IP Library Granted Patent US 11,172,539
Granted Patent B2
US 11,172,539 · App. 16/349,631 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Base station and terminal device

Inventors: Hiroaki Takano (Saitama, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Kusashima (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroki Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04W84/047H04W68/02H04W72/085H04W76/10H04W76/27H04W92/12
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Patent No.
US 11,172,539
App. No.
16/349,631
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a mechanism capable of flexibly constructing backhaul including a wireless communication path. Provided is a base station including: a processing unit that is connected to backhaul including a first logical interface with a first control entity related to a control plane and a second logical interface with a second control entity related to a user plane. Both a communication route in which the first logical interface is formed and a communication route in which the second logical interface is formed include wireless communication paths formed between a first base station and a second base station.

Claims (10)

1. A base station comprising:

a processing unit that is connected to backhaul including a first logical interface with a first control entity related to a control plane and a second logical interface with a second control entity related to a user plane,

wherein both a communication route in which the first logical interface is formed and a communication route in which the second logical interface is formed include wireless communication paths formed between a first base station and a second base station, and

wherein the communication route in which the first logical interface is formed and the communication route in which the second logical interface is formed include mutually different wireless communication paths prior to reaching the first and second control entities.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the base station on the communication route in which the first logical interface or the second logical interface is formed transparently transfers a signal from a downstream side to an upstream side or a signal from the upstream side to the downstream side.

3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit forms the wireless communication path for the first logical interface using a frequency resource of a lower frequency than that of the wireless communication path for the second logical interface.

4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is connected to the first logical interface that goes through a smaller number of base stations as compared with the second logical interface.

5. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit forms the wireless communication path for the first logical interface using a frequency resource of a frequency that avoids rainfall attenuation.

6. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit exchanges information related to the communication route in which the first logical interface or the second logical interface is formed with another base station.

7. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit includes at least any of a delay request, a signal-to-noise ratio (SN) request, or a reliability request in an S 1 setup request.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2019
From: SHIMEZAWA, KAZUYUKI; TAKANO, HIROAKI; UCHIYAMA, HIROMASA; KUSASHIMA, NAOKI; MATSUDA, HIROKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049379/0130 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-227052 · Nov 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190349950A1 · Nov 14, 2019