Systems and methods for latency reduction
Systems and methods presented herein provide for reducing latency in wireless service through a communication link comprising a Modem Termination System (MTS) and a modem. The communication link is coupled with a virtualized wireless link. In one embodiment, a method includes transferring a buffer status report (BSR) from a user equipment (UE) through the communication link to a control portion of the virtualized wireless link, generating a wireless grant to allow the data of the UE through virtualized wireless link, and generating a backhaul grant for the UE to transfer data through the communication link based on the wireless grant information.
1. A method for reducing latency in wireless service through a protocol communication link comprising a Modem Termination System (MTS) and a modem, the method comprising:
detecting a message from a user equipment indicating that the user equipment has data to transmit to a mobile core network;
requesting to transfer the data of the user equipment to a Gateway in response to detecting the message from the user equipment; and
processing a grant from the Gateway to transfer the data of the user equipment to the Gateway while the user equipment is negotiating with the mobile core network to transmit the data of the user equipment.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the message is a scheduling request (SR) of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the message is a buffer status report (BSR) of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol, indicating an amount and a quality of service (QoS) requirement of the data of the user equipment to be transmitted.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the message is a grant of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol, indicating an amount of the data of the UE to be transmitted, and a time the data of the UE is to be transmitted.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
conveying an amount and a quality of service (QoS) assignment of the data of the user equipment to the MTS to trigger the MTS to deliver a QoS grant granting the amount and the QoS assignment of the data, and a timing of the grant.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
detecting is performed by a wireless base station communicatively coupled to the modem; and
the method further comprises transferring the data of the user equipment from the wireless base station to the MTS when the user equipment finishes negotiating with the mobile core network.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the message includes information pertaining to a plurality of buffer status reports (BSRs) of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol, indicating an amount and quality of service (QoS) requirement of data of a plurality of user equipment to be transmitted.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the message includes information pertaining to a plurality of grants of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol, indicating an amount of data of a plurality of user equipment to be transmitted, and a time the data of the plurality of user equipment is to be transmitted.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the message complies with a Wi-Fi wireless protocol.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message from the user equipment complies with a Long Term evolution (LTE) wireless protocol.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message from the user equipment complies with a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol.
12. A method for reducing latency in wireless service link through a communication link comprising a Modem Termination System (MTS) and a modem, the method operable at the MTS and comprising:
processing a request from the modem, wherein the request indicates that a user equipment (UE) has data to transmit to a mobile core network;
granting the request while the UE is negotiating with a Gateway to transmit the data of the UE;
receiving the data of the UE from the modem; and
transferring the data of the UE to the mobile core network.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the request from the modem is in response to a scheduling request (SR) of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol, from the UE.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the request from the modem is in response to a buffer status report (BSR) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol indicating an amount and a quality of service (QoS) requirement of the data of the UE to be transmitted.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the request from the modem is in response to a grant of one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocol and a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol, indicating an amount of the data of the UE that is to be transmitted, and a time the data of the UE is to be transmitted.
16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
processing an amount of the data of the UE to be transmitted to the mobile core network via the modem; and
configuring subsequent grants based on the amount and a quality of service (QoS) requirement of the data.
17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
processing an amount of the data of the UE from the modem; and
configuring subsequent grants based on the amount and a quality of service (QoS) assignment of the data, and a timing of the grant.
18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
transferring the data of the UE from the modem to the mobile core network.
19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the request complies with a Long Term evolution (LTE) wireless protocol.
20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the request complies with a fifth generation (5G) wireless protocol.
21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the request complies with a Wi-Fi wireless protocol.