Communication method, apparatus, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12501283-B2
Application number	US-202318188675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2023
Priority date	Sep 25, 2020
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, apparatus, and system. In the method, after a first remote radio unit (RRU) determines that a link between the first RRU and a baseband unit (BBU) is in an abnormal state, the first RRU sends information about the first RRU and/or information about an optical module connected to the first RRU to at least one second RRU by using a power line communication (PLC) module in the first RRU. The first RRU is connected to the at least one second RRU by using a power line, and a PLC module is also disposed in the at least one second RRU.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A communication apparatus, which is a first remote radio unit (RRU) or included in the first RRU, wherein the communication apparatus comprises a processor coupled to a memory; and
the memory is configured to store a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:
determining that a link between the first RRU and a baseband unit (BBU) is in an abnormal state; and
sending first information to at least one second RRU by using a power line communication (PLC) module in the first RRU,

wherein the first information comprises at least one of information about the first RRU or information about an optical module connected to the first RRU; and
the first RRU is connected to the at least one second RRU through a power line, and a PLC module is disposed in the at least one second RRU;
wherein the sending of the first information to the at least one second RRU by using the PLC module in the first RRU comprises:
broadcasting the first information to the at least one second RRU by using the PLC module in the first RRU.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determining that the link between the first RRU and the BBU is in the abnormal state comprises:
determining that the link is in the abnormal state when the first RRU does not receive a heartbeat packet from the BBU within a first duration.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the first RRU comprises at least one of the following types of information: an identifier of the first RRU, information about a radio frequency module of the first RRU, a bit error rate of the communication link between the first RRU and the BBU, a running duration of the first RRU, or a quantity of reset times of the first RRU in a first time period.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the optical module comprises at least one of the following types of information:
an identifier of the optical module, optical power of the optical module, a bias current of the optical module, device information of the optical module, or fault information of the optical module.

5 . A communication apparatus, which is a first remote radio unit (RRU) or included in the first RRU, wherein the communication apparatus comprises a processor coupled to a memory; and
the memory is configured to store a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising: receiving first information from a second RRU by using a power line communication (PLC) module in the first RRU, wherein the first information comprises at least one of information about the second RRU or information about an optical module connected to the second RRU; and sending the first information to a baseband unit (BBU), wherein the second RRU is connected to the first RRU through a power line, and the PLC module is disposed in the first RRU; and the first information from the second RRU is broadcasted by using the PLC module in the second RRU.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sending of the first information to the BBU comprises:
sending the first information to the BBU when determining that the first RRU is an assistant RRU of the second RRU.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the determining that the first RRU is the assistant RRU of the second RRU comprises:
obtaining second information; and determining, based on the second information, that the first RRU is the assistant RRU of the second RRU, wherein the second information comprises an identifier of the second RRU.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the obtaining of the second information comprises:
receiving the second information from the BBU or the second RRU; or obtaining the second information from preset storage space.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the information about the second RRU comprises at least one of the following types of information: an identifier of the second RRU, information about a radio frequency module of the second RRU, a running duration of the second RRU, or a quantity of reset times of the second RRU in a first time period.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the information about the optical module comprises at least one of the following types of information: an identifier of the optical module, optical power of the optical module, a bit error rate of the optical module, a bias current of the optical module, device information of the optical module, or fault information of the optical module.

11 . A communication apparatus, which is a baseband unit (BBU) or included in the BBU, wherein the communication apparatus comprises a processor coupled to a memory; and
the memory is configured to store a computer program, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory, to cause the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising: receiving first information sent by a first remote radio unit (RRU), wherein the first information comprises at least one of information about a second RRU or information about an optical module connected to the second RRU; and determining fault information based on the first information, wherein the second RRU is connected to the first RRU through a power line, and a power line communication (PLC) module is disposed in each of the first RRU and the second RRU; and the first information sent by the first RRU to the BBU is broadcasted by using the PLC module in the first RRU.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the fault information comprises at least one of the following information: a fault in the second RRU, a fault in the optical module connected to the second RRU, or a fault in an optical fiber between the second RRU and the BBU.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining that an assistant RRU of the second RRU is the first RRU; and sending second information to the first RRU, wherein the second information comprises an identifier of the second RRU.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information about the second RRU comprises at least one of the following types of information: an identifier of the second RRU, information about a radio frequency module of the second RRU, running duration of the second RRU, or a quantity of reset times of the second RRU in a first time period.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information about the optical module comprises at least one of the following types of information: an identifier of the optical module, optical power of the optical module, a bit error rate of the optical module, a bias current of the optical module, device information of the optical module, or fault information of the optical module connected to the second RRU.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the BBU receives the first information sent by the first RRU in response to the BBU not sending a heartbeat packet to the first RRU within a first duration.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Ning

Classifications

• H04W24/04 Primary

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• H04W88/085

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• H04B3/54

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• H04W24/02 Primary

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