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Providing and configuring a virtual base station

US10397050B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Andreas Maeder · Würzburg, DE
Peter Rost · Calw, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing a virtual base station in a mobile network comprising a virtual base station (VBS), wherein the VBS comprises at least one radio access point (RAP) and a virtual radio access function (VRAF), includes configuring the VBS by providing a description of radio access functionalities, which are executed by the RAP or by the VRAF; and jointly executing the VBS locally on the at least one RAP and on a centralized entity (CE) forming a logical functional network entity.

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