Medium access control interface to coordinate multi-site operation for 5g or other next generation wireless network

Abstract

A system that facilitates monitoring communication between a network node device and a communication device, wherein information is communicated by utilizing a first distribution unit (DU) node device comprising a first medium access control (MAC) layer component of the network node device and receiving condition information representative of a condition, wherein the condition indicates whether to add a second DU node device comprising a second MAC layer component to be utilized by the communication device. In response to determining that the condition indicates addition of the second DU node device, facilitating establishing a connection between the first MAC layer component of the first DU node device and the second MAC layer component of the second DU node device using a MAC interface and facilitating communication of control plane information and user plane information between the first MAC layer component and the second MAC layer component using the MAC interface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 facilitating, by a first distribution unit node device comprising a processor, establishing a connection between a first medium access control layer component of the first distribution unit node device and a second medium access control layer component of a second distribution unit node device; and   facilitating, by the first distribution unit node device, controlling, via the first medium access control layer component, the second medium access control layer component.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein facilitating the controlling comprises communicating control plane messages between the first medium access control layer component and the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein facilitating the controlling comprises communicating user plane messages between the first medium access control layer component and the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first distribution unit node device is not co-located with the second distribution unit node device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein facilitating the controlling comprises, in response to the first medium access control layer component operating in an active mode, directly controlling the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein facilitating the controlling comprises, in response to the first medium access control layer component operating in a passive mode, indirectly controlling the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein indirectly controlling the second medium access control layer component comprises passing through messages from a third second medium access control layer component of a third distribution unit node device to the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         8 . A first distribution unit node device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 instantiating a connection between a first medium access control layer component of the first distribution unit node device and a second medium access control layer component of a second distribution unit node device; and 
 controlling, via the first medium access control layer component, the second medium access control layer component. 
   
     
     
         9 . The first distribution unit node device of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling comprises communicating control plane information between the first medium access control layer component and the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         10 . The first distribution unit node device of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling comprises communicating user plane information between the first medium access control layer component and the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         11 . The first distribution unit node device of  claim 8 , wherein the first distribution unit node device is not co-located with the second distribution unit node device. 
     
     
         12 . The first distribution unit node device of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling comprises, in response to the first medium access control layer component operating in an active mode, directly controlling the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         13 . The first distribution unit node device of  claim 8 , wherein the controlling comprises, in response to the first medium access control layer component operating in a passive mode, indirectly controlling the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         14 . The first distribution unit node device of  claim 8 , wherein indirectly controlling the second medium access control layer component comprises passing through information from a third second medium access control layer component of a third distribution unit node device to the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first distribution unit node device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 communicatively connecting a first medium access control layer component of the first distribution unit node device and a second medium access control layer component of a second distribution unit node device; and   managing, via the first medium access control layer component, the second medium access control layer component.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the managing comprises communicating control plane information between the first medium access control layer component and the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the managing comprises communicating user plane information between the first medium access control layer component and the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the first distribution unit node device is located remote from the second distribution unit node device. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the managing comprises, in response to the first medium access control layer component operating in an active mode, directly managing the second medium access control layer component. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the managing comprises, in response to the first medium access control layer component operating in a passive mode, indirectly managing the second medium access control layer component.