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Granted Patent B2
US 10,812,629 · App. 16/178,294 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Radio resource control 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 10,812,629
App. No.
16/178,294
Granted
Oct 20, 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 base station may communicate a radio resource control message comprising an Ethernet header compression parameter. The wireless device may send, based on the capability information and the Ethernet header compression parameter, an Ethernet frame comprising a compressed Ethernet header.

Claims (64)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, a first message comprising a request for wireless device capability information associated with the wireless device;

sending, by the wireless device, to the base station, and based on the first message, a second message comprising the wireless device capability information, wherein the wireless device capability information indicates that the wireless device supports an Ethernet type packet data unit session;

receiving, by the wireless device from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising bearer configuration parameters of a bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter; and

sending, by the wireless device via the bearer, an Ethernet frame comprising an Ethernet header, wherein the Ethernet header is compressed based on the Ethernet header compression parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising compressing, by the wireless device and based on the Ethernet header compression parameter, the Ethernet header.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device capability information indicating that the wireless device supports the Ethernet type packet data unit session indicates that the Ethernet type packet data unit session is supported between the wireless device and a core network user plane function.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a packet data unit session type parameter indicating the Ethernet type packet data unit session as a requested packet data unit session.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RRC message indicates addition of the bearer for a packet data unit session of the Ethernet type packet data unit session, and

wherein the method further comprises 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.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device capability information comprises a binary parameter, and wherein the binary parameter is set to a first value based on the wireless device supporting the Ethernet type packet data unit session.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device capability information 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.

8. A method comprising:

sending, by a base station to a wireless device, a first message comprising a request for wireless device capability information associated with the wireless device;

receiving, by the base station from the wireless device, a second message comprising the wireless device capability information, wherein the wireless device capability information indicates that the wireless device supports an Ethernet type packet data unit session;

sending, by the base station to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising bearer configuration parameters of a bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter; and

receiving, by the base station from the wireless device via the bearer, an Ethernet frame comprising an Ethernet header, wherein the Ethernet header is compressed based on the Ethernet header compression parameter.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising decompressing, based on the Ethernet header compression parameter, the Ethernet header.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device capability information indicating that the wireless device supports the Ethernet type packet data unit session indicates that the Ethernet type packet data unit session is supported between the wireless device and a core network user plane function.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving a packet data unit session type parameter indicating the Ethernet type packet data unit session as a requested packet data unit session.

12. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the RRC message indicates addition of the bearer for a packet data unit session of the Ethernet type packet data unit, and

wherein the method further comprises receiving, via at least one resource block of at least one cell of the base station, transport blocks comprising Ethernet frames of the bearer.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device capability information comprises a binary parameter, and wherein the binary parameter is set to a first value based on the wireless device supporting the Ethernet type packet data unit session.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless device capability information 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.

15. 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 base station, a first message comprising a request for wireless device capability information associated with the apparatus;

send, to the base station, and based on the first message, a second message comprising the wireless device capability information, wherein the wireless device capability information indicates that the apparatus supports an Ethernet type packet data unit session;

receive, from the base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising bearer configuration parameters of a bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter; and

send, via the bearer, an Ethernet frame comprising an Ethernet header, wherein the Ethernet header is compressed based on the Ethernet header compression parameter.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to compress, based on the Ethernet header compression parameter, the Ethernet header.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the wireless device capability information indicating that the apparatus supports the Ethernet type packet data unit session indicates that the Ethernet type packet data unit session is supported between the apparatus and a core network user plane function, and

wherein the wireless device capability information comprises at least one indication field indicating at least one of:

a transmission bit rate,

multiple Ethernet addresses for the apparatus, or

an Ethernet standard version.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein

the RRC message indicates addition of the bearer for a packet data unit session of the Ethernet type packet data unit session, and

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to 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. 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 a wireless device, a first message comprising a request for wireless device capability information associated with the wireless device;

receive, from the wireless device, a second message comprising the wireless device capability information, wherein the wireless device capability information indicates that the wireless device supports an Ethernet type packet data unit session;

send, to the wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising bearer configuration parameters of a bearer, wherein the bearer configuration parameters comprise an Ethernet header compression parameter; and

receive, from the wireless device via the bearer, an Ethernet frame comprising an Ethernet header, wherein the Ethernet header is compressed based on the Ethernet header compression parameter.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to decompress, based on the Ethernet header compression parameter, the Ethernet header.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the wireless device capability information indicating that the wireless device supports the Ethernet type packet data unit session indicates that the Ethernet type packet data unit session is supported between the wireless device and a core network user plane function, and

wherein the wireless device capability information comprises at least one indication field indicating at least one of:

a transmission bit rate,

multiple Ethernet addresses for the wireless device, or

an Ethernet standard version.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein

the RRC message indicates addition of the bearer for a packet data unit session of the Ethernet type packet data unit session, and

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to receive, via at least one resource block of at least one cell, transport blocks comprising Ethernet frames of the bearer.

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 052868/0014 →
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 (4)
Continuation 16165613 · Oct 19, 2018
Provisional Application 62574954 · Oct 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62575127 · Oct 20, 2017
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