IP Library Granted Patent US 11,044,767
Granted Patent B2
US 11,044,767 · App. 16/624,799 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Method and network node of setting up a wireless connection

Inventors: Stefan Johansson (Linköping, SE); Rasmus Axén (Linköping, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W76/11H04W76/15
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Patent No.
US 11,044,767
App. No.
16/624,799
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of setting up a wireless connection for a communication device. The method is performed in a network node and comprises receiving, from the communication device, a service request, the request comprising a destination identifier of a destination providing a service, and configuring, based on the destination identifier, the communication device for one of: multi-connectivity and single-connectivity.

Claims (23)

1. A method of setting up a wireless connection for a communication device, the method being performed in a network node and comprising:

receiving, from the communication device, a service request, the request comprising a destination identifier of a destination providing a service; and

configuring, based on the destination identifier, the communication device for multi-connectivity or single-connectivity by:

configuring the communication device for multi-connectivity when the destination identifier is indicated as a multi-connectivity service based on information on previous data sessions to a destination pointed at by the destination identifier; and

configuring the communication device for single-connectivity and measuring a data volume of a service data session, and when the measured data volume is above a defined threshold value, entering the destination identifier to a list of candidate multi-connectivity services, in which when a number of times the destination identifier has been entered to the list of candidate multi-connectivity services meets a criterion, indicating the destination identifier to receive multi-connectivity service.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the measured data volume indicates a data intensive service for multi-connectivity.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising, comparing the destination identifier to the list of candidate multi-connectivity services for configuring the communication device for multi-connectivity.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry of a network node, are capable of causing the network node to perform operations to set up a wireless connection for a communication device comprising:

receiving, from the communication device, a service request, the request comprising a destination identifier of a destination providing a service; and

configuring, based on the destination identifier, the communication device for multi-connectivity or single-connectivity by:

configuring the communication device for multi-connectivity when the destination identifier is indicated as a multi-connectivity service based on information on previous data sessions to a destination pointed at by the destination identifier; and

configuring the communication device for single-connectivity and measuring a data volume of a service data session, and when the measured data volume is above a defined threshold value, entering the destination identifier to a list of candidate multi-connectivity services, in which when a number of times the destination identifier has been entered to the list of candidate multi-connectivity services meets a criterion, indicating the destination identifier to receive multi-connectivity service.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the measured data volume indicates a data intensive service for multi-connectivity.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the instructions are capable of causing the network node to perform further operations comprising, comparing the destination identifier to the list of candidate multi-connectivity services for configuring the communication device for multi-connectivity.

7. A network node for setting up a wireless connection for a communication device, the network node comprising:

a processing circuitry; and

a memory containing instructions which, when executed on the processing circuitry, cause the network node to:

receive, from the communication device, a service request, the request comprising a destination identifier of a destination providing a service; and

configure, based on the destination identifier, the communication device for multi-connectivity or single-connectivity by performing operations to:

configure the communication device for multi-connectivity when the destination identifier is indicated as a multi-connectivity service based on information on previous data sessions to a destination pointed at by the destination identifier; and

configure the communication device for single-connectivity and measure a data volume of a service data session, and when the measured data volume is above a defined threshold value, enter the destination identifier to a list of candidate multi-connectivity services, in which when a number of times the destination identifier has been entered to the list of candidate multi-connectivity services meets a criterion, indicate the destination identifier to receive multi-connectivity service.

8. The network node as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the measured data volume indicates a data intensive service for multi-connectivity.

9. The network node as claimed in claim 7 further comprising, to compare the destination identifier to the list of candidate multi-connectivity services for configuring the communication device for multi-connectivity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: AXEN, RASMUS; JOHANSSON, STEFAN
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 051338/0400 →
Continuity (1)
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