Access channel management for wireless communication devices
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsShehzad Ali Ashraf, Ismet Aktas, Junaid Ansari
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of managing access to a wireless communication network (101), comprising: a wireless communication device (101a, 101b, 101c) selecting (S2) an access channel out of a plurality of access channels (CH1, CH2, CH3) for transmission of a data packet based on a traffic type out of a plurality of traffic types (T1, T2, T3) assigned to the data packet.
Claims24
A method performed by a wireless communication device for managing access to a wireless communication network, comprising:
- assigning a traffic type, out of a plurality of traffic types, to a data packet to be transmitted by the wireless communication device, the plurality of traffic types including:
- a first traffic type is dedicated to data packets to be transmitted periodically and/or in real-time,
- a second traffic type is dedicated to data packets to be transmitted according to non-real-time conditions, and
- a third traffic type is dedicated to data packets to be transmitted event-related and/or in real-time;
- selecting a first access channel for a data packet of the first traffic type, said first access channel comprises a first area of time and/or frequency resources;
- selecting a second access channel for a data packet of the second traffic type, said second access channel comprising a second area of time and/or frequency resources;
- selecting a third access channel for a data packet of the third traffic type, said third access channel comprising a third area of time and/or frequency resources;
- and
- transmitting the data packet via the access channel selected.
Method performed by a network access node for managing access to a wireless communication network, comprising:
- providing a plurality of access channels for accessing the network dependent on a traffic type assigned to a data packet,
- wherein the plurality of access channels include:
- a first access channel comprising a first area of time and/or frequency resources, for the first traffic type,
- a second access channel comprising a second area of time and/or frequency resources for the second traffic type, and
- a third access channel comprising a third area of time and/or frequency resources, for the third traffic type;
- and
- wherein the assigned traffic type is one of the following:
- a first traffic type dedicated to data packets to be transmitted periodically and/or in real-time,
- a second traffic type dedicated to data packets to be transmitted according to non-real-time conditions, and
- a third traffic type dedicated data packets to be transmitted event-related and/or in real-time;
- and
- receiving a data packet via a particular access channel out of the plurality of access channels, the particular access channel being dependent on the traffic type assigned to the data packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.