configured to operate in a communications network configured to comprise the set of nodes, the second network node being further configured to:

receive a first indication from a first network node configured to operate in the communications network, the first indication being configured to indicate a determined respective first subset of nodes in the set of nodes to serve a respective device of one or more devices;
determine, responsive to receiving the first indication, for the respective first subset of nodes, information configured to comprise respective routing information between a respective source node of respective one or more packets for the respective device of the one or more devices and the respective device, the information being configured to be based on the respective first subset of nodes configured to be determined, and the information being configured to enable the first network node to determine, out of the respective first subset of nodes, a respective second subset of nodes to serve each respective device of the one or more devices, so that a respective delivery of the respective one or more packets to the respective device of the one or more devices is configured to be based on an improvement of one or more metrics;
and
send a second indication to the first network node, the second indication being configured to indicate the information configured to be determined.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

First network node, second network node, and methods performed thereby for handling a set of nodes providing a segmented front-haul

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First network node, second network node, and methods performed thereby for handling a set of nodes providing a segmented front-haul

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