Patent ID: 9167593
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a base-band input port that receives digital base-band communications comprising a plurality of communication channels utilized in communications between a Radio Equipment Control (REC) module and a Radio Equipment (RE) module that provides RF functions and interfaces with a plurality of UEs in a cellular network serviced by that RE module; and a processor that demodulates specific channels in said digital base-band communications and extracts therefrom information specifying: a unique identity for each of said plurality of UEs and a temporary identification used for communicating with that UE, scheduling information identifying when one of said plurality of UEs is scheduled to upload information to said RE module and the communication channels over which said information is to be uploaded, wherein said processor does not demodulate others of said communication channels, wherein said apparatus is separate from said REC module, said RE module and said plurality of UEs and wherein said base-band input port receives said digital base-band communications prior to said RE module upconverting said digital base-band communications to an RF frequency for transmission to said plurality of UEs, extracting scheduling information identifying when one of said UEs is scheduled to download information, and demodulating information transmitted by one of said UEs without demodulating information transmitted by another of said UEs, wherein said demodulated information that is transmitted by said one of said UEs is determined from said scheduling information.