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RU apparatus, DU apparatus, communication system, communication method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Grant US12581334B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

NEC CORPORATION

Inventors

Ukyo Hishi, Atsushi Nakata

Abstract

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a remote unit (RU) apparatus that can effectively utilize statistical information of packets generated in a RU apparatus and a distributed unit (DU) apparatus that execute separated functions in a base station. A RU apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a reception unit (11) that receives a packet from a DU apparatus (20) that executes processing of a higher-level layer than a layer to be executed by the RU apparatus (10) among communication functions of a base station that are divided into a plurality of layers; and a transmission unit (12) that transmits an alarm signal to the DU apparatus (20) or a management apparatus that manages a network when statistical information regarding the received packet satisfies a predetermined criterion.

CPC Classifications

H04W 24/08 H04W 88/08 H04L 43/0847

Filing Date

2021-02-24

Application No.

18276369

Claims

14