US 12,432,578 B2
Systems and methods for operating radio access networks with high service availability
Frank Tao Yu, Broadlands, VA (US); and Farhad Bassirat, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/532,883.
Application 18/532,883 is a continuation of application No. 17/705,128, filed on Mar. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,877,163.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107339 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 52/0212 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a Radio Access Network (RAN) including a radio unit device, a first computing device, and a second computing device different from the first computing device, the method comprising:
transmitting, by the radio unit device, first data to the first computing device using a configuration parameter of the radio unit device having a value set to an address of the first computing device;
detecting, by the radio unit device, an outage of the first computing device;
transmitting, by the radio unit device, a message indicating detection of the outage of the first computing device in response to the detecting the outage of the first computing device;
receiving, by the second computing device, Distributed Unit (DU) configuration information including an address of the radio unit device;
transmitting, by the second computing device, the request to modify the value of the configuration parameter of the radio unit device using the address of the radio unit device included in the DU configuration information;
receiving, by the radio unit device, a request to modify the value of the configuration parameter of the radio unit device from the address of the first computing device to an address of the second computing device; and
transmitting, by radio unit device, second data to the second computing device using the configuration parameter of the radio unit device having the value set to the address of the second computing device.