COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH CONTROL PLANE NETWORK

• Main Authors: CHANG, Huei, Meng, HUEN, Tat-Sing, LEE, Yee, Chun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.03.2024
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A communication network (100) includes nodes. The nodes are capable of communicating over a current generation network, which will include 5G before long. One, some, or all of the nodes are also capable of communicating over a previous generation network, to which 4G will be relegated before long. A third node receives a first signal from a first node over the current generation network, a second signal that is a retransmission of the first signal from a second node over the current generation network, and network dimensional parameters from the first node and / or the second node over the previous generation network. The network dimensional parameters enable the third node to determine precise locations of the first node and the second node. Using a function of the network dimensional parameters, the third node can correlate the first signal and the second signal and generate a simplified signal therefrom. Figure 1