Techniques for connectionless small data transmission

• US 9,693,336 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2013
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Martinez Tarradell, Marta, Jain, Puneet K., Choi, Hyung-Nam, Bangolae, Sangeetha, Pinheiro, Ana Lucia
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwar, Mohammad
• Application Number:
  US14/129,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20140334380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,328 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0486 taking channel rank into account
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/12 Arrangements providing for calling or supervisory signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/184 with heterogeneous receivers, e.g. layered multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03 Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8044 Least cost routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/1446 wherein at least one of the networks is unlicensed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/165 : for reducing network power consumption H04W36/18 - H04W36/22 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/22 : for handling the traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 : Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 : using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 : Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/244 : Interferences in heterogeneous networks, e.g. among macro and femto or pico cells or other sector / system interference [OSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 : based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 : Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 : Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 : using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 : based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 : based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 : Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 : Manipulation of direct-mode connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 : Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 : Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 : adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 : Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for connectionless small data transmission. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a configuration component for execution by the processor circuit to establish a connectionless small data transmission (CSDT) mode, and a communication component for execution by the processor circuit to send a small data preamble, receive a resource allocation message identifying an assigned resource, and send a small data item in the CSDT mode using the assigned resource. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor circuit;

a configuration component for execution by the processor circuit to establish a connectionless small data transmission (CSDT) mode; and

a communication component for execution by the processor circuit to;

receive a resource reservation message indicating a pattern describing a set of reserved resources for CSDT, the set of reserved resources to comprise respective reserved resources of each of a plurality of radio frames including a first radio frame and a second radio frame, at least a portion of the reserved resources of each of the first and second radio frames reserved for the UE for CSDT;

send a small data item in the CSDT mode using reserved resources of the first radio frame; and

when an acknowledgment message is not received for the small data item, perform a backoff procedure and retransmit the small data item in the CSDT mode using reserved resources of the second radio frame.

2. The UE of claim 1, the communication component for execution by the processor circuit to receive a configuration message identifying at least one set of small data preambles and select the small data preamble from among the at least one set of small data preambles.

3. The UE of claim 2, the configuration message identifying multiple sets of small data preambles.

4. The UE of claim 3, each of the multiple sets of small data preambles corresponding to a different size range, the communication component for execution by the processor circuit to select one of the multiple sets based on a size of the small data item and select the small data preamble from among the selected set.

5. The UE of claim 1, the set of reserved resources comprising physical resource blocks of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

6. The UE of claim 1, the small data item comprising a periodic measurement performed by a sensor.

7. A system, comprising:

the UE of claim 1;

a display;

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

one or more RF antennas.

8. The UE of claim 1, the pattern comprising a repeating pattern describing a set of reserved resources for CSDT.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a resource reservation message indicating a pattern describing a set of reserved resources for connectionless small data transmission (CSDT), the set of reserved resources to comprise respective reserved resources of each of a plurality of radio frames including a first radio frame and a second radio frame, at least a portion of the reserved resources of each of the first and second radio frames reserved for a user equipment (UE) for CSDT;

identifying a small data item for transmission using CSDT;

transmitting, using CSDT, the small data item using reserved resources of the first radio frame;

monitoring a physical hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) indicator channel (PHICH) for an acknowledgment of the small data item; and

when no acknowledgment of the small data item is received, performing a backoff procedure and retransmitting, using CSDT, the small data item using reserved resources of the second radio frame.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, the set of reserved resources comprising resources reserved specifically for the UE.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, the resource reservation message identifying, for each of the plurality of radio frames, a subframe comprising resources reserved for CSDT by the UE.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, the set of reserved resources comprising a pool of resources reserved for a plurality of UEs comprising the UE.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, the set of reserved resources comprising physical resource blocks in multiple subframes of at least one of the plurality of radio frames.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, the set of reserved resources comprising resources of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, the pattern comprising a repeating pattern describing a set of reserved resources for CSDT.

16. An evolved node B (eNB) comprising:

logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to;

send a resource reservation message indicating a pattern describing a set of reserved resources for connectionless small data transmission (CSDT), the set of reserved resources to comprise respective reserved resources of each of a plurality of radio frames including a first radio frame and a second radio frame, at least a portion of the reserved resources of each of the first and second radio frames reserved for a user equipment (UE) for CSDT;

receive a small data item transmitted using CSDT from the user equipment (UE) via one or more of the set of reserved resources; and

send an acknowledgment of the small data item over a physical hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) indicator channel (PHICH).

17. The eNB of claim 16, the one or more reserved resources comprising resources reserved specifically for the UE.

18. The eNB of claim 17, the resource reservation message identifying, for each of the plurality of radio frames, a subframe comprising resources reserved for CSDT by the UE.

19. The eNB of claim 16, the set of reserved resources comprising a pool of resources reserved for a plurality of UEs comprising the UE.

20. The eNB of claim 16, the set of reserved resources comprising physical resource blocks in multiple subframes of at least one of the plurality of radio frames.

21. The eNB of claim 16, the set of reserved resources comprising resources of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

22. The eNB of claim 16, comprising:

at least one radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

at least one RF antenna.

23. The eNB of claim 16, the pattern comprising a repeating pattern describing a set of reserved resources for CSDT.