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US 10,855,814 · App. 16/165,613 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Non-access stratum capability information

Inventors: Kyungmin Park (Arlington, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA); Weihua Qiao (Fairfax, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Oakton, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04L69/04H04L69/22H04W8/08H04W36/0033H04W36/0088H04W36/08H04W40/24H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/0833H04W76/15H04W76/27H04L5/001H04W80/02H04W80/08
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Patent No.
US 10,855,814
App. No.
16/165,613
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station and wireless device may communicate capability information associated with a wireless device. The capability information may include information indicating support for an Ethernet type packet data unit session or header parameter compression. An Ethernet type packet data unit session may be instantiated based on the capability information.

Claims (76)

1. A method comprising:

sending, by a wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF) via a base station, non-access stratum parameters comprising:

a wireless device capability parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports an Ethernet packet data unit (PDU) session type between the wireless device and a core network user plane function, and

a PDU session type parameter indicating a type of a requested PDU session;

receiving, by the wireless device from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating addition of a bearer for a PDU session of the Ethernet PDU session type; and

sending, by the wireless device to the base station via at least one resource block of at least one cell of the base station, transport blocks comprising Ethernet frames of the bearer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter is a binary parameter, and wherein the wireless device capability parameter is set to a first value based on the wireless device supporting the Ethernet PDU session type.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter comprises at least one indication field, and wherein the at least one indication field indicates at least one of:

a transmission bit rate,

multiple Ethernet addresses for the wireless device, or

an Ethernet standard version.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the wireless device, the transport blocks comprising the Ethernet frames of the bearer.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RRC message comprises bearer configuration parameters of the bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter, and

wherein the method further comprises compressing, by the wireless device and based on the Ethernet header compression parameter, an Ethernet header of the Ethernet frames of the bearer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sending the transport blocks comprises sending, by the wireless device to the base station via the at least one resource block of the at least one cell of the base station, the transport blocks comprising the compressed Ethernet header of the Ethernet frames of the bearer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter further comprises a medium access control (MAC) address of the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message indicates a determination to create the PDU session of the Ethernet PDU session type.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station from a wireless device, non-access stratum parameters comprising:

a wireless device capability parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports an Ethernet packet data unit (PDU) session type between the wireless device and a core network user plane function, and

a PDU session type parameter indicating a type of a requested PDU session;

sending, by the base station to an access and mobility management function (AMF), the non-access stratum parameters;

sending, by the base station to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating addition of a bearer for a PDU session of the Ethernet packet PDU type; and

receiving, by the base station from the wireless device via at least one resource block of at least one cell of the base station, transport blocks comprising Ethernet frames of the bearer.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter is a binary parameter, and wherein the wireless device capability parameter is set to a first value based on the wireless device supporting the Ethernet PDU session type.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter comprises at least one indication field, and wherein the at least one indication field indicates at least one of:

a transmission bit rate,

multiple Ethernet addresses for the wireless device, or

an Ethernet standard version.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter further comprises a medium access control (MAC) address of the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the RRC message comprises bearer configuration parameters of the bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the transport blocks comprising the Ethernet frames of the bearer are compressed according to the Ethernet header compression parameter.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining to send the RRC message based on the wireless device capability parameter indicating support of the Ethernet PDU session type between the wireless device and the core network user plane function.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving, from the AMF, an indication for the base station to create the PDU session of the Ethernet packet PDU type.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the RRC message indicates a determination to create the PDU session of the Ethernet packet PDU type.

18. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

send, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) via a base station, non-access stratum parameters comprising:

a wireless device capability parameter indicating whether the apparatus supports an Ethernet packet data unit (PDU) session type between the apparatus and a core network user plane function, and

a PDU session type parameter indicating a type of a requested PDU session;

receive, from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating addition of a bearer for a PDU session of the Ethernet PDU session type; and

send, to the base station via at least one resource block of at least one cell of the base station, transport blocks comprising Ethernet frames of the bearer.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter is a binary parameter, and wherein the wireless device capability parameter is set to a first value based on the apparatus supporting the Ethernet PDU session type.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter comprises at least one indication field, and wherein the at least one indication field indicates at least one of:

a transmission bit rate,

multiple Ethernet addresses for the apparatus, or

an Ethernet standard version.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to generate the transport blocks comprising the Ethernet frames of the bearer.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the RRC message comprises bearer configuration parameters of the bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter, and

compress, based on the Ethernet header compression parameter, an Ethernet header of the Ethernet frames of the bearer.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to send the transport blocks by sending, to the base station via the at least one resource block of the at least one cell of the base station, the transport blocks comprising the compressed Ethernet header of the Ethernet frames of the bearer.

24. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter further comprises a medium access control (MAC) address of the apparatus.

25. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the RRC message indicates a determination to create the PDU session of the Ethernet PDU session type.

26. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

receive, from a wireless device, non-access stratum parameters comprising:

a wireless device capability parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports an Ethernet packet data unit (PDU) session type between the wireless device and a core network user plane function, and

a PDU session type parameter indicating a type of a requested PDU session;

send, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), the non-access stratum parameters;

send, to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating addition of a bearer for a PDU session of the Ethernet packet PDU type; and

receive, from the wireless device via at least one resource block of at least one cell of the apparatus, transport blocks comprising Ethernet frames of the bearer.

27. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter is a binary parameter, and wherein the wireless device capability parameter is set to a first value based on the wireless device supporting the Ethernet PDU session type.

28. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter comprises at least one indication field, and wherein the at least one indication field indicates at least one of:

a transmission bit rate,

multiple Ethernet addresses for the wireless device, or

an Ethernet standard version.

29. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the wireless device capability parameter further comprises a medium access control (MAC) address of the wireless device.

30. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the RRC message comprises bearer configuration parameters of the bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter.

31. The apparatus of claim 30 , wherein the transport blocks comprising the Ethernet frames of the bearer are compressed according to the Ethernet header compression parameter.

32. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to determine to send the RRC message based on the wireless device capability parameter indicating support of the Ethernet PDU session type between the wireless device and the core network user plane function.

33. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to receive, from the AMF, an indication for the apparatus to create the PDU session of the Ethernet packet PDU type.

34. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the RRC message indicates a determination to create the PDU session of the Ethernet packet PDU type.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2020
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; QIAO, WEIHUA; TALEBI FARD, PEYMAN; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 052867/0994 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: QIAO, WEIHUA; DINAN, ESMAEL; PARK, KYUNGMIN; FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048778/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: QIAO, WEIHUA; DINAN, ESMAEL; PARK, KYUNGMIN; FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048777/0862 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62574954 · Oct 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62575127 · Oct 20, 2017
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