COMMUNICATION COORDINATION AND REDUCED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED QUALITY OF SERVICE PROCEDURES

    公开(公告)号:WO2023028940A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:PCT/CN2021/116196

    申请日:2021-09-02

    Abstract: A base station (BS) may receive, from a network node, one or more data packets including one or more reflective quality of service (QoS) indicator (RQI) markings. The base station may then determine, based on a value of the one or more RQI markings, one or more active uplink (UL) QoS rules associated with a user equipment (UE). The base station may further determine, based on at least one of one or more timers, the one or more active UL QoS rules, and status information received from the UE, to include or refrain from including the one or more RQI markings in a transmission of the one or more data packets to the UE. Accordingly, in response to the determining that the RQI markings should be included, the base station may then transmit the one or more packets including the RQI markings to the UE.

    DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE IN NR NTN AND IOT NTN SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:WO2023010336A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:PCT/CN2021/110567

    申请日:2021-08-04

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: The functions of user equipment (UE), radio access network (RAN) devices, and core network (CN) devices in circumstances where a UE is expected to experience discontinuous coverage are described herein. A UE may send a CN a non-access stratum (NAS) message including a release request indicating that a UE is leaving coverage and assistance information. The CN may interrupt paging of the UE and resume the paging according to the assistance information. A UE may enter a low power usage mode upon leaving coverage, and may use one or more timers to determine when to check for coverage and send a mobility update message corresponding to the low power usage mode. A base station may receive, from a UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a release request and assistance information, send an RRC release message to the UE in response, and forward the assistance information to the CN.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IAB MEC
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2023272436A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:PCT/CN2021/102762

    申请日:2021-06-28

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for using integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes configured to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality are disclosed herein. An IAB node includes a distributed unit (DU) having a local application instance of a MEC-enabled application. The local application instance is configured for communication with a first user equipment (UE) connected to the IAB node. A mobile termination functionality (MT) of the IAB node uses a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer to transport data of the local application instance between the MT and an IAB donor. Further, data of the local application instance is transported between the UE and the IAB node via one of a variety of methods, including the use of a second PDCP layer at the DU (and optionally the use of service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layers at each of the DU and the MT), and/or via sidelink.

    COMMUNICATION COORDINATION AND POWER SAVING TECHNIQUES FOR EXTENDED REALITY APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:WO2022267032A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:PCT/CN2021/102465

    申请日:2021-06-25

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a network for transmission of a plurality of data bursts further comprising a plurality of data segments. The UE may transmit, to the network, a first data segment corresponding to a first quality of service flow identifier (QFI) associated with a first quality of service (QoS) flow and a second data segment corresponding to a second QFI associated with a second QoS flow. The UE may be configured to map one or more data segments to one or more QFIs based on at least one of a slice type, a frame type, a modulo operation, and a sequence number. The plurality of data bursts may be transmitted according to at least one of one or more configured grants (CGs), one or more dynamic grants (DGs), and one or more instances of the one or more CGs or one or more DGs.

    FAST RESOURCE ALLOCATION ADJUSTMENT AND MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AWARENESS OF QUALITY OF SERVICE FLOWS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:WO2022266994A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:PCT/CN2021/102336

    申请日:2021-06-25

    Abstract: An application layer in a device, a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer in the device, and/or a media access control (MAC) layer in the device may determine that wireless communication resources allocated to the device need to be adjusted. The determination may be in response to detecting that a quality of the wireless connection of the device has deteriorated, or it may be based on advance knowledge of information pertaining to an application layer payload in the device. In response to the determination the device may transmit, in a MAC Control Element (MAC CE) to a base station, a request for an adjustment of the allocated wireless communication resources. The adjustment may lead to a temporary boost of resources for a limited period of time or to a persistent update of the allocated wireless communication resources. To allow better scheduling of multiple QoS flows mapped to the same DRB and better selection of data when constructing a MAC Packet Data Unit (PDU), a mapping between QoS flows and LCHs may also be provided to the MAC layer.

    NEW METRICS FOR FAIRNESS AND LATENCY ASSURANCE IN IAB NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:WO2022151220A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:PCT/CN2021/071870

    申请日:2021-01-14

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing various metrics for in integrated IAB networks are disclosed. A child IAB node may determine metrics regarding one or more of its data flows and report these metrics to an upstream IAB node (that is a parent node and/or an IAB donor). The upstream node may determine a data flow prioritization configuration using these metrics that it either uses itself or sends back to the child IAB node or another IAB node of the IAB network for use there. Metrics discussed include a number of hops metric, an aggregate throughput per BH RLC channel ID (or per routing ID) metric, a fairness index per BH RLC channel ID (or per routing ID) metric, a packet drop metric, and a per-hop latency for aggregated traffic per BH RLC channel ID (or per routing ID) per IAB node metric.

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