Google patents method for managing data priority in split cell towers
Google has filed a patent application for a way to manage data traffic in a type of cell tower that splits its processing between two parts. The system sends specific quality-of-service instructions from the central part to the distributed part to ensure data packets are handled correctly.
In the filing’s own words
A centralized unit (CU) of a distributed base station that also includes a distributed unit (DU) transmits ( 413), to the DU, a request related to a context of a UE that communicates with a core network (CN) via the DU and the CU, the request including a packet data unit (PDU) Set quality of service (QoS) parameter for a QoS flow; receives ( 414), from the DU, a response to the request; and communicates ( 426), between the CN and the UE via the DU, a data packet in the QoS flow.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method implemented in a centralized unit (CU) of a distributed base station that also includes a distributed unit (DU), the method comprising: transmitting, to the DU, a request related to a context of a UE that communicates with a core network (CN) via the DU and the CU, the request including a packet data unit (PDU) Set quality of service (QoS) parameter for a QoS flow; receiving, from the DU, a response to the request; and communicating, between the CN and the UE via the DU, a data packet in the QoS flow.
Facts
- Company
- Google (GOOGLE LLC)
- Official title
- PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SET BASED QUALITY OF SERVICE HANDLING IN A DISTRIBUTED BASE STATION
- Publication number
- US20260292585A1
- Application number
- 19477464
- Filed
- Apr 21, 2024
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 28/0268 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/131 Electricity & electronicsMore from Google in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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