IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,068
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,068 · App. 17/758,943 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Management node, distributed unit, radio communication system, and radio communication method

Inventors: Kunihiko Teshima (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Hiratsuka (Tokyo, JP); Takuto Arai (Tokyo, JP); Anil Umesh (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/0055H04W56/003
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Patent No.
US 12,414,068
App. No.
17/758,943
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device constitutes a management node that manages at least one of a first base station and a second base station provided on fronthaul. The communication device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a delay profile of the second base station, a control unit that determines a window parameter used to specify at least one of a Reception window and a Transmission window used in the first base station based on the delay profile of the second base station and a delay parameter defined by the fronthaul, and a notification unit that notifies the first base station of the window parameter.

Claims (27)

1. A management node comprising:

a receiver that receives an Open Radio Access Network Radio Unit (O-RU) delay profile of an O-RU, provided on a fronthaul;

a processor that determines a window parameter used to specify at least one of a reception window and a transmission window used in an Open Radio Access Network Distributed Unit (O-DU) provided on the fronthaul, based on the O-RU delay profile and a delay parameter between the O-RU and the O-DU defined in the fronthaul; and

a transmitter that transmits the window parameter to the O-DU,

wherein the window parameter includes a maximum value and a minimum value, and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value is used to determine the reception window or the transmission window.

2. The management node according to claim 1 , wherein the O-RU delay profile includes at least one of a parameter for determining the reception window related to a delay from radio reception at an antenna of the O-RU to output at a port of the O-RU, and a parameter for determining the transmission window related to a delay from reception at a port of the O-RU to radio transmission at an antenna of the O-RU.

3. The management node according to claim 1 , wherein the delay parameter includes a parameter related to a delay between the O-RU and the O-DU.

4. The management node according to claim 1 , wherein the window parameter includes at least one of a parameter defining the reception window and a parameter defining the transmission window.

5. An Open Radio Access Network Distributed Unit (O-DU) provided on a fronthaul, comprising:

a receiver that receives a window parameter from a management node; and

a processor that configures at least one of a reception window and a transmission window based on the window parameter,

wherein the window parameter is determined at the management node based on an O-RU delay profile of an Open Radio Access Network Radio Unit (O-RU) provided on the fronthaul and a delay parameter between the O-DU and the O-RU defined in the fronthaul, and

wherein the window parameter includes a maximum value and a minimum value, and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value is used to determine the reception window or the transmission window.

6. A radio communication system comprising:

an Open Radio Access Network Radio Unit (O-RU) provided on a fronthaul;

an Open Radio Access Network Distributed Unit (O-DU) provided on the fronthaul; and

a management node,

wherein the management node comprises

a receiver that receives an O-RU delay profile of the O-RU;

a processor that determines a window parameter used to specify at least one of a reception window and a transmission window used in the O-DU, based on the O-RU delay profile and a delay parameter between the O-DU and the O-RU defined in the fronthaul; and

a transmitter that transmits the window parameter to the O-DU,

wherein the window parameter includes a maximum value and a minimum value, and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value is used to determine the reception window or the transmission window.

7. A radio communication method comprising:

receiving an Open Radio Access Network Radio Unit (O-RU) delay profile of an O-RU provided on a fronthaul;

determining a window parameter used to specify at least one of a reception window and a transmission window used in an Open Radio Access Network Distributed Unit (O-DU) provided on the fronthaul, based on the O-RU delay profile and a delay parameter between the O-DU and the O-RU defined in the fronthaul; and

transmitting the window parameter to the O-DU,

wherein the window parameter includes a maximum value and a minimum value, and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value is used to determine the reception window or the transmission window.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: TESHIMA, KUNIHIKO; HIRATSUKA, DAISUKE; ARAI, TAKUTO; UMESH, ANIL
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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