MULTI-GNB PDCP DUPLICATION REPORT FOR MULTI-CONNECTIVITY IN URLLC SCENARIOS

摘要

In accordance with example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving at a user equipment of a communication network an indication of at least one packet data unit that is to be received from at least one base station of a set of base stations of the communication network communicatively coupled to the user equipment; determining whether the at least one packet data unit to be received is a duplicate of at least one packet data unit already received by the user equipment; and based on determining that the at least one packet data unit is a duplicate packet data unit, informing at least one other base station of the communication network of the duplicate at least one packet data unit. Further, to perform determining that at least one packet data unit that is to be sent to a user equipment of a communication network is a duplicate at least one packet data unit already received by the user equipment; and based on determining that the at least one packet data unit to be sent to the user equipment is a duplicate packet data unit, informing the user equipment of the duplicate at least one packet data unit.