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

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to determining 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 establishing a peer-to-peer 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 other than the first user equipment; and
transmitting a user plane message between the first distributed unit node and the second distributed unit node via the peer-to-peer wireless connection to exchange connection information;
wherein the peer-to-peer wireless connection is a first connection, and the operations further comprise:
establishing a second connection between a first intermediate unit and
a second intermediate unit,
wherein the second connection employs a short-range wireless communication protocol, and
wherein the first intermediate unit is communicatively wired to the first distributed unit node.