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Granted Patent B2
US 11,070,954 · App. 16/544,550 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Distributed QoS control for multicast

Inventors: Hong Cheng (Bridgewater, NJ); Sudhir Kumar Baghel (Hillsborough, NJ); Kapil Gulati (Hillsborough, NJ); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ); Zhibin Wu (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W4/08H04W24/08H04W28/16H04W72/085H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 11,070,954
App. No.
16/544,550
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for group communication which may include a first UE and a set of UEs. In one aspect, the first UE may receive from each UE of the set of UEs a PDU including a header that includes a QoS level for the UE. The first UE can also determine a supported QoS level for the first UE. In another aspect, the first UE can set a transmission QoS level for the first UE to be a lowest QoS level of the determined supported QoS level and the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs. In a further aspect, the first UE can transmit by multicast to the set of UEs a PDU based on the set transmission QoS level.

Claims (62)

1. A method of wireless communication of a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving from each UE of a set of UEs a packet data unit (PDU) including a header that includes a quality of service (QoS) level for the UE;

determining a supported QoS level for the first UE;

setting a transmission QoS level for the first UE to be a lowest QoS level of the determined supported QoS level for the first UE and the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs, wherein setting the transmission QoS level for the first UE comprises:

monitoring the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs and the determined supported QoS level for the first UE for a first time period before setting the transmission QoS level to a QoS level lower than a current QoS level; or

monitoring the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs and the determined supported QoS level for the first UE for a second time period before setting the transmission QoS level to a QoS level higher than the current QoS level; and

transmitting by multicast to the set of UEs a PDU transmission based on the set transmission QoS level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the header is a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supported QoS level for the first UE is determined based on monitoring at least one of a signal to noise ratio (SNR), a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a packet error rate associated with the first UE for receiving the PDU from the set of UEs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE includes the determined supported QoS level in a header transmission of the PDU transmission to the set of UEs.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second time period is greater than the first time period.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a group identifier associated with the first UE;

determining to set a common QoS level for UEs associated with the group identifier; and

identifying the set of UEs to include UEs also associated with the group identifier.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set transmission QoS level is a QoS class identifier (QCI) or 5G QoS indicator (5QI) value.

8. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive from each UE of a set of UEs a packet data unit (PDU) including a header that includes a quality of service (QoS) level for the UE;

determine a supported QoS level for the first UE;

set a transmission QoS level for the first UE to be a lowest QoS level of the determined supported QoS level for the first UE and the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs, wherein setting the transmission QoS level for the first UE includes the at least one processor further configured to:

monitor the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs and the determined supported QoS level for the first UE for a first time period before setting the transmission QoS level to a QoS level lower than a current QoS level; or

monitor the QoS level from each UE of the set of UEs and the determined supported QoS level for the first UE for a second time period before setting the transmission QoS level to a QoS level higher than the current QoS level; and

transmit by multicast to the set of UEs a PDU transmission based on the set transmission QoS level.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the header is a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the supported QoS level for the first UE is determined based on monitoring at least one of a signal to noise ratio (SNR), a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a packet error rate associated with the first UE for receiving the PDU from the set of UEs.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first UE includes the determined supported QoS level in a header transmission of the PDU transmission to the set of UEs.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second time period is greater than the first time period.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a group identifier associated with the first UE;

determine to set a common QoS level for UEs associated with the group identifier; and

identify the set of UEs to include UEs also associated with the group identifier.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the set transmission QoS level is a QoS class identifier (QCI) or 5G QoS indicator (5QI) value.

15. A method of wireless communication of a first user equipment (UE) of a set of UEs, comprising:

determining a supported quality of service (QoS) level for the first UE;

transmitting a packet data unit (PDU) transmission including a header that includes the supported QoS level for the first UE; and

receiving by multicast a received PDU based on a transmission QoS level, wherein the transmission QoS level is based on a first time period if the transmission QoS level is lower than a previous QoS level or is based on a second time period if the transmission QoS level is higher than the previous QoS level;

wherein the transmission QoS level in the received PDU is based on the supported QoS level for the first UE in the PDU transmission and a supported QoS level for a transmitting UE.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the header is a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the supported QoS level for the first UE is based on monitoring at least one of a signal to noise ratio (SNR), a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a packet error rate.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first UE includes the determined supported QoS level in the header of the PDU transmission.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein a group identifier is associated with the first UE;

wherein a common QoS level is set for UEs associated with the group identifier; and

wherein the set of UEs includes UEs also associated with the group identifier.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the transmission QoS level is a QoS class identifier (QCI) or 5G QoS indicator (5QI) value.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the received PDU based on the transmission QoS level includes a received header including an indication of the transmission QoS level.

22. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) of a set of UEs, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

determine a supported quality of service (QoS) level for the first UE;

transmit a packet data unit (PDU) transmission including a header that includes the supported QoS level for the first UE; and

receive by multicast a received PDU based on a transmission QoS level, wherein the transmission QoS level is based on a first time period if the transmission QoS level is lower than a previous QoS level or is based on a second time period if the transmission QoS level is higher than the previous QoS level;

wherein the transmission QoS level in the received PDU is based on the supported QoS level for the first UE in the PDU transmission and a supported QoS level for a transmitting UE.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the header is a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) header.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the supported QoS level for the first UE is based on monitoring at least one of a signal to noise ratio (SNR), a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), a reference signal received power (RSRP), a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a packet error rate.

25. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the first UE includes the determined supported QoS level in the header of the PDU transmission.

26. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein a group identifier is associated with the first UE;

wherein a common QoS level is set for UEs associated with the group identifier; and

wherein the set of UEs includes UEs also associated with the group identifier.

27. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the transmission QoS level is a QoS class identifier (QCI) or 5G QoS indicator (5QI) value.

28. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the received PDU based on the transmission QoS level includes a received header including an indication of the transmission QoS level.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2019
From: CHENG, HONG; BAGHEL, SUDHIR KUMAR; GULATI, KAPIL; LI, JUNYI; WU, ZHIBIN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 050708/0515 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62734958 · Sep 21, 2018
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