IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,632,705
Granted Patent B2
US 11,632,705 · App. 17/509,326 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Device configuration for time sensitive network bridge

Inventors: Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA); Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W40/246H04L45/04H04W40/248H04W76/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,632,705
App. No.
17/509,326
Filed
Oct 25, 2021
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2472
USPC
370/256
Abstract

A session management function (SMF) receives, from a wireless device, time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge parameter comprising port information of a TSN bridge. The SMF sends, to a policy and charging function (PCF), a request for policy information, the request comprising the TSN bridge parameter. The SMF receives, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising policy information for the wireless device.

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a session management function (SMF) from a wireless device, a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge parameter comprising port information of a TSN bridge;

sending, by the SMF to a policy and charging control function (PCF), a request for policy information, the request comprising the TSN bridge parameter; and

receiving, by the SMF from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising policy information for the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the policy information comprises one or more user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rules.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more URSP rules are for the TSN bridge.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more URSP rules comprise:

a traffic descriptor of a TSN system comprising:

an identifier of a TSN bridge;

an identifier of a traffic descriptor of the TSN system; and

a priority value of the traffic descriptor of the TSN system; and

a TSN connection capability.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the SMF to the wireless device, the policy information for the wireless device in a configuration update message.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration update message comprises a protocol configuration option (PCO) information element.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration update message is a registration accept message.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TSN bridge parameter further comprises one or more of:

a number of ports on the wireless device;

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports spanning tree protocol; and

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports TSN bridge functions.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PCF makes policy decisions based on the TSN bridge parameter, the method further comprising subscribing, by the SMF, to changes in the policy decisions from the PCF.

10. A session management function (SMF) comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge parameter comprising port information of a TSN bridge;

sending, to a policy and charging control function (PCF), a request for policy information, the request comprising the TSN bridge parameter; and

receiving, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising policy information for the wireless device.

11. The SMF of claim 10 , wherein the policy information comprises one or more user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rules.

12. The SMF of claim 11 , wherein the one or more URSP rules are for the TSN bridge.

13. The SMF of claim 12 , wherein the one or more URSP rules comprise:

a traffic descriptor of a TSN system comprising:

an identifier of a TSN bridge;

an identifier of a traffic descriptor of the TSN system; and

a priority value of the traffic descriptor of the TSN system; and

a TSN connection capability.

14. The SMF of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise sending, to the wireless device, the policy information for the wireless device in a configuration update message.

15. The SMF of claim 14 , wherein the configuration update message comprises a protocol configuration option (PCO) information element.

16. The SMF of claim 14 , wherein the configuration update message is a registration accept message.

17. The SMF of claim 10 , wherein the TSN bridge parameter further comprises one or more of:

a number of ports on the wireless device;

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports spanning tree protocol; and

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports TSN bridge functions.

18. The SMF of claim 10 , wherein the PCF makes policy decisions based on the TSN bridge parameter, and wherein the operations further comprise subscribing to changes in the policy decisions from the PCF.

19. A system, comprising:

a session management function (SMF) comprising a first one or more processors;

a policy and charging control function (PCF) comprising a second one or more processors;

a first memory coupled to the first one or more processors, the first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the first one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge parameter comprising port information of a TSN bridge;

sending, to the PCF, a request for policy information, the request comprising the TSN bridge parameter; and

receiving, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising policy information for the wireless device; and

a second memory coupled to the second one or more processors, the second memory storing instructions that, when executed by the second one or more processors, cause the PCF to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from the SMF, the request for policy information; and

sending, to the SMF, the response to the request.

20. The system, of claim 19 , wherein the policy information comprises one or more user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rules.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; RYU, JINSOOK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; QIAO, WEIHUA; BHARATIA, JAYSHREE
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16788412 · Feb 12, 2020
Provisional Application 62806185 · Feb 15, 2019
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