Technology agnostic QoS support in a multi-mode environment

• US 8,879,584 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2012
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Babbar, Uppinder Singh, Mir, Idreas, Lioy, Marcello, Veerepalli, Sivaramakrishna
• Primary Examiner(s): Mui, Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAMUEL, DEWANDA A
• Application Number:
  US13/672,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20130064084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 370/254, 370/229, 370/488, 370/497
• US Class Current: 370/497
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0044 of quality context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/04 Large scale networks; Deep hierarchical networks

Abstract

A generic quality of service (QoS) model that is not dependent on network technology is used to support QoS for communication networks utilizing different network technologies. The generic QoS model may include a superset of all QoS parameters for all network technologies being supported, e.g., 3GPP and 3GPP2. An application at a device may specify QoS for a traffic flow based on the generic QoS parameters in the superset. The generic QoS parameters may be converted to QoS parameters that are specific to a serving network. The converted QoS parameters are exchanged with the serving network and are used while exchanging traffic with the serving network.

Claims

1. A method of performing Internet Protocol (IP) packet filtering, comprising:

obtaining at a device a first set of at least one IP packet filter defined based on a first set of filter parameters for at least two network technologies;

converting the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a second set of at least one IP packet filter, the second set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a second set of filter parameters for a first network technology among the at least two network technologies;

sending the second set of at least one IP packet filter to a first network;

converting the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a third set of at least one IP packet filter, the third set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a third set of filter parameters for a second network technology among the at least two network technologies;

sending the third set of at least one IP packet filter to a second network; and

filtering IP packets sent to the second network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering IP packets sent to the first network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of at least one IP packet filter is obtained from an application at the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of filter parameters is a superset of filter parameters used by the at least two network technologies.

5. An apparatus comprising:

a processor operative to obtain a first set of at least one Internet Protocol (IP) packet filter, to convert the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a second set of at least one IP packet filter, to send the second set of at least one IP packet filter to a first network, to convert the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a third set of at least one IP packet filter, to send the third set of at least one IP packet filter to a second network, and to filter IP packets sent to the second network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter, wherein the first set of at least one IP packet filter is defined based on a first set of filter parameters for at least two network technologies, wherein the second set of at least one IP packet filter is defined based on a second set of filter parameters for a first network technology among the at least two network technologies, and wherein the third set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a third set of filter parameters for a second network technology among the at least two network technologies; and

a memory unit operative to store the first set of at least one IP packet filter, the second set of at least one IP packet filter, or both the first and second sets of at least one IP packet filter.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is operative to filter IP packets sent to the first network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least two network technologies comprise 3GPP and 3GPP2.

8. An apparatus comprising:

means for obtaining a first set of at least one Internet Protocol (IP) packet filter defined based on a first set of filter parameters for at least two network technologies;

means for converting the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a second set of at least one IP packet filter, the second set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a second set of filter parameters for a first network technology among the at least two network technologies;

means for sending the second set of at least one IP packet filter to a first network;

means for converting the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a third set of at least one IP packet filter, the third set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a third set of filter parameters for a second network technology among the at least two network technologies;

means for sending the third set of at least one IP packet filter to a second network; and

means for filtering IP packets sent to the second network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

means for filtering IP packets sent to the first network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.

10. A non-transitory computer readable media for storing instructions executed by a processor in a device, operable to perform:

obtain a first set of at least one Internet Protocol (IP) packet filter defined based on a first set of filter parameters for at least two network technologies;

convert the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a second set of at least one IP packet filter, the second set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a second set of filter parameters for a first network technology among the at least two network technologies;

send the second set of at least one IP packet filter to a first network;

convert the first set of at least one IP packet filter to a third set of at least one IP packet filter, the third set of at least one IP packet filter being defined based on a third set of filter parameters for a second network technology among the at least two network technologies;

send the third set of at least one IP packet filter to a second network; and

filter IP packets sent to the second network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.

11. The processor readable media of claim 10 and further for storing instructions operable to:

filter IP packets sent to the first network based on the first set of at least one IP packet filter.