IP Library Granted Patent US 11,601,323
Granted Patent B2
US 11,601,323 · App. 17/007,728 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Techniques for wireless access and wireline network integration

Inventors: John T. Chapman (Orange, CA); Jennifer Andreoli-Fang (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
H04L41/06H04L1/1877H04L1/1887H04L43/0847H04W24/10H04L1/1812H04L1/1822
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Patent No.
US 11,601,323
App. No.
17/007,728
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment is a method and includes receiving at a termination element of a first network a bandwidth report (“BWR”), in which the BWR includes information regarding a data transmission opportunity over a second network for at least one endpoint data; scheduling a first network transmission opportunity for the at least one endpoint data using information derived from the received BWR; and receiving from a first network forwarding device the at least one endpoint data in accordance with the scheduled first network transmission opportunity.

Claims (24)

1. A method comprising:

creating a plurality of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) service flows;

mapping, respectively and correspondingly, a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) to the plurality of DOCSIS service flows to create a plurality of LCG and SF pairs;

providing quality of service (QoS) levels congruent with each of the plurality of LCGs to their respective corresponding ones of the plurality of DOCSIS service flows; and

providing a Bandwidth Report (BWR) with a number of entries equal to the number of LCG and SF pairs in the plurality of LCG and SF pairs.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping the plurality of LCGs to the plurality of DOCSIS service flows comprises mapping same Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearers to each of the plurality of LCG and SF pairs.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the QoS levels comprise the following: Best Effort (BE); Real-Time Polling Service (RTPS); and Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of DOCSIS service flows respectively correspond to a plurality of DOCSIS service flow queues on a Cable Modem (CM).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the a plurality of LCGs respectively correspond to a plurality of LCG queues on an eNB.

6. A method comprising:

creating a plurality of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) service flows;

mapping, respectively and correspondingly, a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) to the plurality of DOCSIS service flows to create a plurality of LCG and SF pairs; and

providing quality of service (QoS) levels congruent with each of the plurality of LCGs to their respective corresponding ones of the plurality of DOCSIS service flows wherein the a plurality of LCGs respectively correspond to a plurality of LCG queues on an eNB.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing a Bandwidth Report (BWR) with a number of entries equal to the number of LCG and SF pairs in the plurality of LCG and SF pairs.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein mapping the plurality of LCGs to the plurality of DOCSIS service flows comprises mapping same Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearers to each of the plurality of LCG and SF pairs.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of DOCSIS service flows respectively correspond to a plurality of DOCSIS service flow queues on a Cable Modem (CM).

10. A method comprising:

creating a plurality of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) service flows wherein the plurality of DOCSIS service flows respectively correspond to a plurality of DOCSIS service flow queues on a Cable Modem (CM);

mapping, respectively and correspondingly, a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) to the plurality of DOCSIS service flows to create a plurality of LCG and SF pairs; and

providing quality of service (QoS) levels congruent with each of the plurality of LCGs to their respective corresponding ones of the plurality of DOCSIS service flows.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing a Bandwidth Report (BWR) with a number of entries equal to the number of LCG and SF pairs in the plurality of LCG and SF pairs.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein mapping the plurality of LCGs to the plurality of DOCSIS service flows comprises mapping same Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearers to each of the plurality of LCG and SF pairs.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the QoS levels comprise the following: Best Effort (BE); Real-Time Polling Service (RTPS); and Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS).

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of LCGs respectively correspond to a plurality of LCG queues on an eNB.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: CHAPMAN, JOHN T.; ANDREOLI-FANG, JENNIFER
To: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Continuity (15)
Division 15983062 · May 17, 2018
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