Patent ID: 11910460
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry comprising a central unit (CU) of a base station, configure the CU to:
send, to a first distributed unit (DU), a first request comprising:
an identity of a first cell served by the first DU, as a preferred special cell (SpCell) for the UE; and
identities of one or more second cells served by the first DU, as candidate SpCells for the UE; and

receive, from the first DU, a first response comprising:
a first indication that the first DU cannot configure the first cell as an SpCell for the UE; and
a second indication of which of the second cells that the first DU can configure as an SpCell for the UE.