Admission control and load balancing

• US 10,051,518 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2017
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• 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
• Application Number:
  US15/652,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20170318500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 392 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 comprising:

determining that at least one data flow is active for an existing bearer or a new packet data network (PDN) connection, wherein the data flow has an associated aggregation layer of a protocol stack of the first node;

evaluating an availability of resources at the first node to serve the data flow, wherein the evaluating relates to resources managed by at least one protocol layer that is below the associated aggregation layer of the protocol stack of the first node; and

transmitting, to a second node, a message indicating the availability of resources at the first node for data flows associated with the second node and for data flows not associated with the second node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message indicates a need for reducing a resource load on the first node for the at least one data flow.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request to terminate serving at least one data flow.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request to deactivate a carrier or radio access technology (RAT), wherein active data flows are released via a handover (HO) or a deactivation of the connection with a mobile device associated with the at least one data flow.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising deactivating a carrier or RAT if no more data flows are served on that carrier or RAT.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating the availability of resources at the first node to serve the data flow comprises comparing a resource load associated with the data flow to a threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first node has previously received from the second node a request for admission for the data flow; and

the message indicates the availability of resources at the first node for the data flow.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data flow comprises a new data flow.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data flow comprises data for an application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data flow comprises data for a service.

11. A first node comprising:

means for determining that at least one data flow is active for an existing bearer or a new packet data network (PDN) connection, wherein the data flow has an associated aggregation layer of a protocol stack of the first node;

means for evaluating an availability of resources at the first node to serve the data flow, wherein the evaluating relates to resources managed by at least one protocol layer that is below the associated aggregation layer of the protocol stack of the first node; and

means for transmitting, to a second node, a message indicating the availability of resources at the first node for data flows associated with the second node and for data flows not associated with the second node.

12. The first node of claim 11, wherein the message indicates a need for reducing a resource load on the first node for the at least one data flow.

13. The first node of claim 11, further comprising means for receiving a request to terminate serving at least one data flow.

14. The first node of claim 11, further comprising means for receiving a request to deactivate a carrier or radio access technology (RAT), wherein active data flows are released via a handover (HO) or a deactivation of the connection with a mobile device associated with the at least one data flow.

15. The first node of claim 11, further comprising means for deactivating a carrier or RAT if no more data flows are served on that carrier or RAT.

16. The first node of claim 11, wherein means for evaluating the availability of resources at the first node to serve the data flow comprises means for comparing a resource load associated with the data flow to a threshold.

17. The first node of claim 11, wherein:

the first node has previously received from the second node a request for admission for the data flow; and

the message indicates the availability of resources at the first node for the data flow.

18. The first node of claim 11, wherein the data flow comprises a new data flow.

19. The first node of claim 11, wherein the data flow comprises data for an application.

20. The first node of claim 11, wherein the data flow comprises data for a service.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, causes a first node to:

determine that at least one data flow is active for an existing bearer or a new packet data network (PDN) connection, wherein the data flow has an associated aggregation layer of a protocol stack of the first node;

evaluate an availability of resources at the first node to serve the data flow, wherein the evaluating relates to resources managed by at least one protocol layer that is below the associated aggregation layer of the protocol stack of the first node; and

transmit, to a second node, a message indicating the availability of resources at the first node for data flows associated with the second node and for data flows not associated with the second node.