US 12,108,262 B2
Methods of communicating between a radio unit and a distributed unit
Vincenzo Fiorentino, Nuremberg (DE); and Sander Rotmensen, Altdorf bei Nürnberg (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/578,889
Filed by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/065146
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/001441, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 21187484 (EP), filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267758 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 88/085 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of communicating between a first radio unit and a first distributed unit of an operational wireless network in an industrial facility, the method comprising:
providing a dedicated wireless subnetwork associated with the first radio unit, the dedicated wireless subnetwork comprising a dedicated user device connected to the first radio unit, a dedicated radio unit of a base station connected to the dedicated user device, and a dedicated distributed unit connected to the dedicated radio unit and the first distributed unit;
receiving, by the first radio unit, at least one data packet from a user device, wherein the at least one data packet is associated with ene of a first user plane or a first control plane of the operational wireless network; and
transmitting, by the first radio unit, the at least one data packet to the first distributed unit via a second user plane of the dedicated wireless subnetwork,
wherein the dedicated wireless subnetwork comprises the second user plane and a second control plane,
wherein a configuration of the second user plane is distinct from a configuration of the first user plane,
wherein a configuration of the second control plane is distinct from a configuration of the first control plane, and
wherein the dedicated wireless subnetwork further comprises a user plane function, the user plane function for connecting the first distributed unit with the dedicated distributed unit.