Patent ID: 9332567
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) for recovering a radio equipment (RE) node of a plurality of RE nodes in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a radio equipment controller connected to the plurality of RE nodes by way of a common public radio interface (CPRI) link in a predetermined network topology, the integrated circuit comprising: a CPRI controller for receiving a plurality of control signals by way of a CPRI slave port, receiving a CPRI reset request by way of the CPRI slave port, generating a reset request signal based on the CPRI reset request, receiving a traffic stop signal, and generating a traffic idle signal based on the traffic stop signal; a processor connected to the CPRI controller for receiving the plurality of control signals and processing the plurality of control signals; and a system reset controller connected to the CPRI controller for receiving the reset request signal and to the processor, wherein the system reset controller includes: