Physical entity profiles of a radio unit
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may provide, to a distributed unit (DU) of the base station, an indication of one or more candidate physical entity (PHY) profiles. The base station may receive, from the DU, an indication of a selected PHY profile, of the one or more candidate PHY profiles, to use for communication with a device, such as a user equipment. Numerous other aspects are described.
1. A radio unit for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
provide, to a distributed unit (DU), an indication of one or more candidate physical entity (PHY) profiles;
receive, from the DU, an indication of a particular PHY profile of the one or more candidate PHY profiles to use for communication with a device; and
provide, to the DU, an indication of one or more recommended front end unit profiles that are compatible with the particular PHY profile.
2. The radio unit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
provide, to the DU, an indication that the particular PHY profile is incompatible with a first front end unit profile.
3. The radio unit of claim 2 , wherein the particular PHY profile is incompatible with the particular front end unit profile based at least in part on one or more of:
the particular PHY profile would cause input ports of one or more front end units to be open ports, or
the particular PHY profile would cause multiple component carriers configured for the one or more front end units to be connected to a single PHY partition subset.
4. The radio unit of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
provide, to the DU, an indication of one or more compatible pairs of PHY profiles and front end unit profiles that match the first front end unit profile.
5. The radio unit of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
provide a mapping of front end unit profiles to compatible PHY profiles.
6. The radio unit of claim 5 , wherein the mapping of front end unit profiles to compatible PHY profiles comprises one or more of:
one or more validity indications,
a list of valid parings, or
a list of invalid pairings.
7. The radio unit of claim 5 , wherein the mapping of front end unit profiles to compatible PHY profiles comprises one or more validity indications.
8. The radio unit of claim 5 , wherein the mapping of front end unit profiles to compatible PHY profiles comprises a list of valid parings.
9. The radio unit of claim 5 , wherein the mapping of front end unit profiles to compatible PHY profiles comprises a list of invalid pairings.
10. The radio unit of claim 1 , wherein a PHY profile of the one or more candidate PHY profiles is associated with one or more of:
a PHY profile identification,
a number of partitions subsets supported in the PHY profile, or
for a partition subset supported in the PHY profile, one or more of:
a partition subset identifier,
a number of local baseband ports associated with the partition subset, or
global baseband port identifications for the local baseband ports associated with the partition subset.
11. The radio unit of claim 1 , wherein a PHY profile of the one or more candidate PHY profiles is associated with a number of partitions subsets supported in the PHY profile.
12. A radio unit for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
provide, to a distributed unit (DU), an indication of one or more candidate physical entity (PHY) profiles;
receive, from the DU, an indication of a particular PHY profile of the one or more candidate PHY profiles to use for communication with a device;
receive, from the DU, an indication of a set of parameters associated with one or more of: a candidate PHY profile or a candidate front end unit profile; and
provide, to the DU and based at least in part on the set of parameters, an indication of: one or more recommended PHY profiles of the one or more candidate PHY profiles, or one or more recommended front end unit profiles,
wherein reception of the indication of the particular PHY profile is based at least in part on the indication of the one or more recommended PHY profiles.
13. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include one or more indications of:
a selection of a candidate PHY profile,
a selection of a candidate front end unit profile,
parameters associated with the particular PHY profile,
parameters associated with a first front end unit profile,
a number of component carriers to use for communication with the device, or
a set of proposed PHY profile and front end unit profile pairings.
14. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein, to provide the indication of one or more recommended PHY profiles, the one or more processors are configured to:
provide an indication of a set of PHY profiles that satisfy the set of parameters,
provide an indication of a set of PHY profiles that satisfy a subset of the set of parameters, or
provide an indication that the set of parameters is rejected.
15. The radio unit of claim 14 , wherein the indication that the set of parameters is rejected comprises an indication of a reason for rejection of the set of parameters.
16. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include a selection of a candidate PHY profile.
17. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include a selection of a candidate front end unit profile.
18. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include a selection of parameters associated with the particular PHY profile.
19. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include a selection of parameters associated with a first front end unit profile.
20. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include a selection of a number of component carriers to use for communication with the device.
21. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein the set of parameters include a selection of a set of proposed PHY profile and front end unit profile pairings.
22. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein, to provide the indication of one or more recommended PHY profiles, the one or more processors are configured to:
provide an indication of a set of PHY profiles that satisfy the set of parameters.
23. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein, to provide the indication of one or more recommended PHY profiles, the one or more processors are configured to:
provide an indication of a set of PHY profiles that satisfy a subset of the set of parameters.
24. The radio unit of claim 12 , wherein, to provide the indication of one or more recommended PHY profiles, the one or more processors are configured to:
provide an indication that the set of parameters is rejected.
25. A radio unit for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
provide, to a distributed unit (DU), an indication of one or more candidate physical entity (PHY) profiles;
receive, from the DU, an indication of a particular PHY profile of the one or more candidate PHY profiles to use for communication with a device;
receive, from the DU, a request for partition subset capabilities; and
provide, to the DU, an indication of partition subset capabilities.
26. The radio unit of claim 25 , wherein the partition subset capabilities are based at least in part on one of the one or more candidate PHY profiles or a front end unit profile.
27. The radio unit of claim 26 , wherein, to provide the indication of partition subset capabilities, the one or more processors are configured to:
provide an indication of a dependency of the partition subset capabilities associated with the one of the one or more PHY profiles or the front end unit profile.
28. The radio unit of claim 27 , wherein the indication of the dependency of the partition subset capabilities comprises one or more of:
an explicit indication of the dependency, or
an invariant-based dependency.
29. The radio unit of claim 27 , wherein the indication of the dependency of the partition subset capabilities comprises an explicit indication of the dependency.
30. The radio unit of claim 27 , wherein the indication of the dependency of the partition subset capabilities comprises an invariant-based dependency.