Operations, administration and maintenance of components in mobility network

摘要

The present application relates to a technique for more efficiently performing operations, administrative and maintenance (OA&M) on components in a mobility network. In one aspect, the need for a dedicated channel or resource to perform such operations on system components, is eliminated. For example, in the case of repeaters, the existing control channel is used for performing OA&M. Additionally, address information is put into the message on the control channel to uniquely communicate with desired system components.