In modern networks, RRU and BBU equipment of an access point site typically handles traffic from a single sector. An RRU-BBU pair process that traffic (often limited to a single spectrum from a single sector) according to implemented capabilities and other equipment located further upstream perform functions that rely on information from multiple sectors. An integrated device (e.g., white box) can integrate the functionality of multiple RRU (or NR in 5G) and the functionality of multiple BBU (or DU/CU splits in 5G), which can reduce implementation footprint, costs, and can provide related services more efficiently without going upstream.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for reducing signalling in a wireless system, where one or more user equipment or mobile terminals are connected to an integrated access and backhaul node. The disclosure relates to providing integrated access and backhaul indication information that includes at least a mobile integrated access and backhaul node indication information or a group mobility indication. The integrated access and backhaul indication information could be used to reduce signaling overhead and ensure service continuity.

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling interference from a controllable device. The method includes that: a target RB suffering interference from a controllable device is determined from all RBs for data transmission; a target notification message is generated, the target notification message containing an interference indication identifier and RB information of the target RB and the interference indication identifier being configured to indicate that the interference is from the controllable device; and the target notification message is transmitted to a target base station to reduce the interference from the controllable device over the target RB according to the target notification message, the target base station being a base station for providing service for the controllable device. According to the present disclosure, interference from a controllable device over a base station of a cellular network may be reduced.

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling interference from a controllable device. The method includes that: a target RB suffering interference from a controllable device is determined from all RBs for data transmission; a target notification message is generated, the target notification message containing an interference indication identifier and RB information of the target RB and the interference indication identifier being configured to indicate that the interference is from the controllable device; and the target notification message is transmitted to a target base station to reduce the interference from the controllable device over the target RB according to the target notification message, the target base station being a base station for providing service for the controllable device. According to the present disclosure, interference from a controllable device over a base station of a cellular network may be reduced.

One embodiment is directed to a baseband controller for use with a plurality of radio points to provide wireless service to user equipment (UE) using a wireless interface. The baseband controller makes use of a hybrid virtualized architecture comprising special-purpose hardware configured to implement at least some of the LAYER-1 functions for the wireless interface and a virtual platform configured to implement some of the functions for the wireless interface. Such a baseband controller can be used in dual connectivity radio access networks.

A communication method and a communication apparatus are provided to send, to a terminal device by using an RRC message, information about at least one first network slice corresponding to a first identifier. The method includes: a first access network device broadcasts a first identifier, where the first identifier identifies information about a first access network slice; and the first access network device sends a radio resource control RRC message to a terminal device, where the RRC message includes information about at least one first network slice corresponding to the first identifier.

A communication system for performing non-DRX-aware channel resource allocation is described. The communication system includes a plurality of radio points (RPs), each configured to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with a plurality of user equipment (UEs) at a site. The communication system also includes a baseband controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of radio points. The baseband controller is configured to determine, for each RP communicating with a UE, available channel resources in each of a plurality of subframes. The baseband controller is also configured to determine a least-loaded subframe that has the most available channel resources. The baseband controller is also configured to assign an available channel resource in the least-loaded subframe to the UE.

Aspects described herein relate to determining, by a node, to establish a first backhaul connection with a first upstream node for access link communications with a first downstream node, determining, by the node, to establish a second backhaul connection with a second upstream node for access link communications with a second downstream node, establishing the first backhaul connection with the first upstream node based on a first transmit/receive beam pair, and establishing the second backhaul connection with the second upstream node based on a second transmit/receive beam pair and while the first backhaul connection is established with the first upstream node.

Aspects described herein relate to determining, by a node, to establish a first backhaul connection with a first upstream node for access link communications with a first downstream node, determining, by the node, to establish a second backhaul connection with a second upstream node for access link communications with a second downstream node, establishing the first backhaul connection with the first upstream node based on a first transmit/receive beam pair, and establishing the second backhaul connection with the second upstream node based on a second transmit/receive beam pair and while the first backhaul connection is established with the first upstream node.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a radio unit (RU) may receive, from a distributed unit (DU), a control plane message associated with a section type that is dedicated for information that applies to all resource blocks and spatial layers in a group of carriers or band sectors, wherein the control plane message includes information that applies to all resource blocks and spatial layers in an indicated group of carriers or band sectors. The RU may perform beamforming for one or more communications with a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on the information included in the control plane message. Numerous other aspects are described.