Qualcomm incorporated (20240430739). MULTIPLE ACCESS POINT (AP) ASSOCIATION

MULTIPLE ACCESS POINT (AP) ASSOCIATION

Organization Name

qualcomm incorporated

Inventor(s)

Naeem Akl of Bridgewater NJ (US)

Karl Georg Hampel of Jersey City NJ (US)

MULTIPLE ACCESS POINT (AP) ASSOCIATION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240430739 titled 'MULTIPLE ACCESS POINT (AP) ASSOCIATION

Original Abstract Submitted

aspects of the disclosure are directed to a lower layer split for a radio access network (ran) node. in some examples, the number of tiers for the user plane path may be reduced from three to two, which may include redistribution of functionality of a central unit user plane (cu-up) between two network entities. in some examples, a first network entity of the two network entities may be configured to receive, from a second network entity of the two network entities, a first user plane protocol data unit (up-pdu) associated with a user plane (up) protocol session. in some examples, the first up-pdu includes a first identifier configured to identify the tunnel, a second identifier configured to identify the first flow of up-pdus, a third identifier configured to identify the first up-pdu within the first flow of up-pdus, and a first data for transmission to a user equipment (ue).