Patent ID: 11924735
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A fourth node, for handling access of a first node to a communications network in a multi-hop deployment, the fourth node being configured to operate in the communications network, the fourth node comprising to:
a processor configured to:
determine, for the first node, which node within radio range of the first node to connect to, out of a plurality of candidate parent nodes, wherein
the plurality of candidate parent nodes configured to comprise a first set of candidate parent nodes and/or a second set of candidate parent nodes,
a third node is configured to be enabled to be a donor node to the first node in the first set,
a sixth node is configured to be enabled to be a donor node to the first node in the second set, and
the third node is in communication with a fifth node; and

indicate, to the first node, information configured to indicate a recommendation on which determined node within radio range to connect to, wherein the determined node includes a second node, and wherein the determination is based on at least one of:
a first estimation of a respective end-to-end performance between the first node and the third node, wherein the third node is enabled to be the donor node to the first node,
a second estimation of a respective end-to-end performance between the first node and the third node, wherein the third node is enabled to be the donor node to the first node in the first set,
a third estimation of a respective end-to-end performance between the first node and the sixth node, wherein the sixth node is enabled to be the donor node to the first node in the second set of the plurality of candidate parent nodes, and
a fourth estimation of a respective impact of a respective connection to each of the candidate parent nodes in the plurality, on a traffic load of one or more upstream parent nodes.