Admission control and load balancing

• US 10,349,309 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Horn, Gavin Bernard, Tenny, Nathan Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Anh Ngoc M
• Application Number:
  US15/652,452
• Publication Number:
  US 20170318499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/743 Reaction at the end points
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/801 Real time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0864 of different hierarchy levels, e.g. Master Evolved Node B [MeNB] or Secondary Evolved node B [SeNB]

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus to enable a node to be aware of active services and context for a mobile device in order to determine the load balancing and admission control for the services. For example, in certain aspects, a mobile device for managing at least one data flow between a core network and the mobile device may determine whether at least one of the data flow or a service related to the data flow should be reported and send a report to a first node based on the determination. The report may identify at least one of the data flow or service and indicates a packet data network (PDN) connection or bearer associated with the service or data flow.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication by a first node for performing admission control on at least one data flow of a plurality of data flows comprising:

receiving, from a second node, a request for admission of the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows for a bearer comprising the plurality of data flows;

evaluating, for each of the plurality of data flows, availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one data flow with the bearer, wherein the evaluation of the availability of resources is for aggregation of the at least one data flow at the first node, wherein the request for admission comprises an indication of a protocol layer for the aggregation of the at least one data flow; and

indicating to the second node whether admission is granted to the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows based at least in part on the evaluated availability of resources.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first node and the second node operate using different radio-access technologies (RATs).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one of the plurality of data flows comprises determining resources available to accept data flows from the second node.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a new data flow is active; and

sending a message to the second node based on the determination.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of data flows comprises data for an application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of data flows comprises data for a service.

2. A method of wireless communication by a first node for performing admission control on at least one data flow of a plurality of data flows comprising:

receiving, from a second node, a request for admission of the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows for a bearer comprising the plurality of data flows;

evaluating, for each of the plurality of data flows, availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one data flow with the bearer, wherein the evaluation of the availability of resources is for aggregation of the at least one data flow at the first node, wherein the evaluating relates to resources managed by protocol layers below a protocol layer of a flow split or a packet split for the aggregation at the first node; and

indicating to the second node whether admission is granted to the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows based at least in part on the evaluated availability of resources.

8. A first node for performing admission control on at least one data flow of a plurality of data flows comprising:

means for receiving, from a second node, a request for admission of the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows for a bearer comprising the plurality of data flows;

means for evaluating, for each of the plurality of data flows, availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one data flow with the bearer, wherein the evaluation of the availability of resources is for aggregation of the at least one data flow at the first node, wherein the request for admission comprises an indication of a protocol layer for the aggregation of the at least one data flow; and

means for indicating to the second node whether admission is granted to the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows based at least in part on the evaluated availability of resources.

10. The first node of claim 8, wherein the first node and the second node operate using different radio-access technologies (RATs).

11. The first node of claim 8, wherein means for evaluating availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one of the plurality of data flows comprises means for determining resources available to accept data flows from the second node.

12. The first node of claim 8, further comprising:

means for determining that a new data flow is active; and

means for sending a message to the second node based on the determination.

13. The first node of claim 8, wherein the at least one of the plurality of data flows comprises data for an application.

14. The first node of claim 8, wherein the at least one of the plurality of data flows comprises data for a service.

9. A first node for performing admission control on at least one data flow of a plurality of data flows comprising:

means for receiving, from a second node, a request for admission of the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows for a bearer comprising the plurality of data flows;

means for evaluating, for each of the plurality of data flows, availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one data flow with the bearer, wherein the evaluation of the availability of resources is for aggregation of the at least one data flow at the first node, wherein the means for evaluating relates to resources managed by protocol layers below a protocol layer of a flow split or a packet split for the aggregation at the first node; and

means for indicating to the second node whether admission is granted to the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows based at least in part on the evaluated availability of resources.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing admission control on at least one data flow of a plurality of data flows having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, causes a first node to:

receive, from a second node, a request for admission of the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows for a bearer comprising the plurality of data flows;

evaluate, for each of the plurality of data flows, availability of resources at the first node to serve the at least one data flow with the bearer, wherein the evaluation of the availability of resources is for aggregation of the at least one data flow at the first node, wherein the request for admission comprises an indication of a protocol layer for the aggregation of the at least one data flow; and

indicate to the second node whether admission is granted to the at least one data flow of the plurality of data flows based at least in part on the evaluated availability of resources.