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Granted Patent B2
US 11,736,956 · App. 17/057,512 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Base station

Inventors: Suguru Okuyama (Tokyo, JP); Anil Umesh (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W16/28H04B7/0456H04B7/0617H04W88/08H04W92/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,736,956
App. No.
17/057,512
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station includes a first unit that performs radio transmission of a signal to a terminal, a second unit, and an interface that connects the first unit to the second unit. In order to determine which of the first unit and the second unit is a unit that performs precoding, information indicating whether or not at least one of the first unit and the second unit has a function of the precoding is sent over the interface.

Claims (16)

1. A base station, comprising:

a Radio Unit (RU) that wirelessly transmits a signal to a terminal;

a Distributed Unit (DU); and

an interface that connects the RU to the DU,

wherein function information indicating a function that the RU has is sent from the RU to the DU,

wherein the function information includes a first parameter indicating whether or not the RU has a function of precoding,

wherein the function information further includes a second parameter indicating whether or not the RU has a function of digital beamforming, and

wherein the function information further includes an additional parameter indicating a beam identifier.

2. A base station, comprising:

a Radio Unit (RU) that wirelessly transmits a signal to a terminal;

a Distributed Unit (DU); and

an interface that connects the RU to the DU,

wherein function information indicating a function that the RU has is sent from the RU to the DU,

wherein the function information includes a first parameter indicating whether or not the RU has a function of precoding,

wherein when the RU and the DU have the function of the precoding, the RU is determined as a unit that performs the precoding, and

wherein the function information further includes an additional parameter indicating a beam identifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: OKUYAMA, SUGURU; UMESH, ANIL
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 054876/0711 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-099056 · May 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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