DEVICE FOR FRONTHAUL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A BASEBAND UNIT AND A REMOTE UNIT OF A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK

Abstract: one embodiment is directed to a system for providing wireless service to user equipment (ue). the system comprises an intermediate device configured to communicate with a baseband unit (bbu) of a radio access network (ran) and a plurality of remote units (rus) communicatively coupled to the intermediate device. the intermediate device is configured to acquire synchronization for the ran and to distribute synchronization information to the plurality of rus. at least two of the rus are configured to wirelessly transmit user data to a same ue. said at least two of the rus are configured to perform at least some physical layer processing for wirelessly transmitting the user data to the same ue.

Inventor(s): Dario Fertonani, Alan Barbieri

CPC Classification: H04W56/0015 (Synchronisation arrangements)

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