Huawei technologies co., ltd. (20250016631). COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

Organization Name

huawei technologies co., ltd.

Inventor(s)

Fei Sun of Shanghai CN

Qinghai Zeng of Shenzhen CN

Feng Han of Shanghai CN

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250016631 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

an embodiment of this application provides a communication method. the method includes: a second central unit control plane (cu-cp) receives context information from a first cu-cp, where the context information includes a context of a distributed unit (du) and a context of a first central unit user plane (cu-up). the context information is used by the second cu-cp to communicate with the du and the first cu-up. the second cu-cp receives a first message, and communicates with the du and the first cu-up based on the first message through a communication interface. according to the communication method provided in this application, a backup cu-cp can be provided for the first cu-cp, to reduce service interruption and improve system robustness.