Patent ID: 9143292
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a remote digital unit for handling a radio communication for a mobile terminal being connected to an access point at a local site, wherein the remote digital unit is configured for signal processing and is implemented in a central office associated with a core network and remote from the local site, said core network being part of a public cellular network, the method comprising: determining, by using a local digital unit associated with the local site and being configured for signal processing and connected to a local signal switching unit at the local site, whether the mobile terminal can be served locally based on a user classification of the mobile terminal indicating that the mobile terminal is a locally served user, said user classification of the mobile terminal being maintained in the cellular network, in response to determining that the mobile terminal can be served locally by the local digital unit, in response to determining that the mobile terminal cannot be served locally by the local digital unit, processing signals to or from the mobile terminal in the radio communication in the remote digital unit.