IP Library Granted Patent US 11,304,092
Granted Patent B2
US 11,304,092 · App. 16/568,961 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Session packet duplication control

Inventors: Kyungmin Park (Herndon, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX); Peyman Talebi Fard (Sterling, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W28/06H04W8/08H04W60/06H04W76/12H04W76/15H04W76/27H04W80/02H04W80/10
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Patent No.
US 11,304,092
App. No.
16/568,961
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters from a base station. The configuration parameters are for a first session and a second session. The second session is for a packet duplication of the first session. The wireless device receives an activation indication of the packet duplication. Based on the activation indication of the packet duplication, the wireless device sends packets of the first session to a user plane function and a duplication of the packets to the user plane function via the second session.

Claims (61)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, at least one first radio resource control message comprising configuration parameters for:

a first session associated with a first session identifier between the wireless device and a user plane function; and

a second session associated with a second session identifier different from the first session identifier, for packet duplication of the first session, between the wireless device and the user plane function;

receiving at least one second radio resource control message indicating activation of the packet duplication; and

based on the activation of the packet duplication, sending:

original packets via the first session to the user plane function; and

duplicated packets of the first session to the user plane function via the second session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second session is deactivated based on receiving at least one third radio resource control message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the wireless device, at least one third radio resource message indicating deactivation of the packet duplication; and

based on the deactivation of the packet duplication, by the wireless device:

keeping sending continuing to send, by the wireless device, original packets of the first session to the user plane function; and

stopping sending not continuing to send, by the wireless device, duplicated packets of the first session to the user plane function via the second session.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the wireless device to the base station, a response radio resource control message indicating a completion of the activation.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the base station to the user plane function, the duplicated packets of the first session.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the base station to the user plane function:

the original packets via a first tunnel between the base station and the user plane function; and

the duplicated packets via a second tunnel between the base station and the user plane function.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending by the base station:

the original packets to a first user plane function; and

the duplicated packets to a second user plane function.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device sends:

the original packets via the base station; and

the duplicated packets via a second base station.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the base station from the wireless device, a channel measurement information; and

determining, by the base station and based on the channel measurement information, the activation of the packet duplication.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the channel measurement information comprises at least one of:

a channel quality indicator (CQI);

a precoding matrix indicator (PMI);

a precoding type indicator (PTI); or

a rank indication (RI).

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the base station, the packet duplication based on at least one of:

a quality-of-service requirement of the first session;

a traffic load of the base station;

a session type of the first session; or

a network slice of the first session.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the base station to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first message indicating the activation of the packet duplication; and

receiving, by the base station from the AMF, a second message indicating acceptance of the activation, wherein the at least one second radio resource control message is based on the acceptance of the activation.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second message comprises an uplink transport network layer (TNL) address of the user plane function.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second message comprises at least one of:

a first uplink transport network layer (TNL) address of a first user plane function for the original packets; or

a second uplink TNL address of a second user plane function for the duplicated packets.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

sending, by the AMF to a session management function (SMF), a third message indicating the activation of the packet duplication; and

receiving, by the AMF from the SMF, a fourth message indicating acceptance of the activation.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the fourth message comprises an uplink transport network layer (TNL) address of the user plane function.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the fourth message comprises at least one of:

a first uplink transport network layer (TNL) address of a first user plane function for the original packets; or

a second uplink TNL address of a second user plane function for the duplicated packets.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to a session management function (SMF), an information message comprising at least one of:

a first downlink transport network layer (TNL) address for the original packets; or

a second downlink TNL address for the duplicated packets.

19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by a second base station from the base station, a modification request message indicating the activation of the packet duplication; and

starting, by the second base station and based on the modification request message, sending the duplicated packets.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the base station from a second base station, resource status information of the second base station, wherein:

the activation of the packet duplication is based on the resource status information; and

the second base station is a secondary base station of the wireless device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065749/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; BHARATIA, JAYSHREE A; TALEBI FARD, PEYMAN; QIAO, WEIHUA
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 055002/0721 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62730206 · Sep 12, 2018
Provisional Application 62733843 · Sep 20, 2018
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