Methods, wireless communications networks and infrastructure equipment
US11457397B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/047
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The communications network comprises a plurality of infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more others of the infrastructure equipment via a backhaul communications link, one or more of the infrastructure equipment each being configured to communicate with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface. The method comprises receiving, at a first of the infrastructure equipment acting as a donor node connected to a core network part of the wireless communications network, from a second of the infrastructure equipment, information relating to each of a plurality of different communications paths from the second infrastructure equipment to the first infrastructure equipment via one or more others of the infrastructure equipment acting as relay nodes, determining, based on the received information relating to the plurality of different communications paths, that either at least a part of a new communications path exists between the first of the infrastructure equipment and the second of the infrastructure equipment or at least a part of a p…
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