US 12,452,754 B2
System and method for wireless link configuration
Philippe Sartori, Plainfield, IL (US); Zhongfeng Li, Munich (DE); and Anthony C.K. Soong, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to FutureWei Technologies, Inc., Addison, TX (US)
Filed by Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Addison, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,833.
Application 16/214,944 is a division of application No. 13/348,981, filed on Jan. 12, 2012, granted, now 10,154,442, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 18/167,833 is a continuation of application No. 16/214,944, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,582,665, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276326 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/10 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0064 (2023.05); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a relay node, a first instruction from a first controller to discontinue using a first set of wireless backhaul link resources between the relay node and the first controller;
using, by the relay node in response to the first instruction, a second set of wireless backhaul link resources for a handoff procedure from the first controller to a second controller;
receiving, by the relay node, a second instruction from the second controller to begin using a third set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node for communication with the second controller, wherein the second set of wireless backhaul link resources comprises a set of wireless backhaul link resources common to the first set of wireless backhaul link resources and the third set of wireless backhaul link resources; and
using, by the relay node in response to the second instruction, the third set of wireless backhaul link resources for communication between the relay node and the second controller.