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Apparatus and method for base transceiver redundancy in a wireless communication system

  • US 9,860,771 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2015
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A redundancy apparatus in a wireless communication system, the redundancy apparatus comprising:

  • a connector configured to link a digital unit (DU) and a radio unit (RU) of each base transceiver; and

    a controller configured to;

    receive, from a server, a signal for indicating that a first DU of a first base transceiver is failed, the signal being transmitted in response to detecting that no message or signal is transmitted from the first DU during a certain time,control the connector to link a first RU corresponding to the failed first DU, to a second DU of a second base transceiver that operates normally,receive a first control signal from the first RU and a second control signal from a second RU,generate a control signal by multiplexing the first control signal and the second control signal, andprovide the generated control signal to the second DU of the second base transceiver.

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