Configuration and reconfiguration of aggregated backhaul bearers in a multi-hop integrated access backhaul network for 5G or other next generation network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMilap Majmundar, Thomas Novlan, Andrew Thornburg
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Abstract
In a 5G network, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) deployment in a 5G network, can enable aggregation of multiple user equipment (UE) bearers into backhaul bearers based on factors such as route information of UE bearers and quality of service of UE bearers. Additionally, reconfiguration of backhaul bearers, based on triggers, such as route changes for UE bearers can increase network efficiency for a 5G or other next generation network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by network equipment comprising a processor, first data from a first user equipment via a first user equipment bearer channel enabled via a network;
- receiving, by the network equipment, second data from a second user equipment via a second user equipment bearer channel enabled via the network;
- in response to receiving the first data from the first user equipment and receiving the second data from the second user equipment, aggregating, by the network equipment, the first data and the second data, resulting in aggregated data for a backhaul bearer enabled via the network, wherein aggregating the first data and the second data is based on a first condition associated with a quality of service of the first user equipment bearer channel being determined to have been satisfied and a second condition associated with a data route of the first data being determined to have been satisfied;
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- based on the quality of service, initiating, by the network equipment, a network equipment topology modification to restrict aggregation of third data from a third user equipment to maintain the quality of service of the first user equipment bearer channel and a scheduling performance associated with the first user equipment bearer channel.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving first data from a first user equipment via a first network bearer channel;
- receiving second data from a second user equipment via a second network bearer channel;
- in response to receiving the first data from the first user equipment and receiving the second data from the second user equipment, and in response to an aggregation condition associated with a routing pattern and a quality of service being determined to have been satisfied, aggregating the first data and the second data, resulting in aggregated data for use in connection with a network backhaul bearer;
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- based on a quality of service threshold being determined to have been satisfied, triggering a network topology modification to restrict aggregation of third data from a third user equipment to maintain the quality of service.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving first data from a first mobile device via a first bearer channel;
- receiving second data from a second mobile device via a second bearer channel;
- in response to the receiving the first data from the first mobile device and the receiving the second data from the second mobile device and in response to a routing condition and a quality of service of the second bearer channel being determined to have been satisfied, aggregating the first data and the second data, resulting in aggregated data to be utilized by a backhaul bearer;
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- based on the quality of service, facilitating initiating a topology modification to preclude aggregation of third data from a third mobile device to maintain the quality of service of the second bearer channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.