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Granted Patent B2
US 12,739,757 · App. 18/432,204 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Distributed unit monitoring of radio unit transmitter performance

Inventors: John Bradley Deforge (Chelsea, CA); Mohammed Abdelsadek (Kanata, CA); Eran Goldstein (Montreal, CA); Jayaram Venguduswamy Srinivasan (Nepean, CA)
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
H04W52/242H04W52/225
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Patent No.
US 12,739,757
App. No.
18/432,204
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Distributed unit monitoring of radio unit transmitter performance (e.g., using a computerized tool), is enabled. For example, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise determining an average of differences between respective uplink path losses between a cellular node and a group of user equipment, and corresponding downlink path losses between the cellular node and the group of user equipment. The operations can further comprise, in response to the average of the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses being determined to satisfy a defined difference threshold, determining that the cellular node is not transmitting according to a specified power level.

Claims (38)

1 . A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining an average of differences between

respective uplink path losses between a cellular node and a group of user equipment, and

corresponding downlink path losses between the cellular node and the group of user equipment; and

in response to the average of the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses being determined to satisfy a defined difference threshold, determining that the cellular node is not transmitting according to a specified power level.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the determining that the cellular node is not transmitting according to the specified power level, recalibrating a transmission power level applicable to the cellular node.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein recalibrating the transmission power level comprises adjusting the transmission power level based on the average of the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the cellular node is part of a time division duplexing cellular network.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the cellular node is part of a frequency division duplexing cellular network.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein respective uplink transmissions corresponding to the uplink path losses and corresponding downlink transmissions corresponding to the downlink path losses utilize common resource blocks.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the common resource blocks comprise common synchronization signal block channels.

8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the common resource blocks comprise common channel state information reference signal channels.

9 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining a mean of differences between

respective uplink path losses between network equipment and a group of user equipment, and

corresponding downlink path losses between the network equipment and the group of user equipment; and

in response to the mean of the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses being determined to satisfy a defined difference criterion, determining that the network equipment is not transmitting according to a defined power level.

10 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the determining that the network equipment is not transmitting according to the defined power level, recalibrating a transmission power level applicable to the network equipment.

11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein recalibrating the transmission power level comprises adjusting the transmission power level based on the mean of the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses.

12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the network equipment is part of a time division duplexing cellular network.

13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the network equipment is part of a frequency division duplexing cellular network.

14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein at least one of respective uplink transmissions corresponding to the uplink path losses or corresponding downlink transmissions corresponding to the downlink path losses utilize common resource blocks.

15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the common resource blocks comprise a common synchronization signal block channel.

16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the common resource blocks comprise a common channel state information reference signal channel.

17 . A method, comprising:

determining, by network equipment comprising at least one processor, a statistical function applied to differences between

respective uplink path losses between cellular network equipment and a group of user equipment, and

corresponding downlink path losses between the cellular network equipment and the group of user equipment;

in response to a result of applying the statistical function to the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses being determined to satisfy a defined difference threshold, determining, by the network equipment, that the cellular network equipment is not transmitting according to a specified power level,

based on the cellular network equipment being determined not to be transmitting according to the specified power level, recalibrating, by the network equipment, a transmission power level applicable to the cellular network equipment,

wherein the statistical function applied to the differences is an average of the differences, and wherein recalibrating the transmission power level comprises increasing the transmission power level based on the average of the differences between the respective uplink path losses and the corresponding downlink path losses.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein respective uplink transmissions corresponding to the uplink path losses and corresponding downlink transmissions corresponding to the downlink path losses utilize common resource blocks.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the cellular network equipment is part of a time division duplexing cellular network.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the cellular network equipment is part of a frequency division duplexing cellular network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2024
From: DEFORGE, JOHN BRADLEY; ABDELSADEK, MOHAMMED; GOLDSTEIN, ERAN; SRINIVASAN, JAYARAM VENGUDUSWAMY
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
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