US 12,342,188 B2
Multi-mode radio unit
Fred Anderson, Lakeville, OH (US); Indermeet Singh Ghandi, San Jose, CA (US); Shailender Photharaju, Fremont, CA (US); and Clark Carty, Brunswick, OH (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,424.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031830 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
executing a 7.2 split mode at a Multi-Mode Radio Unit (MMRU);
monitoring a metric associated with a front-haul link between the MMRU and a Distributed Unit (DU);
comparing the metric to a first threshold; and
when the metric is above the first threshold, switching the MMRU from the 7.2 split mode to a full gNodeB (gNB) mode, wherein higher physical layer, link layer, and network layer functions are integrated.