IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,611,501
Granted Patent B2
US 11,611,501 · App. 15/733,510 · Granted Mar 21, 2023

Apparatus, method, and computer program

Inventors: Xiang Xu (Jiangsu, CN); Esa Malkamäki (Espoo, FI); Matti Laitila (Oulu, FI); Thomas Höhne (Helsinki, FI); Henri Markus Koskinen (Espoo, FI)
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
H04L45/02H04L61/50
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Patent No.
US 11,611,501
App. No.
15/733,510
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive ( 1400 ) a request to create context for a migrating node and optionally at least one child node of the migrating node; allocate ( 1402 ) addresses to the migrating node and optionally the at least one child node of the migrating node; and send ( 1404 ) the addresses allocated to the migrating node and optionally the at least one child node of the migrating node, prior to the migrating node migrating from a source to a target.

Claims (46)

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code;

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

receive a request to create context for a migrating node;

allocate addresses to the migrating node;

send the addresses allocated to the migrating node, prior to the migrating node migrating from a source to a target;

receive, from a donor centralized unit control plane, a request to configure a routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node;

map the addresses allocated to the migrating node with a downlink backhaul adaptation protocol identifier of the migrating node; and

activate the configured routing table subsequent to the migrating node migrating from the source to the target.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the source is a source donor distributed unit or an integrated access and backhaul node connected via a source donor distributed unit.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the target is a target donor distributed unit or an integrated access and backhaul node connected via a target donor distributed unit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive, from a donor centralized unit control plane, the request to create context for the migrating node.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

send, to a donor centralized unit control plane, the addresses allocated to the migrating node.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

receive, from a donor centralized unit control plane, a request to configure the routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node and at least one child node of the migrating node; and

configure the routing table based on the addresses allocated to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein configuring the routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node based on the addresses to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node comprises mapping the addresses allocated to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node with respective downlink backhaul adaptation protocol identifiers of the migrating node and backhaul adaptation protocol identifiers of the at least one child node of the migrating node.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a target donor distributed unit.

9. A method comprising:

receiving a request to create context for a migrating node;

allocating addresses to the migrating node;

sending the addresses allocated to the migrating node, prior to the migrating node migrating from a source to a target;

receiving, from a donor centralized unit control plane, a request to configure a routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node;

mapping the addresses allocated to the migrating node with a downlink backhaul adaptation protocol identifier of the migrating node; and

activating the configured routing table subsequent to the migrating node migrating from the source to the target.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the source is a source donor distributed unit or an integrated access and backhaul node connected via a source donor distributed unit.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the target is a target donor distributed unit or an integrated access and backhaul node connected via a target donor distributed unit.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request to create context for the migrating node is received from a donor centralized unit control plane.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising sending, to a donor centralized unit control plane, the addresses allocated to the migrating node.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving, from a donor centralized unit control plane, a request to configure the routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node and at least one child node of the migrating node; and

configuring the routing table based on the addresses allocated to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein configuring the routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node based on the addresses to the migrating node and the at least one child node of the migrating node comprises mapping the addresses allocated to the migrating node and at least one child node of the migrating node with respective downlink backhaul adaptation protocol identifiers of the migrating node and backhaul adaptation protocol identifiers of the at least one child node of the migrating node.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method is performed by a target donor distributed unit.

17. At least one memory including computer program code configured to, with at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to:

receive a request to create context for a migrating node;

allocate addresses to the migrating node;

send the addresses allocated to the migrating node, prior to the migrating node migrating from a source to a target;

receive, from a donor centralized unit control plane, a request to configure a routing table for downlink traffic to the migrating node;

map the addresses allocated to the migrating node with a downlink backhaul adaptation protocol identifier of the migrating node; and

activate the configured routing table subsequent to the migrating node migrating from the source to the target.

18. The at least one memory of claim 17 , wherein the source is a source donor distributed unit or an integrated access and backhaul node connected via a source donor distributed unit.

19. The at least one memory of claim 17 , wherein the target is a target donor distributed unit or an integrated access and backhaul node connected via a target donor distributed unit.

20. The at least one memory of claim 17 , wherein the request to create context for the migrating node is received from a donor centralized unit control plane.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2022
From: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.; NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 059830/0488 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: XU, XIANG; MALKAMÄKI, ESA; LAITILA, MATTI; HÖHNE, THOMAS; KOSKINEN, HENRI MARKUS
To: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.; NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Reel/Frame 056013/0078 →
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