Systems and methods for front haul traffic processing on radio units and distributed baseband units

    公开(公告)号:US11653283B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17467211

    申请日:2021-09-04

    申请人: EdgeQ, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04W40/02 H04W56/00 H04W88/10

    摘要: Enhanced Common Packet Radio Interface (eCPRI) based Fronthaul forms the foundation for open radio access network (O-RAN). O-RAN envisages splitting the radio into two parts, a Distributed Unit (DU) and Radio Units (RU), interconnected using high speed Fronthaul links. O-RAN and eCPRI for 5G/NR place demands for high speed Fronthaul with low latency, and high network bandwidth requirements. In the present disclosure, embodiments for configurable eCPRI Fronthaul solutions are disclosed. Various hardware accelerator implementations are presented for control plane and user plane traffic. The hardware accelerator implementation may support DU and RRU functionality required by eCPRI with minimal software intervention. The configurable eCPRI Fronthaul may support different data flows and meet different performance demands of DU and RRU. Scalable architecture may be applied for the configurable eCPRI Fronthaul to allow stacking of multiple hardware accelerators via a high-speed network interconnect, and overall performance and throughput may be improved.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRONT HAUL TRAFFIC PROCESSING ON RADIO UNITS AND DISTRIBUTED BASEBAND UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20230217342A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18119935

    申请日:2023-03-10

    申请人: EdgeQ, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04W40/02 H04W56/00

    摘要: Enhanced Common Packet Radio Interface (eCPRI) based Fronthaul forms the foundation for open radio access network (O-RAN). O-RAN envisages splitting the radio into two parts, a Distributed Unit (DU) and Radio Units (RU), interconnected using high speed Fronthaul links. O-RAN and eCPRI for 5G/NR place demands for high speed Fronthaul with low latency, and high network bandwidth requirements. In the present disclosure, embodiments for configurable eCPRI Fronthaul solutions are disclosed. Various hardware accelerator implementations are presented for control plane and user plane traffic. The hardware accelerator implementation may support DU and RRU functionality required by eCPRI with minimal software intervention. The configurable eCPRI Fronthaul may support different data flows and meet different performance demands of DU and RRU. Scalable architecture may be applied for the configurable eCPRI Fronthaul to allow stacking of multiple hardware accelerators via a high-speed network interconnect, and overall performance and throughput may be improved.

    MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MULTI-USER IMPLEMENTATION FOR LOWER MAC PROTOCOL PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20230328587A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US17717027

    申请日:2022-04-08

    申请人: EdgeQ, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04W28/06 H04L69/22

    CPC分类号: H04W28/06 H04L69/22 H04W80/02

    摘要: With advanced compute capabilities and growing convergence of various wireless standards, it is desired to run multiple wireless standards on a single hardware together. Embodiments are disclosed for lower MAC protocol processing across multiple wireless standards and multiple radios. A common hardware may be used for processing lower MAC flows across multiple wireless standards, e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, or 5G NR, multiple radios within a wireless standard, multiple users within a wireless standard, and/or different directions of radio. The implementation may support partial data processing of a flow, switching across flows, and context saving/restoring of flows. Furthermore, for better performance, looking ahead of flows and prefetching of context and data may also be implemented. Embodiments of the present patent disclosure may result in a very area-efficient and power-efficient hardware implementation for lower MAC protocol processing.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRONT HAUL TRAFFIC PROCESSING ON RADIO UNITS AND DISTRIBUTED BASEBAND UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20230075495A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17467211

    申请日:2021-09-04

    申请人: EdgeQ, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04W40/02 H04W56/00

    摘要: Enhanced Common Packet Radio Interface (eCPRI) based Fronthaul forms the foundation for open radio access network (O-RAN). O-RAN envisages splitting the radio into two parts, a Distributed Unit (DU) and Radio Units (RU), interconnected using high speed Fronthaul links. O-RAN and eCPRI for 5G/NR place demands for high speed Fronthaul with low latency, and high network bandwidth requirements. In the present disclosure, embodiments for configurable eCPRI Fronthaul solutions are disclosed. Various hardware accelerator implementations are presented for control plane and user plane traffic. The hardware accelerator implementation may support DU and RRU functionality required by eCPRI with minimal software intervention. The configurable eCPRI Fronthaul may support different data flows and meet different performance demands of DU and RRU. Scalable architecture may be applied for the configurable eCPRI Fronthaul to allow stacking of multiple hardware accelerators via a high-speed network interconnect, and overall performance and throughput may be improved.