IP Library Granted Patent US 10,798,732
Granted Patent B2
US 10,798,732 · App. 16/265,710 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Wireless communications using traffic information

Inventors: Kyungmin Park (Herndon, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Oakton, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W72/14H04W72/0433H04W72/087H04W72/1284H04W72/1242H04W88/085H04W92/12
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Patent No.
US 10,798,732
App. No.
16/265,710
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may determine configuration parameters for a wireless device. The configuration parameters may be based on traffic pattern information received from the wireless device, such as a traffic periodicity, a timing offset, and/or a message size.

Claims (61)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station distributed unit from a wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising traffic pattern information associated with a logical channel, wherein the traffic pattern information comprises:

a traffic periodicity field; and

a timing offset field;

sending, by the base station distributed unit to a base station central unit, the RRC message comprising the traffic pattern information;

receiving, by the base station distributed unit from the base station central unit, a first message comprising the traffic pattern information;

determining, by the base station distributed unit and based on the traffic pattern information, configuration parameters of at least one resource for the wireless device; and

sending, by the base station distributed unit to the wireless device, an indication of activation of the at least one resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic periodicity field indicates a data arrival periodicity, and wherein the timing offset field indicates a data arrival timing.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message comprises an F1 interface message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises one or more initial parameters, and wherein the determining the configuration parameters of the at least one resource for the wireless device comprises:

modifying, based on the traffic pattern information, the one or more initial parameters to determine the configuration parameters of the at least one resource for the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message further comprises a message size field indicating a message size.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the base station distributed unit to the base station central unit, a second message comprising the configuration parameters of the at least one resource for the wireless device; and

receiving, by the base station distributed unit from the base station central unit, a second RRC message comprising the configuration parameters of the at least one resource for the wireless device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second RRC message comprises an RRC reconfiguration message.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic pattern information further comprises one or more of:

an indication of a traffic priority associated with a traffic pattern of the traffic pattern information; or

a first logical channel identifier of the logical channel.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the logical channel comprises one or more of:

an uplink logical channel; or

a sidelink logical channel.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the RRC message comprises:

forwarding, to the base station central unit via an F1 interface, the RRC message.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message comprises a wireless device assistance information message.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the indication of activation of the at least one resource comprises sending downlink control information.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the indication of activation of the at least one resource comprises sending a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE).

14. A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station distributed unit from a wireless device, a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising traffic pattern information associated with a logical channel, wherein the traffic pattern information comprises:

a traffic periodicity; and

a timing offset; and

sending, by the base station distributed unit to a base station central unit, the first RRC message comprising the traffic pattern information;

receiving, by the base station distributed unit from the base station central unit, a first message comprising the traffic pattern information;

determining, by the base station distributed unit and based on the traffic pattern information, configuration parameters for at least one configuration for the wireless device; and

sending, by the base station distributed unit to the base station central unit, a second message comprising the configuration parameters.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:

the traffic periodicity indicates an estimated data arrival periodicity;

the timing offset indicates an estimated timing for a packet arrival; and

the traffic pattern information further comprises an indication of a maximum transport block size.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, by the base station distributed unit from the base station central unit, a second RRC message comprising the configuration parameters;

forwarding, by the base station distributed unit to the wireless device, the second RRC message; and

sending, by the base station distributed unit to the wireless device, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) comprising an indication of activation of a first configuration of the at least one configuration.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second message further comprises at least one configured grant (CG) configured scheduling (CS) resource configuration parameter based on the traffic pattern information.

18. A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station central unit from a base station distributed unit, a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising traffic pattern information associated with a logical channel, wherein the traffic pattern information comprises:

a traffic periodicity field; and

a timing offset field;

determining that the traffic pattern information is associated with a wireless device that is associated with the base station distributed unit;

sending, by the base station central unit to the base station distributed unit, a first message comprising the traffic pattern information;

receiving, by the base station central unit from the base station distributed unit, configuration parameters of at least one resource for the wireless device, wherein the configuration parameters are based on the traffic pattern information; and

sending, by the base station central unit to the base station distributed unit, a second RRC message comprising the configuration parameters.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determining, based on the first RRC message, one or more initial parameters; and

sending, to the base station distributed unit before the receiving the configuration parameters, the one or more initial parameters, wherein the configuration parameters are further based on the one or more initial parameters.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

sending, by the base station central unit to the base station distributed unit, a third RRC message comprising semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration parameters for one or more wireless devices, wherein the one or more wireless devices comprises at least the wireless device.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resource comprises at least one configured grant resource.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein the configuration parameters comprise semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration parameters for at least one SPS configuration for the wireless device.

23. The method of claim 18 , wherein the at least one resource comprises at least one configured grant resource.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2020
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 052981/0015 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048785/0530 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62625627 · Feb 2, 2018
Related Publication 20190246420A1 · Aug 8, 2019
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