Integrated access backhaul network metric exchange for 5G or other next generation network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMilap Majmundar, Thomas Novlan
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Abstract
In a 5G network, an adaptation layer of a child integrated access backhaul (IAB) node can send a quality metric to its parent IAB node. The quality metric can indicate to the parent IAB node, information that may not be readily available to the parent IAB node. Such a quality metric can be transmitted by the child IAB node to the parent IAB node via a header field of an adaptation layer packet data unit (PDU) on an uplink channel of an IAB link. Thus, the parent IAB node can make a more efficient routing decision based on data, to which otherwise, the parent IAB node may not ordinarily be privy.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a first wireless network device comprising a processor from a second wireless network device, quality data representative of a quality metric associated with a route for packet data;
- modifying, by the first wireless network device, the quality data in accordance with a link between the first wireless network device and the second wireless network device, resulting in modified quality data;
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- sending, by the first wireless network device, the modified quality data to a mobile termination function of the first wireless network device.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving, from a first node device of a wireless network, quality data representative of a quality metric associated with a route for packet data;
- in response to the receiving the quality data, modifying the quality data in accordance with a link between the first node device and a second node device of the wireless network, resulting in modified quality data;
- and
- in response to the modifying the quality data, sending the modified quality data to a mobile termination function of the second node device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- facilitating receiving, from a first node device of a wireless network, quality data representative of a quality metric associated with a route for packet data;
- in response to the facilitating the receiving the quality data, facilitating modifying the quality data in accordance with a link between the first node device and a second node device of the wireless network, resulting in modified quality data;
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- in response to the facilitating the modifying the quality data, facilitating sending the modified quality data to a mobile termination function of the second node device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.