Patent ID: 11956155
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method in a packet mapping node in a fronthaul network in a radio network for managing packet dropping in the fronthaul network, the method comprising:
receiving radio data comprising data units for transmission over the fronthaul network;
obtaining second information for the data units, wherein the second information relates to transmission of the radio data over a radio access interface in the radio network;
forming the data units into at least one data packet comprising a plurality of the data units by applying at least one rule to the second information; and
obtaining first information for the at least one data packet, wherein the first information comprises an indication of a priority value assigned to a packet of the plurality of data packets, and wherein the priority value is derived from an indication that is related to an effect that dropping each of the plurality of data packets have an efficiency of the radio network.