Method of controlling a radio access point
US12224838B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/10
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of operating a radio access point so as to provide network slicing functionality, the radio access point providing a radio access network for a telecommunications network and the radio access point comprising a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising the steps of: reserving a portion of the plurality of antenna elements for use only by a given network slice, the reserved portion of the plurality of antenna elements forming a set of antenna elements; receiving, at each of the plurality of antenna elements, a wireless signal from a User Equipment of the telecommunications network identifying the UE from the received wireless signal; determining that the identified UE is allocated to the given network slice; in response to the determining, the radio access point processing only the wireless signal as received by the set of antenna elements.
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