IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,621,890
Granted Patent B2
US 12,621,890 · App. 18/125,545 · Granted May 5, 2026

Asymmetric channel

Inventors: Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); SungDuck Chun (Fairfax, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W76/15H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,621,890
App. No.
18/125,545
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station may receive, from a first wireless device, a first radio resource control (RRC) message indicating that a communication associated with a bearer is asymmetric. The bearer may be associated with a service that needs a symmetric communication. The base station may also send, to the first wireless device and based on the first RRC message, a second RRC message that includes radio resource configuration parameters of the first wireless device.

Claims (30)

1 . A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

receive, from a first wireless device, a first radio resource control (RRC) message indicating that a communication associated with a bearer is asymmetric, wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of the bearer associated with an asymmetric channel, and wherein the bearer is associated with a service that needs a symmetric communication; and

send, to the first wireless device and based on the first RRC message, a second RRC message comprising radio resource configuration parameters of the first wireless device, wherein the second RRC message indicates modifying a radio bearer resource of the asymmetric channel.

2 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the indicating that the communication associated with the bearer is asymmetric indicates an asymmetric uplink communication channel and an asymmetric downlink communication channel.

3 . The base station of claim 2 , wherein the indicating the asymmetric uplink communication channel and the asymmetric downlink communication channel indicates end to end latency of the uplink communication channel is not equal to end to end latency of the downlink communication channel.

4 . The base station of claim 2 , wherein the indicating the asymmetric uplink communication channel and downlink communication channel indicates a difference between latency of the uplink communication channel and latency of the downlink communication channel is less than a configured value.

5 . The base station of claim 2 , wherein the indicating the uplink communication channel indicates a communication path from a first network element to a second network element; and wherein the indicating the downlink communication channel indicates a second communication path from the second network element to the first network element.

6 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of an RRC connection which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the asymmetric channel is over the RRC connection.

7 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the asymmetric channel is over the bearer.

8 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a protocol data unit (PDU) session which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the asymmetric channel is over the PDU session.

9 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a network slice which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the asymmetric channel is over the network slice.

10 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a quality of service (QoS) flow which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the asymmetric channel is over the QoS flow.

11 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a service data flow (SDF) which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the asymmetric channel is over the SDF.

12 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to determine, based on the first RRC message, radio bearer configuration information of a radio bearer for the asymmetric channel.

13 . The base station of claim 12 , wherein the radio bearer configuration information comprises parameters for a data radio bearer, or for a signal radio bearer, or for both a data radio bearer and a signal radio bearer.

14 . The base station of claim 12 , wherein the radio bearer configuration information comprises QoS parameters for a signal radio bearer, for a data radio bearer, or for both a signal radio bearer and a data radio bearer.

15 . A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

send, to a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message indicating an asymmetric channel between the wireless device and a second wireless device, wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a bearer associated with the asymmetric channel, and wherein the bearer is associated with a service that needs a symmetric communication; and

receive, from the base station, a second RRC message indicating modifying a radio bearer resource of the asymmetric channel.

16 . The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the first RRC message indicates an asymmetric uplink communication channel and an asymmetric downlink communication channel.

17 . The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of an RRC connection which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the RRC connection is over the asymmetric channel.

18 . The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a radio bearer which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the asymmetric channel is over the radio bearer.

19 . The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of a protocol data unit (PDU) session which is associated with the asymmetric channel; and wherein the PDU session is over the asymmetric channel.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the base station to:

receive, from a first wireless device, a first radio resource control (RRC) message indicating that a communication associated with a bearer is asymmetric, wherein the first RRC message comprises an identifier of the bearer associated with an asymmetric channel, and wherein the bearer is associated with a service that needs a symmetric communication; and

send, by the base station to the first wireless device and based on the first RRC message, a second RRC message comprising radio resource configuration parameters of the first wireless device, wherein the second RRC message indicates modifying radio bearer resource of the asymmetric channel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; CHUN, SUNGDUCK; TALEBI FARD, PEYMAN; ZHOU, HUA; KIM, TAEHUN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065067/0666 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: QIAO, WEIHUA
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065081/0944 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63322740 · Mar 23, 2022
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