Patent ID: 11909432
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. The node of claim 12, wherein the node further comprises a subrack comprising a plurality of slots and a backplane;
wherein the UDC comprises:
a backplane interface to communicatively couple the UDC to the backplane of the subrack, wherein the backplane is configured to communicate fronthaul data in a digital fronthaul interface format natively used in the DAS;
wherein the UDC is configured to:
convert the received data to the digital fronthaul interface format natively used in the DAS;
communicate the converted data over the backplane of the subrack via the backplane interface;
receive data formatted according to the digital fronthaul interface format natively used in the DAS from the backplane of the subrack via the backplane interface;
and convert the received data to any of the plurality of external interface formats.