Patent ID: 9578598
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by a network node in a communication network, for controlling connectivity of a radio resource unit (RRU) to a baseband unit (BBU) in the communications network, the communication network comprising a plurality of RRUs and a plurality of BBUs, each RRU being connected to a BBU via a distribution network, a first RRU having been added to the communication network and connected to a first BBU, the method comprising: receiving information indicating that a connection of the first RRU to the first BBU is to be controlled in response to the first RRU having been added; in response to receiving the information, triggering a user equipment (UE) connected to the first RRU to perform measurements on signals from neighboring RRUs, and to send a report of the performed measurements to the communications network; receiving the report of the performed measurements; and selecting a second BBU, out of the plurality of BBUs, to which the first RRU is to be connected, based on the report of performed measurements and on information regarding to which of the plurality of BBUs the neighboring RRUs are connected.