Tethering delay budget for quality of service configurations
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network controller may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a request for a tethering delay budget associated with a quality of service (QoS) flow, wherein the UE is in communication with an access point associated with a client network, and wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on a tethering delay associated with the client network. The network controller may configure one or more QoS parameters, associated with the wireless communication network, for the QoS flow, wherein the one or more QoS parameters are configured based at least in part on the tethering delay budget. The network controller may transmit, to the UE, a communication based at least in part on the one or more QoS parameters. Numerous other aspects are described.
1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a network controller associated with a wireless communication network, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive, from a user equipment (UE), a request for a tethering delay budget associated with a quality of service (QoS) flow, wherein the UE is in communication with an access point associated with a client network, and wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on a tethering delay associated with the client network;
configure one or more QoS parameters, associated with the wireless communication network, for the QoS flow, wherein the one or more QoS parameters are configured based at least in part on the tethering delay budget; and
transmit, to the UE, a communication based at least in part on the one or more QoS parameters.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tethering delay associated with the client network is based at least in part on an uplink tethering delay and a downlink tethering delay.
3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the downlink tethering delay is based at least in part on a measurement performed by the access point, and wherein the uplink tethering delay is based at least in part on an estimation associated with a channel load performed by the access point.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network controller is associated with one of a session management function (SMF) of the wireless communication network or a policy control function (PCF) of the wireless communication network.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether to grant the request for the tethering delay budget based at least in part on a subscription status of the UE.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein configuring the one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow is based at least in part on reducing a packet delay budget (PDB) by the tethering delay budget.
7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive, from the UE, a request for another tethering delay budget associated with the QoS flow;
reduce a packet delay budget (PDB) by the other tethering delay budget; and
reject the request for the other tethering delay budget based at least in part on determining that the wireless communication network cannot support the PDB reduced by the other tethering delay budget.
8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on a default tethering delay budget associated with at least one of the client network or a client device.
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the request for the tethering delay budget includes an indication of a first tethering delay budget associated with a first access category and a second tethering delay budget associated with a second access category that is different from the first access category.
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, from the UE, an indication of a preferred tethering delay budget, wherein the preferred tethering delay budget is one of the first tethering delay budget and the second tethering delay budget, and wherein the one or more QoS parameters are configured based at least in part on the indication of the preferred tethering delay budget.
11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network controller is associated with a network node of the wireless communication network.
12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the request for the tethering delay budget is received via one of a radio resource control (RRC) message or a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) message.
13 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein configuring the one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow is based at least in part on reducing an access network packet delay budget (AN-PDB) by the tethering delay budget.
14 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a configuration of at least one of a subscription parameter indicating whether the network controller is permitted to grant the request for the tethering delay budget, an indication to grant the request for the tethering delay budget, or a range of permitted tethering delay budgets.
15 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication network, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive, from an access point associated with a client network, an indication of a tethering delay associated with the client network;
transmit, to a network controller of the wireless communication network, a request for a tethering delay budget associated with a quality of service (QoS) flow, wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on the tethering delay associated with the client network;
receive, from the network controller, a communication associated with the QoS flow, and wherein one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow are configured, by the network controller, based at least in part on the tethering delay budget; and
transmit, to the access point, the communication.
16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the tethering delay associated with the client network is based at least in part on an uplink tethering delay and a downlink tethering delay.
17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the downlink tethering delay is based at least in part on a measurement performed by the access point, and wherein the uplink tethering delay is based at least in part on an estimation associated with a channel load performed by the access point.
18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the network controller is associated with one of a session management function (SMF) of the wireless communication network or a policy control function (PCF) of the wireless communication network.
19 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the configuration of the one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow is based at least in part on a determination of whether to grant the request for the tethering delay budget based at least in part on a subscription status of the UE.
20 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the configuration of one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow is based at least in part on reducing a packet delay budget (PDB) by the tethering delay budget.
21 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
transmit, to the network controller, a request for another tethering delay budget associated with the QoS flow; and
receive, from the network controller, a rejection of the request for the other tethering delay budget based at least in part on a determination that the wireless communication network cannot support a packet delay budget (PDB) reduced by the other tethering delay budget.
22 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on a default tethering delay budget associated with at least one of the client network or a client device.
23 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the network controller is associated with a network node of the wireless communication network.
24 . The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the request for the tethering delay budget is transmitted via one of a radio resource control (RRC) message or a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) message.
25 . The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the configuration of the one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow is based at least in part on reducing an access network packet delay budget (AN-PDB) by the tethering delay budget.
26 . The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the configuration of one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow is based at least in part on the network controller receiving a configuration of at least one of a subscription parameter indicating whether the network controller is permitted to grant the request for the tethering delay budget, an indication to grant the request for the tethering delay budget, or a range of permitted tethering delay budgets.
27 . A method of wireless communication performed by a network controller of a wireless communication network, comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a request for a tethering delay budget associated with a quality of service (QoS) flow, wherein the UE is in communication with an access point associated with a client network, and wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on a tethering delay associated with the client network;
configuring one or more QoS parameters, associated with the wireless communication network, for the QoS flow, wherein the one or more QoS parameters are configured based at least in part on the tethering delay budget; and
transmitting, to the UE, a communication based at least in part on the one or more QoS parameters.
28 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the network controller is associated with one of a session management function (SMF) of the wireless communication network or a policy control function (PCF) of the wireless communication network.
29 . A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication network, comprising:
receiving, from an access point associated with a client network, an indication of a tethering delay associated with the client network;
transmitting, to a network controller of the wireless communication network, a request for a tethering delay budget associated with a quality of service (QoS) flow, wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on the tethering delay associated with the client network;
receiving, from the network controller, a communication associated with the QoS flow, and wherein one or more QoS parameters for the QoS flow are configured, by the network controller, based at least in part on the tethering delay budget; and
transmitting, to the access point, the communication.
30 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the tethering delay budget is based at least in part on a default tethering delay budget associated with at least one of the client network or a client device.