Patent ID: 11910453
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A method, comprising:
in response to determining, by a system comprising
a processor, to setup a mesh connection with a first distributed unit node of first integrated access and backhaul node equipment serving a first user equipment, facilitating, by the system, establishing a device-to-device wireless connection directly between the first distributed unit node of the first integrated access and backhaul node equipment and a second distributed unit node of second integrated access and backhaul node equipment serving a second user equipment; and
facilitating, by the system, transmitting a control message between the first distributed unit node and the second distributed unit node via the device-to-device wireless connection to exchange connection information;
wherein the device-to-device wireless connection is a first connection, and further comprising:
facilitating, by the system, establishing a second connection between a first intermediate device and
a second intermediate device,
wherein the second connection employs a short-range wireless network communication protocol, and
wherein the first intermediate device is communicatively wired to the first distributed unit node.