Techniques for enabling quality of service (QoS) on WLAN for traffic related to a bearer on cellular networks

• US 9,819,469 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Horn, Gavin Bernard, Khobare, Abhijit S., Gupta, Ajay, Chen, Fang, Jain, Vikas
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Loo, Juvena
• Application Number:
  US14/094,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20150003435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,443 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0058 Allocation criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Techniques are described for managing QoS parameters of a bearer for which at least a portion of bearer data is served over a WLAN radio access technology. According to these techniques, a first device may identify a first set of one or more QoS parameters for serving a bearer over a wireless wide area network (WWAN). The first device may also determine a second set of one or more QoS parameters for serving the bearer over the WLAN based on an association between the first set of QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

communicating, by a first wireless device, data over a first bearer configured over a wireless wide area network (WWAN);

identifying, at the first wireless device, a first set of one or more quality-of-service (QoS) parameters for serving the data over the first bearer, the first set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a first QoS requirement for WWAN;

transmitting a connectivity request message to a second wireless device;

in response to the connectivity request message, receiving, from the second wireless device, a second set of one or more QoS parameters for serving at least a portion of the data over a second bearer configured over a wireless local area network (WLAN), the second set of one or more QoS parameters being determined at the second wireless device based on the connectivity request message and an association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a second QoS requirement for WLAN; and

communicating, by the first wireless device, at least the portion of the data over the second bearer configured over the WLAN using the determined second set of one or more QoS parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second set of one or more QoS parameters comprises:

mapping the first set of one or more QoS parameters to the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping comprises a static mapping configured according to the association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping comprises a semi-static mapping.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping is based at least in part on an operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) configuration of the WWAN.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping comprises:

receiving the second set of one or more QoS parameters from a server in an Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) message.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping comprises:

retrieving the second set of one or more QoS parameters from a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM).

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

adjusting the mapping between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the second set of one or more QoS parameters from the first wireless device to a second device in connection with establishing the second bearer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a mobile device, the second device comprises the mobile device, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted via a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the WWAN.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a mobile device, the second device comprises the mobile device, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) layer of the WWAN.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer, the first wireless device comprises a mobility management entity, the second device comprises an eNodeB, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over a S1 interface of the WWAN.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over a core network interface.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first bearer comprises a radio bearer, the first wireless device comprises a serving general packet radio service support node, the second device comprises a radio network controller, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over an Iu interface of the WWAN.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the first set of one or more QoS parameters at the first wireless device in connection with establishing the first bearer.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer, the first wireless device comprises a user equipment (UE), and the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises a QoS class identifier (QCI) that is received over a non-access stratum (NAS) layer.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first bearer comprises a radio bearer, the first wireless device comprises a user equipment (UE), and the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises a logical channel priority that is received over a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless device comprises a user equipment (UE), the method further comprising:

transmitting a requested second set of QoS parameters to the WWAN in connection with one or more of a packet data network connectivity request message, an attach request message, a bearer resource allocation message, or a modify bearer context request message.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises one or more of:

a QoS class identifier (QCI), an access class priority, a logical channel priority, a traffic class, or a traffic handling priority.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of one or more QoS parameters comprise one or more of:

an access category (AC), a maximum buffer size, a bit rate, or a latency.

21. An apparatus for managing wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute code stored on the memory to;

communicate, at a first wireless device, data over a first bearer configured over a wireless wide area network (WWAN);

identify, at the first wireless device, a first set of one or more quality-of-service (QoS) parameters for serving the data over the first bearer, the first set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a first QoS requirement for WWAN;

transmit a connectivity request message to a second wireless device;

in response to the connectivity request message, receive, from Flail the second wireless device, a second set of one or more QoS parameters for serving at least a portion of the data over a second bearer configured over a wireless local area network (WLAN), the second set of one or more QoS parameters being determined at the second wireless device based on the connectivity request message and an association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a second QoS requirement for WLAN; and

communicate, at the first wireless device, at least the portion of the data over the second bearer configured over the WLAN using the determined second set of one or more QoS parameters.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the second set of one or more QoS parameters by:

mapping the first set of one or more QoS parameters to the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the mapping comprises a static mapping configured according to the association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the mapping comprises a semi-static mapping.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

adjust the mapping between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

26. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit the second set of one or more QoS parameters from the apparatus to a second device in connection with establishing the second bearer.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a mobile device, the second device comprises the mobile device, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted via a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the WWAN.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a mobile device, the second device comprises the mobile device, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) layer of the WWAN.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer, the apparatus comprises a mobility management entity, the second device comprises an eNodeB, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over a S1 interface of the WWAN.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over a core network interface.

31. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive the first set of one or more QoS parameters at the apparatus in connection with establishing the first bearer.

32. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the apparatus comprises a user equipment (UE) and the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit a requested second set of QoS parameters to the WWAN in connection with one or more of a packet data network connectivity request message, an attach request message, a bearer resource allocation message, or a modify bearer context request message.

33. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises one or more of:

a QoS class identifier (QCI), an access class priority, a logical channel priority, a traffic class, or a traffic handling priority.

34. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the second set of one or more QoS parameters comprise one or more of:

an access category (AC), a maximum buffer size, a bit rate, or a latency.

35. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for communicating, at a first wireless device, data over a first bearer configured over a wireless wide area network (WWAN);

means for identifying, at the first wireless device, a first set of one or more quality-of-service (QoS) parameters for serving the data over the first bearer, the first set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a first QoS requirement for WWAN;

means for transmitting a connectivity request message to a second wireless device;

in response to the transmitted connectivity request message, means for receiving, from the second wireless device, a second set of one or more QoS parameters for serving at least a portion of the data over a second bearer configured over a wireless local area network (WLAN), the second set of one or more QoS parameters being determined at the second wireless device based on the connectivity request message and an association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a second QoS requirement for WLAN; and

means for communicating, at the first wireless device, at least the portion of the data over the second bearer configured over the WLAN using the determined second set of one or more QoS parameters.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the means for determining the second set of one or more QoS parameters comprises:

means for mapping the first set of one or more QoS parameters to the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the mapping comprises a static mapping configured according to the association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

38. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the mapping comprises a semi-static mapping.

39. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the mapping is based at least in part on an operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) configuration of the WWAN.

40. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the means for mapping comprises:

means for receiving the second set of one or more QoS parameters from a server in an Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) message.

41. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the means for mapping comprises:

means for retrieving the second set of one or more QoS parameters from a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM).

42. The apparatus of claim 36, further comprising:

means for adjusting the mapping between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters.

43. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising:

means for transmitting the second set of one or more QoS parameters from the apparatus to a second device in connection with establishing the second bearer.

44. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a mobile device, the second device comprises the mobile device, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted via a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the WWAN.

45. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a mobile device, the second device comprises the mobile device, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) layer of the WWAN.

46. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer, the apparatus comprises a mobility management entity, the second device comprises an eNodeB, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over a S1 interface of the WWAN.

47. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over a core network interface.

48. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the first bearer comprises a radio bearer, the apparatus comprises a serving general packet radio service support node, the second device comprises a radio network controller, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters is transmitted over an Iu interface of the WWAN.

49. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising:

means for receiving the first set of one or more QoS parameters at the apparatus in connection with establishing the first bearer.

50. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the first bearer comprises an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer, the apparatus comprises a user equipment (UE), and the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises a QoS class identifier (QCI) that is received over a non-access stratum (NAS) layer.

51. The apparatus of claim 49, wherein the first bearer comprises a radio bearer, the apparatus comprises a user equipment (UE), and the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises a logical channel priority that is received over a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

52. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the apparatus comprises a user equipment (UE), the apparatus further comprising:

means for transmitting a requested second set of QoS parameters to the WWAN in connection with one or more of a packet data network connectivity request message, an attach request message, a bearer resource allocation message, or a modify bearer context request message.

53. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the first set of one or more QoS parameters comprises one or more of:

a QoS class identifier (QCI), an access class priority, a logical channel priority, a traffic class, or a traffic handling priority.

54. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the second set of one or more QoS parameters comprise one or more of:

an access category (AC), a maximum buffer size, a bit rate, or a latency.

55. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable code configured to cause at least one processor to;

communicate, at a first wireless device, data over a first bearer configured over a wireless wide area network (WWAN);

identify, at the first wireless device, a first set of one or more quality-of-service (QoS) parameters for serving the data over the first bearer, the first set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a first QoS requirement for WWAN;

transmit a connectivity request message to a second wireless device;

in response to the connectivity request message, receive, from the second wireless device, a second set of one or more QoS parameters for serving at least a portion of the data over a second bearer configured over a wireless local area network (WLAN), the second set of one or more QoS parameters being determined at the second wireless device based on the connectivity request message and an association between the first set of one or more QoS parameters and the second set of one or more QoS parameters, and the second set of one or more QoS parameters satisfying a second QoS requirement for WLAN; and

communicate, at the first wireless device, at least the portion of the data over the second bearer configured over the WLAN using the determined second set of one or more QoS parameters.