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Samsung patents network setup that splits control and management traffic

Samsung describes a method for a radio unit in a cellular network to maintain two separate communication channels with a server. One channel handles real-time supervision, while the other manages the connection between the radio unit and a distributed network component.

Why it mattersThis filing details how future mobile networks might organize data flow to keep critical control signals separate from routine management tasks.

In the filing’s own words

A radio unit (RU) is provided. The RU includes a transceiver, memory, comprising one or more storage media, for storing instructions, and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the RU to establish a first session and a second session with a client server including at least one of a distributed unit (DU) or a service management and orchestration (SMO), transmit or receive at least one first message for an operation for supervision to or from the client server through the first session, and transmit or receive, to or from the client server through the second session, at least one second message for an operation for a management plane between the DU and the RU while the at least one first message is transmitted or received through the first session.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A radio unit (RU) comprising: a transceiver; memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the RU to: establish a first session and a second session distinct from the first session with a client server comprising at least one of a distributed unit (DU) or a service management and orchestration (SMO), transmit to the client server or receive from the client server, at least one first message for an operation related to supervision through the first session, and while the at least one first message is transmitted or received through the first session, transmit to the client server or receive from the client server, at least one second message for an operation related to a management plane (M-plane) between the DU and the RU through the second session.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SESSION
Publication number
US20260322887A1
Application number
19689305
Filed
May 27, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04L 67/141 Electricity & electronicsH04L 63/168 Electricity & electronicsH04L 69/28 Electricity & electronics
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