	US 12,238,541 B2
	Configuration of a wireless network centralized unit (CU) and multiple wireless network distributed units (DUS)
Herkole Sava, Centreville, VA (US); Ankit Arvind Muchhala, Leesburg, VA (US); Michael Scott Witherell, Portland, OR (US); and Zheng Fang, McLean, VA (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,997.
Application 18/167,997 is a continuation of application No. 17/496,166, filed on Oct. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,595,836.
Application 17/496,166 is a continuation of application No. 16/745,156, filed on Jan. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,190,955, issued on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199525 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 43/0888 (2022.01)

CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 43/0888 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

15. A wireless communication system to serve user communication devices, the wireless communication system comprising:

Distributed Units (DUs) to wirelessly receive test data from wireless access points and to transfer the test data to a Central Unit (CU);

the CU to receive the test data from the DUs, determine radio metrics for combinations of the DUs and the wireless access points based on the test data, and estimate data throughputs for the combinations of the DUs and the wireless access points based on the radio metrics;

the CU to select some of the combinations of the DUs and the wireless access points based on the estimated data throughputs;

the CU to exchange user data with the user communication devices and to exchange the user data with the DUs in the selected combinations of the DUs and the wireless access points; and

the DUs in the selected combinations of the DUs and the wireless access points to exchange the user data with the CU and to wirelessly exchange the user data with the wireless access points in the selected combinations of the DUs and the wireless access points.