Ethernet header compression techniques in New Radio

An apparatus configured to process both wireless data traffic and Ethernet data traffic into a wireless communication, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
• determine, at a compressor, whether an acknowledgement (ACK) signal is received from a decompressor in response to transmitting, over a wireless communication link, a context creation message for a context identification (ID) associated with a first flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic, wherein the context creation message includes a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet data unit (PDU) header value, a PDCP PDU type value, context identifier value, and subtype value associated with the context identifier value;
• refrain from transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, a compressed packet corresponding to the first flow based on a first determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor;
• transmit, by the compressor to the decompressor, a second context creation message based on a second determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor within a context-create-time threshold of the transmitting of the context creating message;
• transmit, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, the compressed packet corresponding to the first flow based on a third determination that a subsequent ACK signal is received from the decompressor in response to transmitting the second context creation message;
• determine, at the compressor, whether the first flow associated with the context ID is not receiving any traffic;
• and
• update, in response to determining the first flow is not receiving any traffic, an association of the context ID from the first flow to a second flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic, wherein the second flow differs from the first flow.

An apparatus configured to process both wireless data traffic and Ethernet data traffic into a wireless communication, comprising:

• means for determining, at a compressor, whether an acknowledgement (ACK) signal is received from a decompressor in response to transmitting, over a wireless communication link, a context creation message for a context identification (ID) associated with a first flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic, wherein the context creation message includes a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet data unit (PDU) header value, a PDCP PDU type value, context identifier value, and subtype value associated with the context identifier value;
• means for refraining from transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, a compressed packet corresponding to the first flow based on a first determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor;
• and
• means for transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor, a second context creation message based on a second determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor within a context-create-time threshold of the transmitting of the context creating message;
• means for transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, the compressed packet corresponding to the first flow based on a third determination that a subsequent ACK signal is received from the decompressor in response to transmitting the second context creation message;
• means for determining, at the compressor, whether the first flow associated with the context ID is not receiving any traffic;
• and
• means for updating, in response to determining the first flow is not receiving any traffic, an association of the context ID from the first flow to a second flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic, wherein the second flow differs from the first flow.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor and configured to process both wireless data traffic and Ethernet data traffic into a wireless communication, comprising:

• code for determining, at a compressor, whether an acknowledgement (ACK) signal is received from a decompressor in response to transmitting, over a wireless communication link, a context creation message for a context identification (ID) associated with a first flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic, wherein the context creation message includes a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet data unit (PDU) header value, a PDCP PDU type value, context identifier value, and subtype value associated with the context identifier value;
• code for refraining from transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, a compressed packet corresponding to the first flow based on a first determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor;
• and
• code for transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor, a second context creation message based on a second determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor within a context-create-time threshold of the transmitting of the context creating message;
• code for transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, the compressed packet corresponding to the first flow based on a third determination that a subsequent ACK signal is received from the decompressor in response to transmitting the second context creation message;
• code for determining, at the compressor, whether the first flow associated with the context ID is not receiving any traffic;
• and
• code for updating, in response to determining the first flow is not receiving any traffic, an association of the context ID from the first flow to a second flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic, wherein the second flow differs from the first flow.