Determining Packet Loss in a Fronthaul Link

Organization Name

telefonaktiebolaget lm ericsson (publ)

Inventor(s)

Eduardo Lins De Medeiros of Sundbyberg SE

Igor Almeida of Indaiatuba-SP BR

Andre Mendes Cavalcante of Indaiatuba, SP BR

[[:Category:Stefan H�st of Svedala SE|Stefan H�st of Svedala SE]][[Category:Stefan H�st of Svedala SE]]

Determining Packet Loss in a Fronthaul Link

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250150866 titled 'Determining Packet Loss in a Fronthaul Link

Original Abstract Submitted

it is provided a method for determining packet loss in a fronthaul link between a baseband node and a radio node of a radio access network. the method being performed in a packet loss determiner. the method comprises: detecting at least one empty input data slot of a plurality of input data slots of a communication chain operation in a first time period, wherein the communication chain operation is one in a sequence of communication chain operations in a device on a receiving end of the fronthaul link; determining that data was intended to be provided to the at least one empty input data slot; and determining that a packet loss has occurred in the fronthaul link, based on the detecting the at least one empty input data slot and the determining that data was intended to be provided.