Sleep mode implementation by control-plane section type 4 messaging in a telecommunication network
AssigneesRakuten Symphony, Inc., Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
InventorsLingasamy VELUCHAMY, Awn MUHAMMAD
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an O-DU configured to receive from a radio unit (O-RU), configuration capability information via management plane (M-Plane) command from the O-RU. The O-DU receives, from a higher layer network function, a request to reconfigure an antenna array. The O-DU determines a sleep mode type supported by the O-RU based on the configuration capability information from the O-RU. The O-DU, based on the request to reconfigure the antenna array from the higher layer network function, and based on the supported sleep mode type, applies the supported sleep mode type via a C-Plane Section Type 4 message or a M-Plane command to the O-RU.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a distributed unit (O-DU), the O-DU configured to:
- receive from a radio unit (O-RU), configuration capability information via management plane (M-Plane) messaging from the O-RU;
- receive from a higher layer network function, a request to reconfigure an antenna array;
- based on the configuration capability information from the O-RU and based on the request to reconfigure the antenna array from the higher layer network function, determine a sleep mode type supported by the O-RU;
- and
- based on the supported sleep mode type, apply the supported sleep mode type via a C-Plane Section Type 4 message or a M-Plane command to the O-RU.
A method, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a distributed unit (O-DU) from a radio unit (O-RU), configuration capability information via management plane (M-Plane) messaging from the O-RU;
- receiving, by the O-DU from a higher layer network function, a request to reconfigure an antenna array;
- based on the configuration capability information from the O-RU and based on the request to reconfigure the antenna array from the higher layer network function, determining, by the O-DU, a sleep mode type supported by the O-RU;
- and
- based on the supported sleep mode type, applying, by the O-DU, the supported sleep mode type via a C-Plane Section Type 4 message or M-Plane command to the O-RU.
A method, the method comprising:
- sending, by a radio unit (O-RU) to an open distributed unit (O-DU), configuration capability information via a management plane (M-Plane) command;
- receiving, by the O-RU from the O-DU, a sleep mode type supported by the O-RU via a C-Plane Section Type 4 message or M-Plane command, wherein the supported sleep mode type is based on the configuration capability information of the O-RU and a request to reconfigure the antenna array from a higher layer network function;
- and
- based on the supported sleep mode type for the O-RU, activating, by the O-RU, the sleep mode type to parts of the O-RU.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.