Reducing internal signaling burden in the distributed antenna system

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive signals from a network, the method comprising:

receiving a first information unit from the network by a first distributed unit (DU) among multiple DUs distributed within the UE;

reporting, by the first DU, reception information of the first information unit to a central unit (CU) of the UE before decoding the received first information unit, wherein the CU controls the multiple DUs;

receiving, at the first DU from the CU, a direction indicating whether the first DU is to decode the received first information unit or not, and indicating whether the first DU is to transfer the received first information unit to the CU or another DU within the UE,

wherein the CU sends the direction based on the reception information of the first received information unit; and

decoding and transferring, by the first DU, the received first information unit to the CU and the another DU within the UE when the direction indicates a specific value,

wherein the CU sends the direction with an indication that the first DU is to transfer the first information unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information unit is a unit for which determination of a decoding failure or success is made.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CU sends a second direction to transfer the first information unit, only when the first information unit is successfully decoded by the first DU.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second information units represent the same information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CU sends a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for the first information unit to the network, when the CU fails to acquire a successfully decoded first information unit.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the direction indicates one of:

transferring the first information unit to the CU without decoding the first information unit,

transferring the first information unit to the CU only when decoding of the first information unit is successful,

decoding the first information unit and reporting a decoding result to the CU, or

not sharing the first information unit with the CU or the another DU.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reception information includes an index of the first information unit and an index of the first DU.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the CU identifies whether the first information unit received by the first DU represents the same information or independent information from a second information unit received by a second DU based on the index of the first information unit.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is implemented on a motor vehicle, and

wherein the multiple DUs are distributed within the motor vehicle.

10. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

multiple distributed units (DUs), each of which includes an antenna component to receive an information unit from a network; and

a central unit (CU) configured to control the multiple DUs, wherein each of the multiple DUs further includes:

a processor configured to report reception information of the information unit received at the DU to the CU before decoding the information unit received at the DU; and

an internal communication unit configured to transfer the information unit received at the DU in response to a reception of a direction from the CU indicating

whether the DU is to decode the information unit received at the DU or not, and indicating whether the DU is to transfer the received information unit to the CU or another DU within the UE,

wherein the CU includes an internal communication unit configured to receive the reception information from each of the multiple DUs and to send the direction based on the reception information from each of the multiple DUs,

wherein each of the multiple DUs is further configured to decode and transfer the received information unit to the CU and the another DU within the UE when the direction indicates a specific value, and

wherein the CU sends the direction with an indication that the DU is to transfer the information unit.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the CU further includes:

a processor configured to process the reception information from each of the multiple DUs and generate the direction; and

a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK) to the network, when the CU fails to acquire a successfully decoded information unit.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the UE is implemented on a motor vehicle, and

wherein the multiple DUs are distributed within the motor vehicle.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CU determines the direction based on a priority of the first information unit, and wherein the priority is determined based on the reception information from the first DU.

14. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the CU determines the direction based on a priority of the information unit, and wherein the priority is determined based on the reception information from the each of the multiple DUs.