Low latency operation
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may set a value associated with a delay budget report information element based at least in part on determining that the UE is to employ low latency communication with or via a base station. The UE may transmit a message, that includes the value associated with the delay budget report information element, to the base station to indicate that low latency communication is to be employed in association with a default bearer established between the UE and the base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
setting a value in a type1 field or a type2 field of a delay budget report information element based at least in part on determining that the UE is to employ low latency communication with or via a base station,
the type1 field being associated with a downlink communication, and
the type2 field being associated with an uplink communication; and
transmitting a message, that includes the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element, to the base station to indicate that low latency communication is to be employed in association with a default bearer established between the UE and the base station.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted when a dedicated bearer is not active for the UE.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message notifies the base station that the UE is to employ low latency communication with or via the base station.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element notifies the base station of an air interface delay budget adjustment when a dedicated bearer is active for the UE.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that low latency communications are to be employed for:
both downlink communications and uplink communications,
only downlink communications and not uplink communications, or
only uplink communications and not downlink communications.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is set based at least in part on at least one of:
a type of application associated with low latency communication,
information received from an application executing on the UE,
information received by a modem of the UE, or
a combination thereof.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that a previously indicated value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is to be overridden.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein different values in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element map to different latency levels of low latency communication.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted when a dedicated bearer is active for the UE, and wherein the UE is configured to indicate that the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is to be used for employing low latency communication for the default bearer.
10. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a message that includes a value in a type1 field or a type2 field of a delay budget report information element,
wherein the message indicates that low latency communication is to be employed in association with a default bearer established between the base station and the UE,
wherein the type1 field is associated with a downlink communication, and
wherein the type2 field is associated with an uplink communication; and
performing an action to reduce latency of UE communications based at least in part on receiving the message.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the message is received when a dedicated bearer is not active for the UE.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that low latency communication is to be employed for:
both downlink communications and uplink communications,
only downlink communications and not uplink communications, or
only uplink communications and not downlink communications.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that a previously indicated value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is to be overridden.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein different values in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element map to different communication latency levels.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising indicating the action to the UE.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein performing the action comprises modifying one or more parameters of the default bearer.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein performing the action comprises at least one of:
modifying a set point for early hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) termination for the UE,
modifying a configuration of a transmission time interval used to communicate with the UE,
configuring a low latency operating mode for the UE,
configuring semi-persistent scheduling for the UE,
configuring uplink grant skipping for the UE,
modifying a configuration of a maximum number of HARQ retransmissions for the UE,
modifying a configuration of one or more timers used by the base station or the UE,
modifying a configuration of a radio link control (RLC) poll prohibit timer for the base station or the UE,
modifying a configuration of an RLC reordering timer for the base station or the UE,
modifying a configuration of an RLC status prohibit timer for the base station or the UE,
modifying a configuration of a time interval for scheduling requests by the UE,
modifying a configuration of a number of repetitions used by the UE or the base station,
modifying a configuration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer used by the UE, or
a combination thereof.
18. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
set a value in a type1 field or a type2 field of a delay budget report information element based at least in part on determining that the UE is to employ low latency communication with or via a base station,
the type1 field being associated with a downlink communication, and
the type2 field being associated with an uplink communication; and
transmit a message, that includes the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element, to the base station to indicate that low latency communication is to be employed in association with a default bearer established between the UE and the base station.
19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the message is transmitted when a dedicated bearer is not established between the UE and the base station.
20. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is set based at least in part on at least one of:
a type of application associated with low latency communication,
information received from an application executing on the UE,
information received by a modem of the UE, or
a combination thereof.
21. The UE of claim 18 , wherein different values in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element map to different latency levels of low latency communication.
22. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the message is transmitted when a dedicated bearer is active for the UE, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to indicate that the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is to be used for employing low latency communication for the default bearer.
23. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that a previously indicated value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is to be overridden.
24. A base station for wireless communication, comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
receive, from a user equipment (UE), a message that includes a value in a type1 field or a type2 field of a delay budget report information element,
wherein the message indicates that low latency communication is to be employed in association with a default bearer established between the base station and the UE,
wherein the type1 field is associated with a downlink communication, and
wherein the type2 field is associated with an uplink communication; and
perform an action to reduce latency of UE communications based at least in part on receiving the message.
25. The base station of claim 24 , wherein the message is received when a dedicated bearer is established between the base station and the UE.
26. The base station of claim 24 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that low latency is to be employed for:
both downlink communications and uplink communications,
only downlink communications and not uplink communications, or
only uplink communications and not downlink communications.
27. The base station of claim 24 , wherein different values in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element map to different latency levels.
28. The base station of claim 24 , wherein the action is indicated to the UE.
29. The base station of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors, when performing the action, are configured to:
modify one or more parameters of the default bearer,
modify a set point for early hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) termination for the UE,
modify a configuration of a transmission time interval used to communicate with the UE,
configure a low latency operating mode for the UE,
configure semi-persistent scheduling for the UE,
configure uplink grant skipping for the UE,
modify a configuration of a maximum number of HARQ retransmissions for the UE,
modify a configuration of one or more timers used by the base station or the UE,
modify a configuration of a radio link control (RLC) poll prohibit timer for the base station or the UE,
modify a configuration of an RLC reordering timer for the base station or the UE,
modify a configuration of an RLC status prohibit timer for the base station or the UE,
modify a configuration of a time interval for scheduling requests by the UE,
modify a configuration of a number of repetitions used by the UE or the base station,
modify a configuration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer used by the UE, or
a combination thereof.
30. The base station of claim 24 , wherein the value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element indicates that a previously indicated value in the type1 field or the type2 field of the delay budget report information element is to be overridden.