Patent ID: 8738799
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, in a telecommunications network comprising a layered architecture, of selecting on a user plane a framing format for user plane communications between two user plane components that are separate from a control plane, the user plane components each bridging transmission regimes, comprising: providing a first user plane component bridging a first transmission regime in a core network and a second transmission regime in a neighboring network and operable in accordance with two or more different framing formats, the first user plane component being controllable via control messages, received from the control plane, free from any framing format instructions; negotiating on the user plane between the first user plane component and a second user plane component a framing format to be implemented, the negotiating including at least one of: selecting, by the first user plane component or any other user plane equipment in communication with the first user plane component, a framing format to be used for user plane communications; and implementing the selected framing format by the first user plane component for communications with the second user plane component.